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- 1. Campus Accessibility Through Collaboration: A CISS/AR (DSS) Perspective
- 2. Poll: What are you doing for Global Accessibility Day? A. Watching this webinar, of course! B. My campus is having an event (awesome) C. There is a city/town event I’m planning on attending D. I didn’t realize it was Global Accessibility Day...now I know! E. Some combination of the above
- 3. Guiding Policies A Snapshot of the Law
- 4. Laws & Policies Americans with Disabilities Act Section 508 is an ammendment to the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 (and Revisions including the January 2017 Refresh) Accessible Technology Policy 3.20.30B from SBCTC - March 2016 Washington State Office of the Chief Information Officer - Policy 188
- 5. Access at Bellingham Tech A Short History
- 6. Campus Partnerships Accessibility Team! An SBCTC Audit Story Current Practices Identify an Advocate for Accessibility
- 7. Question: Who are the accessibility stakeholders on your campus? Who should be? Tip: Identify an advocate; preferably someone who lives, breathes, and sleeps accessibility
- 8. Legalese Policy & Procedure
- 9. Acquisition Policy Bellingham Technical College provides equal opportunity for all of its educational and administrative services, programs, and activities in accordance with state and federal laws. This policy extends to the procurement, development, implementation and ongoing maintenance of the college’s electronic and information technologies. Ensuring equal and effective electronic and information technology access is the responsibility of all college administrators, faculty, and staff. Bellingham Technical College shall provide appropriate, effective, and integrated access to technology and electronic content for students, employees, and external community members. This policy applies to the procurement, development and implementation of instructional, administrative or communications technologies and content. Further, this policy applies to both current and emerging technologies, including both hardware and software, in use or being evaluated for purchase or adoption at the college. This policy encompasses, but is not limited to, college websites, learning management tools, student information systems, training materials, instructional and marketing materials, and assessment tools.
- 11. Accessibility Tools Basic How-To’s
- 12. Accessibility Tool Examples WCAG 2.0 Tutorial website Microsoft Word/Office Products - Accessibility Toolbar Adobe WAVE Accessibility Site Functional Accessibility Evaluator Canvas – UDOIT Peer Institutions – Resource Sharing
- 13. Accessibility Tool Links WCAG 2.0 Tutorial website http://www.oneguidelineaday.com/ Microsoft Word/Office Products Accessibility Toolbar https://www.davidberman.com/berman-accessibility-ribbon-for-word/ Professional Development Opportunity for Accessibility- https://www.canvas.net/browse/ryersonu/courses/web-access-auditing Adobe PDF Accessibility Checker http://www.adobe.com/accessibility/products/acrobat/using-acrobat-pro-accessibility-checker.html or http://webaim.org/techniques/acrobat/acrobat WEBAIM Website http://wave.webaim.org/ WAVE Website Checker by WEBAIM http://wave.webaim.org/ Functional Accessibility Evaluator -https://fae.disability.illinois.edu/anonymous/?Anonymous%20Report=/ UDOIT - check with your campus Canvas administrator/eLearning office
- 14. Questions?
Editor's Notes
- Self intros and welcome/thank everyone for joining us. Happy Global Accessibility Day! Be sure to check out events in your community! We have a lot of information to cover today but please don’t hesitate to ask questions during the presentation, either by raising a hand or by sending us questions through the chat box.
- To open the presentation, we wanted to very briefly touch on what policies and laws that help form the basis for accessibility and equity efforts here at BTC and your institutions as well. There have been many cases in last five years or so brought forward by Federal agencies regarding disputes over accessibility and accommodation, especially in regards to access to technology, and it is an important part of this conversation. However, this is something that has a lot of breadth and depth to it so don’t worry, we will be brief!
- When it comes to electronic and information technology in higher ed, or any federal program, the importance of Section 508 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 is a key factor. When the first 508 Amendment came in 1998, it was very broad--make electronic and information technology accessible to people with disabilities. The new Section 508 Refresh, published this year, updates and reorganizes Section 508 to better align to recognized accessibility standards such as the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines. March of last year, the State Board, with Section 508 in mind, approved the Accessible Technology Policy. This was after much work from the the SBCTC Disability Support Services Council, who have been working diligently since 2013 to create buy-in from other councils, such as IT and eLearning. Here at BTC, we have been lucky and ahead of the curve on this initiative, having established the BTC Accessibility Team in early 2013. After the State’s Accessibility Policy was adopted, the Committee for Accessible Technology Oversight (CATO) was formed and they approved Policy 188.
- Accessibility at BTC is not just about remaining in compliance with the law. Access is a fundamental part of campus equity, and the cross-campus collaboration that occurs on our campus is an essential component of the social justice model of accessibility.
- We mentioned that BTC’s Accessibility Team formed in 2013, but we must admit that this was not spontaneous community building. In fact, there was an OCR audit Robot story -
- Discuss policy 188 basics, discuss our defined procedures, discuss next step such as defining testing tools and methodology
- Flow chart of our basic procedure for new and renewing technology. Generally begins with the originating technology requester, though if a new product or renewal is spotted by purchasing they follow the same procedure.
- Give Demo of Site Improve, maybe video of Screen Reader