Instructor Support

There are several units on campus that are available to support faculty whether you need assistance with accommodations and/or you want guidance on creating, editing, and/or selecting learning materials and experiences that are accessible. Below are the units at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln available to assist you along with information on the services they provide.

Services For Students With Disabilities (SSD)

The office of Services for Students with Disabilities (SSD) collaborates with the university community to create accessible educational environments. The SSD office determines appropriate academic accommodations after reviewing medical documentation and assessing the student’s functional limitations and specific needs. An Individual Accommodation Plan (IAP) is created providing a list of the academic accommodations for which the student is eligible. Students will distribute copies of their IAPs to their instructors and discuss the specific accommodations needed for their classes. SSD is available to consult with you on individual student situations and broader curricular issues. Our staff looks forward to working with you. Feel free to contact us directly if you have any questions. As faculty or staff, you play a critical role in this work. Our website offers several resources which include:

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Center for Transformative Teaching (CTT)

The mission of the Center for Transformative Teaching (CTT) is to collaborate with educators across departments and programs to support evidence-based, inclusive, innovative, and effective teaching for all learners. CTT staff offer support for the enrichment of teaching and learning by focusing on evidence-based pedagogy, best practices, and the appropriate integration of learning technology in online, blended, and face-to-face environments. A fundamental part of CTT activity is to encourage instructors to design inclusive, accessible digital learning material during the course design or course re-design process, especially when instructors indicate they have a desire to engage in Universal Design for Learning. For more information about the CTT, visit our website. To request a one-on-one or group consultation with the designer embedded within your College please reach out to your instructional designer.

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Information Technology Services (ITS)

The Academic Technologies (AT) team supports teaching and learning in the classroom and/or online. We are responsible for the University of Nebraska-Lincoln LMS (Canvas), collaborative technologies (VidGrid and Zoom), and the anti-plagiarism software (TurnItIn) available via the LMS. We have information on Zoom as a service, including instructions for enabling Zoom's live-transcription feature and VidGrid (UNL Academic Video), including information about the closed captioning request process.

We also support the general purpose (GP) classrooms and learning spaces technology including the iClicker student response systems available at the university. We invite you to learn more about the GP spaces, seat count, and read how-to instructions on the GP Classrooms and Learning Spaces page and learn more about Hearing Assistance in GP classrooms.

The Digital Learning Center (DLC) includes scanning services, course evaluation services, and the testing centers in Adele Learning Commons, Love Library (City Campus), and the Dinsdale/CYT library (East Campus).

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Library Services

Services provided by the library staff can assist you as well as your students. Instructors can connect with library staff to provide accessible digital content for students using course reserves and subject and course guides. In addition, librarians can help to secure licenses to resources for your students, including assisting you in finding open educational resources, and educate your students on the library services available to them. Subject specialists are especially knowledgeable about the challenges of research in particular fields, and these specialists can also be a resource for your students in guiding their research. Visit the Libraries' website for more information, to talk with your program's subject specialist, or to explore classroom resources available for you and your students. Love library also has select accessibility equipment and technology in the building to ensure students with disabilities have access to learning & studying spaces while using the physical library resources.

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DLC (Digital Learning Center)

The Digital Learning Center Exam Commons provides a large-scale, web-based assessment service for instructors in the Adele Coryell Hall Learning Commons. There is an on-site manager, as well as student workers who provide front-desk services for the student users. There are 174 computers available for testing. More information about the Exam Commons is available at http://dlc.unl.edu. The Exam Commons strives to be as user-friendly, technologically intuitive, and distraction-free as possible for students. All testing times are pre-scheduled by students in advance. All students are responsible for self sign-up and early sign-up is recommended. A satellite location of the Exam Commons is available on East Campus, called the EC2. This service is located in the Dinsdale Family Learning Commons and has 36 computers available for testing.

Both Exam Commons locations can provide accommodations for students with disabilities. Each location offers low-distraction seating, private rooms, height-adjustable tables, and service dog accessibility. Extra time accommodations can also be provided at either location. For Canvas Quizzes, the extra time must simply be added prior to testing by the instructor, and then it will automatically be applied when a student begins testing.

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Institutional Equity and Compliance Faculty/Staff Disability Services

If you are in need of accommodations as a faculty or staff member at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, you can request them through our Faculty/Staff Disability Services page. We encourage you to share this student-focused resource with your colleagues if you discover content that has the potential to create more equitable experiences for you and other faculty or staff in our community.

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