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Universities face liability if their web content is inaccessible. As college campuses adopt new technologies and make their communication increasingly digital, disability rights advocates fight to ensure students with disabilities aren’t left behind. Navigating the complex legal landscape isn’t easy, and many schools aren’t aware of their unintentional violations.
View these slides to make sure your college website complies with sections 504 and 508 of the Rehabilitation Act, and that you can extend full web and IT access to every student.
Learn more about HiSoftware & Percussion's recent partnership announcement:
http://www.percussion.com/about/news-and-events/press-releases/2014/hisoftware-and-percussion-announce-partnership
In this deck I aim to broaden our definitions of accessibility and disability to create a more effective and useful mindset to approach the challenge. To be clear, web accessibility is not a simple of matter of "designing for blind people." It's not even just about hman disabilities. Accessibility is also not the sole responsibility if developers. While code plays a critical role in accessibility the real challenge, and the majority accessibility failure, comes in the form of content and visual design. If reaching the largest possible audience is a primary goal you'll need to be accessible. Enjoy.
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View these slides to make sure your college website complies with sections 504 and 508 of the Rehabilitation Act, and that you can extend full web and IT access to every student.
Learn more about HiSoftware & Percussion's recent partnership announcement:
http://www.percussion.com/about/news-and-events/press-releases/2014/hisoftware-and-percussion-announce-partnership
In this deck I aim to broaden our definitions of accessibility and disability to create a more effective and useful mindset to approach the challenge. To be clear, web accessibility is not a simple of matter of "designing for blind people." It's not even just about hman disabilities. Accessibility is also not the sole responsibility if developers. While code plays a critical role in accessibility the real challenge, and the majority accessibility failure, comes in the form of content and visual design. If reaching the largest possible audience is a primary goal you'll need to be accessible. Enjoy.
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This presentation discusses the reasoning behind the provisions of Section 508 of the US Rehabilitation Act as well as the barriers and successful methodologies of implementing accessibility features in technology.
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1. Accessibility Update: Section 508 and WCAG in a Library 2.0 World Case Study Exercise Nina McHale LITA National Forum October 1-2, 2009
2. Case 1: Library Tutorial Home-grown CQ Researcher Tutorial Created with Captivate URL: http://library.auraria.edu/~ksobel/tutorials/cqresearcher/index.html
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7. Case 2: Skyline Catalog Auraria Library’s catalog Vendor: Innovative Interfaces, Inc. Includes local customizations made by Web Librarian http://skyline.cudenver.edu
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