DELTA Express Grants - Course Accessibility Grant

Welcome to the DELTA Course Accessibility Grants Application. DELTA Course Accessibility Grants provide training and consultative support to transform specific aspects of your course in order to make them more accessible for all students, including those with disabilities.

You are not required to complete this application in one sitting. If at any point during the application process you would like to pause and resume at a later time, please follow the steps outlined on the next page. For questions about the submission process or DELTA Express Grants in general, please contact us at deltaexpressgrants@ncsu.edu.

You can also visit DELTA Express Grants web page for more information.

7.1. As part of submitting this grant proposal,* This field is required.To proceed with the submission process, you must agree to each of the statements below.

I am an NC State faculty member (tenure-track, professional track, adjunct or instructor) or staff.

My course is a credit-bearing course.

My course will be delivered at least once between Spring 2026 and Spring 2027.

I have taught this course at least once before.

My course will be taught a minimum of three times after receiving this grant, and I will use materials developed in this grant as part of this course.

All grant funds will be spent within the fiscal year of the award and in accordance with all deadlines established by the university and my respective college and department. I understand that awards are state-appropriated funds and are subject to all applicable university, college and departmental rules for such funds. Applicants should contact their unit’s budget officer for specifics on spending. (Please see the DELTA Grant Funds FAQ for more information.)

I understand that it is DELTA’s goal (and an ethical and legal requirement) to develop online educational materials that are accessible to the broadest possible audience. I will be required to develop course content in compliance with accessibility guidelines.

2.1 Principal Investigator (PI) Name

First Name

Last Name

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2.1 Principal Investigator (PI) Name

First Name

Last Name

2.1 Principal Investigator (PI) Information

Please enter your NC State University Email

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2.2 Is there another PI for this grant proposal?

YESNO

2.3 Principal Investigator (PI) Information

First Name

Last Name

Please enter your NC State University Email

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3.1. Which is your college or division?

Agriculture and Life Sciences

Design

Education

Engineering

Humanities and Social Sciences

Natural Resources

Poole College of Management

Wilson College of Textiles

Sciences

Veterinary Medicine

University College

The Graduate School

Office of International Affairs

Other

You selected: College of Agriculture and Life Sciences. Please indicate your department.* This field is required.

Agricultural and Human Sciences

Agricultural and Resource Economics

Animal Science

Applied Ecology

Biological and Agricultural Engineering

Crop and Soil Science

Entomology and Plant Pathology

Food, Bioprocessing, and Nutrition Sciences

Horticultural Science

Molecular and Structural Biochemistry

Plant and Microbial Biology

Prestage Family Dept. of Poultry Science

Other

You selected: College of Design. Please indicate your department.* This field is required.

Architecture

Media Arts, Design, and Technology

Graphic Design

Industrial Design

Landscape Architecture

Other

You selected: College of Education. Please indicate your department.* This field is required.

Educational Leadership, Policy, and Human Development

Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics Education

Teacher Education and Learning Sciences

Other

You selected: College of Engineering. Please indicate your department.* This field is required.

Biomedical Engineering

Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering

Civil, Construction, and Environmental Engineering

Computer Science

Edward P. Fitts Department of Industrial & Systems Engineering

Electrical and Computer Engineering

Materials Science and Engineering

Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering

Nuclear Engineering

Other

You selected: College of Humanities and Social Sciences. Please indicate your department.* This field is required.

Communication

English

Foreign Languages and Literatures

History

Interdisciplinary Studies

Philosophy and Religious Studies

Political Science [in the School of Public and International Affairs]

Psychology

Public Administration [in the School of Public and International Affairs]

Social Work

Sociology and Anthropology

Other

You selected: College of Natural Resources. Please indicate your department.* This field is required.

Environmental Sciences

Forest Biomaterials

Forestry and Environmental Resources

Parks, Recreation & Tourism Management

Other

You selected: Poole College of Management. Please indicate your department.* This field is required.

Accounting

Business Management

Economics

Management, Innovation, and Entrepreneurship

Other

You selected: Wilson College of Textiles. Please indicate your department.* This field is required.

Textile and Apparel, Technology and Management

Textile Engineering, Chemistry and Science

Other

You selected: College of Sciences. Please indicate your department.* This field is required.

Biological Sciences

Chemistry

Marine, Earth, and Atmospheric Sciences

Mathematics

Physics

Statistics

Other

You selected: College of Veterinary Medicine. Please indicate your department.* This field is required.

Clinical Sciences

Molecular Biomedical Sciences

Population Health and Pathobiology

Other

You selected: University College. Please indicate your department.* This field is required.

You selected: The Graduate School. Please indicate your department.* This field is required.

Advanced Analytics

Other

You selected: Office of International Affairs. Please indicate your department.* This field is required.

You selected: Other. Please indicate your department.* This field is required.

In this next section, you will need your department head's Unity ID and phone number.
If you don't know them, you can look them up here:

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4.1 Department Head Information* This field is required.

First Name

Last Name

NC State Email

Phone Number

Unity ID

4.2. Have you notified your department head (or interim/acting head) of your proposal?* This field is required.

YESNO

5.1 What is the catalog information for the course for which you want accessibility assistance through this grant? Provide the subject, catalog number, title and how often the course is offered. Course Catalog* This field is required. Ex: CH 101, Organic Chemistry, Every Spring Semester

5.2 How many times have you taught this course? (Note that courses must have been taught at least once, by you, to qualify for this grant.)* This field is required.

5.3 Is this course/section being offered face-to-face, hybrid, or online?

5.4 When will students use the materials developed from this proposal for the first time?* This field is required.

5.5 If there are other instructors who teach this course, would you be willing to share these revised materials with them for use in their section(s)?

Yes

No other instructors teach this course

5.6 How many students enroll in this course (all sections) each academic year?* This field is required.

5.7 How many students do you estimate will enroll in the revised course (or revised section), per year? * This field is required.

5.8 Is this course a “service course” (open to and required by students in many majors), or specific to just a few majors or programs?

Service Course

Specific to a few majors or programs

5.9 What percentage of instructional materials in this course are available to students asynchronously (e.g. posted in Moodle)?Please type in the number percentage

5.10 Please provide the name and link to a newly created Moodle project site for this grant application that is a full copy of your last offering of the course you wish to improve. Follow these instructions to create a project space, and use these instructions to Copy Content from One Moodle Space to Another. Use the following naming convention for your Project Space: “[DXG Accessibility Grant] Last Name Spring 2025.” By doing so, you give DELTA staff permission to enter and view the course as a part of the application review.* This field is required.

6.1 Provide a brief summary [150 - 500 words] about the accessibility challenge(s) in your course, and what you hope to accomplish during this grant. Be specific about how this challenge is not a basic accessibility issue (simple alt text for images, layout / headings, captioning of media, tables, pdf remediation) but rather one that requires more targeted and creating problem-solving to address. The more specific you can be, the more helpful for our review.

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6.2 In which of the following content formats does your accessibility challenge exist?

Videos (owned by you)

Videos (owned by others)

Audio or Podcasts (owned by you)

Audio or Podcasts (owned by others)

Images

PDFs

Microsoft Office Files (word docs, excel spreadsheets)

Google Docs or Google Sheets

PowerPoint or Google Slides (narrated)

PowerPoint or Google Slides (not narrated)

H5P activities

SCORM Packages (Storyline or Captivate, etc.)

Tables (included within a document or on a Moodle page)

External websites (third party or vendor site)

External websites (created/maintained by you)

External software

Virtual or Augmented Reality (VR/AR)

Moodle pages or NC State books

WolfWare WordPress

Top Hat

Other(s)

6.3 Is there an urgent need for course remediation? If so, please provide details.

7.1. As part of submitting this grant proposal,* This field is required.To proceed with the submission process, you must agree to each of the statements below.

I grant DELTA permission to make this proposal available as an example to future DELTA Express Grant applicants. I understand that DELTA will remove all personal information if they choose to use my proposal as an example.

I commit to working with DELTA over the Spring/Fall semester. (Please note that Fall semester Express Grants begin later and are on a shorter timeframe than Spring ones.) I also understand I will be required to attend regular planning meetings around my grant and make progress toward improving my course.

I understand that all funds must be spent within the 2025-2026 fiscal year (ending June 30, 2026) and in accordance with all deadlines established by the university and the respective college and department. Please note that awards are state-appropriated funds and are subject to all applicable university, college, and departmental rules for such funds. Applicants should contact their unit’s budget officer for specifics on spending.

DELTA Express Grants - Course Accessibility Grant