Tag: Videos

Tips for Taking Online Courses

The COVID-19 virus has prompted many educational institutions to put their courses online for the remainder of the term. As faculty scramble to convert courses, students may be struggling to adapt as well. Not every student has taken an online class previously, and some may have done so and discovered that online learning doesn’t work for them.

If this is your first online course or you would like to be more comfortable or successful than you were in an earlier course, consider accessing the following resources. Each video will open in a new tab.

Hitting The Open Road After High School: How to Choose Your Own Adventure to Success!

The Youth Action Council on Transition (YouthACT), a project of the National Collaborative on Workforce and Disability/Youth (NCWD/Youth), has helped co-write a guide to help students explore career paths after high school.

There are many career paths and educational or training programs out there,  and not everyone has a plan figured out. It doesn’t matter if you are still in high school or have transitioned out, it’s never too late to explore options and the supports available.

The publication, Hitting The Open Road After High School: How to Choose Your Own Adventure to Success!  is designed to help youth prepare for transition, learn about their options, find supports and services, and make choices that are right for them. to make the next steps forward.

Additionally, the “Hitting the Open Road Video Series”  features young people sharing advice on how others can build their own pathways to success.

DO-IT Video Resources

The  DO-IT  Center has a collection of  short, well done videos which cover a wide variety of topics of relevance to students, employers, parents, librarians, IT and DSS staff. The videos focus more on the experience of having a disability  than on the law.

The DO-IT video library may be found here. DO-IT Video Library.

Videos play in  the DO-IT  custom accessible media player with audio description and transcripts provided. Videos can be downloaded, viewed on the DO-IT  YouTube channel, or ordered on DVD. The Search Video Library feature enables users to search the full text of all videos and begin playing videos at specific start times from the search results.

 

Located at the University of Washington, Seattle, the DO-IT (Disabilities, Opportunities, Internetworking, and Technology) Center is dedicated to empowering people with disabilities through technology and education. It promotes awareness and accessibility—in both the classroom and the workplace—to maximize the potential of individuals with disabilities and make our communities more vibrant, diverse, and inclusive.