The itAccessibility Team at UA focuses on the accessibility of the institution's electronic environments with top-down and bottom-up approaches. Through actively participating in projects across campus to discuss and evaluate accessibility in IT and academic environments, their campus accessibility knowledge network continues to expand. The Team is routinely included in projects across campus to discuss and evaluate accessibility in IT and academic environments. Topics this session will cover include: -The structure of the itAccessibility Team -Networking opportunities realized through committees and work groups -The impact achieved after the development of new campus initiatives

1. Strategic Campus Collaborations:
Advancing Knowledge about Accessibility at the
University of Arizona
Dawn Hunziker
IT Accessibility Consultant
University of Arizona
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2. STRATEGIC CAMPUS
COLLABORATIONS
Advancing Knowledge about Accessibility at The University of Arizona
Dawn Hunziker
IT Accessibility Consultant
University of Arizona

3. Objectives
• Learn about the University of Arizona’s itAccessibility Team structure and our top‐
down/bottom‐up approach
• Learn how strategic collaborations and participation in campus projects increase
accessibility and networking
• Learn about the impact achieved in the academic and electronic and information
technology environments

4. itAccessibility Steering Committee
itAccessibility
Steering
Committee
Chief
Information
Officer
VP for
Information
Strategy and
University
Libraries
Dean of
Libraries
Executive
Director,
Campus IT
Operations
ADA/504
Coordinator
Chair of
Dean’s IT
Council (DITC) Chair of
Admin Tech
Advisory
Council
(ATAC)
Office of
General
Counsel
Disability
Resources

5. Purchasing and Business Managers

6. University Information Technology Services (UITS)

7. Non‐Academic Department Collaborations

8. itAccessibility in the Curriculum
• Faculty
• Instructors / Graduate
Teaching Assistants
• Instructional Designers
• Support Staff

9. itAccessibility in the Learning Spaces
• UA Online and Hybrid
• MOOCs
• Collaborative Learning Spaces

10. Captioning
• Growing awareness of benefits of captioning
• UA created a guidelines for our “University Commitment to Captioning”
http://itaccessibility.arizona.edu/guidelines/captioning‐commitment
• Increased outreach Collaborations for itAccessibility

11. Accomplishments
• VPAT information in RFP process
• Includes adding accessibility into contract agreement in specific instances
• Involvement in campus‐wide technology decisions and purchases
• Established a process to facilitate captioning across campus
• Access is part of the process rather than an end consideration with multiple
departments who are now serving as models
• Our circle of accessibility champions has grown significantly

12. Continuing to Grow
• Faculty/Instructors, Instructional Designers and Grad TAs
• Continue outreach across campus
• Fine‐Tuning provision of campus‐wide captioning service

13. Methods that Work
• Network – Communication!
• Attend those optional meetings and information sessions
• Sign up for campus‐wide communications so you are “in the know”
• Reach out when you see an issue, offer to help / provide resources
• Use a carrot, not a stick
• Be prepared to fully participate to find a solution
• Don’t be afraid to say “We should be involved in this project!”
• Create your team – include others from across campus to champion accessibility

14. Contact Information
itAccessibilityTeam – http://itaccessibility.arizona.edu
Email: itaccessibility@email.arizona.edu
Dawn Hunziker
IT Accessibility Consultant
University of Arizona
Disability Resources
hunziker@email.arizona.edu

15. Dawn Hunziker
IT Accessibility Consultant
University of Arizona
Patrick Loftus
Marketing Assistant
3Play Media
patrick@3playmedia.com
Q&A
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