Faculty Resources

ADA Accessibility - Guidelines, Resources, and Training

Guidelines

• Guidelines for Accessible Web Content

Resources

• Adobe Acrobat Pro (Free for UH Faculty and Staff)
• Microsoft Office 365 Accessibility Checker
• Disability and Access Services

Training

The following are online on-demand self-guided self-paced training opportunities.

• The Digital Accessibility Professional Development Program , is a professional development program focused on Digital Accessibility for creating accessible digital documents for online course sites. An option to complete a competency assessment to earn a digital credential is available.

• The UH Hilo Academy’s "Preparing Your Content" Training Series provides tutorial videos and guides on accessible Word documents, PowerPoint presentations, and more.

Captioning - Resources and Training

Guidelines and Resources

• Best Practices for Sharing Videos.
• Audio and Video Captioning Resources and Training

Copyright - Guidelines on the use of copyrighted materials

Guidelines, Policies, and Resources

• UH policy E2.210: Use and Management of Information Technology Resources
• UH Hilo Mookini Library Collection of Resources
• University of California System

Fair Use Evaluators

• Online Fair Use Evaluator Tool .

Multimedia

• UH System Site Licensed Software - including MatLab, Impatica, and more.
• UH Hilo Site Licensed Software - ScreenPal and VoiceThread.
• Streaming Video Resources (log-in required) - Mookini Library provides a number of streaming resources in numerous subject areas, including humanities, social sciences, psychology, business, natural sciences, health, and many more.
• Turnitin is the leading originality checking and plagiarism prevention service used by millions of students and faculty, and thousands of institutions worldwide.

Policies and Procedures

• Provide your students with a link to the University Policy and Service Statements . This is document is maintained by stakeholders and covers up-to-date information on:

  • Academic Advising
  • Academic Integrity
  • Academic Success
  • Basic Needs
  • Campus and Community Resources
  • Computer Support
  • Disability and Access Services
  • Mental Health/Suicide Prevention
  • Student Conduct
  • Students of Concern
  • Title IX

• Access various resources regarding policies and procedures, course evaluations and results, programs and reviews.

Updated 03/16/23