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April 23, 2013 | 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 | 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 ********** Participation and subscription information for this EDUCAUSE Constituent Group discussion list can be found at http://www.educause.edu/groups/.
March 18, 2013 | 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 | 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 | 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 -- Greg Kraus University IT Accessibility Coordinator NC State University 919.513.4087 greg_kraus@ncsu.edu ********** Participation and subscription information for this EDUCAUSE Constituent Group discussion list can be found at http://www.educause.edu/groups/.
January 28, 2013 | 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 ********** Participation and subscription information for this EDUCAUSE Constituent Group discussion list can be found at http://www.educause.edu/groups/.
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.

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.


- Bob


Robert J Crisler
Director, Internet and Interactive Media
a partnership of University Communications and Information Services at the...
January 11, 2013 | Greg Kraus
Hi All, This is just a reminder that EDUCAUSE Proposals for the Annual Conference are due February 4. http://www.educause.edu/annual-conference/agenda-and-program/call-proposals Preconference proposals are due January 15. http://www.educause.edu/annual-conference/agenda-and-program/call-semina... Greg -- Greg Kraus University IT Accessibility Coordinator NC State University 919.513.4087 greg_kraus@ncsu.edu ********** Participation and subscription information for this EDUCAUSE Constituent Group discussion list can be found at...
January 3, 2013 | Listserv Anonymous User
Message from paire@temple.edu

Hello,

 

I was wondering if anyone is aware of a directory/listing of Accessibility Consultants that work specifically in Electronic and Information Technology.  I ran across http://www.naaconline.org but this seems to be engineers, architects, etc. for physical spaces (ADAAG type of work) not EIT.

 

Thanks in advance,

 

-Paul

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January 2, 2013 | 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 2, 2013 | 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
December 21, 2012 | Karen Sorensen
Hi - Our Computer Science game programming courses use a software called CeeBot which isn't accessible. Does anyone know of an accessible gaming programming software that is accessible?
Thank you in advance.
Best,
Karen

Karen M. Sorensen
Accessibility Advocate for Online Courses
www.pcc.edu/access
Portland Community College
971-722-4720


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December 6, 2012 | 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
December 4, 2012 | Greg Kraus
Hi All, This is a reminder of our regular monthly teleconference for the Accessibility Constituent Group tomorrow. Date: Wednesday, December 5 Time: 1pm Eastern, noon Central, 11am Mountain, 10am Pacific Dial: 1.877.944.2300 with code 99228# We have a few agenda items stemming from our discussion at the annual meeting. Agenda 1. Working with other Constituent Groups. Some CGs want to learn more about how accessibility impacts their area. The Blended Learning CG has approached us and is interested in this. Their leaders would like to set something up. We just need to figure out the best way to facilitate this. I would like to discuss how we think we can most effectively do this. 2. EDUCAUSE Core Data Survey. We discussed trying to get some accessibility questions put into the Core Data Survey that EDUCAUSE publishes. This would give a good metric for measuring how some campuses are handling accessibility. I've begun to talk to them about this and they seem open to the idea. At...
December 4, 2012 | Listserv Anonymous User
Message from moring@mail.nih.gov

I would recommend joining and following the discussions on Google's own Accessibility listserv, https://groups.google.com/forum/?hl=en&fromgroups#!forum/accessible.  There is QUITE A BIT of discussion around the lack of accessibility to many of Google's products, though the focus tends to be on sight-based accessibility, from both the participants and the Google staff.
 
As a speech recognition user (i.e. Dragon NaturallySpeaking), I can attest that Google applications such as Chrome and Google Docs are completely inaccessible to me – they don't even recognize the existence of my Dragon NaturallySpeaking, there is no reaction at all when I speak.  I recently asked on the listserv about accessibility of the new Google Chrome lap top computers and their compatibility with...
December 3, 2012 | Listserv Anonymous User
Message from paire@temple.edu

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

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December 3, 2012 | Terrill Thompson
Hi All, Attached are minutes from the IT Accessibility Constituent Group annual face-to-face meeting, held at the EDUCAUSE national conference in Denver a few weeks ago. There were 22 people at the meeting and we had some great discussion focusing largely on activities, next steps, and future directions for this group. The group is much larger than that number would suggest: We currently have 312 subscribers on this list (up from 264 this time last year). For those of you who were unable to attend the meeting, please feel free to share your thoughts about any of the topics discussed, or any other thoughts about what you'd like to see from this group. At the meeting I announced that after serving as group leader since 2007, I would be stepping aside and Greg Kraus of North Carolina State University would be stepping into that role. Greg's been active in the IT accessibility space for many years, both as a vendor and a University IT Accessibility Coordinator, and has been an active...
November 28, 2012 | Listserv Anonymous User
Message from paire@temple.edu

Hi,

 

Google is apparently providing grants to get institutions engaged with Google enterprise-level applications (http://www.google.com/earth/outreach/grants/software/index.html).  Is anyone aware of any accessibility issues with these products?  At one point they had a VPAT on Google Earth, but the URL is no longer valid.  I am also aware that others have leveraged the API for Google Earth to provide tools for people with disabilities (http://google-latlong.blogspot.com/2012/08/axs-map-makes-it-easy-to-find.html). 

 

So, any idea of the accessibility of Google...

November 27, 2012 | 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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November 21, 2012 | Listserv Anonymous User
Message from paire@temple.edu

Hi,

 

We’re in the process of writing up standards for computer labs, and the question was raised “Is it accessible to designate which workstations are the accessible workstations, just like is done in parking lots?”

 

Some accessibility software is in the base image, so a student can go to any workstation in the lab and use items like ZoomText and Read&Write Gold.  However, some software/hardware is workstation specific.  Is it acceptable to have a sign (international symbol) to indicate the workstations with AT on them?  Would it be better to have some other indication (a universal indicator across all computer labs such as an orange dot on the monitor and a tactile marker on the corner of the desk), so that the people with disabilities...

February 6, 2012 | 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 28, 2013 | 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 ********** Participation and subscription information for this EDUCAUSE Constituent Group discussion list can be found at http://www.educause.edu/groups/.
September 11, 2012 | 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 | 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
...
December 6, 2012 | 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 | 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 ********** Participation and subscription information for this EDUCAUSE Constituent Group discussion list can be found at http://www.educause.edu/groups/.
December 5, 2011 | 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 ********** Participation and subscription information for this EDUCAUSE Constituent Group discussion list can be found at...
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 | 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/.
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.

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.


- Bob


Robert J Crisler
Director, Internet and Interactive Media
a partnership of University Communications and Information Services at the...
July 26, 2012 | 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 | 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 ********** Participation and subscription information for this EDUCAUSE Constituent Group discussion list can be found at http://www.educause.edu/groups/.
December 3, 2012 | Listserv Anonymous User
Message from paire@temple.edu

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

********** Participation and subscription information for this EDUCAUSE Constituent Group discussion list can be found at...
November 27, 2012 | 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



********** Participation and subscription information for this EDUCAUSE Constituent Group discussion list can be found at http://www.educause.edu/groups/.

October 1, 2012 | 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 -- Terrill Thompson Technology Accessibility Specialist DO-IT, Accessible Technology UW Information Technology University of Washington tft@uw.edu 206-221-4168 ********** Participation and subscription information for this EDUCAUSE Constituent Group discussion list can be found at http://www....
May 2, 2012 | Terrill Thompson
Hi All, We spent much of the Constituent Group meeting today talking about this issue, so I thought I'd take a moment to report out from that discussion. California State University's Accessible Technology Initiative seems to have had some success in this area. By refusing to purchase certain learning management systems due to their accessibility problem, CSU stimulated at least a couple of those vendors, Blackboard and Desire2Learn, into action to improve their accessibility. CSU had similar positive effect with Apple regarding iTunesU. There was no one from CSU on the call, but others noted that CSU's success was as much about collaborating with the vendors and being willing to share their expertise as it was about refusing to purchase. That said, it still seems to be imperative that vendors have a business incentive for creating accessible products. By including accessibility in RFP's, and demanding that accessibility problems be addressed as a condition of purchase, we can...
April 6, 2012 | Listserv Anonymous User
Message from koupe@di.uoa.gr


http://speech.di.uoa.gr/motorAT.html


Book title: Assistive Technologies, Disability Informatics and Computer Access for Motor Limitations

Editor: Georgios Kouroupetroglou, Department of Informatics, University of Athens


Call for Chapters: Proposals Submission Deadline: April 30, 2012

Introduction
Over the last few decades, members of industry, academia, and various professional disciplines, including rehabilitation sciences, occupational therapy, computer engineering (mainly developers of human-computer interfaces, Web designers and Web content providers), ergonomics, and teaching (...
March 16, 2012 | Steven Endres
I'm kicking off a project to improve accessibility of our A/V control systems, especially touch panel interfaces. Any resources or lessons learned from your own experience would be appreciated. Steven Endres Senior Academic Technology Specialist 21st Century Learning DeVry University 3005 Highland Parkway Downers Grove, Illinois 60515 (630) 353-3950  direct (630) 353-9903  dept. fax sendres@devry.edu ********** Participation and subscription information for this EDUCAUSE Constituent Group discussion list can be found at http://www.educause.edu/groups/.
February 1, 2012 | Listserv Anonymous User
Message from safranj@greenmtn.edu

Hello all,

Hopefully someone on this list can help me out.  We are in need of setting up a testing room that will contain a computer that has adaptive technologies on it (which we already have), but the caveat is that we need to be able to provide internet when allowed and disable it when it is not.  Is there anything out there, short of disabling the port on the switch or removing the network cable, that will allow this to happen?  Thanks in advance for your responses.

Jesse Safran
Sr. Desktop Supervisor/Assist. Network Admin
Green Mountain College
1 Brennan Circle
Poultney, VT 05764
802-287-0105 (Cell)
802-287-8264 (IT Computer Support Line)
safranj@greenmtn.edu
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