What are Alternative-Format Materials?
Alternative-format materials provide students access to print materials through different methods. Alternative-format options include, but are not limited to:
- Large print materials
- Braille documents
- Tactile images
- Electronic text
Role of Faculty
Faculty is responsible for identifying the print materials utilized in your course and/or providing printed or digital copies of the materials. These materials may include the course textbook, syllabus, class handouts, journal articles, in-class reading assignments, etc. Due to the complexity and time consuming nature of creating alternative-format materials, it is best to provide the materials at least two weeks prior to the assigned due date. Please contact the EIT Lab at (330) 941-2762 or eit@ysu.edu for assistance in converting.
For any 3rd party software that requires use in either a face-to-face or online course, may require additional research by the professor, with the assistance of the EIT Lab, to provide an accessible format for a student with a disclosed disability. The professor and the EIT Lab will work as quickly as possible to accommodate the student but the timeframe for completion of this accommodation may vary depending on the required software.