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IT Accessibility Constituent Group
Programs, services, and resources at universities and colleges continue to expand exponentially, and delivery methods have become increasingly technology-centric. Unless these technologies are designed and deployed to support the access needs of all users, including those with disabilities, universities and colleges risk excluding qualified students, faculty, staff, and other stakeholders.
The IT Accessibility Constituent Group will help the EDUCAUSE community to assess the scope of issues of IT accessibility, identify resources and initiatives, develop best practices on policy and assistive program and service development, and in general focus on how to approach campus-wide universal access to information available via technology by engaging in dialogue across boundaries within and beyond the campus environment. This group meets at the EDUCAUSE annual conference and uses the electronic discussion list to discuss issues throughout the year.
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June 17, 2013
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Greg Kraus
Hi All,
After talking with EDUCAUSE we have two good options for moving
forward with this type of training.
1. We can do it like we did with the Blended and Online Learning CG
and do a lot of it on our own, but EDUCAUSE would help promote it.
EDUCAUSE would also be able to provide their Adobe Connect room for
it.
2. We can do it as part of EDUCAUSE's regularly scheduled EDUCAUSE
Live! series. Here EDUCAUSE would also promote it plus provide
technical assistance for the presentation along with using their Adobe
Connect room. The next available slot for this is Nov 20.
I wanted to get some input from people on which way they would prefer.
At first the Nov 20 date seemed to far away to me, but in reality I
don't know if we could pull all of this together much before then
anyways. With summer schedules it would probably be at least September
before we could do it anyways.
Another possibility is using the Learning Theater at the EDUCAUSE
National Conference for a presentation. If you...
2 Comments
June 6, 2013
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Karen Sorensen
I'm shocked that accessibility and UDL were left off that list!
Do you think it's #11, as in A11y? ;-)Karen M. Sorensen
Accessibility Advocate for Online Courses
www.pcc.edu/access
Portland Community College
971-722-4720
Accessibility Advocate for Online Courses
www.pcc.edu/access
Portland Community College
971-722-4720
June 5, 2013
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Greg Kraus
Here is EDUCAUSE's annual list of top 10 IT issues.
http://www.educause.edu/ero/article/top-ten-it-issues-2013-welcome-conne...
While accessibility isn't mentioned I think it can be included in
number 2, however, neither accessibility, usability, nor universal
design is mentioned in regards to this. The notion of a "well designed
course" is discussed, but accessibility considerations are not
enumerated here. I think the challenge before us is to get everyone
else to understand that a "well designed" course includes making an
accessible course.
I think accessibility has touch points elsewhere too, like "developing
a staffing and organizational model to accommodate the changing IT
environment" and "funding information technology strategically". Again
though, accessibility is not...
June 5, 2013
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Greg Kraus
Hi All,
This is a reminder of our meeting today at 1:00PM Eastern. I have not
received any agenda items, so here is what I propose
1. Hear plans for how EDUCAUSE is changing the Regional conferences.
2. General Q&A that people have about accessibility - bring your
questions and let the group answer them.
I also wanted to update you on the conversations that started on the
CIO list about accessibility. There was not a lot of followup
discussion but there was some interest expressed for an accessibility
overview for CIOs. I am talking to EDUCAUSE staff about how we might
best be able to facilitate this through EDUCAUSE channels. The idea
has been well received so far, but I don't have any further details at
this point.
I will need to leave the meeting early, so I will plan on talking
about the EDUCAUSE Regional conferences first then transition to the
Q&A. Even after I leave though, questions can be asked and answers can
be given. :)
The connection information is as follows...
May 31, 2013
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Daniel Denman
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Forgive me for spamming the whole list, but I’d like another colleague of mine here at Maryland added to this group. Who do I need to work with?
--Chip
==
Chip Denman
Director, Client Support
Division of Information Technology
University of Maryland
May 31, 2013
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Greg Kraus
Hi All,
This is a reminder of our next meeting on Wednesday, June 5 at 1:00PM
EST, 12:00PM CST, 11:00AM MST, and 10:00AM PST. The connection
information is as follows.
Dial: 1.877.944.2300 with code 99228#
Does anyone have specific agenda items they would like to discuss or
questions to pose to the group? If so, please post them to the list.
From the EDUCAUSE perspective, I've been talking with some of the
EDUCAUSE leadership about the possibility of us doing some
accessibility training specifically for CIOs. I don't have anything
else to report on this yet as the discussions are just starting. We
are looking at possible online training and/or an article for one of
EDUCAUSE's publications.
Also from EDUCAUSE, there are changes coming to the way they do the
regional conferences. I can give an update on that if people are
interested.
Thanks.
Greg
--
Greg Kraus
University IT Accessibility Coordinator
NC State University
919.513.4087...
May 29, 2013
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Greg Kraus
Hi All,
I don't know if anyone on the list is attending the EDUCAUSE Southeast
Regional Conference, but if you are be sure to come by one of the
accessibility related sessions happening on Thursday.
Applying Universal Design to Improve Accessibility Online, 10:45-11:30
http://www.educause.edu/southeast-regional-conference/2013/applying-univ...
Evaluating Websites for Accessibility, 11:45-12:30
http://www.educause.edu/southeast-regional-conference/2013/evaluating-we...
Lunch Roundtable Discussion: The...
April 29, 2013
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Greg Kraus
Hi All,
This is a reminder of our regular monthly meeting of the IT
Accessibility Constituent Group. It will be on May 1 from 1:00 PM-2:00
PM Eastern. The connection information is as follows.
Dial: 1.877.944.2300 with code 99228#
At this meeting we will be discussing two items.
1. Incorporating accessibility into the Project Management cycle discussion
If you have success stories of incorporating accessibility into the
project management cycle, please bring those stories to share with the
group, including lessons learned and tips for the rest of us.
For this portion we will also have Jeff Kline, the Statewide EIR
Accessibility Coordinator for the Texas Department of Information
Resources. He is the author of the book Strategic IT Accessibility:
Enabling the Organization. He will also be available to answer
questions and give us his perspective on this topic. If you have some
questions for Jeff it would be good to send them in advance so he can
have them in order to prepare. You...
April 25, 2013
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Kara Zirkle
Hello all,
I apologize in advance for any cross listings. We are only holding this position opened for 3 weeks so I wanted to make sure it reached as many people as possible.
Regards,
George Mason University
Accessible Media Coordinator
The George Mason University, Assistive Technology Initiative (ATI) within the Office of Equity and Diversity Services is seeking a full-time Accessible Media Coordinator to oversee our accessible text, captioning, and video description services.
Responsibilities:
The primary duties for this position will include the following:
- Coordinate with Accessible Media Specialist to provide quality accessible materials to students with documented...
April 24, 2013
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Kara Zirkle
Hello all,
I apologize in advance for any cross listings. We are only holding this position opened for 3 weeks so I wanted to make sure it reached as many people as possible.
Regards,
George Mason University
Accessible Media Coordinator
The George Mason University, Assistive Technology Initiative (ATI) within the Office of Equity and Diversity Services is seeking a full-time Accessible Media Coordinator to oversee our accessible text, captioning, and video description services.
Responsibilities:
The primary duties for this position will include the following:
- Coordinate with Accessible Media Specialist to provide quality accessible materials to students with documented...
April 24, 2013
|
Listserv Anonymous User
Message from paire@temple.edu
Sandy, and the others who have responded,
Thanks!
I have one overall question, and four general questions beyond that:
1) Overall, given what you know about the accessibility of the product, would you recommend using Turnitin (or iThenticate)?
2) Is the student interface accessible?
3) If the student interface has some accessibility barriers, what accommodations does your institution provide (if any)?
4) Is the instructor interface accessible?
5) If the instructor interface...
April 23, 2013
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Greg Kraus
Hi all,
Sorry for the delay in getting these out. At the last meeting we
mostly talked about finding out more information accessibility in
project management and in gathering analytics on how accessible Web
sites are.
One of our takeaways from the meeting was to invite some project
managers to our next meeting to talk about successful ways they have
incorporated accessibility into the project development cycle. Lisa
Caid has already arranged for one person, Jeff Kline, to join us at
our next meeting so we can ask him questions about these topics. Jeff
is the author of the book Strategic IT Accessibility: Enabling the
Organization.
Someone else said they might have someone who could join us too but I
don't seem to have who that was in my notes. If you had volunteered to
have a project manager join us please let me know if you have been
able to make any arrangements.
Having Jeff come to our next meeting will be great. I'll send out some
more information about it shortly.
Thanks....
April 2, 2013
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Greg Kraus
Hi All,
This is a reminder of our IT Accessibility Constituent Group meeting
tomorrow. I don't have any specific agenda items. If there are any
topics you would like to discuss please let me know. Otherwise it will
just be a general Q&A session for any questions that do pop up.
The meeting is at:
1:00PM Eastern
12:00PM Central
11:00AM Mountain
10:00AM Pacific
The connection information is:
Dial: 1.877.944.2300 with code 99228#
Thanks.
Greg
--
Greg Kraus
University IT Accessibility Coordinator
NC State University
919.513.4087
greg_kraus@ncsu.edu
**********
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March 18, 2013
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Michelle Clifford
Hi everyone,
Thank you for the session the first week of March, it was very helpful. I know many of you are meeting in Chicago at Midwest Educause Regional conference, so I hope this request isn't overloading you in any way.
CU Boulder is currently engaged in an accessibility of IT study for our entire campus, involving representatives from all over campus, system, legal, procurement. As part of the study, the University is seeking the perspectives of peer institutions across the country regarding current practices and priorities for improvements. We would like to have our contracted research group, National Research Center (NRC), interview about 16 Universities using the attached questions "Interview questions March 2013.docx". We need your help! It is often difficult to find the appropriate person that could answer these questions, so I am asking if you are willing to be interviewed, and...
March 5, 2013
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Greg Kraus
Here is the connection information.
Greg
(This information is also available on the wiki at
http://www.educause.edu/wiki/it-accessibility-and-blened-and-online-lear....)
Here is the connection information for the session on Wednesday, March
6 at 1:00PM Eastern. The session will be held in Blackboard
Collaborate for the video portion and the audio will be delivered over
a phone bridge.
Collaborate Link:
https://sas.elluminate.com/m.jnlp?sid=2008149&password=M.498687824D9512A...
Audio Connection: We are using the ITACCESS Teleconference line
provided by...
February 11, 2013
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Greg Kraus
Hi All,
I'm just following up from our meeting to let you know that I have
confirmed with Core Data that they did receive our questions.
Greg
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Greg Kraus
University IT Accessibility Coordinator
NC State University
919.513.4087
greg_kraus@ncsu.edu
**********
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February 5, 2013
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Listserv Anonymous User
Message from paire@temple.edu
**********
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Hi,
I’m curious if anyone is aware of an accessible solution for software distribution via a website. We’re looking to allows students to download software that is site licensed, but the vendor we’ve looked at for distribution is not fully compliant. Is anyone aware of one that is?
Thanks,
-Paul
February 5, 2013
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Greg Kraus
Hi All,
This is a reminder of our meeting tomorrow at 1:00PM EST, 12:00PM CST,
11:00AM MST, 10:00AM PST. You can call in at
Dial: 1.877.944.2300 with code 99228#
For an agenda I would like to plan for an event we talked about doing
previously - providing a Q&A session for the Blended and Online
Learning Constituent Group. We had originally looked at providing that
session during our February meeting, but because of scheduling, this
needed to be pushed back to the March meeting.
The Blended and Online Learning CG leaders and I have been pulling
together some questions they would like answered in the March session.
What I would like to do at tomorrow's meeting is plan for how we
would like to handle the questions that have been proposed so far. If
this process works well it might be something we can do with other
constituent groups in the future.
Thanks.
Greg
--
Greg Kraus
University IT Accessibility Coordinator
NC State University
919.513.4087...
January 28, 2013
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Christian Vinten-Johansen
Hi folks,
Proposals for EDUCAUSE 2013 are due February 4. We've had good
attendance and responses to panels in the last 2 years of the
conference.
Would anyone like to pitch session ideas?
Christian
--
Christian Vinten-Johansen
WebLion - http://weblion.psu.edu/
Teaching and Learning with Technology
Information Technology Services
Accessible Technology Information Initiative
Penn State
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January 25, 2013
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Robert J. Crisler
Well done. I'm hopeful that this will start a few conversations and elevate this issue going forward as a higher priority with higher-ed IT.
- Bob
Robert J Crisler
Director, Internet and Interactive Media
a partnership of University Communications and Information Services at the...
Since vendor products, if not the biggest problem in general for accessibility, tend to be the hardest to remediate, I'll suggest adding something in the first set of (to what extent …) questions:
a. Requiring procurement and other IT sourcing personnel to be cognizant of accessibility issues and their legal implications.
Also, the first one, "Do not have an web accessibility policy", s/b 'a' rather than 'an.'
Thanks.
Thanks.
- Bob
Robert J Crisler
Director, Internet and Interactive Media
a partnership of University Communications and Information Services at the...
February 6, 2012
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Terrill Thompson
Hi All,
The deadline for EDUCAUSE 2012 conference proposals is rapidly
approaching (Tuesday February 21).
The past few years the IT Accessibility Constituent Group has served
as a catalyst for organizing and promoting accessibility-related
sessions. With this post I'm hoping to get that process started again
this year. Here are a few questions to get the conversation started:
1. Who on this list is planning to attend EDUCAUSE 2012, and plans to
submit a proposal on an accessibility-related topic?
2. If you don't have a specific plan yet, but would like to be part of
a collaborative proposal, what sort of proposal would you be
interested in, and on what topic?
Here's the Call For Proposals:
http://www.educause.edu/E2012/CFP
Note that "Universal Design/Accessibility" is one of the conference
themes, and that EDUCAUSE seems to be deliberately flexible regarding
session format (...
January 2, 2013
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Judy Caruso
HI All - I sent this draft of possible accessibility questions to add to the
EDUCAUSE Core Data questions. I have not approached EDUCAUSE core data staff
yet about this. We could discuss this document. At the last call we thought
that adding accessibility questions to the core data survey would be good.
Do we still think this is a good idea? Also, this document is too long.
Thanks.
Judy
Judy Borreson Caruso
Director, IT Policy and Planning
CIO's Office
University of Wisconsin-Madison
Madison WI 53706
judy.caruso@cio.wisc.edu
608-263-7318
January 2, 2013
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Jon Gunderson
Judy,
Thank you for putting this draft together.
One quick comment is that I think question 8 in the draft questions should include "Section 508 Information Technology Accessibility Standards" as an option for web accessibility standards.
Jon
January 28, 2013
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Christian Vinten-Johansen
Hi folks,
Proposals for EDUCAUSE 2013 are due February 4. We've had good
attendance and responses to panels in the last 2 years of the
conference.
Would anyone like to pitch session ideas?
Christian
--
Christian Vinten-Johansen
WebLion - http://weblion.psu.edu/
Teaching and Learning with Technology
Information Technology Services
Accessible Technology Information Initiative
Penn State
**********
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September 11, 2012
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Terrill Thompson
Thanks Jon for your edits to the 8 questions for the poster.
I've attached another draft, with a few minor edits to the questions
themselves. One change of particular note though is the title.
Originally it was "8 Great Questions to Ask About Making Content
Accessible". You changed that to "8 Great Questions to Ask Vendors
About Accessibility". While I agree that we'd like these eight
questions to be something attendees can talk with vendors about, I
think these questions also have broad applicability - they apply to
vendors, but not exclusively to vendors. So, I changed the title to
the more general "8 Great Questions to Ask About IT Accessibility". A
nice side effect is this title is shorter and fits on two lines rather
than three, which makes all the content fit a little better.
Thoughts? Feedback? Additional edits?
Thanks,
Terrill
--
Terrill Thompson
Technology Accessibility Specialist
DO-IT, Accessible Technology
UW Information Technology
University of Washington...
June 6, 2012
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Listserv Anonymous User
Message from karen.sorensen@pcc.edu
Hi -
I asked this question in today's meeting, but want to repeat it in case those who didn't attend might have some input.
At PCC we check each new online course to make sure it meets WCAG 2.0 AA standards. But we have 1900 existing courses that never were checked. We want to bring those courses up to WCAG 2.0 AA standards too. Does anyone have a process that they used or are using to bring existing online courses up to accessibility standards?
DeVry folks were very helpful in today's meeting sharing their process. Guys from DeVry, if you would be so kind as to share with the group again on the listserv or send me your email addresses so I can ask you a few more questions, that would be awesome! I'd love it if you wanted to share your checklist. And did you use any software to do the initial accessibility analysis reports that you sent to deans?
Best,
Karen
Karen M. Sorensen
...
Hi -
I asked this question in today's meeting, but want to repeat it in case those who didn't attend might have some input.
At PCC we check each new online course to make sure it meets WCAG 2.0 AA standards. But we have 1900 existing courses that never were checked. We want to bring those courses up to WCAG 2.0 AA standards too. Does anyone have a process that they used or are using to bring existing online courses up to accessibility standards?
DeVry folks were very helpful in today's meeting sharing their process. Guys from DeVry, if you would be so kind as to share with the group again on the listserv or send me your email addresses so I can ask you a few more questions, that would be awesome! I'd love it if you wanted to share your checklist. And did you use any software to do the initial accessibility analysis reports that you sent to deans?
Best,
Karen
Karen M. Sorensen
...
December 6, 2012
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Greg Kraus
Thanks Lisa,
Here is the EDUCAUSE Core Data Survey.
http://www.educause.edu/visuals/shared/cds/pdfs/EDUCAUSE_Core_Data_All_M...
Greg
--
Greg Kraus
University IT Accessibility Coordinator
NC State University
919.513.4087
greg_kraus@ncsu.edu
September 11, 2012
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Jon Gunderson
Terry,
I did some editing of the poster questions to make them more vendor oriented.
Maybe we could have some handouts for people to take with them into the exhibit area to ask vendors questions.
Jon
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December 5, 2011
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Terrill Thompson
Hi All,
The regularly scheduled meeting of the EDUCAUSE IT Accessibility
Constituent Group is this Wednesday, 12/7, at 1pm Eastern (noon
Central, 11am Mountain, 10am Pacific).
As recently discussed on the list, we can use this meeting time to
discuss anything you like related to IT accessibility. If you have
questions about strategies, solutions, workarounds, or techniques; CG
activities you'd like to propose; activities you'd like to report; or
anything else you feel is relevant for this group to discuss, please
send me your agenda items by tomorrow (Tuesday 12/6) at 4:00pm Pacific
and I'll compile them and announce them to the group.
Thanks!
--
Terrill Thompson
Technology Accessibility Specialist
DO-IT, Accessible Technology
UW Information Technology
University of Washington
tft@uw.edu
206-221-4168
**********
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September 13, 2012
|
Listserv Anonymous User
Message from paire@temple.edu
Hi,
I was wondering if anyone has any policies/standards that clearly make the distinction between responsibility of the faculty member vs Disabled Student Services in providing alternate formats for instructional materials.
I went to the DOIT site and read through the California Community Colleges guidelines, the U Mich SSD Faculty Handbook, both of which are nice, but don’t really seem to state a clear distinction between how much work the faculty have to do to make materials accessible and when they should hand it off to Disabled Student Services. The...
May 2, 2012
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Listserv Anonymous User
Message from lgreco@berkeley.edu
Sorry I was not able to stay on the line this morning. But I needed to work with a student. I would be willing to work with a group of people to brain storm a few ideas about how we can better educate purchasing staff and administrators about what to ask and how to check before thinking about buying Lucy ********** Participation and subscription information for this EDUCAUSE Constituent Group discussion list can be found at http://www.educause.edu/groups/.
Sorry I was not able to stay on the line this morning. But I needed to work with a student. I would be willing to work with a group of people to brain storm a few ideas about how we can better educate purchasing staff and administrators about what to ask and how to check before thinking about buying Lucy ********** Participation and subscription information for this EDUCAUSE Constituent Group discussion list can be found at http://www.educause.edu/groups/.
February 5, 2013
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Listserv Anonymous User
Message from paire@temple.edu
**********
Participation and subscription information for this EDUCAUSE Constituent Group discussion list can be found at http://www.educause.edu/groups/.
Hi,
I’m curious if anyone is aware of an accessible solution for software distribution via a website. We’re looking to allows students to download software that is site licensed, but the vendor we’ve looked at for distribution is not fully compliant. Is anyone aware of one that is?
Thanks,
-Paul
January 25, 2013
|
Robert J. Crisler
Well done. I'm hopeful that this will start a few conversations and elevate this issue going forward as a higher priority with higher-ed IT.
- Bob
Robert J Crisler
Director, Internet and Interactive Media
a partnership of University Communications and Information Services at the...
Since vendor products, if not the biggest problem in general for accessibility, tend to be the hardest to remediate, I'll suggest adding something in the first set of (to what extent …) questions:
a. Requiring procurement and other IT sourcing personnel to be cognizant of accessibility issues and their legal implications.
Also, the first one, "Do not have an web accessibility policy", s/b 'a' rather than 'an.'
Thanks.
Thanks.
- Bob
Robert J Crisler
Director, Internet and Interactive Media
a partnership of University Communications and Information Services at the...
January 2, 2013
|
Greg Kraus
* Core Data Questions Regarding Accessibility
Judy Caruso brought together several potential questions, many drawn
from the 2008 ATHEN Survey on Accessible Technology in Higher
Education. For Core Data we will most likely only get a couple of
questions in, probably around 5 at most. We all agreed that our
questions should address the following issues.
1. Accessibility policies
2. What challenges do you face in implementing your accessibility policy?
3. Who is responsible for accessibility?
4. How many resources (FTE) are dedicated to accessibility?
5. What type of resources are available to your campus in making an
accessible environment?
We also felt that in forming questions we should be asking ourselves
1. What do we really want to know from institutions?
2. What do we want to have happen by virtue of collecting this data?
We decided to form a small group to refine the questions Judy worked
on. This will be presented back out to the group for discussion at the
February meeting...
July 26, 2012
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Terrill Thompson
Hi All,
I mentioned in an earlier email that I'm not available on the first
Wednesday of August to facilitate our usual monthly meeting of the IT
Accessibility Constituent Group. That's still true - however, with
the national EDUCAUSE conference drawing nearer, I'd like to begin the
discussion of what the group would like to do at this year's
conference. For starters...
1. Our annual constituent group meeting is scheduled for Thursday
11/8, at 4:00pm. This is an opportunity to discuss current and
emerging issues related to IT accessibility and to share strategies
and best practices. It usually works well to have an open agenda, but
if anyone has specific topics they'd like to explore during this time,
please let me know.
2. EDUCAUSE is planning to have a theater on the exhibit hall floor
for constituent groups to use throughout the conference. They're still
in the early stages of planning what to do with that space, and are
open to input from us. Any ideas?
3. EDUCAUSE is also...
May 2, 2012
|
Terrill Thompson
Hi All,
Another topic of discussion in today's Constituent Group meeting was
how to describe complex images. Specifically, Giovanni Duarte of Devry
had asked about describing images in the health science area, e.g.,
how to adequately describe a heart adequately.
Here's an excellent resource from the National Center for Accessible
Media (NCAM):
"Effective Practices for Description of Science Content within Digital
Talking Books"
http://ncam.wgbh.org/experience_learn/educational_media/stemdx
Also, I mentioned in the meeting (prior to Karen Sorenson's arrival)
that Karen gave an excellent training at the NorthWest Managers of
Education Technology conference last week. Here's her page on this
topic:...
April 30, 2012
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Terrill Thompson
Hi All,
The regularly scheduled monthly meeting of the IT Accessibility
Constituent Group is Wednesday May 2.
Do folks have topics they'd like to discuss? If so, let me know by
end-of-day Tuesday and I'll create an agenda.
Thanks,
Terrill
--
Terrill Thompson
Technology Accessibility Specialist
DO-IT, Accessible Technology
UW Information Technology
University of Washington
tft@uw.edu
206-221-4168
**********
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December 3, 2012
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Listserv Anonymous User
Message from paire@temple.edu
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Hi,
I was wondering if any institution would be willing to share what their remediation budget is for Accessibility (particularly for the accessibility of technology), assuming they have one (and if you have one, what’s the size of your institution?). If you have a remediation budget, does it include web sites, web applications (including course registration and LMS), instructional materials, learning spaces (classrooms & labs), and other items, or is it relegated to just one or two (such as web sites and computer labs)?
Thanks,
-Paul
November 27, 2012
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Karen Sorensen
Hi - Does anyone use WebWork for math courses? We are finding it to be one of the most accessible math sites available. We would love to find some official documentation that verifies our findings.
Thanks,
Karen
Karen M. Sorensen
Accessibility Advocate for Online Courses
www.pcc.edu/access
Portland Community College
971-722-4720
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Thanks,
Karen
Karen M. Sorensen
Accessibility Advocate for Online Courses
www.pcc.edu/access
Portland Community College
971-722-4720
********** Participation and subscription information for this EDUCAUSE Constituent Group discussion list can be found at http://www.educause.edu/groups/.
October 1, 2012
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Terrill Thompson
Hi All,
It's time again for the monthly meeting of the Accessibility
Constituent Group. Here are the details:
Date: Wednesday, October 3
Time: 1pm Eastern, noon Central, 11am Mountain, 10am Pacific
Dial: 1.877.944.2300 with code 99228#
The sole agenda item is to finalize plans for our
accessibility-related activities at the EDUCAUSE national conference.
This will be the last meeting before the conference, so if you have
already volunteered to help out in some way, or if you would like to
volunteer, please join us on the call!
Thanks,
Terrill
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Terrill Thompson
Technology Accessibility Specialist
DO-IT, Accessible Technology
UW Information Technology
University of Washington
tft@uw.edu
206-221-4168
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