This document appears to be a slide presentation on accessibility. It discusses key laws and standards around accessibility including the ADA, Section 504, and WCAG. It also summarizes common issues found in accessibility audits such as alternative text, captions, navigation without a mouse, and properly structured tables. The presentation provides resources for accessibility and examples of enforcement actions by the Office of Civil Rights. It concludes with contact information for the presenter and information on an accessibility certification through the Texas Distance Learning Association.

1. Raymond Rose
ray@rose-smith.com
These slides are available at
https://www.slideshare.net/RaymondRose/dlac-2019-v2
Accessibility
Chancellors Symposium on Accessibility
Preconference Workshop:
Accessibility Certification

2. Who are you?
•Name
•Institution
•Role
•AccessibilityResponsibility
• Course
• Program
• Institution
• Why are you here?

3. Do you know:
• What ADA stands for/is?
• What Section 504 is?
• What WCAG stands for/is?
• VPAT stands for/is?
• Who is designated as your:
• Title IX Coordinator?
• Section 504 Coordinator?
• ADA Coordinator?
• EIRAC?

4. Who Has a Disability?

5. What We Know About Disabilities
• 13% of students ages 3-21 have some form of
disability (NCES)
• 11% of college undergraduates
• 21% undergraduate veterans
• 30% undergraduates age 30 and over
• The World’s Largest Minority Group

7. Enforcement
OCR’s Dear
Colleague
Letter
2010
WCAG 2.0
2008
Rehabilitation Act
of 1973 Amended
Section 508
1998
Americans with
Disabilities Act
1990
Rehabilitation
Act 1973
Section 504A
1973
Evolution of Accessibility Rights

8. Section 504 Rehabilitation Act 1973
defines disability as "physical or mental
impairments which substantially limit one or
more major life activities". "Major life activities"
include such functions as caring for one's self,
performing manual tasks, walking, seeing,
hearing, speaking, breathing, learning, and
working.

9. “Those with a disability are able to
acquire the same information and
engage in the same interactions —
and within the same time frame —
as those without disabilities.”
OCR Compliance Review 11-11-2128, 06121583,
paraphrased from 11-13-5001, 10122118, 11-11-6002
Accessibility:
OCR’s Operational Definition

11. Common OCR Findings
1.Lack of alternative text on all images
2.Documents not posted in an accessible
format (pay attention to pdfs)
3.Lack of captions on all videos
4.Inability to operate video controls using
assistive technology
5.Improperly structured data tables
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12. Common OCR Findings
5.Improperly formatted and labeled form
fields
6.Improper contrast between background
and foreground colors
7.Using color for navigation directions
8.Frames not titled with text that
facilitates frame identification and
navigation
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13. Web Content Accessibility Guidelines
(WCAG) Overview
A stable, referenceable technical standard. 12 guidelines organized
under 4 principles:
• perceivable
• operable
• understandable
• robust
There are testable success criteria,
at three levels: A, AA, and AAA.
https://www.w3.org/WAI/intro/wcag
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14. Make Accessibility the Default, Core
Functionality, Not a Feature (1of2)
• Color selection does not impede students with color
blindness
• All graphics have meaningful, learning-related Alt
Tags
• All content in text-based PDFs is searchable
• If PDF is a graphic, follow requirements for graphics

15. Make Accessibility the Default, Core Functionality, Not a Feature
(2of2)
All audio is accompanied by text transcripts
All video includes synchronized captioning
Course navigation is possible without the use of a mouse
Courses are reviewed for access by a screen reader
Content at all external links meet the same
accessibility standards

17. Resources
WebAIM (Web Accessibility in Mind)
• http://WebAim.org
• http://WAVE.webaim.org (Web Accessibility Evaluation Tool)
Online Learning and Web Accessibility (MVL Research Institute)
• https://mvlri.org/research/webinar-podcast/online-learning-and-the-
rehabilitation-act-of-1973/

18. Readings
OCR Reaches Web Accessibility Agreement with 11 Educational
Institutions
• https://www.3playmedia.com/2016/07/29/ocr-reaches-web-accessibility-
agreement-with-11-educational-institutions/
Accessibility in mind? A nationwide study of K-12 Web sites in the
United States
• https://firstmonday.org/ojs/index.php/fm/article/view/9183/7722

19. Consent Decree
• Dudley v Miami
• https://www.ada.gov/miami_university_cd.html
Resolution Letter
• Texas school district
• https://www2.ed.gov/about/offices/list/ocr/docs/investigations/more/06171
280-a.pdf

20. OCR Reading Room
https://www2.ed.gov/about/offices/list/ocr/frontpage/faq/readingroom.html
The place to find:
Case Resolutions
Pending Cases Currently Under Investigation
Correspondence
and more

21. Raymond Rose
ray@rose-smith.com
512.791.3100
http://Slideshare.net/raymondrose
http://rmrose.blogspot.com
Texas Distance Learning
Association
rrose@txdla.org
Digital Accessibility Certificate
https://www.txdla.org/accessibilitycertification

22. The More Accessible
Webinar
Google Slides

23. Select PRESENT
then Select Captions

24. Captions appear
below the slides
Issues:
Microphone for audio input
If other remote speaker,
computer needs to be able to
hear the computer’s speaker

25. The Even More Accessible Webinar
Google Meet