Is Your Course Accessible for All?

By Michelle Read and Bruce Coonce

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Type of Interaction: Student with content
Type of Course: Face-to-Face, Flipped or hybrid, Online
LMS Used: TRACS
Tools Used: MS Word, MS PowerPoint, MediaFlo, Adobe Acrobat


Bruce Coonce is the Assistant Director of the Office of Disability Services. He worked with one of our Senior Instructional Designers, Michelle Read, to produce this post.

The Americans with Disabilities Act is a civil rights law enacted in 1990 that prohibits discrimination against and provides equitable opportunities for individuals with disabilities in public and private places that are open to the public (ADA National Network, January 2019). In accordance, as public university instructors, we must provide accessible documents, media, and webpages to students with a demonstrated, disability-related need, and we must do so in a timely manner. We recommend being proactive by preparing content materials with accessibility in mind from the start. In this blog post, you will be presented with 10 important considerations for ADA compliance while planning and developing course content.

For Screen Readers in Webpages and Documents

1. Use styles and page breaks.

2. Format table headers and rows.

3. Use Alt Text for images, graphs, and charts.

4. Use meaningful, contextual hyperlinks.

Screen readers are applications that read text in documents and webpages aloud and help users navigate websites. This is particularly useful for students who are completely blind or who have very low vision. These applications are programmed to identify text elements, such as headers, page breaks, table headers and rows, etc., and alternative text, or Alt Text, for charts, graphs, and images. Failing to identify these elements means that screen readers will not know how to navigate, or will have difficulty navigating, your document or webpage. Read below for more information about screen readers and PDF files.

Screen readers also read hyperlinks aloud, meaning, if you write “https://www.eebew.com/seo-tutorial/on-page-seo/basic-elements/internal-navigation/contextual-link-building/”, the screen reader will read it just the way it is written. Instead, use meaningful hyperlinks, which are embedded within the context of a sentence, for example, “Read Contextual Link Building for more information.” Here you can see that the title of the webpage, “Contextual Link Building”, is hyperlinked to the webpage.

Captions and Transcripts

5. Use captions and/or transcripts for video and audio files.

Captions are particularly useful for students with hearing impairments. However, they are also useful for students with minor hearing loss and issues with processing. Even students without a documented need for assistance benefit from the use of captions and transcripts. At Texas State University, any videos made by instructors and uploaded to MediaFlo can be captioned or transcribed from within the MediaFlo application. Many YouTube videos are captioned, but most have auto-generated captions with many mistakes. Transcripts can be created for YouTube, TED talks, and many other 3rd-party videos.

For Webpages and Documents

6. Use traditional default web fonts and styles and alt text.

7. Limit use of animations.

8. Use contrasting colors and avoid color-coding.

As mentioned earlier, the use of styles and alt text is essential for screen readers to “read” text in both documents and webpages. Be sure to identify your headers as such and provide alternative text for each image, describing its purpose in placement. Even if your image is simply decorative, with no educational value, then describe it as “decorative image only”.

For those with visual impairments, but not complete blindness, it is also important to stick to web-safe fonts, typically sans serif, which are the default fonts used by most applications and website builders. “Normal” styled default text is typically set to 12-14 points with various headers at incrementally larger sizes. Consider making “Normal” text in PowerPoint even larger, at 18 point. This is particularly important for many people with dyslexia. Curly-ques and adornments on some fonts increase reading difficulty. Most webpage building applications default to fonts like Arial and Times New Roman, because these fonts are readable by any computer, whereas some unique fonts aren’t readable by all computers and browsers, etc.

In applications such as PowerPoint, it is also important to limit animations. Animations should have a specific purpose, such as to aid in understanding.  It is important to use simple animations rather than complex ones. Low vision readers often have to wait for the text to stop moving before they can read it. Effects that deliver bulleted lists one by one or in small chunks are good because this helps readers focus and avoid being overwhelmed by too much text on the slide all at once.

For students with low vision, certain eye diseases, including macular degeneration or glaucoma and color-blindness, it is important to use contrasting colors on your websites. Lime green, for instance, doesn’t really work well on a computer screen, particularly if you insert white text within it. It’s also important to avoid color coding (aligning red text with a specific assignment for example). While color coding is useful for many students, for students with low vision and/or some degree of color-blindness, the coding may be pointless. If you choose to use color-coding, reinforce the code by using bolding and/or italics for those who cannot discern the various colors.

PDFs

9. Convert PDF text images to OCR.

Not all PDFs are created the same. We often try to help students by scanning documents or book pages (don’t forget to consider copyright here, too) and providing the scans to students electronically. Unfortunately, when we scan, we often forget to convert our scanned image to text using OCR (Optical Character Recognition). Screen readers can only navigate and read PDFs that have been converted to OCR. You want to make sure after conversion that headers and table elements are identified correctly through styles, and that any images, charts, graphs, etc. have alt text applied.

Some students with other disabilities, such as dyslexia, may also benefit from using text-to-speech tools. These tools simply read the text given on the page. However, text-to-speech tools cannot read PDFs that are simply images of text—any image of text must be converted to OCR. You can create scans with OCR through Adobe Acrobat, which is free for any Texas State University employee.

Accessibility Checkers

10. Use built-in accessibility checkers

Microsoft Word and PowerPoint, Adobe Acrobat, and many webpage builders and learning management systems (LMS) have built in accessibility checkers. They will identify accessibility issues and usually provide helpful information for correcting them.

For more information on how to make your Word, PowerPoint, and Adobe documents accessible, please visit the Office of Distance and Extended Learning’s Creating Accessible Documents for both Windows and Macintosh operating systems. You will need to use your Texas State NetID and password to access.

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  1. In The End, your body cannot differentiate between utilizing
    a barbell, leg press machine, or a challenging body weight exercise like Nordic curls.
    So long as you train hard and sometimes sufficient, your muscular tissues
    will reply by getting larger and stronger. Compound lifts (a.k.a.
    multi-joint exercises, assume squats and
    deadlifts) are essential, and would be the big lifts that
    heart your workouts. Single-joint workouts are important, too—these permit you to home
    in on a single muscle for more targeted training.
    We did this so you probably can escape of your norm and select leg exercises
    that align along with your training objectives. The leg workout routines without
    weights that we’re sharing right here will goal your glutes,
    hips, quads, hamstrings, and calves.
    The Landmine Squat is a superb power exercise to construct quality
    thigh muscle mass. Nevertheless, it requires extra stabilizer muscular tissues, together
    with numerous back, shoulders, and chest muscles.

    This is a superb exercise for studying the means
    to squat as a outcome of it reinforces the sitting-back portion of
    the squat.
    It works along with your gluteus medius and minimus muscle tissue to internally rotate and abduct your hip, and
    along with the quadriceps muscle rectus femoris, it helps
    flex your hip. This little guy is a hip stabilizer whose main action is to abduct your hip joint.
    When you’re standing on one leg attempting to place on your
    pants in the morning, your gluteus medius keeps your pelvis
    degree and prevents you from toppling over.
    Your lower body is made up of a number of the largest muscular tissues in your complete body.
    As A Outcome Of of this, you might assume that weights
    are wanted to train them properly. The fact is,
    you might get a fantastic leg workout in with bodyweight
    exercises alone. You just have to know what bodyweight leg workout
    routines to do and how a lot volume to give your exercise.
    If you’re taking an intensive strategy, it is feasible
    for you to to train your legs successfully, allowing them to get progressively stronger, larger, and extra ripped.
    As mentioned, the leg muscle tissue are comprised of the hamstrings,
    quads, glutes, and calves.
    All of those advantages will improve athleticism and long-term functionality.

    Static stretches have no place in your warm-up as a
    result of they put your muscle tissue to sleep and scale back force output potential (strength).
    As A Substitute, dynamic stretches lengthen and wake up your muscle tissue, making them rather more warm-up-appropriate.
    Good dynamic leg stretches include leg swings, toe
    touches, and lateral lunges.
    Don’t overlook the significance of balancing your lower body work with other muscle teams for
    general growth. Prioritize heavy compound lifts, but also
    concentrate on isolating the muscles to stimulate progress
    from all angles. Leg day coaching methods must stability train volume, depth, and
    order to successfully promote muscle hypertrophy and energy.
    Proof constantly shows that structured, multi-set applications tailor-made to individual health levels yield the most effective results.
    It goes past the fundamentals, offering you with skilled
    insights, actionable ideas, and little-known strategies to maximise your leg day
    effectiveness.
    Step back and stand along with your feet shoulder width and your toes turned out slightly.
    Take a deep breath and bend your hips back, then bend your knees to decrease your body so far as you can without shedding the
    arch in your decrease back. Stand along with your ft hip
    width, holding a dumbbell in each hand. Step ahead with one leg and lower your
    body till your rear knee almost touches the floor and your front thigh is parallel to the
    ground. Including one of each sort of leg train above into your leg exercises ensures
    that you cover every muscle in every major leg muscle group.
    The standing calf increase is considered one of the finest calf
    exercises you can do, working each your soleus and
    gastrocnemius on the same time, thanks to the straight
    leg place. Lastly, the Bulgarian cut up squat is
    a great leg train to do at house, since it’s fairly heavy
    even with your body weight alone, and will get heavier fast
    even with a light-weight pair of dumbbells.
    They require much more stability, coordination, and physique awareness than stationary lunges.
    Taking long steps forces your glutes to work additional
    time whereas strolling lunges with comparatively short steps make for a great
    quad exercise. One important thing to remember when doing the leg press is to
    observe proper type and vary of movement. It’s not unusual to
    see lifters load up the leg press with a humongous quantity of weight and then proceed to grind out little half-reps
    at the top of the movement. Placing your ft on the high of
    the footplate shifts a variety of the emphasis to your posterior chain muscles, together with your glutes and your
    hamstrings. That’s not a nasty factor, but to maximally target your quads, place them
    lower on the footplate. You would possibly even run out of dumbbells or kettlebells at some point.

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  2. Totally Different types of creatine are repeatedly being released, every claiming to have higher absorption,
    no water retention, and additional anabolic advantages, all the
    issues that athletes like to hear about.

    One examine in contrast bench press strength and endurance between teams consuming creatine monohydrate, creatine magnesium chelate or
    a placebo (35). General, train scientists widely agree that supplementing
    with creatine can enhance power and energy production, or how much drive may be produced in a sure period of
    time, during exercise. The creatine loading section is followed to rapidly maximize the muscle shops, throughout which a large amount of
    creatine is consumed in a short time period. Make certain to keep your
    self properly hydrated whenever you start taking these supplements.
    A 2010 research noted that creatine hydrochloride is 38 instances
    more soluble than creatine monohydrate (10).
    To date, Spillane et al. (2009) are the one group
    that has studied the impact of CEE supplementation on coaching diversifications in resistance educated individuals.
    The researchers randomly assigned in a double-blind manner 30 male resistance-trained athletes to ingest zero.30 g/kg per day fat-free
    mass (about 20 g/day) of either a placebo, CM, or CEE for 42 days.

    As acknowledged previously, CEE supplementation didn’t
    promote larger complete muscle creatine ranges
    in comparability to placebo. In phrases of coaching variations, CEE supplementation didn’t promote larger
    gains in physique mass, fat-free mass, energy, or sprint efficiency.
    These findings point out that CEE has no apparent ergogenic
    worth over CM regardless of widespread claims that
    it is a extra superior type of creatine. Moreover, the significantly larger creatinine levels
    observed indicate it’s degraded to a larger diploma and should pose higher security
    considerations.
    They discovered that topics taking creatine had a big enchancment in verbal fluency but no significant change within the other measures included.
    They did not report any results on the measures of temper included
    in the research, which included the HAM-D, Montgomery-Asberg Melancholy Ranking Scale (MADRS), and the Younger Mania Score Scale.
    Using 31P MRS, Kato et al. [129] discovered that [PCr]
    trended towards being lowered in euthymic topics
    with a historical past of BD. They later demonstrated lower [PCr] in topics with BD kind II
    compared to controls, though no distinction in [PCr] in topics with BD kind I [154].

    Furthermore, adjustments in muscle creatine and phosphocreatine ranges
    in response to CM supplementation were considerably higher than the liquid creatine and placebo groups.
    These findings indicate that liquid creatine supplementation has no impact on muscle
    phosphagen levels and therefore could have no ergogenic
    worth. With that stated, a quantity of studies have investigated
    the position of creatine or creatine-related compounds on patient outcomes in CFS sufferers.
    The affected person continued supplementation for one more four weeks
    and retained these advantages. Chief et al. [310] conducted
    an open-label study to evaluate the consequences
    of creatine supplementation (3 g/day for three weeks and 5 g/day for 5 weeks) as
    an adjunctive dietary therapy in 16 patients with Fibromyalgia Syndrome.
    The researchers discovered that creatine supplementation significantly improves markers
    related to the severity of fibromyalgia, disability, ache, sleep high quality, and high quality of life.

    Thus far, Brazil is the only Latin American nation to approve the usage of creatine and this approval applies particularly to CM.
    In Canada, creatine is taken into account a pure health product (NHP), the regulation of which is run by the Pure Health Merchandise Directorate (NHPD) of Well Being Canada (NHPD 2003).

    The NHP regulation requires that each one NHP merchandise
    be licensed and permitted by the NHPD, and each is assigned an eight-digit numerical code.
    With respect to elements, the NHPD has developed a compendium of monographs as a tool to assist with the evaluation of the safety and efficacy of many generally used NHPs (NHPD
    2007). This permits applicants to reference an NHPD monograph in assist of
    their product license software and circumvents
    the necessity to evaluate ingredients already identified to be protected and efficacious when used
    underneath the circumstances specified in the NHPD monograph.
    For creatine, only CM has been approved for use in NHPs and
    was recently assigned a monograph by the NHPD (NHPD 2008).

    At current, there are 17 creatine-containing licensed and permitted NHPs, all of which include CM (NHPD 2010).

    Leonard enjoys weight training, taking half in basketball and yoga, and likewise enjoys climbing.
    Choosing between Creatine Nitrate and Monohydrate comes all the means down to your personal fitness targets and preferences.
    If you are seeking a pre workout boost with enhanced absorption, Creatine
    Nitrate could probably be your go-to.
    Nevertheless, as with every supplement, there are potential side effects to focus on, that are usually delicate
    and transient. One study found that the work carried out during cycling was improved by 10% with a monohydrate powder,
    however not with a liquid kind (32). While the HCl form’s
    excessive water solubility is promising, it needs to be studied more
    earlier than it might be really helpful over different varieties.

    According to 20+ studies with 721 individuals aged fifty seven to 70, it
    even advantages older adults. As Quickly As you burn via the available ATP,
    your muscles don’t have the vitality to keep contracting, and also you get drained, unable to continue your activity with out taking a break.
    Keep Away From fillers, sweeteners, and synthetic ingredients as often as
    potential when purchasing for fitness dietary supplements.

    You’re secure with Kre-Alkalyn and also you get the additional
    ATP and VO2 max to assist you push via mentioned
    workout. Thus, solubility differences will be negligible as quickly
    as creatine HCL is ingested or supplemented. As a former rower,
    he has shifted his focus to sharing his information of the health world and energy sports with others.

    The APC of selected papers of this particular
    issue are being funded by AlzChem, LLC. The funders had no role in the writing of the manuscript, interpretation of the literature, or in the choice to publish
    the outcomes.
    This course of ends in one phosphate being lost from the ATP, leading to adenosine diphosphate (ADP)
    (2). So, whereas there have been many constructive reviews from personal trainers and fitness fanatics about creatine HCL’s results on performance,
    the physique of research conducted can’t compete with that of creatine monohydrate.
    Creatine monohydrate is a creatine molecule hooked up to a water molecule, whereas creatine HCL is made
    by attaching it to a hydrochloride (HCL) group. But there is a larger physique of
    analysis to show the efficacy of creatine monohydrate.

    While not all studies have reported statistically significant differences,
    these research and others assist contentions that
    together with CM in dietary formulations might promote additive
    and/or synergistic effects on training and/or efficiency.

    In analysis of this literature, it’s clear that
    CM supplementation promotes important will increase in muscle creatine levels in most people.

    There is a few evidence that co-ingestion of CM with varied vitamins (e.g., carbohydrate, protein, d-pinitol) might improve
    creatine uptake to a higher degree. Nevertheless, there isn’t a proof that effervescent creatine, liquid creatine, and/or CEE promotes higher uptake of creatine to the
    muscle. Rather, there is some evidence that a few of these
    types of creatine may be less effective and/or be of larger scientific concern when it
    comes to security. A Number Of research have examined whether or not co-ingesting creatine with d-pinitol influences complete physique
    creatine retention. In the first study (Greenwood et al.
    2001), 12 male topics with no historical past of creatine
    supplementation donated 24-h urine samples for 4 
    days.
    With a focus on useful fitness and power training, Justin aims to encourage and motivate others to achieve their health objectives.
    When he isn’t understanding or writing, he may be discovered exploring the good outdoor or spending time with his family.
    In this comprehensive information, we’ll evaluate creatine monohydrate and creatine ethyl
    ester side-by-side that will help you determine which form is best for
    you.
    Individuals with this response could also be limited of their power
    output not by glycolytic vitality contribution but
    quite by neuromuscular or mechanical components such because the testing setup [2,22].

    A change in ΔLa is noteworthy as a end result of 1) it’s the primary parameter
    for calculating νLamax, and 2) we recognized variations between conditions in glycolytic contribution calculations as primarily related to variations
    in ΔLa. Particular Person outcomes with variations between circumstances are displayed in Figure three.

    Creatine monohydrate might have some slight downsides, but in the end it’s the most cheap and confirmed type
    of creatine on the market. Nonetheless, regardless of the much constructive analysis in this
    space, creatine monohydrate does have a couple of attainable drawbacks.
    † These statements haven’t been evaluated by the meals and drug
    administration. This product just isn’t supposed to diagnose, deal with, treatment, or stop
    any illness.
    In addition, it appears that evidently creatine can act as an efficient antioxidant agent
    after extra intense resistance training periods. “A loading section accelerates the velocity with which the muscle tissue turn out to be saturated with creatine in order that they turn into saturated within just a few days,” explains Kuza.

    As a end result, users experience advantages such as elevated energy,
    endurance, and muscle quantity a few weeks sooner than they might without a loading part, he explains.

    Creatine Monohydrate contributes to an easier molecular structure that contains one molecule of creatine and one molecule of
    hydro, i.e., water. It significantly increases intramuscular creatine levels after strenuous coaching.
    Further, the chemical properties of creatine
    nitrate combine two powerful effects by employing the role of
    each creatine and nitric oxide for muscle growth. This comparative define goals to make clear the variations between these two well-liked creatine types.
    Actually, the define helps athletes and bodybuilders to make knowledgeable selections concerning their supplementation selections.
    So, delve into the detailed analysis of chemical composition, absorption charges, potential unwanted facet effects, and effectiveness
    in enhancing sports activities and fitness efficiency for comprehensive comparative evaluation of Creatine Nitrate vs Creatine Monohydrate.

    ΔLa showed statistical equivalence beneath the placebo condition,
    but no variations or equivalence had been noticed for the creatine condition compared with baseline.
    The oxygen equivalent of lactate accumulation remained constant throughout all measurements.
    The 15-s work relative to FFM elevated barely
    however did not reach statistical significance. Impact sizes, calculated as Cohen’s d, for varied circumstances are summarized in Table 3.

    It’s nearly 100 percent pure creatine monohydrate, making certain prime
    quality & effectiveness with out the unwanted contaminants present in ‘regular’ creatine.

    It Is stored in your muscle tissue, so missing a dose won’t
    have a significant impact if your muscle stores are optimal.
    Regardless Of that, the amassed analysis evidence
    over the previous 20 years solidly positions Creapure because the benchmark for creatine monohydrate.
    This degree of purity is unmatched, particularly when in comparability with
    the USA’s main supply of creatine monohydrate (manufacturers in China) that has been discovered to comprise undesirable contaminants.

    Though the consequences of creatine HCL are promising, we need extra analysis studies to
    show these advantages. Creatine supplements are also obtainable within the form
    of capsules and vitality bars. Since creatine draws in additional water into your muscle cells, it’s necessary to
    drink plenty of water afterward. However, creatine monohydrate has
    extra evidence-based claims to prove its effectiveness.
    Due to the shortage of studies, the HCL form of creatine can not be beneficial as a better form.

    Moreover, although lactate focus is usually used to find out resistance coaching depth, this variable was not evaluated to determine useful capacity, which may be thought-about an additional limitation in this examine.
    Consultant footage of hematoxylin-eosin-stained muscle transverse sections are proven in Figure 2.
    The cross-sectional space of fibers from the gastrocnemius white portion was increased in response to resistance
    train coaching (Cc 3731 ± 415; Cr 3977 ± 422; Tr 4813 ± 982; Tcr 4273 ± 305 µm2, Figure
    2A). On the opposite hand, soleus cross-sectional areas did not differ between the teams (Cc 3997 ± 353; Cr 3910 ± 289; Tr 3642 ± 360; Tcr 4247 ± 736 µm2, Determine 2B).

    Contrary to preliminary logic, taking an enormous quantity
    of creatine does not lead to immense ATP storages that will give
    you energy to crush probably the most troublesome of workouts!
    [2] As Quickly As they are saturated with creatine, taking even more creatine dietary supplements will not make a difference.
    When creatine enters muscle cells it’ll kind creatine phosphate which is saved in your muscular tissues.
    Creatine phosphate will donate its phosphate group
    to ADP, allowing it to re-form ATP, and due to this
    fact make ATP available for power donation once more.
    However, utilizing creatine phosphate will present a a
    lot sooner way to take action and can provide higher stores of quick-release energy that your muscles can readily use all through your exercise.

    Given the big amount of information supporting the
    effectiveness of creatine monohydrate, the HCl type can’t be recommended as superior until the two have
    been in contrast in experiments. From the benefits of creatine for
    males, girls, and even youngsters, to dosage and timing, here’s a complete information to creatine supplements just for you.
    It is believed that creatine HCL has higher solubility and absorption than other types of creatine.
    Leonard has been in the supplement space for over 20 years, specializing in fitness dietary supplements and vitamin. Leonard appears on many podcasts,
    written over a hundred articles about supplements and has
    studied vitamin, supplementation and bodybuilding.

    That mentioned, there are different forms of creatine, similar to creatine HCl, which have been found to be easier on the intestine if taking monohydrate seems to cause any bloating or GI
    issues. The objective behind a creatine loading part (again, that preliminary week or so
    wherein you take in a considerably greater dosage than usual) is to fast-track the benefits
    of supplementing with creatine. “It allows your muscular tissues to absorb extra creatine in much less time, which lets you expertise the benefits in much less time [than you’d without a loading phase],” Bogden says.
    In abstract, short-term monohydrated creatine supplementation (20 g⋅day-1 for 5 days) improves the
    ePCr, though it isn’t sufficient to significantly improve
    the AC measured by AC[La-]+EPOCfast and MAOD, or efficiency during a supramaximal effort.

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  3. The bent-over barbell row could appear to be a staple exercise for constructing a strong back however alternating it out every so
    often can actually be helpful. Specifically it
    focuses on the latissimus dorsi or “lats” that are the biggest muscular tissues within the back responsible
    for pulling movements. This train is usually included in strength training routines as it
    helps to develop a powerful and muscular back. Maintain a impartial spine and solely choose a weight you could lift with good type to keep away from straining your
    again. Always management the eccentric (lowering)
    section of the raise, quite than merely dropping the barbell as quickly as
    they lock it out. Decrease the barbell slowly onto its pins or blocks to get essentially the most out of this train and keep away
    from any accidents. Examine out this video from Scott Herman Fitness
    for a visible information to performing the inverted body weight row.

    Whether Or Not you’re lacking proper equipment or are simply in search of a unique
    movement to add some variety to your program, by no means stress, there
    are at all times options. By far the biggest mistake I see with T-Bar Rows is athletes I coach assume that as a
    result of there’s a pad to assist their chest, they don’t need to have good posture.
    You ought to still have the same posture – again and
    core engaged – as you would when you didn’t have a pad supporting you.
    By far the largest mistake I see with Hammer Rows is athletes I coach assume that as a result of there’s a pad to support
    their chest, they don’t have to have good posture.
    They start rocking and rolling their entire body to attempt to get their chest as much as the
    handles. The most typical mistake I see athletes make when doing Single Arm Dumbbell Row is
    not sustaining a flat again.
    Even so, it is probably safer to get an inexpensive resistance band anchor to avoid any issues.
    Resistance bands are versatile pieces of fitness
    gear that are principally elastic cords. One potential downside is that you just need an elliptical machine to do this exercise.

    That means either investing in your individual elliptical machine or becoming
    a member of a health club. Both hammer Power machines and
    free weights have their pros and cons. The trapezius,
    usually often identified as the traps, is a kite-shaped muscle that covers the top half of your
    mid back.
    The reason being is that this exercise has a really similar setup to the bent-over barbell row;
    nonetheless, your palms are in a neutral place as
    opposed to pronated. Inverted rows are a compound horizontal pulling motion the
    place the exerciser suspends themselves chest-up from a bar
    or comparable object. This permits for them to quite literally row their own body
    – acting as an effective replacement in conditions where no barbell or other types of gear are current.
    In comparison to bent over rows, the T-bar row locations
    a greater emphasis on the latissimus dorsi and targets the back stabilizer muscles to a slightly higher extent.
    Pendlay rows are similar to bent-over rows, however they’re slightly easier on your lower back.

    With Pendlay rows, you set the bar down on the floor between reps, giving your again and grip a quick rest.

    The seated cable row uses a cable pulley machine to perform a rowing motion, and it works comparable muscle groups to the barbell row.
    Including T-bar rows to your again exercise routine may
    help diversify your coaching and stimulate muscle development.
    Bear In Mind to start with lighter weights and progressively improve the
    load as your power improves. Incorporating a selection of exercises like T-bar rows permits for a well-rounded back improvement while minimizing the risk of harm.
    The chest-supported machine row is performed by sitting on a machine with a pad supporting the chest.
    The ft are placed on the platform, and the handles or grips are held with an overhand grip.
    The back is kept straight as the burden is pulled in the course of the chest while
    squeezing the shoulder blades collectively.

    Lat pulldowns place little or no strain in your decrease back and might
    even help stretch and decompress your backbone. Dumbbell pullovers don’t look something like lat
    pulldowns, however they’re still a useful lat pulldown different.
    Whereas there are pullover machines you can use, not every health club has one, and
    the dumbbell version is pretty effective anyway.

    You’re performing virtually the exact same motion as the rowing
    machine, minus the leg work.
    In addition to that, it’s additionally an excellent train to help enhance your pull
    ups. To kick things off, if you need to make the normal dumbbell row harder, a easy approach to do
    is to add a pause on the prime of every rep.
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    This takes most of the stress off your lower again and likewise lets you
    work one aspect at a time, so you can identify and fix any left to right power imbalances.

    This compound train also recruits the core muscles to offer stability and support during the
    movement. If you’re on the lookout for a substitute for the bent-over row to avoid ache, handle
    an injury, make do with minimal tools, or just change issues up, we’ve you coated.
    Here is our list of the best barbell row alternate options
    that can help you build a powerful, broad back. Transitioning to the T-bar row, this robust
    exercise zeroes in on strengthening the higher again and latissimus dorsi with a reduced load on the decrease
    spine. The engagement of mid trapezius and
    rhomboid muscular tissues by way of T-bar rows promotes scapular retraction and stability,
    thus serving to stop potential shoulder accidents.

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    1 arm which looks me really helpful. The higher physique movement of
    the renegade row is just like the seated cable row however as a
    result of totally different decrease physique setup, this
    various engages your muscular tissues with a special focus.
    If you may be more experienced with resistance training this seated cable row different will not be enough to have
    interaction your again muscular tissues enough for a lot of muscle growth.
    Primarily concentrating on the higher back muscles, the Resistance Band Row is a useful tool for building
    complete upper body power. Its benefits prolong beyond the immediate focus,
    providing enhanced support for different pulling and pushing workout routines, such as the bench press.
    I love adding bodyweight exercises to my routine, as they’re tremendous accessible and
    I can at all times add a weight west for more resistance.

    A profound variety of people expertise lower again pain while performing the again day staple — a bent-over row.
    Luckily, loads of options are available to focus on the identical
    muscle groups while dodging the pain or discomfort. The inverted row is a
    superb train for many who have limited equipment at home but still need the maximum benefits of a full back workout.
    But in reality, I would argue the most effective and significant train you
    are in a position to do is the bent-over row.
    With that said, the bent-over row isn’t perfect for those with a decrease back damage or pain,
    muscular imbalance, with out access to a barbell, or wanting to
    boost a particular part of their again. For instance, if your lats are
    underdeveloped, doing a lat pulldown is a better possibility.

    If your torso remains extra upright, this reduces rigidity on these muscular tissues and places
    extra of the load load in your higher back muscular tissues.
    If you are feeling too much engagement of your biceps as you pull
    the burden in the direction of your torso you is probably not retracting your 
    shoulder blades enough. If you carry out the t-bar row together with your knees locked out this can very probably impact your approach.

    If you have a Hex Bar (or Entice Bar as they’re additionally called) and you’re not already
    doing Hex Bar Rows then you might be missing out.
    Merely stand inside your hex bar, grab the handles and row exactly
    the same as you’d for Barbell Bent Rows. For example, I didn’t
    have dumbbells for nearly the first yr of my storage fitness center whereas
    I was holding out to discover a whole lot.
    So, whether you want a program to enhance your efficiency in your sport otherwise you simply wish to look good at the seaside, there is a program designed just for you.
    Using a Lat Pulldown machine with a narrow handle and
    then barely leaning again is a great way to turn this machine into more of a horizontal row (compared to a normal vertical row Lat Pulldown).
    I’ve tried to include as much variation in this list of options as possible.
    I’m about to share with you 10 of my favourite Chest Supported Rows alternatives and detailed directions on tips on how to do every
    one.
    Some of essentially the most simply adjustable and accessible workout routines are body weight
    ones. For the inverted row, all you need is a secure apparatus and your personal physique.

    It’s an excellent various as a outcome of it mimics the motion of the barbell row, besides you are
    pulling your physique up instead of the load. The single-arm dumbbell row might help expose these
    weaknesses and improve them. It’s typically performed on a bench
    to offer extra stability and allow you to pull a heavier
    weight. A popular pulling train that you have probably seen in the health club and maybe
    even carried out your self is the barbell
    row, also referred to as the bent-over row.
    The capability to incrementally improve or decrease the resistance is important
    for progressive overload and making certain an effective workout.
    This is when it might be a good suggestion to look into another that also lets
    you overload the upper back with out putting
    any unnecessary stress on the lower again. One potential downside of one thing like running
    on the treadmill is that it is a lot more durable on your
    knees. In flip, this can result in extra bone
    strengthening so lengthy as you don’t need to cease exercising as a end result of injuries.

    It is designed for explosive energy engagement and discourages ‘cheating’
    by way of momentum usage. This makes it an exceptionally efficient motion for enhancing muscle
    progress and boosting energy levels. When performing the T-bar row,
    place your ft at shoulder width and slightly bend
    your knees. Guaranteeing that you have got a straight back is essential for
    spinal safety whereas executing the lift.
    This train is very beneficial for people with lower again points or those that struggle to
    take care of proper type during the bent-over row. An athlete should contemplate options to the bent-over row
    if they get decrease again ache when performing
    it. A bent-over barbell row various also needs to be on the
    table if you would like to repair muscle imbalances.
    If you’re a newbie and don’t really feel ready for the
    bent-over row, attempt a machine or bench-assisted row. If you have
    bother controlling the descent when performing a bent-over row, you’ll discover it
    easier when doing seated cable rows.
    People with lower again points, a scarcity of shoulder mobility or weak gripping power will
    wrestle to get probably the most from this train.
    Fortuitously, there are some efficient bent over row different exercises that overcome these limitations.

    Lawnmower rows are so-called because, when you do them,
    it appears like you’re pulling on the starter handle of a gas-powered lawnmower.
    Utilizing a low cable machine, this exercise workouts your higher back and biceps, in addition to your
    core, particularly your obliques. Biceps brachii – bent over rows give your biceps a
    great exercise alongside your again muscles.
    While it might be gratifying to learn a new train, it’s also good
    to have the ability to get to grips with one after just
    a few minutes of use. Renegade rows are a way more full-body
    train than pulldowns and work your lats along with nearly every other
    muscle in your physique. You can do that train with a large, slender, underhand, or overhand grip and likewise utilizing a V-shaped deal with.
    But, to keep away from back strain, don’t allow your lumbar
    backbone to round when doing this exercise.
    There are also particular anchors you ought to purchase you could bolt to your ceiling.

    The inverted row may be carried out with a barbell and squat rack, smith machine, and even rings.
    You can perform this exercise anytime throughout a again or upper physique exercise.

    As the name implies this exercise primarily focuses in your latissimus dorsi also called your lats.

    Despite its widespread adoption, the bent over row does present a few disadvantages that have led lifters to seek out different actions.

    When it comes to the bent over row, a suitable
    alternative must pull the arms horizontally, so that the elbows end up behind the body.
    Try these 12 bent-over options to discover the most effective
    exercises for constructing the back of your goals while minimizing
    your threat of damage. To optimally stimulate your back muscular tissues for energy and muscle
    features whereas additionally allowing for full restoration between exercises, you should train your again each 3-4 days or twice
    per week. In contrast, the pull-up entails vertical pulling where the
    elbows are pointing straight down. Horizontal pulling is best for lat thickness, while vertical pulling higher promotes lat width.
    This movement is even more joint pleasant that the inverted row
    because you get to keep your arms in a neutral place (palms facing) which is better on your shoulders.

    That’s as a outcome of pulldowns work the lats via a much bigger vary of movement than rows, challenging
    your lats whereas they’re in a stretched place.
    To sum it up, achieving a robust and healthy back is feasible via numerous strategies.
    The optimal exercise is one that aligns together with your
    individual needs, bodily condition, and exercise objectives.

    Really Feel free to experiment with these completely different
    substitutes in pursuit of wellness—and remember, the trail in direction of health must
    be approached like an enduring race quite than a rapid sprint.

    It will work the upper back similarly to the seated row, and might tolerate a lot higher reps, so is nice for a starting exercise, or coupling with a superset.
    A Hammer Energy machine is a plate-loaded machine that gives a hybrid between free weights and machines.
    Each Hammer Energy machine makes use of iso-lateral
    technology so as to work both sides of your physique at a time.
    The lat pull-in is a unilateral variation of the lat pull-down that allows you to
    transfer the lats by way of their whole range of motion from full extension all the means in which to
    full contraction. The resistance band high row permits you to
    simulate the Hammer Energy high row at house. With
    a resistance band, you’ll have the ability to comply with the identical angle of motion as with
    the hammer machine and work each side of the again unilaterally.

    Nevertheless, this is going to place lots of pressure on the neck and upper again muscular tissues.
    You may also use this movement as a back finisher for when the
    muscular tissues have been fatigued with other, more difficult again workouts.
    By altering hand positions and adopting both a wide grip or narrow grip this may also work the
    back muscle tissue a little differently. So, if you want
    to handle any energy imbalances or enhance muscle mass to certain elements of your
    again, altering your beginning position may help
    you do that as it’s such a versatile train. Muscle and recovery is an web site
    devoted to helping you exercise and attain your exercise
    goals pain free and as effectively as potential.
    Select between a 4 or 5 day training cut up and acquire 2-12 pounds of
    muscle over 90 days… Focus on stretching your lats at the bottom
    and squeezing them at the high. Attempt to the touch your elbow
    to your hip on every rep and then feel for a full extension on the
    top of the motion. They are the primary elbow flexor, which helps
    deliver the handles all the means down to your ribcage.

    The exercises that provide the best outcomes with the
    least amount of threat are those you must use. The renegade row is a unilateral rowing
    exercise carried out from a high plank position. This makes it much simpler on the decrease back than the standing bent-over row.
    Working each side of the back individually also prevents
    the stronger facet from taking up. Examine out our information and discover ways to do this effective body weight exercise.

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  12. The article does not discuss the importance of audio description for videos. Just providing a transcript for students with a sight-impairment is not enough; they need the audio description overlay.

    • Hi Jennifer,

      Thanks for your answer.

      By the way, when I said “the post says to either close-caption a video or pair it with a transcript” I was trying to paraphrase part of the discussion of consideration #5. But maybe I misunderstood that section.

      Cheers,
      Jonathan

    • Hi Jennifer,

      Thank you for the post. You are absolutely correct about the importance of audio descriptions for the sight-impaired. There are many aspects to student accessibility, and this blog post only addresses a short, concise list that Bruce and I felt were easily addressed by faculty. I anticipate quite a bit more will be forthcoming.

  13. One more question: the post says to either close-caption a video or pair it with a transcript. So just to be clear: closed-captioning isn’t necessary and including a transcript makes the content in the video adequately accessible to all students?

    • Hi Jonathan,

      That’s a good question. I suppose technically providing only transcripts meets the accessibility requirement adequately. However, keep in mind that hearing-impaired students would have to read a transcript and watch a video simultaneously. Whereas, with captions the words overlay the video, making it much easier to watch the video and read at the same time. I’ve heard Bruce say that transcripts in addition to captions are nice, so that students can quickly scan and review transcripts for content later. I’ve heard other instructors say that all students like having transcripts available for that purpose. Luckily, MediaFlo now has the options to include a searchable “Interactive transcript” option for each captioned video. Students can then copy and paste pieces of the transcript as/if needed. Therefore, if you order/create captions for your MediaFlo-stored video, you automatically have transcripts.

  14. Thanks for the post!

    Question: how easy would it be for a blind student to add different styles to a Word document? The purpose would be to allow them to jump around the document so that they could more easily compare one line of text with another several lines later.

    • As long as the student knows keyboard shortcuts or how to find the styles in the ribbon using the keyboard, they should be able to add styles. If they need to check styles in the document, they can do a JAWS (insert on the numlock) key with the letter V and get into the verbosity setting. They can change JAWS to read formatting.

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