Know you need to start an accessibility program at your campus but don't know where to begin? Here's the session for you. Learn how University of Nebraska went from 0 FTE, budget and focus on IT accessibility to two years later leading on policy, procurement, training, and tools/resources at the NU System.

2. Starting Your Accessibility
Program From Scratch:
Where to Begin
Jason Buzzell and Dr. Jaci Lindburg

3. Jason Buzzell
Lead IT Accessibility

4. Jason’s Background
▪ Digital Content professional for 15 years
▪ Worked in Higher Ed for 10+ of those
▪ Content+SEO+Analytics+Accessibility
▪ Masters in Communication and Technology from
UAlberta
▪ IAAP Certified in Core Competencies
▪ In his first role working from within IT

5. Jaci Lindburg
Associate Vice President,
Digital Education

6. Jaci’s Background
▪ Higher education professional for 15 years
▪ Student Affairs, Academic Affairs, IT, Online Learning
▪ Teaching background in Counseling & Women’s and
Gender Studies
▪ PhD in Higher Ed Administration from SLU
▪ Now serves as Associate Vice President of Digital
Education and IT Strategy at the University of Nebraska

7. The realization...

8. University of Nebraska
Four Campuses
Around 53,000 students

9. The foundation
▪ OneIT initiative in 2017
▪ Budget response team
▪ Accessibility one of top pain points
for ITS and partners
▪ Top priorities: captioning,
procurement process improvement

10. NU ITS Strategic Plan

11. Big Ideas (Now Innovation Hub)
▪ The Process
▪ The Position
▪ The Pitch

12. Do we look for the
Technical Expert and or
Stakeholder Facilitator?
“

13. The answers are out there...

14. You are not alone...

15. Areas of Focus
Breakdowns of focus
Focus can be highly dependant on
internal/external factors
Strat Plan - aligned to what
matters

16. Internal Partners
▪ Procurement
▪ Compliance
▪ Communities of Practice
▪ Online Ed
▪ Campus leads

17. Approach accessibility not
from a compliance
perspective, but from a
cultural one.
“

18. Virtual IT Accessibility Lab
ITS
Procurement
ADA
Offices
Digital
Content
and
Systems
Compliance
and Legal
Multimedia
Publishers
Course
Content
Creators
Document
Publishers
Academic Technology
AppDev
Client Services
Enterprise Services
Lead, IT Accessibility

19. Where to start and where to go...

20. 2021-22 What’s Next
Goals based on Maturity Scale
- Training(s) Leveraging Bridge
- New Tools and Scaling Contracts
- Policy Awareness / Enforcement
- Procurement Refinement
- Web/UX Audits/Manual Testing

21. 2021-22 What’s Next
Goals based on Maturity Scale
- Training(s) Leveraging Bridge
- New Tools and Scaling Contracts
- Policy Awareness / Enforcement
- Procurement Refinement
- Web/UX Audits/Manual Testing

22. 2021-22 What’s Next

23. Maturity Model Table Activity
Policy
Tools
Training
Procurement
Web/UX

24. Maturity Model Table Activity

25. You can’t manage what
you don’t measure.
“

26. Maturity Model Table Activity
Year One Year Two

27. 2021-22 What’s Next
Maturity Model Capabilities
2019
2020
Today
via levelaccess.com

28. Conclusion
Advocating (Senior Leader support)
Look for the helpers (Internal/External)
Build Structure (Measurement)
Strategic Plan: Strengthening (People)
Why Team of One

30. Contact Information
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Jason Buzzell
@buzzilinear, jbuzzell@nebraska.edu
Dr. Jaci Lindburg
@jacijlindburg, jacilindburg@nebraska.edu