Universal Design Center (Legacy)

Accessibility Statement

California State University, Northridge (CSUN) is committed to ensuring that the campus web environment is accessible to everyone. As a community, we work together to address the usability and accessibility of the web sites contained within CSUN’s web environment.

Mission

Our mission is to assist the campus community in creating pathways for individuals to learn, communicate, and share via information technology. Part of the mission is to help the campus community design-in interoperability, usability, and accessibility into information technology so that individual learning and processing styles, or physical characteristics are not barriers to accessing information.

The role of the UDC is to help CSUN implement business practices which enables the campus to meet policy standards within the Accessible Technology Initiative Coded Memorandum AA-2013-03.

How does Universal Design relate to ATI?

The principles of Universal Design are based on teaching to all students regardless of their individual processing styles or characteristics (CAST, 2014). Disability is just one of many characteristics that an individual may possess. Designing ways to access information and technology in a fashion that is usable to everyone helps support the California State University's (CSU) ongoing commitment to provide access for individuals with disabilities. More information can be found at The Trace Center's Accessibility/Universal Design Information.

Shared Campus Responsibility: What does this mean to me?

Everyone has a part in creating accessible, usable information. The responsibility of creating and maintaining accessible content falls to the entire campus community.

Learn more about your part in sharing the responsibility as outlined in the CSU ATI Coded Memorandum.

Faculty Responsibility: Things to consider...

Tools to create accessible content

Academic and Faculty Senates

Faculty work to develop instructional materials compliant with accessibility guidelines.
The Faculty Senate Chair involvement or membership with the ATI Steering Committee.
Faculty membership on the Accessibility Committee.
Support ATI with appropriate policy changes or additions
The Faculty Senate Chair or their designee should be a member of the ATI Steering Committee and be Chair of the Instructional Materials Task Force
Coordinate or play an active role, as appropriate for each campus, in providing training in ATI related subjects for faculty
Participate in relevant campus ATI Committees
Early Textbook Adoption Policy (DOCX)

Centers for Faculty Development

Coordinate or play an active role, as appropriate for each campus, in providing training in ATI related subjects for faculty
Participate in relevant campus ATI Committees

Staff Responsibility: Things to consider...

Tools to create accessible content

Campus Higher Administration: Presidents, Provosts, CIO's, Vice-Presidents

Guide ATI vision and goals
Communicate the importance of ATI to the campus
Participate in Governance of the ATI, as appropriate
Review ATI progress on an annual basis and sign off on the campus plan
Incorporate ATI priorities into campus priorities
Ensure there are adequate resources for implementation of the campus's ATI plan and provision of equally effective access

Vice Presidents of Student Affairs

Provide leadership with respect to ATI implementation
Participate in governance
Take active leadership with respect to communicating the importance of ATI within their Division

Campus Executive Sponsors

Convene campus-wide ATI Steering Committee
Channel communications from the Chancellor's Office to appropriate parties on campus
Coordinate decisions for campus participation in system-wide ATI events and activities
Direct Campus ATI planning and monitoring efforts
Represent campus on ESSC

ADA Compliance Officers

Actively support ATI implementation
Participate in campus ATI Steering Committee and working committees
Conduct periodic evaluations of ADA compliance with respect to technology
Vice Presidents of Student Affairs
Provide leadership with respect to ATI implementation
Participate in governance
Take active leadership with respect to communicating the importance of ATI within their Division
Actively support ATI implementation

Disability Support Services/Disability Resource Centers

Participate in campus ATI Steering Committee
Participate in development of processes and solutions for providing equally equivalent access, when necessary

Student Responsibility: Things to do...

Tools to create accessible content

Students with disabilities must register with Disability Resources and Educational Services (DRES) in order to receive accommodations. Students providing materials to be shared with the class may be asked to provide accessible materials.