Learn how York Technical College is addressing the challenge of meeting the accessibility compliance in all the online courses they offer. Included in the presentation is a checklist of key areas that must be addressed in accessibility and how to format the files to comply.

1. Accessibility
The How and Why of it at York Tech

2. Why Did We Do It?
•OCR Mandate
•508/WCAG 2.0 AA Regulations

3. Why Did We Do It? continued
•Increase enrollment/retention
•Simply the right thing to do

4. Keys for Faculty
•Understanding the why
•Understanding how
•Time Management
•Rethinking ROI
•Learning about/gathering VPATS

5. Keys for Facultycontinued
•Revising/rethinking rather than
eliminating
•Finding high-quality, already accessible
materials

6. How Did We Get There?
•OCR mandate - no one does optional
•Trainings – regular, repeated, and often
•Accessibility labs – a chance to focus
solely on accessibility

7. How Did We Get There? continued
•Strong support from instructional designers
•Regular check points/time lines
•Final checks – deadlines
•Staggered requirements – online, hybrid, all
classes

8. Tools
•Accessibility Checkers (Browser, PDF, Office)
•Third party partners (e.g. 3Play Media,
ReadSpeaker)
•Readers and Transcriptionists (in-house)
•Color Checkers

9. Tools continued
•YouTube
•Dragon
•Audacity
•Patience

10. Questions?