This document summarizes Blackboard's presentation on accessibility. It discusses 3 parts of Blackboard's solution to improve accessibility: content platforms, consultation, and Blackboard Ally. Blackboard Ally automatically checks content for accessibility issues, provides alternative formats, and gives instructors feedback to improve. It also provides institutions reports on course content accessibility. Blackboard is committed to accessible platforms like Collaborate, Learn, and Moodlerooms. They provide consultation services like auditing courses and creating accessibility plans. The presentation addresses challenges for students, instructors, and institutions and emphasizes the importance of accessibility for all learners.
The Road to EIT Accessibility at Four Colleges: A Centralized Approach3Play Media
In 2015, the Five College consortium in Western Massachusetts created a new shared position to better address the growing challenges associated with campus-wide Electronic and Information Technology (EIT) accessibility at four private colleges.
As the new EIT Accessibility Coordinator for Amherst, Hampshire, Mount Holyoke, and Smith Colleges, Rob Eveleigh has worked with the schools to develop and implement parallel and collaborative campus-wide EIT accessibility solutions.
In this webinar, Rob will share the successes, challenges, and lessons learned in the concurrent development of four EIT Accessibility programs across the colleges he coordinates.
Topics will include:
Developing individual and centralized goals for EIT accessibility across four colleges
Parallel and collaborative solutions for multi-campus college EIT accessibility programs
Strategies for getting administrative buy-in for accessibility
EIT Accessibility rubrics and guidelines
Lessons learned in the first year of a shared EIT Accessibility Coordinator position
National Research Results: How Colleges Nationwide Are Handling Captioning3Play Media
Earlier this year, the Oregon State University Ecampus Research Unit conducted two nationwide research projects on closed captioning in higher education. One of the projects focused on how colleges and universities are handling captioning at the institutional level.
In this webinar, Dr. Katie Linder, the head researcher on the project, will present for the first time on the findings of the institutional survey. Katie will take a close look at the results from over 50 colleges and universities nationwide, focusing on the challenges of and solutions for captioning.
This presentation will cover:
Whether institutions are prioritizing captioning
How institutions are budgeting for closed captioning
Whether captioning efforts are being centralized
The people and departments involved in captioning decisions
Whether colleges & universities are meeting legal requirements for captioning
How much captioning is currently being done
A comparison of captioning practices for face-to-face, online, and institutional purposes
Awareness of captioning across campus
University of Wisconsin: Captioning and Transcription Policies, Uses and Work...3Play Media
This slideshow comes from a presentation at UB Tech in June, 2014. The presentation was led by Josh Miller of 3Play Media and Patrick Wirth of University of Wisconsin-Extension, Continuing Education, Outreach & E-Learning (CEOEL). 3Play Media provides captioning and transcription services for UW-Extension.
CEOEL serves as the coordinator for University of Wisconsin continuing education programs at all 26 campuses. The presentation covered:
- Overview of CEOEL accessibility policies and procedures
- Overview of media team captioning and transcription workflows
- Discussion of CEOEL strategies for addressing accessibility issues/needs
- Showcase of creative uses for transcripts and captions around marketing initiatives
- Access to media players and templates (audio, video, narrations, etc.)
Australian Research Study: How Useful Are Closed Captions for Learning?3Play Media
Adding to the rapid-growing number of studies surrounding closed captioning in higher education, an Australian academic study on how closed captions impact student learning in mathematics has just been released.
The study involved 135 students at the University of New South Wales (UNSW) in Sydney and investigated the perceived level of usefulness that both accurate and automated captions lent in a mathematics course over a 2-month period.
It was discovered that students broadly agreed that captions are a useful learning feature allowing flexibility of where and when a video is watched, while helping to understand speaker accents, and clarify explanations that are difficult to hear in the recording.
Dr. Chris Tisdell, who is one of two authors on the study, Associate Dean of Education, and Associate Professor of Mathematics at UNSW, will present on the study and main takeaways from the insights as they apply to closed captioning use in higher education everywhere.
This presentation will cover:
Data & results from the student study
Levels of student engagement with closed captions
How and why students used closed captions in the study
How students perceived the usefulness of accurate vs. automatically-generated captions
The percent of overall students responding who report using closed captions as a helpful learning aid
Takeaways from the study
About the presenter:
Chris is Associate Dean (Education) at UNSW Science, a globally-acknowledged leader in digital innovation and technology in education. Chris is driven by the challenges of: scale, personalized learning, and inclusion and diversity in education. His digital and open classroom has positively transformed the learning experience of 10+ million learners in over 200 countries – including those groups who have traditionally faced challenges of participation and success in STEM education. Chris’ thought leadership is regularly featured in the Australian national media.
How the University of Maryland Implemented a Campus-Wide IT Accessibility Plan3Play Media
In 2015, the University of Maryland created a 3-year IT Accessibility Plan focused on improving and (re)designing on-campus technologies. Specifically, they focused on web accessibility, course (re)design, multimedia development, eLearning tools, and assistive technology tools. This plan was created and implemented by the university's Division of IT, with recommendations from the campus' IT Accessibility Committee, a group comprised of individuals from across campus.
In this webinar, Ana Palla-Kane (IT Accessibility Specialist) and Susan Johnston (Instructional Designer) will dive into the design and implementation of their IT accessibility plan, providing an inside look into the university’s own strategies and structure. They will discuss the specific steps taken by the Division of IT in designing and implementing the plan, as well as provide insight into first-year successes and challenges.
Topics will include:
How to design an IT accessibility plan
Steps in implementing an IT accessibility plan
Successes and challenges faced after the first year implementing a campus-wide IT accessibility plan
In-House Captioning Workflows and Economic Analysis3Play Media
Most colleges and universities are required by law to provide closed captions for students who are deaf or hard of hearing. However, cost is often a considerable limiting factor when it comes to captioning, as not all schools have the budget to hire a captioning vendor. If you are facing this issue, in-house captioning might be a solution to consider.
In this webinar, Korey Singleton, the Assistive Technology Initiative Manager at George Mason University, will walk you through in-house captioning workflows and timelines. In addition, he will provide a captioning cost analysis by fiscal year, demonstrating the economics of captioning as George Mason’s workflow has developed over the years. Topics covered include:
- Initiating an in-house captioning pilot program
- Developing and evolving a captioning workflow
- In-house captioning workflows for video platforms
- A timeline of George Mason University’s captioning initiative
- An economic analysis of in-house captioning over 3 years
- A closer look at the cost of in-house captioning per minute of content
The Anatomy of an IT Accessibility Coordinator3Play Media
With accessibility on many schools' minds, campuses across the country are creating new roles (IT Accessibility Coordinator, Accessible Technology Specialist, Accessibility Manager, etc.) to help them comply with web accessibility laws and guidelines. But what exactly does an IT Accessibility Coordinator do?
In this webinar, you'll learn the answer to that question directly from Kara Zirkle, the IT Accessibility Coordinator at George Mason University. Looking at the responsibilities and expectations of the role, Kara will discuss strategies for accomplishing accessibility goals at the university level.
This presentation will cover:
- What are the responsibilities of an IT Accessibility Coordinator?
- What are the expectations and the realistic goals for the role?
- Budgeting for accessibility
- Building an accessibility strategy at your school
- Getting administrative buy-in & centralizing efforts
- George Mason University's road to accessibility
- Challenges Kara has encountered along the way
Learn the basics of how to add closed captions to online video to make it fully accessible, searchable, and SEO-friendly. This webinar covers legal compliance, closed captioning lawsuits, creation of closed captions, explanation of caption formats and video player compatibility, as well as an overview of automated workflows and integrations with lecture capture and video platforms.
This webinar will cover:
Accessibility laws and compliance
How to create closed captions
Getting the right caption format
Emerging formats for HTML5 and mobile
How closed captions benefit all users
Results of SEO studies
Video player compatibility
Working with lecture capture and video platforms
How to edit closed captions after they have been processed
Translation and multilingual subtitles
Interactive video search
The Road to EIT Accessibility at Four Colleges: A Centralized Approach3Play Media
In 2015, the Five College consortium in Western Massachusetts created a new shared position to better address the growing challenges associated with campus-wide Electronic and Information Technology (EIT) accessibility at four private colleges.
As the new EIT Accessibility Coordinator for Amherst, Hampshire, Mount Holyoke, and Smith Colleges, Rob Eveleigh has worked with the schools to develop and implement parallel and collaborative campus-wide EIT accessibility solutions.
In this webinar, Rob will share the successes, challenges, and lessons learned in the concurrent development of four EIT Accessibility programs across the colleges he coordinates.
Topics will include:
Developing individual and centralized goals for EIT accessibility across four colleges
Parallel and collaborative solutions for multi-campus college EIT accessibility programs
Strategies for getting administrative buy-in for accessibility
EIT Accessibility rubrics and guidelines
Lessons learned in the first year of a shared EIT Accessibility Coordinator position
National Research Results: How Colleges Nationwide Are Handling Captioning3Play Media
Earlier this year, the Oregon State University Ecampus Research Unit conducted two nationwide research projects on closed captioning in higher education. One of the projects focused on how colleges and universities are handling captioning at the institutional level.
In this webinar, Dr. Katie Linder, the head researcher on the project, will present for the first time on the findings of the institutional survey. Katie will take a close look at the results from over 50 colleges and universities nationwide, focusing on the challenges of and solutions for captioning.
This presentation will cover:
Whether institutions are prioritizing captioning
How institutions are budgeting for closed captioning
Whether captioning efforts are being centralized
The people and departments involved in captioning decisions
Whether colleges & universities are meeting legal requirements for captioning
How much captioning is currently being done
A comparison of captioning practices for face-to-face, online, and institutional purposes
Awareness of captioning across campus
University of Wisconsin: Captioning and Transcription Policies, Uses and Work...3Play Media
This slideshow comes from a presentation at UB Tech in June, 2014. The presentation was led by Josh Miller of 3Play Media and Patrick Wirth of University of Wisconsin-Extension, Continuing Education, Outreach & E-Learning (CEOEL). 3Play Media provides captioning and transcription services for UW-Extension.
CEOEL serves as the coordinator for University of Wisconsin continuing education programs at all 26 campuses. The presentation covered:
- Overview of CEOEL accessibility policies and procedures
- Overview of media team captioning and transcription workflows
- Discussion of CEOEL strategies for addressing accessibility issues/needs
- Showcase of creative uses for transcripts and captions around marketing initiatives
- Access to media players and templates (audio, video, narrations, etc.)
Australian Research Study: How Useful Are Closed Captions for Learning?3Play Media
Adding to the rapid-growing number of studies surrounding closed captioning in higher education, an Australian academic study on how closed captions impact student learning in mathematics has just been released.
The study involved 135 students at the University of New South Wales (UNSW) in Sydney and investigated the perceived level of usefulness that both accurate and automated captions lent in a mathematics course over a 2-month period.
It was discovered that students broadly agreed that captions are a useful learning feature allowing flexibility of where and when a video is watched, while helping to understand speaker accents, and clarify explanations that are difficult to hear in the recording.
Dr. Chris Tisdell, who is one of two authors on the study, Associate Dean of Education, and Associate Professor of Mathematics at UNSW, will present on the study and main takeaways from the insights as they apply to closed captioning use in higher education everywhere.
This presentation will cover:
Data & results from the student study
Levels of student engagement with closed captions
How and why students used closed captions in the study
How students perceived the usefulness of accurate vs. automatically-generated captions
The percent of overall students responding who report using closed captions as a helpful learning aid
Takeaways from the study
About the presenter:
Chris is Associate Dean (Education) at UNSW Science, a globally-acknowledged leader in digital innovation and technology in education. Chris is driven by the challenges of: scale, personalized learning, and inclusion and diversity in education. His digital and open classroom has positively transformed the learning experience of 10+ million learners in over 200 countries – including those groups who have traditionally faced challenges of participation and success in STEM education. Chris’ thought leadership is regularly featured in the Australian national media.
How the University of Maryland Implemented a Campus-Wide IT Accessibility Plan3Play Media
In 2015, the University of Maryland created a 3-year IT Accessibility Plan focused on improving and (re)designing on-campus technologies. Specifically, they focused on web accessibility, course (re)design, multimedia development, eLearning tools, and assistive technology tools. This plan was created and implemented by the university's Division of IT, with recommendations from the campus' IT Accessibility Committee, a group comprised of individuals from across campus.
In this webinar, Ana Palla-Kane (IT Accessibility Specialist) and Susan Johnston (Instructional Designer) will dive into the design and implementation of their IT accessibility plan, providing an inside look into the university’s own strategies and structure. They will discuss the specific steps taken by the Division of IT in designing and implementing the plan, as well as provide insight into first-year successes and challenges.
Topics will include:
How to design an IT accessibility plan
Steps in implementing an IT accessibility plan
Successes and challenges faced after the first year implementing a campus-wide IT accessibility plan
In-House Captioning Workflows and Economic Analysis3Play Media
Most colleges and universities are required by law to provide closed captions for students who are deaf or hard of hearing. However, cost is often a considerable limiting factor when it comes to captioning, as not all schools have the budget to hire a captioning vendor. If you are facing this issue, in-house captioning might be a solution to consider.
In this webinar, Korey Singleton, the Assistive Technology Initiative Manager at George Mason University, will walk you through in-house captioning workflows and timelines. In addition, he will provide a captioning cost analysis by fiscal year, demonstrating the economics of captioning as George Mason’s workflow has developed over the years. Topics covered include:
- Initiating an in-house captioning pilot program
- Developing and evolving a captioning workflow
- In-house captioning workflows for video platforms
- A timeline of George Mason University’s captioning initiative
- An economic analysis of in-house captioning over 3 years
- A closer look at the cost of in-house captioning per minute of content
The Anatomy of an IT Accessibility Coordinator3Play Media
With accessibility on many schools' minds, campuses across the country are creating new roles (IT Accessibility Coordinator, Accessible Technology Specialist, Accessibility Manager, etc.) to help them comply with web accessibility laws and guidelines. But what exactly does an IT Accessibility Coordinator do?
In this webinar, you'll learn the answer to that question directly from Kara Zirkle, the IT Accessibility Coordinator at George Mason University. Looking at the responsibilities and expectations of the role, Kara will discuss strategies for accomplishing accessibility goals at the university level.
This presentation will cover:
- What are the responsibilities of an IT Accessibility Coordinator?
- What are the expectations and the realistic goals for the role?
- Budgeting for accessibility
- Building an accessibility strategy at your school
- Getting administrative buy-in & centralizing efforts
- George Mason University's road to accessibility
- Challenges Kara has encountered along the way
Learn the basics of how to add closed captions to online video to make it fully accessible, searchable, and SEO-friendly. This webinar covers legal compliance, closed captioning lawsuits, creation of closed captions, explanation of caption formats and video player compatibility, as well as an overview of automated workflows and integrations with lecture capture and video platforms.
This webinar will cover:
Accessibility laws and compliance
How to create closed captions
Getting the right caption format
Emerging formats for HTML5 and mobile
How closed captions benefit all users
Results of SEO studies
Video player compatibility
Working with lecture capture and video platforms
How to edit closed captions after they have been processed
Translation and multilingual subtitles
Interactive video search
10 Tips for Creating Accessible Online Course Content3Play Media
In our media-centric society, the desire and need for online learning is at an all-time high. However, as more academic content goes online, the industry is running into a stumbling block as they struggle to make their online courses accessible. With recent lawsuits in higher education and updates to Section 508 on the horizon, it is more important than ever that online learning content be made accessible to students with disabilities.
In this webinar, Janet Sylvia, Web Accessibility Group Leader and Web Accessibility Trainer, will provide you with 10 tips for making your online course material accessible.
Janet will cover:
The challenges of making online course content accessible
The legal landscape for online learning and accessibility
Challenges and solutions for instructors and administrators
Developing an accessibility statement and accessibility policies
10 tips for creating accessible course content
Campus-Wide Response to Captioning: Moving Towards Full CompliancePatrick Loftus
When it comes to video captioning in higher ed, one of the biggest questions on campus is, "Who’s going to own this?"
Is it the Disability Resource Center, the department creating or hosting the media, or the institution?
At the University of Arizona (UA), the answer is: All the above. UA is moving towards a fully captioned campus through a prioritization approach.
During this webinar, you'll learn how UA approaches captioning and the criteria used to determine allocation of funds for video captioning. Additionally, discover how successfully building trust and working closely with key personnel across campus units increases access to captioned media. Options for developing processes to ensure media are created accessibly across your campus will also be discussed.
Topics this session will cover include:
How UA approaches captioning and the criteria used to determine allocation of funds for captioning
How successfully building trust and working closely with key personnel across campus increases access
Options for developing processes to ensure media is created accessibly across campus
Who Should Be Involved in Your Campus' IT InitiativePatrick Loftus
When it comes to accessibility on your campus, whose responsibility is it to establish and uphold an accessibility initiative?
On-campus accessibility should be a campus-wide, shared responsibility, but it can be daunting to think about where to begin. Over the last five years, Oklahoma ABLE Tech has worked with over 20 institutions across Oklahoma to build an ambitious project focused on accessibility in higher education. They’ve worked to identify the roles and responsibilities of the many departments in a university that touch accessibility.
In this webinar, Rob Carr, the Accessibility Coordinator at Oklahoma ABLE Tech, will present on the various jobs and responsibilities that are required in implementing a well-rounded accessibility program. He'll also provide you with the necessary tools to begin conversations for a campus-wide accessibility initiative.
Topics will include:
Where to begin your journey towards accessibility compliance
Roles and responsibilities required for implementing an accessibility initiative
How to frame the conversation to illustrate the campus-wide necessity for accessibility
Leveraging Closed Captions and Transcripts: 3Play Media, Johns Hopkins Univer...3Play Media
CJ Johnson from 3Play Media spoke with Matt Bochniak from Johns Hopkins University and Wendy Collins from Infobase Learning about how they are leveraging closed captions, subtitles, and transcripts in higher education. The presentation was given at Kaltura Connect 2014.
15 Years After an OCR Suit: NC State’s Accessibility RefreshPatrick Loftus
In 1999, NC State University entered into a voluntary resolution resulting from three complaints filed from the Department of Education Office for Civil Rights (OCR). The resolution agreement resulted in the creation of a campus-wide IT accessibility policy, an accessibility coordinator position, and other essential accessibility resources that were relevant at the time.
But what does accessibility at NC State University look like 15 (actually 17) years later? After so much time, it would be easy to fall behind or fail to maintain the established accessibility standards.
In this session, Grey Reavis (University IT Accessibility Coordinator) and Rebecca Sitton (Assistive Technology Coordinator) will look at how they are creating a proactive strategy to address the current risk areas on campus.
Topics will include:
The history of accessibility at NC State
The OCR complaints and the major initiatives that came out of them
NC State's risk assessment process and current initiatives
How awareness of OCR complaints influences campus climate and changes
NC State's campus-wide accessibility policy
Faculty training
Working to make accessibility a proactive priority on campus
Video Accessibility: Best Practices for Teaching and Learning3Play Media
Online video has changed the landscape of education and corporate e-learning. For many educators and students, online video has become an important tool for teaching and learning. This change brings legal and ethical pressures to make video accessible for people with hearing disabilities. IT and Multimedia departments in many organizations and universities are faced with the many challenges of implementing accessible video for their institutions.
Watch this webinar to learn about the efficient and cost-effective ways to meet these challenges. Speakers from the University of Florida and Regis University share their best practices and give advice to organizations who intend to have more accessible video for teaching and learning. The webinar covers the following topics:
- Considerations for hosting, managing, and publishing accessible video
- Strategies for accommodating special needs students
- Impact of federal and state accessibility laws
Presenters:
Nicole Croy
eLearning Technologist | Regis University
Jason Neely
Office of Distance Learning | University of Florida
Josh Miller
Co-Founder | 3Play Media
Luda Ruditsky
Director of Product Management | Kaltura
Meytal Burstein
Marketing Manager | Kaltura
Implementing Universal and Inclusive Design for Online Learning Accessibility3Play Media
Accessibility is a critical component of any online learning content. With legal requirements stronger than ever, colleges and universities must find tangible ways to improve their web accessibility. This webinar will discuss how the principles of universal and inclusive design can be applied to the online learning environment, with a particular focus on the accessibility of course content and materials.
Howard Kramer, an Access Specialist at University of Colorado at Boulder, and Sheryl Burgstahler, the Director of Accessible Technology Services at the University of Washington, will explain what universal design is, the importance of incorporating universal design principles into online courses, and strategies for doing so.
This webinar will cover:
What is universal and inclusive design?
Strategies for implementing universal design
Best practices for the presentation of information and resources
Incorporating inclusiveness into a syllabus
Creating accessible documents and media
Providing information through multiple mediums
Resources and tools for incorporating inclusive design into the online environment
The Long Road from Reactive to Proactive: Developing an Accessibility Strategy3Play Media
Implementing accessibility policies in higher education is no easy task. For many, it is easy to get caught in a cycle of reactive accommodation where larger accessibility policies are never implemented. So how do you transition from reactive policies to proactive policies?
Korey Singleton, the Assistive Technology Initiative Manager at George Mason University, will walk you through their two-year process of moving from reactive solutions to proactive accessibility policies. His own experience with how difficult it can be to shift campus climate and administrative support towards proactive accessibility is incredibly useful for other universities struggling with the same thing. His detailed presentation will provide insight into how George Mason has overcome these challenges and developed a proactive approach to accessibility.
This webinar will cover:
- Collaborative strategies for campus-wide IT accessibility
- Strategies for getting faculty to use and create accessible material
- George Mason's accessibility policies & recent updates
- Workflow, collaboration, and policy recommendations
- Resources for accessibility training and testing
- Analysis of completed accessible media requests by fiscal year
Usability and Accessibility Have a Conversation: How Accessibility and UI/UX ...3Play Media
Starting with Jesse James Garrett's model of User Experience, this webinar will examine where accessibility and usability dovetail in areas such as user research, information architecture, persona, wireframes, visual design, and user testing. By understanding more about each other, we may better navigate each other's challenges and solve each other's problems more effectively.
National Research Results: How & Why Do Students Use Closed Captioning?3Play Media
Earlier this year, the Oregon State University Ecampus Research Unit conducted a nationwide research project on closed captioning in higher education. With over 2,500 student respondents, this is the largest study on the topic to date.
In this webinar, Dr. Katie Linder, the head researcher on the project, will present for the first time on the findings of the study. She will take a close look at how students use and perceive captioning and transcription at their institutions (beyond the need for accommodation).
This presentation will cover:
Data & results from the student study
Student awareness of the availability of captioning
Student use of captioning and transcription
How & why students who have not requested an accommodation for captioning use captions and transcripts
How captions & transcripts support learning
The perceived benefits of captioning & transcription on learning
Common captioning hindrances identified by students
Takeaways from the study
Sustainable Campus-Wide Captioning Practices to Support Course Videos – Is th...D2L Barry
Presentation at 2019 D2L Connection at Normandale CC on April 5,, 2019
Sustainable Campus-Wide Captioning Practices to Support Course Videos – Is this Really Possible? Lesley Blicker, Minnesota State Educational Innovations and Kathleen Coate, Normandale Community College
Are You at Risk? Identifying Web Accessibility Gaps at Your Organization3Play Media
With recent lawsuits, updates to legal standards, and an increasing number of DOJ & OCR inquiries for inaccessible IT, web accessibility is on a lot of organizations' minds. But how can you tell whether or not your website, web application, or native app is meeting accessibility requirements?
In this webinar, Mike Paciello, founding partner of The Paciello Group, will discuss accessibility gap analysis, a critical step in building – or fixing – accessibility at your organization. Taking a high-level approach, he will cover strategies for evaluating your current level of accessibility, identifying areas of risk, and developing a plan to achieve compliance with web accessibility standards.
This presentation will cover:
An overview of major accessibility laws and standards
Assessing your website or native app's current level of accessibility
Identifying vulnerabilities
Tips for filling in the gaps
Developing a roadmap to accessibility compliance
Portland Community College: Best Practices for Video Captioning3Play Media
In this recorded session from AHEAD 2014, Portland Community College discuss their accessibility and captioning policies, as well as workflows and use cases for transcripts and closed captions. The topics covered are:
Accessibility policies and procedures
Captioning and transcription workflows
Strategies for addressing accessibility issues
Video search with interactive transcripts
Industry trends with captions and transcripts
Speakers
Haris Gunadi
Alternate Media Specialist | Portland Community College
Tole Khesin
VP of Marketing | 3Play Media
An Architect of the ADA on Its Application to Modern Technology3Play Media
Because the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) was written in 1990 before the proliferation of the Internet, there are a lot of questions about its application to online businesses.
In this webinar, one of the architects of the ADA, Bobby Silverstein, will discuss his perspective on the development of the ADA, as well as on its application to modern technology, the Internet, and accessible workplace technology.
This presentation will cover:
Overview of the ADA and ADA Amendment Act
The most important results of the legislation
Settlement agreements between the Department of Justice (DOJ) & employers and other covered entities
The DOJ open comment period regarding proposed accessibility requirements for online services, programs, and activities
How the ADA can be applied to the Internet
The ADA and accessible workplace technology
About Bobby Silverstein: Robert "Bobby" Silverstein was the staff director and chief counsel to the Senate Subcommittee on Disability Policy and chief aide to Senator Tom Harkin, the sponsor of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA). Currently, Bobby is a principal in the law firm of Powers Pyles Sutter & Verville, PC and a member of the Partnership on Employment & Accessible Technology (PEAT) team.
Using the D2L ePortfolio Tool as a High Impact PracticeD2L Barry
Presentation at 2019 D2L Connection at Normandale CC on April 5, 2019
Using the D2L ePortfolio Tool as a High Impact Practice- Kelly LaVenture, Bemidji State University and Katie Subra Winona State University
Strategic Campus Collaborations: Advancing Knowledge about Accessibility at ...3Play Media
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
Beyond the “Digital Divide”: Understanding the complexities of access and inc...D2L Barry
Presentation at 2019 D2L Connection at Normandale CC on April 5, 2019
Beyond the “Digital Divide”: Understanding the complexities of access and inclusion in an online learning environment- Emily Myanna and Jennifer DeJonge, Metropolitan State University
The State of Closed Captioning in Higher Education3Play Media
How are schools handling captions? How do captions improve learning for college students? Where does the budget come from? To what extent is captioning motivated by fear of litigation?
Presenting on the results from two national research studies and a survey on closed captioning in higher education, Katie Linder from Oregon State University Ecampus Research Unit and Lily Bond from 3Play Media will look at the current state of closed captioning in 2017 at colleges and universities across the US.
Together, these surveys provide a clearer picture of the benefits, solutions, complications, and direction of closed captioning in higher education.
This presentation will cover:
How and why students are using closed captioning
Perceived benefits of captioning beyond accessibility
How colleges and universities are handling closed captioning
Current successes and limitations of captioning in higher ed
Comparison of captioning practices for face-to-face, online, and institutional marketing content
How colleges & universities perceive and react to legal requirements for captioning
How Copyright Law and Fair Use Impact Third Party Captioning3Play Media
The prevalence of online video in the past few years has led to an incredible virtual library of resources on pretty much every topic you could imagine. It is no surprise that because of this, educational institutions have taken to utilizing YouTube videos (as well as other online video sources) as course material. One of the great challenges of using videos that you don't own is that accessibility laws require most educational institutions (as well as government programs and other industries) to provide closed captions for video content. This is where copyright law can interfere.
This webinar is presented by Blake Reid, who is an Assistant Clinical Professor in Technology Policy and Telecom Law at Colorado Law as well as the Director of the Samuelson-Glushko Technology Law & Policy Clinic at Colorado Law. He earned his J.D. from Colorado Law and his LL.M in Advocacy with distinction from Georgetown Law. He has prepared an in-depth discussion on the conflict between copyright law and captioning law, focusing on the legality of captioning videos that you don't own. Topics covered include:
Captioning laws and regulations
The conflict between captioning and copyright
Statutory exemptions
Fair use
The future of copyright and captioning
10 Tips for Creating Accessible Online Course Content3Play Media
In our media-centric society, the desire and need for online learning is at an all-time high. However, as more academic content goes online, the industry is running into a stumbling block as they struggle to make their online courses accessible. With recent lawsuits in higher education and updates to Section 508 on the horizon, it is more important than ever that online learning content be made accessible to students with disabilities.
In this webinar, Janet Sylvia, Web Accessibility Group Leader and Web Accessibility Trainer, will provide you with 10 tips for making your online course material accessible.
Janet will cover:
The challenges of making online course content accessible
The legal landscape for online learning and accessibility
Challenges and solutions for instructors and administrators
Developing an accessibility statement and accessibility policies
10 tips for creating accessible course content
Campus-Wide Response to Captioning: Moving Towards Full CompliancePatrick Loftus
When it comes to video captioning in higher ed, one of the biggest questions on campus is, "Who’s going to own this?"
Is it the Disability Resource Center, the department creating or hosting the media, or the institution?
At the University of Arizona (UA), the answer is: All the above. UA is moving towards a fully captioned campus through a prioritization approach.
During this webinar, you'll learn how UA approaches captioning and the criteria used to determine allocation of funds for video captioning. Additionally, discover how successfully building trust and working closely with key personnel across campus units increases access to captioned media. Options for developing processes to ensure media are created accessibly across your campus will also be discussed.
Topics this session will cover include:
How UA approaches captioning and the criteria used to determine allocation of funds for captioning
How successfully building trust and working closely with key personnel across campus increases access
Options for developing processes to ensure media is created accessibly across campus
Who Should Be Involved in Your Campus' IT InitiativePatrick Loftus
When it comes to accessibility on your campus, whose responsibility is it to establish and uphold an accessibility initiative?
On-campus accessibility should be a campus-wide, shared responsibility, but it can be daunting to think about where to begin. Over the last five years, Oklahoma ABLE Tech has worked with over 20 institutions across Oklahoma to build an ambitious project focused on accessibility in higher education. They’ve worked to identify the roles and responsibilities of the many departments in a university that touch accessibility.
In this webinar, Rob Carr, the Accessibility Coordinator at Oklahoma ABLE Tech, will present on the various jobs and responsibilities that are required in implementing a well-rounded accessibility program. He'll also provide you with the necessary tools to begin conversations for a campus-wide accessibility initiative.
Topics will include:
Where to begin your journey towards accessibility compliance
Roles and responsibilities required for implementing an accessibility initiative
How to frame the conversation to illustrate the campus-wide necessity for accessibility
Leveraging Closed Captions and Transcripts: 3Play Media, Johns Hopkins Univer...3Play Media
CJ Johnson from 3Play Media spoke with Matt Bochniak from Johns Hopkins University and Wendy Collins from Infobase Learning about how they are leveraging closed captions, subtitles, and transcripts in higher education. The presentation was given at Kaltura Connect 2014.
15 Years After an OCR Suit: NC State’s Accessibility RefreshPatrick Loftus
In 1999, NC State University entered into a voluntary resolution resulting from three complaints filed from the Department of Education Office for Civil Rights (OCR). The resolution agreement resulted in the creation of a campus-wide IT accessibility policy, an accessibility coordinator position, and other essential accessibility resources that were relevant at the time.
But what does accessibility at NC State University look like 15 (actually 17) years later? After so much time, it would be easy to fall behind or fail to maintain the established accessibility standards.
In this session, Grey Reavis (University IT Accessibility Coordinator) and Rebecca Sitton (Assistive Technology Coordinator) will look at how they are creating a proactive strategy to address the current risk areas on campus.
Topics will include:
The history of accessibility at NC State
The OCR complaints and the major initiatives that came out of them
NC State's risk assessment process and current initiatives
How awareness of OCR complaints influences campus climate and changes
NC State's campus-wide accessibility policy
Faculty training
Working to make accessibility a proactive priority on campus
Video Accessibility: Best Practices for Teaching and Learning3Play Media
Online video has changed the landscape of education and corporate e-learning. For many educators and students, online video has become an important tool for teaching and learning. This change brings legal and ethical pressures to make video accessible for people with hearing disabilities. IT and Multimedia departments in many organizations and universities are faced with the many challenges of implementing accessible video for their institutions.
Watch this webinar to learn about the efficient and cost-effective ways to meet these challenges. Speakers from the University of Florida and Regis University share their best practices and give advice to organizations who intend to have more accessible video for teaching and learning. The webinar covers the following topics:
- Considerations for hosting, managing, and publishing accessible video
- Strategies for accommodating special needs students
- Impact of federal and state accessibility laws
Presenters:
Nicole Croy
eLearning Technologist | Regis University
Jason Neely
Office of Distance Learning | University of Florida
Josh Miller
Co-Founder | 3Play Media
Luda Ruditsky
Director of Product Management | Kaltura
Meytal Burstein
Marketing Manager | Kaltura
Implementing Universal and Inclusive Design for Online Learning Accessibility3Play Media
Accessibility is a critical component of any online learning content. With legal requirements stronger than ever, colleges and universities must find tangible ways to improve their web accessibility. This webinar will discuss how the principles of universal and inclusive design can be applied to the online learning environment, with a particular focus on the accessibility of course content and materials.
Howard Kramer, an Access Specialist at University of Colorado at Boulder, and Sheryl Burgstahler, the Director of Accessible Technology Services at the University of Washington, will explain what universal design is, the importance of incorporating universal design principles into online courses, and strategies for doing so.
This webinar will cover:
What is universal and inclusive design?
Strategies for implementing universal design
Best practices for the presentation of information and resources
Incorporating inclusiveness into a syllabus
Creating accessible documents and media
Providing information through multiple mediums
Resources and tools for incorporating inclusive design into the online environment
The Long Road from Reactive to Proactive: Developing an Accessibility Strategy3Play Media
Implementing accessibility policies in higher education is no easy task. For many, it is easy to get caught in a cycle of reactive accommodation where larger accessibility policies are never implemented. So how do you transition from reactive policies to proactive policies?
Korey Singleton, the Assistive Technology Initiative Manager at George Mason University, will walk you through their two-year process of moving from reactive solutions to proactive accessibility policies. His own experience with how difficult it can be to shift campus climate and administrative support towards proactive accessibility is incredibly useful for other universities struggling with the same thing. His detailed presentation will provide insight into how George Mason has overcome these challenges and developed a proactive approach to accessibility.
This webinar will cover:
- Collaborative strategies for campus-wide IT accessibility
- Strategies for getting faculty to use and create accessible material
- George Mason's accessibility policies & recent updates
- Workflow, collaboration, and policy recommendations
- Resources for accessibility training and testing
- Analysis of completed accessible media requests by fiscal year
Usability and Accessibility Have a Conversation: How Accessibility and UI/UX ...3Play Media
Starting with Jesse James Garrett's model of User Experience, this webinar will examine where accessibility and usability dovetail in areas such as user research, information architecture, persona, wireframes, visual design, and user testing. By understanding more about each other, we may better navigate each other's challenges and solve each other's problems more effectively.
National Research Results: How & Why Do Students Use Closed Captioning?3Play Media
Earlier this year, the Oregon State University Ecampus Research Unit conducted a nationwide research project on closed captioning in higher education. With over 2,500 student respondents, this is the largest study on the topic to date.
In this webinar, Dr. Katie Linder, the head researcher on the project, will present for the first time on the findings of the study. She will take a close look at how students use and perceive captioning and transcription at their institutions (beyond the need for accommodation).
This presentation will cover:
Data & results from the student study
Student awareness of the availability of captioning
Student use of captioning and transcription
How & why students who have not requested an accommodation for captioning use captions and transcripts
How captions & transcripts support learning
The perceived benefits of captioning & transcription on learning
Common captioning hindrances identified by students
Takeaways from the study
Sustainable Campus-Wide Captioning Practices to Support Course Videos – Is th...D2L Barry
Presentation at 2019 D2L Connection at Normandale CC on April 5,, 2019
Sustainable Campus-Wide Captioning Practices to Support Course Videos – Is this Really Possible? Lesley Blicker, Minnesota State Educational Innovations and Kathleen Coate, Normandale Community College
Are You at Risk? Identifying Web Accessibility Gaps at Your Organization3Play Media
With recent lawsuits, updates to legal standards, and an increasing number of DOJ & OCR inquiries for inaccessible IT, web accessibility is on a lot of organizations' minds. But how can you tell whether or not your website, web application, or native app is meeting accessibility requirements?
In this webinar, Mike Paciello, founding partner of The Paciello Group, will discuss accessibility gap analysis, a critical step in building – or fixing – accessibility at your organization. Taking a high-level approach, he will cover strategies for evaluating your current level of accessibility, identifying areas of risk, and developing a plan to achieve compliance with web accessibility standards.
This presentation will cover:
An overview of major accessibility laws and standards
Assessing your website or native app's current level of accessibility
Identifying vulnerabilities
Tips for filling in the gaps
Developing a roadmap to accessibility compliance
Portland Community College: Best Practices for Video Captioning3Play Media
In this recorded session from AHEAD 2014, Portland Community College discuss their accessibility and captioning policies, as well as workflows and use cases for transcripts and closed captions. The topics covered are:
Accessibility policies and procedures
Captioning and transcription workflows
Strategies for addressing accessibility issues
Video search with interactive transcripts
Industry trends with captions and transcripts
Speakers
Haris Gunadi
Alternate Media Specialist | Portland Community College
Tole Khesin
VP of Marketing | 3Play Media
An Architect of the ADA on Its Application to Modern Technology3Play Media
Because the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) was written in 1990 before the proliferation of the Internet, there are a lot of questions about its application to online businesses.
In this webinar, one of the architects of the ADA, Bobby Silverstein, will discuss his perspective on the development of the ADA, as well as on its application to modern technology, the Internet, and accessible workplace technology.
This presentation will cover:
Overview of the ADA and ADA Amendment Act
The most important results of the legislation
Settlement agreements between the Department of Justice (DOJ) & employers and other covered entities
The DOJ open comment period regarding proposed accessibility requirements for online services, programs, and activities
How the ADA can be applied to the Internet
The ADA and accessible workplace technology
About Bobby Silverstein: Robert "Bobby" Silverstein was the staff director and chief counsel to the Senate Subcommittee on Disability Policy and chief aide to Senator Tom Harkin, the sponsor of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA). Currently, Bobby is a principal in the law firm of Powers Pyles Sutter & Verville, PC and a member of the Partnership on Employment & Accessible Technology (PEAT) team.
Using the D2L ePortfolio Tool as a High Impact PracticeD2L Barry
Presentation at 2019 D2L Connection at Normandale CC on April 5, 2019
Using the D2L ePortfolio Tool as a High Impact Practice- Kelly LaVenture, Bemidji State University and Katie Subra Winona State University
Strategic Campus Collaborations: Advancing Knowledge about Accessibility at ...3Play Media
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
Beyond the “Digital Divide”: Understanding the complexities of access and inc...D2L Barry
Presentation at 2019 D2L Connection at Normandale CC on April 5, 2019
Beyond the “Digital Divide”: Understanding the complexities of access and inclusion in an online learning environment- Emily Myanna and Jennifer DeJonge, Metropolitan State University
The State of Closed Captioning in Higher Education3Play Media
How are schools handling captions? How do captions improve learning for college students? Where does the budget come from? To what extent is captioning motivated by fear of litigation?
Presenting on the results from two national research studies and a survey on closed captioning in higher education, Katie Linder from Oregon State University Ecampus Research Unit and Lily Bond from 3Play Media will look at the current state of closed captioning in 2017 at colleges and universities across the US.
Together, these surveys provide a clearer picture of the benefits, solutions, complications, and direction of closed captioning in higher education.
This presentation will cover:
How and why students are using closed captioning
Perceived benefits of captioning beyond accessibility
How colleges and universities are handling closed captioning
Current successes and limitations of captioning in higher ed
Comparison of captioning practices for face-to-face, online, and institutional marketing content
How colleges & universities perceive and react to legal requirements for captioning
How Copyright Law and Fair Use Impact Third Party Captioning3Play Media
The prevalence of online video in the past few years has led to an incredible virtual library of resources on pretty much every topic you could imagine. It is no surprise that because of this, educational institutions have taken to utilizing YouTube videos (as well as other online video sources) as course material. One of the great challenges of using videos that you don't own is that accessibility laws require most educational institutions (as well as government programs and other industries) to provide closed captions for video content. This is where copyright law can interfere.
This webinar is presented by Blake Reid, who is an Assistant Clinical Professor in Technology Policy and Telecom Law at Colorado Law as well as the Director of the Samuelson-Glushko Technology Law & Policy Clinic at Colorado Law. He earned his J.D. from Colorado Law and his LL.M in Advocacy with distinction from Georgetown Law. He has prepared an in-depth discussion on the conflict between copyright law and captioning law, focusing on the legality of captioning videos that you don't own. Topics covered include:
Captioning laws and regulations
The conflict between captioning and copyright
Statutory exemptions
Fair use
The future of copyright and captioning
Bridging the Accessibility Gap: Improving Communication and Collaboration wit...Patrick Loftus
When it comes to accessibility at your institution, how confident are you that administration, faculty, and disability services are all on the same page?
Utah Valley University's (UVU) Accessibility Services Department is working to promote universal access for all students by tying accessibility for students with disabilities to the university's Inclusion Initiative action plan.
Based on a campus-wide faculty survey at UVU, this session will strategize ways to get buy-in from the top down by getting familiar with institutional and departmental goals, clearly demonstrating the close connection between accessibility and fulfillment of those goals, and understanding it’s not always what we say but how we say it that matters most.
Covered in this session:
How to alleviate faculty concerns regarding accessible curriculum
How to tie accessibility to institutional and departmental goals
What to say and how to say it to get buy-in from the top down
The Future of Closed Captioning in Higher Education3Play Media
With recent lawsuits, evolving legal requirements, and continuous advancements in technology, the question of closed captioning in higher education is one that is on a lot of people's minds. What does the future of captioning hold?
In this webinar, Sean Zdenek, author of the book Reading Sounds: Closed Captioned Media and Popular Culture and an Associate Professor at Texas Tech University, will answer exactly that question. Given the legal landscape, he will first focus on the hurdles and challenges of developing an infrastructure for closed captioning at the university level. Sean will then take a closer look at where closed captioning is going, focusing on the likely future requirements for, advancements in, and features of captioning.
This presentation will cover:
Developing an infrastructure for captioning at the university level
Training faculty & addressing faculty resistance
Economic analysis of captioning
Integrating closed captioning with lecture capture & video platforms
Faculty response to new captioning mandates
Future requirements for captioning
Current & future advancements in closed captioning technology
Advanced features that make captioning beneficial to all users
10 Tips for Implementing Accessible Online Media3Play Media
In 2016, it is more critical than ever to make your online media accessible: recent lawsuits and updated legal standards are expanding the reach of captioning, transcription, and video description requirements.
In this webinar, Janet Sylvia, Web Accessibility Group Leader and Web Accessibility Trainer, and Lily Bond from 3Play Media will go through 10 tips for implementing accessible online media at your institution. Looking at several different scenarios, they will discuss actionable strategies to help you find a solution that will work for you.
This presentation will cover:
Legal requirements, lawsuits, and standards for online media accessibility
What is required to make a video accessible?
Choosing an accessible video player, platform, or lecture capture system
Prioritizing which content to make accessible
Workflows for captioning, transcription, and video description
Budgeting and building a policy for accessible online media
Tips for Getting Your Colleagues to Adopt Universal Design for Learning3Play Media
When most people in higher education hear the phrase “universal design for learning," they think about students with physical disabilities and the accommodations we provide to them in order to help them meet course outcomes.
To help make educational materials and practices inclusive for all learners, this interactive webinar session radically reflects on how faculty members and course designers can adopt Universal Design for Learning (UDL).
Presented by Thomas Tobin, author and speaker on quality in distance education, this session will help broaden the focus of UDL beyond learners with disabilities and toward a larger ease-of-use/general inclusion framework.
This presentation will cover:
How accommodations and UDL are very different
What you can do today, within a week, and within a month to reach out to your biggest segment of learners—people on their mobile devices
How you can incorporate UDL elements into your courses
How you can design and retrofit existing course components using UDL principles
How to implement UDL across campus to increase persistence, retention, and satisfaction for all learners
Getting more out of Twitter: Tools, tips & tricksAlex Spiers
CPD session delivered at University of Liverpool Winter School Staff training event on 20th January 2017. The session covered:
Presentation: Zelda Chattten on University of Liverpool Library Use
Tweetdeck – managing tweets and accounts
Analytics – Twitter & Socioviz
Archiving - Moments & Storify
Periscope – Live Broadcast
Tweetchats - #BYOD4L
Search & advanced search
Accessibility Webinar: Making Blackboard Modules and Content Accessible for AllBlackboardEMEA
To support the changes to Disabled Students’ Allowance (DSA) provision meaning English universities need to be ready and able to support learners by September 2016 this presentation provides an overview of inclusive classrooms and outlines the benefits and challenges faced in implementing them.
They will also help institutions towards achieving inclusivity and best practice for all learners through their online and face to face classrooms and provide a practical framework to:
• Assess their pedagogy
• Review their existing content
• Evaluate their institution's technology
http://webinars.blackboard.com/accessibility
Bb on Tour 2016 | Innovation and Your Institution (Part 1) | Panel SessionBlackboard APAC
In this session we’ve assembled the innovation crew of which you’ll be a key ingredient. Through the session we’ll explore the following topics and facilitate round table discussion amongst the team to unpick and build a plan for seeding Innovation back at your campus.
Strategies for Assessing, Planning, Seeding & Mainstreaming innovation at your institution.
Mobility bringing the University to your students with Bb Student.
Industry Alignment & Graduate Outcomes with Competency Dashboards & MyEDU.
Maximizing Student Engagement and Flexibility with Blackboard Collaborate.
Connected Assessment Ecosystem with Blackboard Collaborate.
Presenters:
Chris Ross, Director, International Solutions, APAC
Mick Garner, Senior Solutions Engineer, ANZ
Blackboard
These slides are part of the BbWorld17 Blackboard Learn Roadmap presentation given by Jim Chalex, VP for Product Management, Blackboard. These slides were compiled by Rodney B. Murray, PhD, with permission from Blackboard Inc.
How to Make Learning More Accessible and Inclusive 2.0Lambda Solutions
In this digital age of disruptive technologies, we have access to an exorbitant amount of information and subsequently learning opportunities. We share knowledge, create resources, give feedback and so much more. But, not everyone is able to access these learning opportunities for a number of reasons - whether it be physical, sensory, or cognitive limitations or disabilities.
Readspeaker Automatic Sync webinar for BrightspaceD2L Barry
It takes an Ecosystem: How Brightspace and our partners are making education accessible to every learner. March 15, 2016, with Sheri Hutchinson of Readspeaker and Art Morgan of Automatic Sync Technologies.
It Takes an Ecosystem – How Brightspace and our partners are making education...D2L
Part One. Video Captions: One Important Tool for Creating Accessible Courses for Truly Diverse Learners
Automatic Sync Technologies promotes the benefits of Universal Design for Learning, with a focus on providing closed captioning services for education providers and publishers. VP Art Morgan says "the most successful campus accessibility campaigns have a common thread: they promote accessibility as a civil right and explain how accessibility fosters diversity and inclusiveness."
Part Two. Ghost Voices: Using-Text-to-Speech Technology to Improve the Quality of Learning Online
Have you ever wanted to know why your students may not read the materials you post online? Have you considered that students may need a little extra help with reading and writing as they are progressing through your content? Make your online text materials talk as if they were a live lecture. Text-to-speech (TTS) technology provide users with the ability to listen to text content.
Advancing Equity and Inclusion for Deaf Students in Higher Education3Play Media
Join us for a session presented by the National Deaf Center on Postsecondary Outcomes (NDC) on creating inclusive environments in higher education for deaf students. NDC will provide valuable insights into the common barriers faced by deaf students in higher education and offer strategies for fostering inclusivity.
"Am I Doing This Right?" Imposter Syndrome and Accessibility Maturity3Play Media
Register for this free webinar to learn ways to navigate challenges, embark on an exciting growth trajectory, and ensure a smooth accessibility career journey.
The 3Play Way: Real-Time Captioning in Higher Education3Play Media
During the session, you will gain insights into 3Play Media’s technologies and integrations to understand how these tools work in harmony with our highly skilled captioners to provide seamless, real-time captions that meet the highest standards of quality. Whether it’s live lectures, virtual classrooms, or campus events, our real-time services ensure that students have equal access to educational content.
Developing a Centrally Supported Captioning System with Utah State University3Play Media
Join us for a spotlight chat with Utah State University (USU) as they share their remarkable journey in developing a centrally supported captioning system across their statewide university campuses. This engaging webinar will delve into the various aspects of their captioning initiative, highlighting the challenges they faced, the strategies they've implemented, and their progress so far.
Lessons Learned: Canada’s Past, Present, and Future Leadership in Digital Acc...3Play Media
Canada is recognized as a global leader in digital accessibility, most recently with their introduction of the Accessible Canada Act. Like all countries, Canada has an imperfect history when it comes to accessibility and inclusivity, but what can others learn from Canada in how to operationalize an accessible ecosystem? How can other countries build inclusive practices into their culture and legislation?
On Global Accessibility Awareness Day (GAAD), join us as David Berman, an internationally recognized expert in inclusive design and strategic communications, discusses Canada’s history of leadership in accessibility, as well as predicting where the puck is heading regarding regulations and emerging standards that can benefit everyone within and beyond its borders.
David will share experience and insights that will help you leave no one behind online... while enjoying the “Accessibility Dividend” for all.
As Product Professionals we are told our job is to create products that either solve user problems or take advantage of opportunities. The challenge is that, during this time, this seems hard to find as new product innovations are being released every day. Are we running out of problems or opportunities? No, we have simply only been looking at the problem/opportunity from our usual viewpoint of the average user. What if we looked at it from a different lens? What if we look at people who always struggle with problems based on their environments not accommodating their unique needs? I argue, this is the gold mine of opportunity for creating innovative products. Solving the mismatches of people with disabilities will lead into innovations for your users and customers of all abilities! We will discuss the real-world examples of this, how to do it, and future market demand. We will all be disabled one day.
Why Every Company Needs to Think and Act Like a Media Company3Play Media
In this session, we will explore what it means to operate as a media company by owning your own channels and ensuring your content is accessible to a diverse audience.
2023 State of Automatic Speech Recognition3Play Media
This session will discuss the findings from a 2023 research study of leading ASR engines to understand how speech AI measures up to the task of captioning and transcription without the intervention of a human editor. The study tested 549 files across nine industries, testing approximately 107 hours of content with a total of over 900,000 words.
Although Universal Design for Learning (UDL) is commonly heard of in higher education, most are implementing it at the level of individual interactions or think it's just another facet of accessibility efforts. During this session, we will build on the foundational knowledge of UDL to create expert-level UDL systems at our institutions. We will work together to develop observation and assessment techniques for UDL to create a foundation from which we can build.
Neurodiversity in the Workplace - Part 13Play Media
This webinar, presented in partnership with Tara Cunningham from Beyond-Impact, aims to illuminate the experiences of neurodivergent people in the workplace – from the first interview to annual performance reviews. We’ll discuss the impact of a neurodiverse team on overall productivity and communication, as well as introduce easy-to-implement accommodations that could benefit neurodivergent employees… and your organization as a whole.
How To Deliver an Accessible Online Presentation3Play Media
This presentation will share the challenges people with disabilities face in delivering or participating in online presentations at conferences and meetings.
In this webinar, Bet Hannon, Founder and CEO of AccessiCart, gave non-technical, practical tips for improving website accessibility and discuss the benefits of having an accessible site.
2022 Digital Accessibility Legal Update.pdf3Play Media
3Play Media’s annual end-of-the-year Digital Accessibility Legal Update with Lainey Feingold.
Learning Objectives:
--Legal requirements impacting digital accessibility (primarily in the US, touching upon international requirements).
--Updates on major digital access court cases, laws, regulations, and settlements over the past twelve months.
--Best practices for digital accessibility to stay ahead of the legal curve as defined by industry leaders, court orders, and major settlements.
-- Ethics in the digital accessibility legal space (centering disabled people and avoiding fear, quick fixes, and shortcuts).
Slack (or Teams) Automation for Bonterra Impact Management (fka Social Soluti...Jeffrey Haguewood
Sidekick Solutions uses Bonterra Impact Management (fka Social Solutions Apricot) and automation solutions to integrate data for business workflows.
We believe integration and automation are essential to user experience and the promise of efficient work through technology. Automation is the critical ingredient to realizing that full vision. We develop integration products and services for Bonterra Case Management software to support the deployment of automations for a variety of use cases.
This video focuses on the notifications, alerts, and approval requests using Slack for Bonterra Impact Management. The solutions covered in this webinar can also be deployed for Microsoft Teams.
Interested in deploying notification automations for Bonterra Impact Management? Contact us at sales@sidekicksolutionsllc.com to discuss next steps.
JMeter webinar - integration with InfluxDB and GrafanaRTTS
Watch this recorded webinar about real-time monitoring of application performance. See how to integrate Apache JMeter, the open-source leader in performance testing, with InfluxDB, the open-source time-series database, and Grafana, the open-source analytics and visualization application.
In this webinar, we will review the benefits of leveraging InfluxDB and Grafana when executing load tests and demonstrate how these tools are used to visualize performance metrics.
Length: 30 minutes
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During this webinar, we will cover the following topics while demonstrating the integrations of JMeter, InfluxDB and Grafana:
- What out-of-the-box solutions are available for real-time monitoring JMeter tests?
- What are the benefits of integrating InfluxDB and Grafana into the load testing stack?
- Which features are provided by Grafana?
- Demonstration of InfluxDB and Grafana using a practice web application
To view the webinar recording, go to:
https://www.rttsweb.com/jmeter-integration-webinar
GDG Cloud Southlake #33: Boule & Rebala: Effective AppSec in SDLC using Deplo...James Anderson
Effective Application Security in Software Delivery lifecycle using Deployment Firewall and DBOM
The modern software delivery process (or the CI/CD process) includes many tools, distributed teams, open-source code, and cloud platforms. Constant focus on speed to release software to market, along with the traditional slow and manual security checks has caused gaps in continuous security as an important piece in the software supply chain. Today organizations feel more susceptible to external and internal cyber threats due to the vast attack surface in their applications supply chain and the lack of end-to-end governance and risk management.
The software team must secure its software delivery process to avoid vulnerability and security breaches. This needs to be achieved with existing tool chains and without extensive rework of the delivery processes. This talk will present strategies and techniques for providing visibility into the true risk of the existing vulnerabilities, preventing the introduction of security issues in the software, resolving vulnerabilities in production environments quickly, and capturing the deployment bill of materials (DBOM).
Speakers:
Bob Boule
Robert Boule is a technology enthusiast with PASSION for technology and making things work along with a knack for helping others understand how things work. He comes with around 20 years of solution engineering experience in application security, software continuous delivery, and SaaS platforms. He is known for his dynamic presentations in CI/CD and application security integrated in software delivery lifecycle.
Gopinath Rebala
Gopinath Rebala is the CTO of OpsMx, where he has overall responsibility for the machine learning and data processing architectures for Secure Software Delivery. Gopi also has a strong connection with our customers, leading design and architecture for strategic implementations. Gopi is a frequent speaker and well-known leader in continuous delivery and integrating security into software delivery.
Essentials of Automations: Optimizing FME Workflows with ParametersSafe Software
Are you looking to streamline your workflows and boost your projects’ efficiency? Do you find yourself searching for ways to add flexibility and control over your FME workflows? If so, you’re in the right place.
Join us for an insightful dive into the world of FME parameters, a critical element in optimizing workflow efficiency. This webinar marks the beginning of our three-part “Essentials of Automation” series. This first webinar is designed to equip you with the knowledge and skills to utilize parameters effectively: enhancing the flexibility, maintainability, and user control of your FME projects.
Here’s what you’ll gain:
- Essentials of FME Parameters: Understand the pivotal role of parameters, including Reader/Writer, Transformer, User, and FME Flow categories. Discover how they are the key to unlocking automation and optimization within your workflows.
- Practical Applications in FME Form: Delve into key user parameter types including choice, connections, and file URLs. Allow users to control how a workflow runs, making your workflows more reusable. Learn to import values and deliver the best user experience for your workflows while enhancing accuracy.
- Optimization Strategies in FME Flow: Explore the creation and strategic deployment of parameters in FME Flow, including the use of deployment and geometry parameters, to maximize workflow efficiency.
- Pro Tips for Success: Gain insights on parameterizing connections and leveraging new features like Conditional Visibility for clarity and simplicity.
We’ll wrap up with a glimpse into future webinars, followed by a Q&A session to address your specific questions surrounding this topic.
Don’t miss this opportunity to elevate your FME expertise and drive your projects to new heights of efficiency.
Dev Dives: Train smarter, not harder – active learning and UiPath LLMs for do...UiPathCommunity
💥 Speed, accuracy, and scaling – discover the superpowers of GenAI in action with UiPath Document Understanding and Communications Mining™:
See how to accelerate model training and optimize model performance with active learning
Learn about the latest enhancements to out-of-the-box document processing – with little to no training required
Get an exclusive demo of the new family of UiPath LLMs – GenAI models specialized for processing different types of documents and messages
This is a hands-on session specifically designed for automation developers and AI enthusiasts seeking to enhance their knowledge in leveraging the latest intelligent document processing capabilities offered by UiPath.
Speakers:
👨🏫 Andras Palfi, Senior Product Manager, UiPath
👩🏫 Lenka Dulovicova, Product Program Manager, UiPath
Accelerate your Kubernetes clusters with Varnish CachingThijs Feryn
A presentation about the usage and availability of Varnish on Kubernetes. This talk explores the capabilities of Varnish caching and shows how to use the Varnish Helm chart to deploy it to Kubernetes.
This presentation was delivered at K8SUG Singapore. See https://feryn.eu/presentations/accelerate-your-kubernetes-clusters-with-varnish-caching-k8sug-singapore-28-2024 for more details.
DevOps and Testing slides at DASA ConnectKari Kakkonen
My and Rik Marselis slides at 30.5.2024 DASA Connect conference. We discuss about what is testing, then what is agile testing and finally what is Testing in DevOps. Finally we had lovely workshop with the participants trying to find out different ways to think about quality and testing in different parts of the DevOps infinity loop.
Key Trends Shaping the Future of Infrastructure.pdfCheryl Hung
Keynote at DIGIT West Expo, Glasgow on 29 May 2024.
Cheryl Hung, ochery.com
Sr Director, Infrastructure Ecosystem, Arm.
The key trends across hardware, cloud and open-source; exploring how these areas are likely to mature and develop over the short and long-term, and then considering how organisations can position themselves to adapt and thrive.
Smart TV Buyer Insights Survey 2024 by 91mobiles.pdf91mobiles
91mobiles recently conducted a Smart TV Buyer Insights Survey in which we asked over 3,000 respondents about the TV they own, aspects they look at on a new TV, and their TV buying preferences.
Smart TV Buyer Insights Survey 2024 by 91mobiles.pdf
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Impairment
(~3% of population)
Hearing
Impairment
(over 5% of population)
Cognitive
Impairment
(~25% of population)
Motor
Impairment
(~6% of population)
Approximately 1 Billion people worldwide have some form of disability
Disability Types:
*Sources: http://www.disabled-world.com/ & http://www.who.int/
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Encouraging
Inclusive
Environments
for all
With increased
attention being placed
on inclusive
environments and equal
opportunity to access to
information for
everyone, it is important
to understand the
diverse needs your
learners may have.
Revisit content and ensure it’s set up for
universal consumption
Understand how people need to interact with
different tools you are using and adjust
Rethink how learning is achieved and provide
the means to help students succeed.
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The Bigger Picture
Creating accessible environments improves everyone’s ability to consume
information - not just those with disabilities – and leads to higher quality
material, more useable experiences and personalized access.
7. 77
Proactively building programs to avoid
Accessibility Litigation
Awareness of the civil rights of
the learner
Higher expectations for
product accessibility
Lower number of students
disclosing disabilities
Mindset shifting towards
inclusion
Current Trends in Accessibility: Higher Ed
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Blackboard is fully committed to delivering product experiences that conform to
global accessibility standards. We believe that a mature digital accessibility program
must establish a sustainable organizational culture and strong partnerships around
accessibility.
Our Commitment
BCAB
12. 1212
Taking Action: Blackboard Collaborate
• Full-screen reader support
of all key workflows.
• Global keyboard shortcuts
for common actions.
• Screen reader support for
whiteboard activities and
uploaded files, without
requiring complex
conversions.
• Live closed captioning.
13. 1313
Taking Action: Blackboard Learn
• Compatible with the latest
versions of screen readers
such as JAWS and
VoiceOver
• Common Page Structure
• Full support for captions in
uploaded media content.
• Keyboard accessible
reordering
• Ability for instructors to add
alt tags to identify images
• High contrast style settings
14. 1414
Taking Action: Moodlerooms
• Full support of screen readers,
text magnifiers and speech-to-
text solutions.
• Global keyboard shortcuts for
common actions.
• Compliance with ADA, XHTML
and JavaScript standards
• Accessible Chat Interface
• Open Source and Open sharing
- all issues openly reported,
discussed and fixed.
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Taking Action: Web Community Manager
• Template-based pages and apps
provide consistent interactions and
user experience across pages
• Allows configuration of templates
while still remaining within the
color contrast ratio
• Provides full support for keyboard
navigation
• Text can be resized 200 percent
without loss of content or
functionality
• Contains page titles with the name
of the workspace within which the
user is working
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Institutional Challenges
No insight into
how institution
is doing
Difficult to track
and identify
what to focus on
Lawsuits
because of legal
requirements
Manual
remediation
workflow
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Automatic Analysis
• Automated accessibility checklist based on content
type
• Based on WCAG 2.0 AA
• Uses machine learning algorithms for a full
structural and visual analysis to learn semantics of
document
• Identifies headings, heading structure, paragraphs,
footers, tables, lists, mathematical formulas, etc.
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Alternative Accessible Versions
High quality semantic
HTML version of the
content
HTML
Automatically inject
fixes into the original
document
Enhance original
ePub, audio, electronic
braille, etc.
Other alternative
formats
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Instructor Feedback
• Provide feedback to instructors about
accessibility of their course content
• Provide guidance on how to fix
accessibility issues
• Aims to generate change in behavior
over time
27. 2727
Institutional Report
• Provide detailed understanding
of how institution is doing
• Helps identify where problem
areas are, what to focus on,
who to target, etc.
28. 2828
Automatically checks
for accessibility issues
and generates
alternative accessible
formats
Alternative Accessible
Versions
Guides instructors on
how to improve the
accessibility of their
course content and
alters future behavior
Instructor feedback
Provides detailed data
and insights to help
further improve course
content accessibility at
the institution
Institutional report
Summary
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2
Ally User Group
• Receive updates about
Blackboard Ally
• Participate in UX research,
usability testing, early access, etc.
Sign up at
http://tinyurl.com/blackboard-
ally-user-group
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Registration through graduation must be
accessible to enable eLearning students
with varying abilities the opportunity to
succeed.
Most NAHE institutions are unaware of
how to do this and 60% to 80% of
undergrads choose not to disclose a
disability.
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eLearning Accessibility Plan
The solution is designed to identify operational barriers and provide remediation
approaches within a variety of functions related to the eLearning student lifecycle. This
solution results in a comprehensive accessibility operational plan to provide a barrier-
free eLearning experience for individuals with disabilities.
Review of
academic &
student services
Goals, strategies,
metrics, and tools
for improvement
Operational
Accessibility Plan
The plan will not address physical accessibility barriers on the institution’s campus nor are the recommendations a substitute for legal counsel.
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eLearning Accessibility Course Audit
Audit of eLearning
courses
Training on
inclusive course
creation
Analysis and
reports on barriers
in courses
The solution is designed to identify barriers within eLearning courses. This solution
results in course and institutional level reporting of barriers along with recommended
remediation approaches. Targeted course creation training is included to provide a
barrier-free eLearning experience for individuals with disabilities.
It is worthy to note that these findings and recommendations are not a substitute for legal counsel.
37. Q&A
Upcoming Webinars:
Feb 23: Best Practices for Accessible Videos
Mar 9: Campus-Wide Response to Captioning
Mar 16: Getting Faculty Involved with Accessibility
Mar 30: Quick Start to Captioning
April 13: 15 Years Since an OCR Lawsuit: NC State
You can register for our free webinars at:
www.3playmedia.com/webinars/
Panelists
JoAnna Hunt
Accessibility Manager
Blackboard
Scott Ready
Director of Customer
Relations
Blackboard
Nicolaas Matthijs
Ally Product Manager
Blackboard
Lily Bond
3Play Media
www.3playmedia.com
lily@3playmedia.com
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recording of this webinar will be available for replay.
Editor's Notes
Before we dive in and talk about the products and services that Blackboard offers around accessibility, let’s take some time to better understand the Global population that’s impacted by this issue.
The World Health Organization states that there are approximately 1 Billion people in the world who have some form of disability. This population is then further broken down into the four major classifications of disability: Visual, Hearing, Motor, and Cognitive impairments.
Approximately 3% of the global population has what the World Health Organization classifies as a severe vision impairment to total blindness. But this number is probably significantly higher when you think about individuals with a range of vision challenges from low vision to color blindness.
This number increases slightly to 5% when you look at individuals with what’s considered to be a severe hearing impairment or total deafness. Again, this number is higher when you consider the range of hearing challenges that might exist in the broader population.
When you look at the population with a motor impairment, which can include anything from amputation or paralysis, to someone with Parkinson's disease which may only cause minor tremors preventing them from using a mouse, the number again increases slightly – to 6% of the global population.
By far the most significant segment is those with cognitive impairments. They make up about 25% of the global population. The range of medical conditions that fall under the umbrella of cognitive disorders can range from things like dyslexia, dyscalculia, attention deficit disorders, and autism to things like PTSD, depression, and anxiety. Even conditions like cerebral palsy, which manifests as a set of physical challenges is classified as a cognitive disorder since it’s cause is the way the brain process the commands telling the body to move.
While the percentages attached to these populations may seem small, the impact of not meeting their needs is quite large.
Accessible content provides opportunity for all users to engage and leverage content. Consider the hundreds of scenarios you could find today if you surveyed a room of people on how they consume information. It is not one size fits all anymore, from the person studying on their way home from work to someone catching up on their mobile device in a coffee shop.
There are many positives to placing an emphasis on accessible content and this mindset of including everyone when thinking about how content is designed:
Usability – allow everyone to use the content without having to fall behind due to lack of accommodations
Flexibility and Quality – provide options for consuming the content beyond what was initially delivered. Encourage widespread usage.
Portability – allow people to take information everywhere they go.
There are also negative impacts as a result of ignoring accessibility, including:
Non-Use – information is unable to be used or generally ignored due to the inaccessibility or inflexibility of delivery.
User Frustration – people become frustrated by a lack of options or inability to make the information work in their individual circumstance.
Legal risks – many organizations have been facing formal complaints around the accessibility of content.
Higher Education
With 12.9% of all students in North America having some form of disability, awareness of the civil rights of these students is increasing. The expectations around content and platform accessibility are growing as well as schools work to tackle accessibility in their courses.
This proactivity is partly driven by an increased risk of litigation and has prompted many institutions to act now.
Lastly, most students choose not to disclose their disability when they enter higher education. That's 60 to 80% of North American undergrads and 9% of graduate students. As mindsets shift towards that of inclusion, greater strides can be made to reach those students that have not disclosed.
These trends force many organizations to rethink their approach when it comes to products and content and Blackboard is good example.
At Blackboard we’ve thought out our approach to accessibility and inclusivity while keeping a few key points in mind.
For educational institutions, reaching “compliance” with accessibility expectations means they need to be doing three things:
Selecting and purchasing technology that is accessible
Building content that is inclusive to people of all abilities
Establishing policies, processes, and programs around accessibility that can help them achieve and maintain success
For many years, Blackboard’s focus has been on the accessibility of the products and platform technology that we build.
With the acquisition of Fronteer we are bringing to market Blackboard Ally – a set of tools focused on the accessibility of digital content.
Our consulting teams in all markets are researching and providing strategic consultation to help schools better understand where they are on the accessibility spectrum today (both within and outside of the LMS) and building programs and policies to improve and then maintain that success.
When it comes to our platform technology, Blackboard is fully committed to building products that meet the highest level of accessibility expectations in the market. To do this we’ve centered around the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) version 2.0 at level AA. This is the broadest, most robust set of web accessibility standards available. It’s also the only internationally recognized set of standards.
But our commitment doesn’t stop at the standards. We believe that to build the highest quality products we also need to establish partnerships with key clients and accessibility advocacy organizations to ensure that we’re aware of the changing needs of the teachers and students with disabilities and best positioned to respond to changes in all markets.
As part of our commitment, Blackboard has incorporated that focus on accessibility into our products with some great results for our users.
Blackboard Collaborate – our video conferencing and collaboration tool. Our approach has resulted in one of the most accessible products on the market today.
Blackboard Learn – our flagship LMS. Our main goal is to provide an accessible platform for students and instructors for equal access to online courses.
Moodlerooms – our open source solution. As an open source project, we have a worldwide base of Moodle support to draw from and build upon as we support and design with accessibility in mind.
Web Community Manager – reliable content management solutions. Blackboard is committed to ensuring that the Web Community Manager platform is usable and accessible to users of all abilities.
There are many long standing issues facing all levels of education when it comes to content and accessibility. At an overall level, the institutions themselves are often tasked with trying to navigate around these specific issues.
Instructors are also facing hurdles when it comes to accessible content.
Lastly but perhaps most importantly, the students themselves have a number of challenges with it comes to finding usable accessible material to complete their coursework.
Blackboard Ally aims to help make course content more accessible by taking a step further to look at the content within the systems instead of just the systems themselves.
the Learning Management System is an important player in this but we are committed to providing Ally to everyone, including non-Blackboard products and see great potential down the road for other integrations.
Blackboard Ally uses an automated accessibility checklist to analyze based on content type as well as machine learning algorithms to analyze document structure.
The checklist is based on WCAG 2.0AA standards.
Algorithms identify headings, structure elements, paragraphs, footers tables and so on to determine conversion to alternate formats.
Blackboard Ally automatically generates alternative accessible versions for course content and makes these available to all users within the course within minutes.
Blackboard Ally provides the instructor with feedback about the accessibility of their course content and guidance on how to fix accessibility issues that arise.
Blackboard Ally provides an institution wide course content accessibility report that allows for deeper insight and understanding into how the institution is performing or evolving.
Review of Benefits
Alternative Accessible Versions provide usable content to all students.
Instructor feedback can guide instructors on how to improve the accessibility of their content and also encourage continued focus and effort around accessibility for future courses.
Institutional Reports can help institutions further understand and improve course content accessibility across all courses.
If Ally is of interest to you or anyone at your institution, I’d like to encourage you to sign up to the Ally User Group.
The Ally User Group has 2 main goals. It will first of all provide recent updates and announcements about Ally.
It will also provide an opportunity to participate in some of our User Experience activities, such as UX research, usability testing, beta testing, etc. The Ally product follows a rigorous UX-led process with regular UX activities that you can participate in. This can be anything from a short questionnaire about a problem Ally is trying to solve, providing feedback on new designs, remote usability testing where you can sign up for one of the available time slots, etc. Participation in all of these activities is optional, so you can definitely the ones that are relevant or of interest to you.
So definitely sign up to the User Group. It is a great way to stay up-to-date and become involved.
Institutions generally will find themselves somewhere on this accessibility spectrum depending on the current state of their courses and programs.