Thanks Nelle, That’s really good advice, and very much appreciated!
We’ve had some additional advice off-list, and your last point - communicate with the student ahead of time to find out their needs - is maybe the most humane and practical piece of advice anyone could give for this and similar situations. Many thanks, L. > On 20 Sep 2016, at 18:48, Nelle Varoquaux <nelle.varoqu...@gmail.com> wrote: > > On 20 September 2016 at 08:59, Leighton Pritchard > <leightonpritch...@mac.com> wrote: >> Hi all, >> >> We’ll be teaching a workshop soon, with a visually-impaired (blind) student. >> This is a new experience for me, and I was wondering if any of you might be >> able to share some advice for teaching strategies/approaches to delivering >> material that could be useful? > > I've never taught to a blind student, but I've got a bunch of friends > who are blind, so here is a couple of things to keep in mind: > > - Make sure you give all explanation orally. That'll be hard > considering you'll probably show a lot of code. I'd suggest sharing > your material with him/her beforehand making sure every piece of code > you'll type is in there (or record what you are typing and upload it > somewhere everytime you save). > - Make sure your material are accessible (in that case, readable with > a screenreader). Schema should be avoided. Text is fine. Most pdf are > accessible, most *simple* html is as well, but fancy javascript can be > problematic. > - Make sure that the tables, chairs and cables are quite tidy and > aren't moved around too much. > > In practice, all my blind friends are very autonomous, so I wouldn't > worry too much. You can also ask that student directly: he/she may be > able to give you some advice. > > Cheers, > N -- Leighton Pritchard leightonpritch...@mac.com gpg/pgp:0xDECACFFC
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