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content/foundation/business-case-and-benefits.md

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 Courses based on this module should:
 
-* Explore the rationale for organizations to address accessibility.
-* Present examples of organizations addressing accessibility.
+* explore the rationale for organizations to address accessibility
+* present examples of organizations addressing accessibility
 
 ## Learning Outcomes for Module
 
 Students should be able to:
 
-* Explain how accessibility can:
-  * Extend market reach.
-  * Demonstrate social responsibility.
-  * Drive innovation.
-  * Minimize legal risk.
+* explain how accessibility can
+  * extend market reach
+  * demonstrate social responsibility
+  * drive innovation
+  * minimize legal risk
 
 ## Competencies
 
@@ -76,13 +76,13 @@ Introduce business case benefits of accessibility. Provide examples of organizat
 
 Students should be able to:
 
-* List examples of organizations that have adopted accessibility, and the benefits these organizations report.
-* Explain how accessibility can:
-  * Benefit people with and without disabilities.
-  * Enhance brand reputation and help demonstrate social responsibility.
-  * Help reduce overall maintenance and remediation costs.
-  * Promote human-centered design approaches, which result in more usable products.
-* Describe some potential risks of not addressing accessibility, such as possible lawsuits and costly litigations.
+* list examples of organizations that have adopted accessibility, and the benefits these organizations report
+* explain how accessibility can
+  * benefit people with and without disabilities
+  * enhance brand reputation and help demonstrate social responsibility
+  * help reduce overall maintenance and remediation costs
+  * promote human-centered design approaches, which result in more usable products
+* describe some potential risks of not addressing accessibility, such as possible lawsuits and costly litigations
 
 #### Teaching Ideas  for Topic
 
@@ -101,7 +101,7 @@ Optional ideas to teach the learning outcomes:
 
 Optional ideas to support assessment:
 
-* Practice — Students perform a specific task with the virtual assistant in their mobile phones. For example, students read the news, query the weather, or check items into a shopping cart. Assess students' capacity to recognize innovation behind features originally designed for accessibility that many people use nowadays.
+* Practical — Students perform a specific task with the virtual assistant in their mobile phones. For example, students read the news, query the weather, or check items into a shopping cart. Assess students' capacity to recognize innovation behind features originally designed for accessibility that many people use nowadays.
 * Portfolio — Students research how an organization could benefit from improving accessibility. Assess students' capacity to outline business opportunities gained from taking this approach.
 * Presentation — Students research and describe different mainstream accessibility features that they are already using, for example on their mobile phone, or accessibility features that they may want to use in the future. Assess students' capacity to identify  accessibility features that others can enjoy.
 * Report — Students write a report about publicly-available accessibility testimonials and business case arguments from different organizations. Advise students that testimonials are often not easy to verify and may require further analysis. Assess students' capacity to identify business case arguments that others are using to implement accessibility.
@@ -114,9 +114,9 @@ Optional ideas to support assessment:
 
 Optional ideas to support assessment:
 
-* Guided Quiz — From a list of business case arguments, students describe the benefits that match the corresponding business case arguments. Assess students' capacity to relate business case arguments to benefits.
-* Presentation — Students present business case arguments that are applicable to an organization of their choice. Assess students' capacity to explain the rationale for each argument.
-* Open Book Exam — Students answer questions about the scope and applicability of specific policies from [Web Accessibility Laws & Policies](/policies/). Assess students' capacity to identify how laws and policies impact a particular organization.
+* Guided Quiz — From a list of business case arguments, students describe the benefits that match the corresponding business case arguments. Assess how students relate business case arguments to benefits.
+* Presentation — Students present business case arguments that are applicable to an organization of their choice. Assess how students explain the rationale for each argument.
+* Open Book Exam — Students answer questions about the scope and applicability of specific policies from [Web Accessibility Laws & Policies](/policies/). Assess students' understanding of how laws and policies impact a particular organization.
 
 ## Teaching Resources
 

content/foundation/foundation-modules.md

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 This curriculum provides a general introduction to web accessibility. It is designed for any students with a basic understanding of computers and the Web.
 
-Its aims are to:
+This curriculum results in courses that:
 
 * Explain how people with disabilities use the Web.
 * Define the scope and relevance of web accessibility.

content/foundation/getting-started-with-accessibility.md

@@ -29,18 +29,18 @@ navigation:
 
 Courses based on this module should:
 
-* Introduce different strategies on how to plan, apply, manage, and sustain accessibility.
-* Introduce roles and responsibilities related to implementing accessibility.
+* introduces different strategies on how to plan, apply, manage, and sustain accessibility
+* introduces roles and responsibilities related to implementing accessibility
 
 ## Learning Outcomes for Module
 
 Students should be able to:
 
-* Explain different organizational strategies to plan and manage accessibility.
-* Describe how to develop accessibility policies for organizations and statements for products.
-* Describe ways to explore the accessibility environment in organizations.
-* Distinguish different roles and responsibilities for applying accessibility.
-* Explain how to start addressing accessibility in an existing project.
+* explain different organizational strategies to plan and manage accessibility
+* describe how to develop accessibility policies for organizations and statements for products
+* describe ways to explore the accessibility environment in organizations
+* distinguish different roles and responsibilities for applying accessibility
+* explain how to start addressing accessibility in an existing project
 
 ## Competencies
 
@@ -80,11 +80,11 @@ Introduce different approaches for integrating accessibility throughout the desi
 
 Students should be able to:
 
-* Explain that accessibility implementation needs involvement from a wide range of roles.
-* Recognize the need of technical and financial resources for accessibility.
-* Identify some roles to ensure a consistent implementation of accessibility, such as those from Quality Assurance or Executive Management Teams.
-* Describe how to involve people with disabilities throughout projects.
-* Describe some accessibility case studies from organizations.
+* explain that accessibility implementation needs involvement from a wide range of roles
+* recognize the need of technical and financial resources for accessibility
+* identify some roles to ensure a consistent implementation of accessibility, such as those from Quality Assurance or Executive Management Teams
+* describe how to involve people with disabilities throughout projects
+* describe some accessibility case studies from organizations
 
 #### Teaching Ideas  for Topic
 
@@ -98,9 +98,9 @@ Optional ideas to teach the learning outcomes:
 
 Optional ideas to support assessment:
 
-* Reflective Journal — Students identify accessibility related processes based on what they have learned, and research how to update them to better integrate accessibility. Assess students' capacity to identify strengths and weaknesses in an overall accessibility strategy.
-* Guided Quiz — From a given set of roles, students list main responsibilities associated to each of these roles. Assess students' capacity to identify roles and attribute responsibilities.
-* Portfolio — Students select a product of their choice and develop strategies to efficiently plan and manage accessibility. Assess students' capacity to identify key actions for accessibility to be maintained throughout time.
+* Reflective Journal — Students identify accessibility related processes based on what they have learned, and research how to update them to better integrate accessibility. Assess how students identify strengths and weaknesses in an overall accessibility strategy.
+* Guided Quiz — From a given set of roles, students list main responsibilities associated to each of these roles. Assess how students identify roles and attribute responsibilities.
+* Portfolio — Students select a product of their choice and develop strategies to efficiently plan and manage accessibility. Assess how students identify key actions for accessibility to be maintained throughout time.
 
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@@ -116,9 +116,9 @@ Introduce students to accessibility policies for organizations and accessibility
 
 Students should be able to:
 
-* Describe accessibility policies as a mechanism to reinforce commitment among the organization members.
-* Recognize the role of accessibility statements as a way of documenting the current accessibility status and of defining future steps and commitments.
-* Explain some current accessibility approaches from well-known organizations.
+* describe accessibility policies as a mechanism to reinforce commitment among the organization members
+* recognize the role of accessibility statements as a way of documenting the current accessibility status and of defining future steps and commitments
+* explain some current accessibility approaches from well-known organizations
 
 #### Teaching Ideas for Topic
 
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 #### Ideas to Assess Knowledge for Topic
 
-Optional ideas to support assessment:
+Optional ideas to support your teaching:
 
-* Report — Students draft an accessibility policy based on an organization of their choice. Assess students' capacity to define the scope of the policy, and to reference current standards.
-* Presentation — Students draft an accessibility statement for a product of their choice and present it to their peers. Assess students' capacity to reflect on current status of the product and to demonstrate commitment to accessibility.
+* Report — Students draft an accessibility policy based on an organization of their choice. Assess how students define the scope of the policy and reference current standards.
+* Presentation — Students draft an accessibility statement for a product of their choice and present it to their peers. Assess how students reflect on current status of the product and demonstrate commitment to accessibility.
 
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@@ -148,12 +148,12 @@ Introduce roles and responsibilities for accessibility. See [Accessibility Roles
 
 Students should be able to:
 
-* Explain how accessibility responsibilities are shared among different roles within the team.
-* Describe some accessibility features and map them to specific roles.
+* explain how accessibility responsibilities are shared among different roles within the team
+* describe some accessibility features and map them to specific roles
 
 #### Teaching Ideas for Topic
 
-Optional ideas to teach the learning outcomes.
+Optional ideas to teach the learning outcomes:
 
 * Explain the different types of roles involved in implementing web accessibility. For reference, use [Accessibility Roles and Responsibilities](https://w3.org/WAI/EO/wiki/Role_definition_document).
 * Introduce the scope of their responsibilities throughout. Emphasize that sometimes a particular accessibility feature needs involvement from several roles.
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 Students should be able to:
 
-* Explain how to identify potential accessibility issues in projects.
-* Describe some strategies to scope, prioritize, and repair accessibility issues in an existing project.
+* explain how to identify potential accessibility issues in projects
+* describe some strategies to scope, prioritize, and repair accessibility issues in an existing project
 
 #### Teaching Ideas for Topic
 
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 Optional ideas to support assessment:
 
 * Presentation — Students identify accessibility issues in a website or application and share their findings with their peers. Assess students' accuracy when performing first checks.
-* Debate — Students prioritize the issues found and elaborate on how to fix them. Assess students' capacity to identify key tasks and contents and to consider the impact of issues.
+* Debate — Students prioritize the issues found and elaborate on how to fix them. Assess how students identify key tasks and contents and consider the impact of issues.
 
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 Optional ideas to support assessment:
 
 * Multiple Choice Questions — From a list with all accessibility planning and managing strategies, students select those they consider relevant for their particular situation.
-* Presentation — Students present different roles and responsibilities involved in web accessibility and describe their associated tasks. Assess students' capacity to identify responsibilities and map them to their corresponding roles.
-* Report — Students describe some strategies to integrate accessibility in any existing project. Assess students' capacity to communicate and prioritize strategies.
+* Presentation — Students present different roles and responsibilities involved in web accessibility and describe their associated tasks. Assess how students identify responsibilities and map them to their corresponding roles.
+* Report — Students describe some strategies to integrate accessibility in any existing project. Assess how students communicate and prioritize strategies.
 
 ## Teaching Resources