[Athen] web accessibility retrofitting service

[Lisa Fiedor]

Hi Sean,

Sean Keegan wrote:

> > Actually, I'm scoping out the development of an accessibility production

> > service for our campus, and was wondering whether anyone has done 

> that somewhere else.

>  

> I am not quite sure what you are looking for when you specify an 

> "accessibility production service", but if you are looking for an 

> example of such a service on a campus, there is the Badger 

> Accessibility Services at Univ. of Wisconsin-Madison 

> (http://www.bas.wisc.edu/).  I believe they do a lot of alternate 

> media production, but may serve as just one example (there are others, 

> I just cannot think of them right now).

By accessibility production service, I'm talking about a place (most 
likely on campus) that faculty can "bring" their online course 
materials, and a person/people will make those materials accessible 
(e.g., add appropriate alt text, fix tables, caption media (or farm that 
out), etc.)

Thanks for the reference to UW-Madison, I'll try to find someone to talk 
to there.

>  

> > Our faculty are generally not experienced web developers, and there 

> is interest in

> > providing a service that will work with their online course materials 

> and either redesign

> > or retrofit them to be accessible.

>  

> In some respects, it sounds like you are looking at an entity to 

> support faculty in the creation of online materials (that are also 

> accessible).  Instructional designers that also have training in 

> aspects of accessibility/content usability would be ideal as the 

> designers could direct faculty during the content creation process.  

> Additionally, such designers would be versed in using the various 

> campus technologies in such a way that retrofitting (where possible) 

> would be a simple process.

>  

> If possible, I would put this entity outside of a Disabled Student 

> Services program.  You could certainly have dialogue between such 

> program groups, but I would suggest keeping them separate.

As it stands now, that's what I do in my current role. I work with 
faculty to design and develop online course materials, and, of course, 
make them accessible. Also, I teach workshops, answer questions in our 
help desk queue, and do individual consultations. The problem is that we 
do not have staff to provide a "drop-off" service, and I need some 
justification for getting that staff and establishing that service.

>  

> take care,

> Sean

I appreciate your help in this endeavor.
Thanks,
Lisa

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Lisa Marie Fiedor
Web Accessibility, Usability, & Design Specialist
DELTA Instructional Support Services
Campus Box 7111, NC State University, Raleigh NC  27695-7111
Rm 2133 DH Hill Library, East Wing
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