[Arizona-students] 10 Best Tips for Professors

[Bigjmoon at aol.com]

`   hello
 My name is Jordan Moon, and I am currently attending Arizona state  
university and i am visually impaired and can provide some valvuable advice to  
professors who deal with blind or visually impaired students.
 
1. Make sure the student and the professor are on the same page on how  
matter of work presented in the course will be caried out by both indivisuals. 
2. Make sure the professor makes the student feel confortable , not  allowing 
the student to feel afraid to ask for help or special  accommodations  for 
the course. 
3. there must be a pre agreement  between the professor and the  student 
before  the heavy work load of a course developes on how both sides  will work 
together. 
4. the professor must put himself/herself in the mind-set of a visually  
impaired or blind student  in order to sense  the realistic  capability  of things 
and assignments that can be currectly done.
5. on assignments that require  a particular amount of vision in order  to 
complete, the two parties should sit down and determine an alternative way of  
conveying  that same information that particular assignment is asking for. 
6. Even though it is hard for many professors to do, they should have an  
exam for a course prepaired  at least a week before the actual exam so that  the 
disability resource center  has the proper amount of time to conver the  
material into a format better suited for that individual: if not ready by this  
time, professors should be willing to have a student take the exam at a later  
notice agreed upon by the professor, DRC, and the student.
7. Converted text may take longer for the student to obtain so  professors  
should try to become as lenient and understanding as  possible.
8. make sure when a power point or notes are posted in front of the class,  
that it is read aloud so that the student has a equal opportunity to take valid 
 notes.
9. alternitive  ways of submitting assignments may be neccessary, like  those 
assignments that students turn in during class, may have to be emailed to  a 
professor  at a later time, unless both can come up with a different way  of 
doing this.
10. most importantly, make sure the student is treated just like everyone  
else, and not singled out, or even looked upon at all: the have a brain just  
like everyone else. 
 
Please let me know what you think
I look forward to hearing from you
Jordan Moon 
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