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Colleges and universities have long been responsible for ensuring that persons with disabilities have equitable access to educational opportunities as well as the campus workplace. Federal and state laws require it. As technology has become ever more central to the development and delivery of institutional programs, resources, and services, the importance of providing an accessible technology environment across a college or university has grown. To the extent that technology is critical to the core functions of the institution, the accessibility of that technology to persons with disabilities has become a key factor in determining whether facilities, programs, and services are accessible to them.
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The U.S. Department of Justice's Americans with Disabilities (ADA) website includes the following information:
- Frequently Asked Questions About the June 29, 2010, Dear Colleague Letter
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The Australian Human Rights Commission website on World Wide Web and information accessibility includes information on;
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EDUCAUSE Library Items for Accessibility
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Kindle Accessibility Concerns Continue
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March 13, 2013
The National Federation of the Blind (NFB) continues to raise concerns about the accessibility of Amazon's Kindle devices as well as its Kindle apps for other devices (e.g., the iPad) for pe…
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Frequently Asked Questions About the June 29, 2010, Dear Colleague Letter
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May 26, 2011
The Department of Education has determined that this document is a “significant guidance document” under the Office of Management and Budget’s Final Bulletin for Agency Good Guidance Pract…
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Elaborating on Online Accessibility
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May 27, 2011
The Department of Education elaborated on a 2010 letter urging college and university presidents to make sure that the “emerging technology” on their campuses squares with federal laws pro…
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Cal State's Strong Push for Accessible Technology Gets Results
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December 12, 2010
Over the past five years, Cal State has waged one of higher education's most aggressive campaigns for accessible technology. It has adopted stringent standards for vendors and employees. Alo…
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Colleges Lock Out Blind Students Online
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December 12, 2010
Darrell Shandrow, a journalism student who is blind, can navigate around Arizona State U. just fine But he was stymied by Spanish 101, which uses an online workbook inaccessible to blind student…
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Beyond Alt Tags: Creating Accessible Courses in a Learning Management System
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November 5, 2009
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A session at the EDUCAUSE 2009 Annual Conference
E-learning presents a great opportunity to equalize access to education, one that has yet to be fully realized. This presentation will highlight some work done to achieve this goal. It will also co…
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New U.S. Dept. of Ed. Guidance on Accessibility and Emerging Technologies
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May 26, 2011
The U.S. Department of Education (ED) released today a new Dear Colleague Letter (DCL) expanding on its June 2010 joint DCL with the U.S. Department of Justice regarding the use of e-readers…
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Lightning Round of Innovative Work and Projects
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March 18, 2008
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A session at the EDUCAUSE Midwest Regional Conference 2008
Come learn about innovative work being done in the Midwest region at this brisk, lively showcase of five-minute presentations from ten of your peer institutions. Time will be allotted for Q&A, …
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The Accessibility of Course Management Systems: Can You Read This If You're Blind?
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March 13, 2007
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A session at the EDUCAUSE Midwest Regional Conference 2007
The panel will highlight accessibility problems and strengths of WebCT, Blackboard, Desire2Learn, and Sakai and present recommendations for improvement. Using the most common tools (e-mail, quizzes…
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An Interview with Jim Gregory
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December 18, 2006
In this 17 minute recording, we'll hear from Jim Gregory about a range of topics including a very interesting approach to classroom technology support and the use of automatic lecture r…
