BC open textbook accessibility toolkit
| Published | 2015 |
| Type of work | Tool kit |
| Publisher | BCcampus |
| Region | North America |
ABSTRACT
The Accessibility Toolkit is a collaboration between BCcampus and CAPER-BC. The goal of the Accessibility Toolkit is to provide the resources needed so that each content creator, instructional designer, educational technologist, librarian, administrator, teaching assistant, etc. has the opportunity to create a truly open and accessible textbook. An open textbook that is free and accessible for all students.The Accessibility Toolkit has also been translated into French. http://opentextbc.ca/troussedoutildaccessibilite| Keywords | accessibility toolkit · B.C. Open Textbook Project · OER policy · Open textbook · tool kit |
| Published at | Vancouver, BC |
| Refereed | Does not apply |
| Rights | by/4.0 |
| URL | https://opentextbc.ca/accessibilitytoolkit/ |
| Export options | BibTex · EndNote · Tagged XML · Google Scholar |
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