Faculty & Staff Resources
Employee Accommodations with ACCESS
Southern Illinois University Edwardsville is committed to providing reasonable accommodations to ensure equal employment opportunities to University academic programs, services, and facilities in accordance with the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 (ADA) as amended, Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, and other applicable federal and state regulations. In addition to student accommodations, the ACCESS office facilitates reasonable accommodations for university employees (including student employees and job applicants).
Course Accessibility Checklist
Faculty are encouraged to use the ACCESS Course Accessibility Checklist to ensure their courses have been designed in ways that are inclusive and accessible.
Event Accessibility Statement
"Southern Illinois University Edwardsville (SIUE) encourages persons with disabilities to participate in its programs and activities. If you anticipate needing any type of accommodation, including alternate format media or have questions about the physical access provided, please call the office for Accessible Campus Community & Equitable Student Support (ACCESS) at 618.650.3726 or email myaccess@siue.edu in advance of your participation.”
Digital Access in Education
Additionally, the U.S. Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights is proud to announce a video series covering a variety of topics on digital access in education, including how people with disabilities use technology, applicable Federal regulations, and identifying and remediating barriers to access. Whether you are in the educational field or not, these videos have wide ranging coverage for those who want to know: What makes technology accessible for individuals with disabilities? And how can I make my site or platform more accessible?
Office of Civil Rights Video Series
YuJa Captioning Guidance
YuJa will serve as the primary platform for storing media content across campus, giving faculty, students, and staff the ability to create, upload, and share videos from one location. The SIUE Information and Technology Services Knowledge Base consists of a workflow that explains step by step hot to capture media as well as edit captions generated. The office of Online Services and Educational Outreach also offers digital content caption editing, visit the faculty resources section of the educational outreach webpage for more information.
Interpreter Services
Through ACCESS, SIUE provides qualified ASL interpreters to help students in class by interpreting what their faculty and fellow students say. Interpreters also are available for faculty conferences, advising sessions, and at faculty-student conferences. Most major campus events have interpreters, generally at one corner of the stage, or captioning equipment. For smaller events such as a club meeting, students need to contact ACCESS for information about how such meetings can be covered. The SIUE graduation ceremony also features interpreters or captionists. But other events may not automatically plan for interpreters, so students need to contact ACCESS or the organization sponsoring an event to ensure that interpreters or captioning equipment will be available.
Disability Grievance Policy & Procedure
The grievance process for disability services allows individuals to formally address complaints regarding discrimination,
service quality, or violations of rights. All University discrimination complaints fall under the Non-Discrimination and Non-Harassment Policy and Complaint Procedures - 2C7 & 3C6 which covers discrimination/harassment based on all protected identities, including sex.
For specific inquiries or assistance you can contact the Office of Equal Opportunity, Access and Title IX.
Additional Resources:
- Care Reporting -The purpose of submitting a Care Report is to share mental health concerns or concerning behavior about a student, staff, or faculty member with the Dean of Students and Counseling Services for them to review to see what, if any, steps should be taken.If you need to report an incident of sexual misconduct or relationship violence please submit a Sexual Assault, Sexual Misconduct and Relationship Violence Incident Report using: https://cm.maxient.com/reportingform.php?SIUEdwardsville&layout_id=4 .
- Starfish - Starfish is an early alert, retention and advising system that replaces GradesFirst. Instructors and advisors can use many of the tools within Starfish to keep track of students who might be at risk of not succeeding, academically. They also might use Starfish to send kudos to students whom they feel are excelling. Starfish is also used to schedule appointments with students, keep a digital history of all meetings and notes from those meetings, track attendance and more. To get started, sign into Starfish with your e-ID and password at: https://siue.starfishsolutions.com/starfish-ops/session/casLogin.html or login to Blackboard and click the Starfish tab.
- Blackboard Ally - Blackboard Ally is an accessibility tool that helps faculty identify and remove potential content barriers that can get in the way of learning. For example, Blackboard Ally alerts faculty when documents are missing headings or other formatting styles that make it easier for students to navigate content, especially students relying on screen readers to access Blackboard. Using a "stoplight" indicator system, Blackboard Ally measures course content against industry standard Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG 2.0). If you click the red, orange or green icons in your course, Blackboard Ally will guide you through steps for improving content.
