CS4624 Spring 1998 Project Idea - Services for Students, Tutorials

• Purpose:

  The Special Services Lab provides an accessible public computing site with a wide range of general and individualized access to communication devices. The wide range of available services necessitates the need for self-directed training material.

• Description:

  Services for Students with Disabilities, a function of the Dean of Students Office, works in conjunction with the Special Services Lab to provide appropriate assistive technology and accommodations as required by the Americans with Disabilities Act. This project would create self-directed tutorials for the software available in the Special Services Lab. The tutorials would allow students to explore various programs and assistive technologies as well as learn how to use the software.

  The tutorials would include the following elements:

  1. Overview of the software and how it relates to particular disabilities and accommodations
  2. Step by step instructions on how to use the software
  3. Suggestions for further uses of the software

• Contacts:
  1. Susan Angle, spangle@vt.edu, Assistant Dean for Services for Students with Disabilities
  2. Jane Warner, jwarner@vt.edu, Coordinator for Services for Students with Disabilities
  3. Dean of Students Office, 107 Brodie Hall, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg VA 24061, 540/231-3787, FAX 540/231-3718