Important: The Moodle Accessibility Information Tool and the Accessibility Information view are only available to UNUK
For the full guide, do refer to the Moodle Accessibility Information Tool guide on the Nottingham Accessibility Practices SharePoint.
The Moodle Accessibility Information Tool is a simple way to communicate the accessibility issues your students might encounter in your module.
This could include
This information will help them make informed decisions and signpost where they might need additional support.
The Moodle Accessibility Information Tool is designed to signpost any potential difficulties that might be encountered in your module to students. Even if you are unable to address all the accessibility issues in the module, do fill out the form. The categories serve to highlight where there might be more complex issues, ones that you might not be able to solve.
Important: It is not necessary to get all the categories in the information tool to “no” issues, as the tool is meant to serve to highlight issues to students before they confront them. This will allow students who have accessibility requirements to take precautions and ask for support in a timely fashion, rather than be surprised by an unexpected barrier.
The Moodle Accessibility Information settings will need to be completed for each module. The module accessibility settings provide important signposting information to students about the accessibility of the module.
You will find the information tool in your Moodle module under the horizontal menu on the module under Settings under Accessibility Information.
Select the category to open the options for the information tool.
Now you can begin to complete the form to configure the accessibility information.
Select the appropriate setting for the status of this module. If the module has not been tested for accessibility, leave the default setting.
If you have begun testing the module for accessibility and rectifying any issues, select the second option ‘This module has been reviewed for accessibility and work is in progress to address the issues identified’. This could include the use of Brickfields Accessibility+ Toolkit, or working on accessibility issues within the documents of the module that you intend to address.
If you have completed the work to rectify any issues, select the third option: ‘This module has been reviewed for accessibility, and the work to address any issues is complete’.
It is unlikely that any module is 100% accessible. It is important that we signpost to students the level of accessibility challenges they might face. Indicate the extent to which each of the accessibility challenges is present in the module.
Select ‘No’ if the module does not contain resources that present this particular accessibility challenge.
Select ‘Yes’ if the module does contain resources that present the challenge, and students will encounter them from time to time.
Provide additional information to help a student assess the likely impact of any dependencies on third-party tools, websites or applications.
List any third-party tools, applications or websites used in teaching the module.
Provide any additional signposting information regarding the accessibility of the module that is not covered elsewhere in the settings. This might be a good place to give a short overview of how the module is taught and assessed, which is valuable information for students with access needs. For example, this could be group work that could be challenging for a student with accessibility requirements or an external presenter who might produce inaccessible materials to support the session.
Once you have finished your assessment of your module, it will appear to students.
By default, when the Module status is “This module has not been reviewed for accessibility”, information will be provided to indicate that work is in progress.
The information will point to where the module will be investigated, and indicate some points of enquiry as well as link to further support in the Nottingham Accessible Practices accessibility statement.
While work is ongoing to address accessibility issues, the student will see the information that has been made available to them, with a note that work is in progress to address the accessibility of the materials.
Students of the module will be able to see:
Once you have finished all the accessibility work that you intend or can address for the module, the student will see a completed information form.
Even if you have not been able to address all the issues in the module, it is still good to highlight potential barriers to students.
Information of any accessibility issues that you have highlighted will be made available to the students. This will allow students to make plans accordingly, and request support early.
They will be able to see:
“Known Issues” that have been highlighted by you in the tool.
“Additional information” including
Finally, the information will point students to where they can get additional support and the Nottingham Accessible Practices statement.
Please contact your local elearning support team.
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If you have any comments on how you think this help can be improved then please email Learning-Technologies@nottingham.ac.uk
