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WE All: Digital accessibility

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Digital =
barrierefrei
accessible

WE All

Digitalization offers a wide range of opportunities for participation.
Digital accessibility enables access for all. 
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Zugang für Alle

Overview of the topic

What are digital disabilities?

On the one hand, digitalization contributes significantly to the removal of barriers; on the other hand, many new digital barriers are created.
All people can encounter barriers and experience disability.
People with disabilities are hindered by removable barriers:
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Visual | Hearing | Cognitive | Motor
  • ... visual impairments due to unreadable texts, videos and images without descriptions, insufficient color contrasts
  • ... hearing impairments due to videos without subtitles, audio contributions without text alternatives
  • ... cognitive impairments (language, attention ...) due to complex (overwhelming) content presentation
  • ... motor impairments due to poor usability of buttons, input fields etc.
Die vier Anforderungen an Digitale Barrierefreieheit der Web Content Accessability Guidelines. Diese WCAG sind Grundlage der gesetzlichen Pflichten für digitale Barrierefreiheit.

What does the university do and what can everyone contribute?

Digitale Barrierfreiheit durch barrierefreie Systeme und Inhalte

FH Aachen

  • FH Aachen takes care of the accessibility of its online services (homepage, ILIAS, documents ...).
    At the bottom of all FH Aachen online services you will find the "Accessibility information".
    A contact point for digital accessibility can be found in the Help Center: Accessibility
    The e-learning team offers help with application questions (elearning@fh-aachen.de)

WE All

  • When creating and revising digital content and offers, all members of FH Aachen should make a significant contribution to reducing barriers by taking the legal requirements into account.
  • Teaching and learning materials must be barrier-free or an equivalent barrier-free alternative must be offered.

What can I do to reduce digital disabilities?

  • Always bear in mind that most disabilities or impairments are not recognizable to others.
  • Let your students know that they will receive support during their studies due to an impairment and that barriers can also be reduced individually by compensating for disadvantages.
  • Check your Office and PDF documents for digital accessibility (e.g. with the check options from Microsoft and Adobe).
  • Design your teaching/learning materials with a clear structure (e.g. the correct order of headings enables readability for screen readers).
  • Provide equivalent alternatives for people with visual or hearing impairments for all content-relevant media (alt text, subtitling).
  • Encourage your students to give you feedback on the digital content you offer and respond to it.

Digital accessibility learning module FH Aachen

The learning module was created as part of a campaign to implement digital accessibility and is updated on an ongoing basis.
The content includes general but also FH Aachen-specific topics (example: design colors FH Aachen)
Barrieren erkennen: best2 Studie, Erfahrungsberichte von Studierenden, Zitate
Umsetzungspflichten: gesetzlicher Rahmen und Fristen der Umsetzung, Leitbild Lehre der FH Aachen, Hochschulrahmengesetz
Umsetzung: Wer und was?: Hochschule, Lehrende, Studierende
Verständlichkeit:  Vielfalt der individuellen Wahrnehmung berücksichtigen
Textformatierung: Klare Gliederung – Vorlesbarkeit
Farbkontraste: FH Aachen Designfarben barrierefrei verwenden
Bilder-Grafiken: Alternativen für Sehbehinderte
Videos-Audio: Alternativen für Seh- und Hörbehinderte
Office-Dokumente: Word, Powerpoint & Co
Online-Meetings: Optionen bei der Nutzung von Webex
ILIAS Entwicklung: Informationen zu barrierfreien Stilvorlagen und der allgemeinen Systementwicklung

Nachteilsausgleich für Studierende bei Behinderung oder chronischer Erkrankung

  • Nachteilsausgleich im Studium ist existenziell für Studierende bei Behinderung oder chronischer Erkrankung.
  • Voraussetzung ist ein individueller Antrag der betroffenen Studierenden.
  • Die Gestaltung des Nachteilsausgleiches geschieht individuell im Dialog und ist befristet.

VBECK's – Beratung für Studierende

Die Beratung erfolgt durch die Vertretung der Belange von Studierenden mit Behinderung oder chronischer Erkrankung (VBECKS): www.fh-aachen.de/vbecks