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

1. WHO SHOULD BE
INVOLVED IN YOUR
CAMPUS’ IT
ACCESSIBILITY
INITIATIVE
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Rob Carr
Accessibility
Coordinator
Oklahoma ABLE
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2. The Whos of
Accessibility
Accessibility in Roles and Teams
@rgcarrjr

3. Eggs in One Basket, John Unsworth, Creative Commons

4. Themes
• Distributed responsibility
• Many hands making lighter work
• Integration
• Sustainability
• Scalability

5. A FEW SPECIFICS
Accessibility in Common Higher Ed Roles

6. Content Creators and Accessibility
• Use the authoring tools
• Structure
• Headings
• Lists
• Tables
• Text equivalents
• Color use and contrast

7. Librarians and Accessibility
• Digital archiving
• Tool selection and configuration
• Process definition
• Procurement and use

8. Multimedia Producers
• Transcription and captioning
• Streaming and sharing platforms
• Captioning support?
• Embedded player accessibility?

9. Print Designers and Accessibility
• Tool configuration
• Visuals
• Color use and contrast
• Font size, justification, style
• Layout
• PDF accessibility

10. Human Relations
• Professional development
• Budget
• Direct training
• Content
• Job descriptions that include accessibility
• Hiring technology infrastructure

11. MORE EXAMPLES
For Future Reference

12. Project Managers and Accessibility
• Assign responsibility for accessibility
• Tools, limitations and workarounds
• Time allocation and scheduling
• Process integration
• Documentation specific to accessibility, standards
• Help to define what works and what doesn’t

13. IA and Accessibility
• Early accounting for accessibility
• Documentation
• Wireframes
• Consistent, logical architecture
• Structure, interaction

14. Web Designers and Accessibility
• Mockups
• Color use and contrast
• Reading order
• Page structure
• Interactive elements
• Third-party features

15. Procurement and Purchasing
• Voluntary Product Accessibility Template (VPAT)
• More than VPAT acquisition
• Vetting process
• Paper
• Demo
• Documentation
• Weighing

16. Management and Leadership
By Evan-Amos (Own work) [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons

17. More Whos
• Leadership (Provost, Bursar, VPs, Chairs, Directors)
• Graphic designer
• Web developer
• Product manager
• Business Analyst
• Professional development creator
• Quality assurance and testing
• ADA Coordinator
• Legal Counsel

18. How You Can Use This
• Find where these roles live
• That’s a place to inject and integrate accessibility!
• May not be in a job description explicitly
• Bring people together

19. Move Forward
• Inventory technology
• Identify technology owners
• Product ownership vs. development/implementation/acquisition ownership
• Set scope and priority
• Train and support accordingly

20. Framing the Conversation
• Illustrate campus-wide responsibility (or at least, wider)
• The people that build the web make it accessible
• Tailor the tone and content
• Give people information and skills that they need
• Understand challenges
• Individual level
• Departmental/college level

21. Natural Results
• Recognize opportunities to share work
• Recognize previously hidden expertise
• Recognize need for policy, planning
• Recognize need for support, leadership

22. Additional Reading
• World Wide Web Consortium Accessibility Responsibility Breakdown
• http://bit.ly/W3CARB
• Deque Blog: Accessibility for UX Designers
• http://bit.ly/DequeA11yUX
• Deque Blog: Accessibility for IA, Part 1
• http://bit.ly/DequeA11yIA

23. Questions and Contact
Rob Carr
rgcarr@okstate.edu
@rgcarrjr on Twitter
@OKABLETech on Twitter, Facebook, etc.

24. Q&A
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