Accessible Media Specialist

About the role

The Center for Disability & Access provides access for students with disabilities at the University of Utah. The CDA empowers students with disabilities to accomplish their educational goals by facilitating access and promoting a welcoming environment. This position provides direct student support as well as providing support to ensure accessible course content.

Responsibilities

• Provide University of Utah support by meeting federal mandates regarding accommodating students with disabilities.
• Complete media interviews with students who are Blind, low vision, deaf, hard of hearing, or students with related print and auditory disabilities and determine the technology interventions needed.
• Facilitate student success and support a welcoming environment by coordinating services for students with disabilities.
• Provide program support to ensure course content is accessible to students with disabilities; this includes monitoring course content, assignments, supplemental materials, reviewing Canvas content.
• Advise faculty about students with technology‑based accommodation needs.
• Use third‑party applications to manage assistive technology, captioning, alternative text and other technology‑based accommodation requests for students registered with the Center for Disability & Access.
• Consult with faculty to remediate existing course content, which may include providing accommodations for individuals with mobility, hearing, visual, or learning impairments.
• Train students on assistive technology applications and programs used on campus (e.g., JAWS, Dragon Naturally Speaking, ZoomText, Glean, Otter, One Note, etc.).
• Oversee creation and organize production of accessible materials.
• Provide support to students’ technology programs including JAWS, Dragon Naturally Speaking, ZoomText, Glean, Otter, One Note, etc.
• Communicate frequently with students to ensure understanding of the course accommodations, schedules, and program services.
• Provide classroom assistance for students with disabilities to access course content including acting as a reader, scribe, assistant to reach for materials, conduct classroom assignments at the direction of the student (lab experiments, group assignments, etc.).
• Support exam accommodations for students by preparing exams, producing exam content in alternative format (text, speech, print, audio), and proctor examinations.
• Adhere to regulations under the Americans with Disabilities Act.
• Maintain confidentiality of student records, grades, and materials used in coursework in compliance with the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA).
• Participate in professional development activities to continually improve current knowledge and skills related to accommodation services.
• Respond to staff or student concerns and provide assistance or escalate to a supervisor as needed.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

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