You've been working with your "chummies" for years on accessibility, and they still don't quite "get it." You give them rules, an accessibility audit reports, deadlines, and standards--but they're unsure of how to use these resources. Learn how to educate them for success so they can create accessible, usable digital media.

1. Educating Your Web
Team:
Accessibility for Chummies
Angela M. Hooker
Accessing Higher
Ground Conference
November 2019

2. @AccessForAll | #A11yTraining | #AHG19 | #A11y

3. Stop me if you’ve heard this one before …

4. Question: Do you work with one or many teams?

5. “Drive-by” accessibility doesn’t work

6. Take inventory of your chummies’ knowledge

7. Teach them about people’s access needs

8. Avoid the accessibility vortex!
Share resources that you’ve pre-approved.

9. Create a guideline tool kit for each team role

10. Give them a library of solutions to study and use

11. Give your chummies an accessibility workflow

12. Teach each role how to test or review their work

13. Teach them how to interview their audience,
including people with disabilities

14. Teach the team … how to work as a team

15. Types of training to consider for your chummies

16. “Lunch and learn” discussions

17. Road shows

18. Workshops

19. Bootcamps

20. Webinars

21. Office hours

22. Online training

23. Pre-recorded sessions

24. Have a “solve-a-thon”

25. Plan for … n00bs people who are new to
accessibility

26. Evangelize your program, process, and team

27. What if you personally don't have the expertise
in a subject area to teach your team?

28. What if your chummies would learn better from
another person?

29. Check yourself and your team’s behavior

30. Most of these activities are “budget friendly”

31. Start with what you can do

32. Questions and comments: What and how do
you teach your chummies?

33. Thank you!
#A11yTraining | #AHG19
Please evaluate my session at
https://accessinghigherground.org/evaluate/
@AccessForAll
LinkedIn: /angelahooker
ange@angelahooker.com

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• “Twitter variations,” by Marie Slim; license
• “Amy Schumer at the State Theatre” by Metal Chris; license
• “Grab the mike and drop it!” by Epi Ren; license
• “Team!” by Spidere Warmouse; license
• “GET OFF THE ROAD” by one.juniper; license
• “Sherlock” by B Rosen; license
• “Bugfix the Brain” by Ars Electronica; license
• “Vortex” by SF Brit; license
• “IMG_175” by Daren; license

35. Photo credits 2
• “Library” by Niklas Morberg; license
• “Diagram” by Sanickels; license
• “… chemistry experiment” by Marina Cuenca; license
• “Interview” by Addy Clarke; license
• “Teamwork” by Wil C. Fry; license
• “Girl Training” by David Rosen; license
• “Beatles Lunch Box” by Studio Sarah Lou; license
• “1967 AMC Ambassador DPL Custom” by Greg Gjerdingen; license

36. Photo credits 3
• “Stretch” by Peter Miller; license
• “Soldiers” by Johnny Silvercloud; license
• “M-Audio MobilePre USB mixer and mics” by Stephan Ridgway;
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• “The Dr. Is In” Etsy listing
• “CarriersEdge: Laptop Vehicle Catches Fire” by Truck PR; license
• “Movie Shoot” by Paul Narvaez; license
• “Fall 2016 HackNYC Student Hackathon” by hackney.org; license
• “Meet Our Babies!!” by Lisa Zins; license

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• “Megaphone” by Andrew Allio; license
• “Thinker” by Fredrik Rubensson; license
• “Teacher meme” by Filip Pticek; license
• “George Chakiris & Jets, West Side Story (1961)” by Classic Film;
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• “Making it rain … fire” by Clarence Risher; license
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