Author: Greg Kraus

My 10 Minute Tune Up Notes

Eight Great Questions to Ask About Making Content Accessible
Can you use it without a mouse?
Have you divided up your content with headings?
Can you view a text-only version and understand it?
Do you have transcripts for any audio or video?
Do you use enough color contrast?
Do your pages have a consistent look-and-feel?
Do your images have appropriate text descriptions?
Does each form input have an appropriate label?

IT Accessibility Constituent Group

http://www.educause.edu/groups/itaccess

We help the EDUCAUSE community to
Identify resources and initiatives
Develop best practices on IT accessibility, policy, assistive program and service development
Strategize pathways to approach campus-wide universal access to information available via technology

Accessibility Sessions at EDUCAUSE
Tuesday 10/18/11
8:30am-Noon Preconference session on IT Accessibility Law, Policy, and Implementation
Wednesday 10/19/11
8:00-9:45am Opening keynote
10:30-11:20am Developers View of Web Accessibility: Pitfalls, Gotchas, and Solutions
10:30-11:20am Desire2Learn, Gold Partner - Elements of Accessible Learning—in Action
11:30-12:20pm IT Accessibility Special Issues Forum (one of two CG meetings)
1:30-2:30pm Multiple Poster Sessions
3:30-4:20pm "Ten-Minute Tune-ups" in the CG Lounge
4:50-5:40pm Beyond Compliance: Strategies to Increase Online Accessibility and Engagement for Students with Disabilities
Thursday 10/20/11
8:00-8:50am How Accessible Is Your Cloud?
9:00-9:50am The Kansas Partnership for Accessible Technology
12:30-1:30pm CG Poster Session
2:30-3:20pm IT Accessibility in Higher Education, Present and Future
4:00-4:50pm EDUCAUSE Policy Team Community Update (tagged with "accessibility")
5:00-5:50pm Policy and Law (ICPL) Community Update (tagged with "accessibility")
Friday 10/21/11
8:30-9:20am IT Accessibility CG Annual Meeting
For more information: http://bit.ly/edu11axs

Understanding the Four Principles of Accessibility - POUR
Perceivable
Information and user interface components must be presentable to users in ways they can perceive. This means that users must be able to perceive the information being presented (it can't be invisible to all of their senses)
Operable
User interface components and navigation must be operable. This means that users must be able to operate the interface (the interface cannot require interaction that a user cannot perform)
Understandable
Information and the operation of user interface must be understandable. This means that users must be able to understand the information as well as the operation of the user interface (the content or operation cannot be beyond their understanding)
Robust
Content must be robust enough that it can be interpreted reliably by a wide variety of user agents, including assistive technologies. This means that users must be able to access the content as technologies advance (as technologies and user agents evolve, the content should remain accessible)