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Distance education is very commonly used at the college and university level. More and more, distance education is relying on multimedia such as PowerPoint presentations, videos, audio clips and Flash demonstrations. Such multimedia also helps with students at the high school and even primary levels. While using it can enhance a classroom greatly, there are some things that a teacher or professor can do to make their information more accessible.

Georgia Tech Research on Accessible Distance Education (GRADE) is a research project that improves the accessibility of distance education for students with disabilities throughout the nation by providing:

• Technical assistance
• Training
• Research

GRADE offers online tutorials for making various multimedia accessible, including some tips on HTML files and Scripts/Java.
[online access e learning tutorials – GRADE website]

For quick reference, download a fact sheet from the GRADE website to learn about a certain disability or impairment, or methods you can use to make information more accessible. These one page PDF files can be handy when educating other distance education instructors or when discussing accessibility methods.
[fact sheets – GRADE website]

GRADE also provides models of accessible design in courses that present challenges due to their nature (engineering, mathematics) or inclusion of rich media, such as 'Fluid Mechanics' or 'Designing for the Life Span'.
[course design – GRADE website]