From Elizabeth.Prickett at victoriacollege.edu Mon Jun 1 08:23:18 2015 From: Elizabeth.Prickett at victoriacollege.edu (Prickett, Elizabeth) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:32:33 2018 Subject: [Athen] Accessible Adobe Acrobat Portfolios Message-ID: Good morning! Is there a way to create accessible portfolios with Adobe Acrobat? (We're using Acrobat XI at present.) I can get around the portfolio with the keyboard pretty well, and I seem to be able to get into the individual files with JAWS, too. The individual PDFs are accessible, so once opened, that's not a problem. Does anyone know of best practices for portfolio creation to enhance accessibility? I haven't been able to locate any specifics on Adobe's site. I did find this resource for Adobe Reader users: https://helpx.adobe.com/acrobat/kb/setting-accessibility-preferences-pdf-portfolios.html This suggests that the end user should choose the option to show portfolios in files mode. Any insight is helpful! Thanks so much! 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Emily Griffin 3Play Media ------------------------------ > > Message: 2 > Date: Mon, 1 Jun 2015 10:23:18 -0500 > From: "Prickett, Elizabeth" > To: "altmedia@htclistserv.htctu.fhda.edu" > , " > athen-list@u.washington.edu" > > Subject: [Athen] Accessible Adobe Acrobat Portfolios > Message-ID: > < > F584942D60CA3E45AE2738017C6514C13C56182BAC@mail2007.victoriacollege.edu> > > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" > > Good morning! > > Is there a way to create accessible portfolios with Adobe Acrobat? (We're > using Acrobat XI at present.) > > I can get around the portfolio with the keyboard pretty well, and I seem > to be able to get into the individual files with JAWS, too. The individual > PDFs are accessible, so once opened, that's not a problem. Does anyone know > of best practices for portfolio creation to enhance accessibility? 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November 16-20, 2015* The deadline for second-round proposals* for AHG 2015 is tomorrow, June 2. *AHG focuses on accessible media, universal design, best practices for web & media design, accessible curriculum, alternate format and other topics related to accessibility in higher education and other environments. * *More information and a link to the *online proposal form * can be found at our *speaker information page *.* *Range of Topics* View last year's sessions to get a sense of the typical agenda and range of topics. *View Video-Recordings of from 2014 & 2013 * Obtain a better sense of the content presented at AHG by watching a sample of sessions from 2013 & 2014. *More Info * If you have any questions about proposal submission, contact Howard Kramer at 303-492-8672 or at the email below. e-mail: ahg@ahead.org URL: http://accessinghigherground.org/ *First round proposals receive priority for selection. 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We have a few blind students who have been able to submit requests (using JAWS, WindowEyes, and potentially VoiceOver), and the only complaint I have received from any student is that the scroll bar on the form can be hard to find (there is a scroll bar for the whole page, of course, but also a scroll bar within the form - not the best design, I know). I'm not sure where this form falls in terms of any recent releases, but it has been working ok for us. Let me know if you have any more questions. Cheers, Brenden Brenden Goetz Assistive Technology Specialist Disability Services Program University of Denver 1999 E. Evans Ave., Ruffatto Hall #445 Denver, CO 80208 303-871-2269 www.du.edu/dsp ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Message: 1 Date: Mon, 1 Jun 2015 01:22:01 +0000 From: Aura Mollick Hirschman To: "athen-list@u.washington.edu" Subject: [Athen] Recent release of Google Forms and accessibility Message-ID: Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Hi Folks, Does anyone have experience regarding the accessibility of the recent release of Google Forms? Comments and resources are welcome. Thank you! Aura Aura M. Hirschman, M.S., C.R.C. Senior Counselor/Alternative Text Program Coordinator University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, Accessibility Resource Center Mitchell Hall, Room 103 3203 North Downer Avenue Milwaukee, WI 53211-3153 phone (414) 229-5660 fax (414) 229-2237 NOTICE TO RECIPIENT: This email and any attachments, contains information that is, or may be, covered by electronic communications privacy laws and the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA). If this email contains any student specific data or information, these laws apply. If you are NOT the intended recipient(s) of this email, please disregard the content, delete the email message and notify the original sender. From vasquez at sbcc.edu Mon Jun 1 17:36:23 2015 From: vasquez at sbcc.edu (Laurie Vasquez) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:32:33 2018 Subject: [Athen] FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Message-ID: *CONTACT:* Chris Danielsen Director of Public Relations National Federation of the Blind (410) 659-9314, extension 2330 (410) 262-1281 (Cell) cdanielsen@nfb.org *National Federation of the Blind and Two Blind Students Resolve Complaint Against Atlantic Cape Community College* *ACCC to Make Technology Accessible to Blind Students and Take Other Measures to Address Alleged Discrimination* *Trenton, New Jersey (June 1, 2015):* The National Federation of the Blind and two blind students, Anthony Lanzilotti and Mitchell Cossaboon, have entered into a consent decree with Atlantic Cape Community College (ACCC). The consent decree, which resolves allegations by Mr. Lanzilotti and Mr. Cossaboon of discrimination on the basis of disability, has been filed in the United States District Court for the District of New Jersey (Case No. *1:33-av-00001*) and is subject to court approval. ACCC denies the allegations of discrimination and has admitted no wrongdoing. The agreement requires ACCC to work with a third-party consultant and the National Federation of the Blind to take steps to improve the educational experience of students with disabilities and to prevent discrimination against these students, including: ? Conducting a technology audit and, based on the audit results, developing a plan to make all student-facing electronic and information technology used by ACCC accessible to students with disabilities no later than three years from the completion of the technology accessibility audit; ? Making ACCC?s websites accessible to blind students within 240 days of the execution of the consent decree; ? Making ACCC?s integrated library system and its website fully accessible to blind students; ? Developing a plan to provide accessible instructional materials, including textbooks, course materials, and tactile graphics, to blind students and to other students with disabilities at the same time that these materials are made available to students without disabilities, and to implement this plan no later than three years from the effective date of the consent decree; ? Requiring cooperation among faculty, staff, and ACCC?s Disability Support Services office to handle accommodation requests made by students with disabilities; ? Reviewing and revising ACCC?s policies and procedures for accommodating students with disabilities and for processing and resolving grievances brought by students with disabilities, including requiring ACCC?s Disability Support Services office to self-report any failure to resolve a student?s complaint or accommodation request, triggering an automatic grievance procedure; and ? Requiring training of all personnel on the Americans with Disabilities Act and on ACCC?s policies for accommodating students with disabilities, as well as training for such students on their rights and the procedures available to them to enforce those rights. Mark A. Riccobono, President of the National Federation of the Blind, said: ?We commend Atlantic Cape Community College for its willingness to engage in a comprehensive program to ensure that all of its students, including the blind, receive a truly equal education. It is especially significant that ACCC has agreed to make all of its technology and content accessible within three years, and to give its office serving students with disabilities real power and authority to enforce the institution?s policies and resolve student complaints. The National Federation of the Blind looks forward to working with ACCC, and we hope and believe that this institution?s new approach to serving its blind students will be a model for other institutions of higher education.? -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From Elizabeth.Prickett at victoriacollege.edu Tue Jun 2 06:54:15 2015 From: Elizabeth.Prickett at victoriacollege.edu (Prickett, Elizabeth) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:32:33 2018 Subject: [Athen] Office Sway Message-ID: Good morning! Has anyone experimented with Office Sway? It appears to be in beta form at the moment. Microsoft calls is a "web canvas." There is an open discussion on accessibility issues here: http://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/office/forum/office_sway-sway_create/microsoft-sway-and-accessibility-issues/1c26a375-2ba1-49bf-bb88-4b63670df376 And, it looks like the engineers are open to accessibility suggestions - encouraging people to give feedback and suggestions. Suggestions for Sway engineers: http://sway.uservoice.com/forums/264674-sway-suggestion-box Liz Prickett Alternative Media Specialist Center for Academic & Professional Excellence (CAPE) Victoria College 2200 E. Red River Street Victoria, TX 77901 Elizabeth.Prickett@VictoriaCollege.edu (361) 573-3291, ext. 3243 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From jhori at ucdavis.edu Mon Jun 1 08:41:29 2015 From: jhori at ucdavis.edu (Joshua Hori) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:32:33 2018 Subject: [Athen] FW: Job Openings (2) at Duke University (LD/ADHD Coordinator and AT Coordinator) In-Reply-To: References: <76B7F081-5CED-48C3-B9D0-0DB97324E69B@duke.edu> Message-ID: Hello All, New job announcements. Please feel free to forward. Good morning, Duke University has two vacant positions in our Student Disability Access Office. Below are links to the job postings on the Duke University website. Learning Disabilities and ADHD Program Coordinator http://www.hr.duke.edu/jobs/apply/external.php?reqid=68313BR Assistive Technology Coordinator http://www.hr.duke.edu/jobs/apply/external.php?reqid=68312BR For more information, please contact Dot Mishoe, Director, Student Disability Access Office at dot.mishoe@duke.edu. Dot M. Mishoe , M.Ed. 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URL: From fosters at sou.edu Tue Jun 2 10:02:03 2015 From: fosters at sou.edu (Shawn Foster) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:32:33 2018 Subject: [Athen] Fwd: FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: "Developing a plan to provide accessible instructional materials, including textbooks, course materials, and tactile graphics, to blind students and to other students with disabilities at the same time that these materials are made available to students without disabilities." Tactile graphics. At the same time that the course materials are available to all other students. It's definitely an admirable plan and what we ALL want for the students with whom we work. But how to get there is going to be quite a challenge. I will be watching this with significant interest. sf *Shawn Foster, MA* Disability Resources Coordinator U-CAM Coordinator *Southern Oregon University* (541)552-6213 Outstanding: http://youtu.be/Ski0MzPd5IM ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Laurie Vasquez Date: Mon, Jun 1, 2015 at 5:36 PM Subject: [Athen] FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE To: ATHEN *CONTACT:* Chris Danielsen Director of Public Relations National Federation of the Blind (410) 659-9314, extension 2330 (410) 262-1281 (Cell) cdanielsen@nfb.org *National Federation of the Blind and Two Blind Students Resolve Complaint Against Atlantic Cape Community College* *ACCC to Make Technology Accessible to Blind Students and Take Other Measures to Address Alleged Discrimination* *Trenton, New Jersey (June 1, 2015):* The National Federation of the Blind and two blind students, Anthony Lanzilotti and Mitchell Cossaboon, have entered into a consent decree with Atlantic Cape Community College (ACCC). The consent decree, which resolves allegations by Mr. Lanzilotti and Mr. Cossaboon of discrimination on the basis of disability, has been filed in the United States District Court for the District of New Jersey (Case No. *1:33-av-00001*) and is subject to court approval. ACCC denies the allegations of discrimination and has admitted no wrongdoing. The agreement requires ACCC to work with a third-party consultant and the National Federation of the Blind to take steps to improve the educational experience of students with disabilities and to prevent discrimination against these students, including: ? Conducting a technology audit and, based on the audit results, developing a plan to make all student-facing electronic and information technology used by ACCC accessible to students with disabilities no later than three years from the completion of the technology accessibility audit; ? Making ACCC?s websites accessible to blind students within 240 days of the execution of the consent decree; ? Making ACCC?s integrated library system and its website fully accessible to blind students; ? Developing a plan to provide accessible instructional materials, including textbooks, course materials, and tactile graphics, to blind students and to other students with disabilities at the same time that these materials are made available to students without disabilities, and to implement this plan no later than three years from the effective date of the consent decree; ? Requiring cooperation among faculty, staff, and ACCC?s Disability Support Services office to handle accommodation requests made by students with disabilities; ? Reviewing and revising ACCC?s policies and procedures for accommodating students with disabilities and for processing and resolving grievances brought by students with disabilities, including requiring ACCC?s Disability Support Services office to self-report any failure to resolve a student?s complaint or accommodation request, triggering an automatic grievance procedure; and ? Requiring training of all personnel on the Americans with Disabilities Act and on ACCC?s policies for accommodating students with disabilities, as well as training for such students on their rights and the procedures available to them to enforce those rights. Mark A. Riccobono, President of the National Federation of the Blind, said: ?We commend Atlantic Cape Community College for its willingness to engage in a comprehensive program to ensure that all of its students, including the blind, receive a truly equal education. It is especially significant that ACCC has agreed to make all of its technology and content accessible within three years, and to give its office serving students with disabilities real power and authority to enforce the institution?s policies and resolve student complaints. The National Federation of the Blind looks forward to working with ACCC, and we hope and believe that this institution?s new approach to serving its blind students will be a model for other institutions of higher education.? _______________________________________________ athen-list mailing list athen-list@mailman13.u.washington.edu http://mailman13.u.washington.edu/mailman/listinfo/athen-list -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From jsuttondc at gmail.com Tue Jun 2 12:26:34 2015 From: jsuttondc at gmail.com (Jennifer Sutton) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:32:33 2018 Subject: [Athen] AccessLearn Community Group: Introductory Survey Message-ID: <7.0.1.0.2.20150602122551.05909a58@gmail.com> Greetings, ATHENites: Thought some of you might either want to join this Community Group or take the survey: AccessLearn Community Group: Introductory Survey https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/AccessLearn Best, Jennifer From todd.schwanke at wisc.edu Tue Jun 2 12:44:57 2015 From: todd.schwanke at wisc.edu (Todd Schwanke) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:32:33 2018 Subject: [Athen] Articulate Storyline alternatives? In-Reply-To: <55657F2802000007000192AE@post.alamancecc.edu> References: <8B17405CDE724049BFD78BFBC560F1FDB9903A@umbrella.nau.froot.nau.edu> <55657F2802000007000192AE@post.alamancecc.edu> Message-ID: Hi Teresa and all: I have been exploring and looking for alternatives as well. We have had some success with Captivate, but have found it to not be very scalable: ? The player is output with each tutorial/module, so it is time-consuming to keep things updated and uniform as new versions of Captivate are released. I?m not aware of a way to centrally manage the player that is used for Captivate output. ? Requires a lot of ongoing/repeated accessibility testing because of the range of versions that authors are using, output types (Flash, HTML5, or both), and output options. ? The CC support is somewhat more built-in and efficient than Storyline, but it still doesn?t support captions files like SRTs, so it is a manual process to sync the captions. The best options right now from an accessibility and maintenance perspective seem to be : ? For tutorial (video) with no interactive pieces: Use a preferred video editor, screen capture utility, etc. and then post the finished product to your preferred streaming server (Youtube, Kaltura, etc.) so that the player(s) for the media can be managed centrally and standard workflows for creating CC can be used. ? For tutorials with interactive pieces, post the video segments from one project as separate embedded videos via preferred streaming server (same as above) and then use a preferred LMS or survey tool to deliver the interactive questions either in an embedded format or via a link. I?d be interested in hearing what others are doing and trying as well, especially when interactive components are involved. I?m looking for a tool that designers like to use, that creates accessible content, that supports creating captions externally and then importing via a caption file, and that has output/players that can be centrally managed. Thanks, Todd UW-Madison From: athen-list [mailto:athen-list-bounces@mailman13.u.washington.edu] On Behalf Of Jennifer Jones Sent: Wednesday, May 27, 2015 7:24 AM To: Access Technology Higher Education Network (athen-list@u.washington.edu) Subject: Re: [Athen] Articulate Storyline alternatives? We had the same problem with Storyline. Lectora was recommended, but I found that very cumbersome to use and expensive. I've switched over to Captivate because it is easier to use and train others on using. The price is also much better than Storyline or Lectora. Although, I am having some issues getting Captivate to allow keyboard navigation in FireFox. I've also looked at Xerte. It doesn't have all the bells and whistles as the others, but is accessible. I am looking for tools that are accessible and that we can afford to offer to all faculty. Has anyone else used Xerte or have any recommendations on it? Thanks, Jennifer Jennifer Jones, M.A. Distance Learning Director Alamance Community College 1247 Jimmie Kerr Road Graham, NC 27253 336-506-4115 Email correspondence to and from this address may be subject to the North Carolina Public Records law and may be disclosed to third parties by an authorized state official (NCGS. ch. 132). Student educational records are subject to FERPA. >>> Teresa Haven > 5/26/2015 6:19 PM >>> Hi, all. I?m working with a developer who has been building tutorials in Articulate Storyline (Flash mode) for awhile. She wants to produce accessible tutorials, but despite AS?s claims of ?508 Compliance? there?s no user education available, and despite her best efforts, her beta-stage tutorials don?t work at all with JAWS and barely function even part of the time with keyboard-only and vision. I?d like to suggest she change authoring tools completely, not only for accessibility but also so that she can produce content that can be accessed on a wider array of devices. 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Some resources suggest copying the text from the visual view into the outline but this results in double appearance of text. Thanks in advance. -Howard -- Howard Kramer Conference Coordinator Accessing Higher Ground 303-492-8672 cell: 720-351-8668 AHEAD Association of Higher Education and Disability _______________________________________________ athen-list mailing list athen-list@mailman13.u.washington.edu http://mailman13.u.washington.edu/mailman/listinfo/athen-list -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From hkramer at ahead.org Tue Jun 2 20:46:42 2015 From: hkramer at ahead.org (Howard Kramer) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:32:33 2018 Subject: [Athen] PowerPoint question - text from text boxes missing from outline view In-Reply-To: <2E6DC9FF-A0C5-413A-860C-7ECA05B682D0@wgbh.org> References: <2E6DC9FF-A0C5-413A-860C-7ECA05B682D0@wgbh.org> Message-ID: Great idea. I'll try that. Thanks Madeleine. -Howard On Tue, Jun 2, 2015 at 7:12 PM, Madeleine Rothberg < madeleine_rothberg@wgbh.org> wrote: > Depending on the layout you may be able to copy the text into the > outline view and then make it white on white to avoid the visual > duplication. Send-to-back sometimes helps. > > I've done this for image descriptions too. > > Madeleine > > > > On Jun 2, 2015, at 9:04 PM, Howard Kramer wrote: > > What's the solution for PowerPoint text (usually added via text boxes) > that appear in the visual slide view but not in the outline view. Some > resources suggest copying the text from the visual view into the outline > but this results in double appearance of text. > > Thanks in advance. > > -Howard > > -- > Howard Kramer > Conference Coordinator > Accessing Higher Ground > 303-492-8672 > cell: 720-351-8668 > > AHEAD Association of Higher Education and Disability > > _______________________________________________ > athen-list mailing list > athen-list@mailman13.u.washington.edu > http://mailman13.u.washington.edu/mailman/listinfo/athen-list > > > _______________________________________________ > athen-list mailing list > athen-list@mailman13.u.washington.edu > http://mailman13.u.washington.edu/mailman/listinfo/athen-list > > -- Howard Kramer Conference Coordinator Accessing Higher Ground 303-492-8672 cell: 720-351-8668 AHEAD Association of Higher Education and Disability -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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Share this: [image: Association of Research Libraries] Blog on Web Accessibility in Research Libraries Launched by ARL by *Sarah McGhee* | *202-296-2296* | *accessibility@arl.org * | on *June 3, 2015* [image: Kindle inside a Moleskine notebook (link to Web Accessibility in Research Libraries blog)] image CC-BY by Terry Madeley ARL?s Accessibility and Universal Design Working Group is pleased to announce a new blog devoted to facilitating *Web Accessibility in Research Libraries* . The blog is an enhancement of ARL?s Web Accessibility Toolkit , which aims to: - *Promote* the principles of accessibility, universal design, and digital inclusion. - *Help* research libraries achieve digital accessibility. - *Connect* research libraries with the tools, people, and examples they need to provide accessible digital content. The inaugural blog post, ?Publishing Accessibly?Open Access and Your Library as a ?Publisher? ,? by ARL visiting program officer Katya Pereyaslavska, explores areas of opportunity for libraries to participate in open access publishing, with a focus on what libraries can do differently from other publishers. Pereyaslavska concludes that ?developing successful business cases for the establishment of library publishing processes will enable libraries to reclaim rightful ownership of information, assuming a leadership role in information creation and dissemination and working towards the de-?magazinification? of the web and towards building more sustainable digital learning resources.? Ed Van Gemert, chair of the ARL Accessibility and Universal Design Working Group and vice provost for libraries and university librarian at University of Wisconsin?Madison, said, ?The working group is delighted to offer this new feature of the ARL Web Accessibility Toolkit. We hope the blog will stimulate discussion of accessibility issues in the research library community and we encourage individuals to share their ideas and knowledge by contributing posts to the blog.? Future blog topics might include: - Accessibility audits - Online learning - Special projects of interest If you are interested in contributing a blog post, send e-mail to accessibility@arl.org. Subscribe to the RSS feed for ARL?s *Web Accessibility in Research Libraries* blog . The Association of Research Libraries (ARL) is a nonprofit organization of 124 research libraries in the US and Canada. ARL?s mission is to influence the changing environment of scholarly communication and the public policies that affect research libraries and the diverse communities they serve. 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Take care, Sean From ronrstewart at gmail.com Wed Jun 3 13:48:18 2015 From: ronrstewart at gmail.com (Ron) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:32:33 2018 Subject: [Athen] California State Auditor report on Web accessibility In-Reply-To: <78DC8B81-0A02-4A1C-B80D-AE8192AC5F81@stanford.edu> References: <78DC8B81-0A02-4A1C-B80D-AE8192AC5F81@stanford.edu> Message-ID: Do you have another link, this one fails using safari on the iPad Ron On Wednesday, June 3, 2015, Sean Keegan wrote: > Hello all, > > Found this article in doing some light reading last night from the > California state auditor reporting on the accessibility of state government > websites: > > https://www.techwire.net/state-auditor-departments-must-improve-website-accessibility/ > > The article above also contains a link to the full report as posted on > June 2. > > Take care, > Sean > > _______________________________________________ > athen-list mailing list > athen-list@mailman13.u.washington.edu > http://mailman13.u.washington.edu/mailman/listinfo/athen-list > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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HTH, Teresa Teresa Haven, Ph.D. Accessibility Analyst, Northern Arizona University Co-Chair, AHEAD Standing Committee on Technology From: athen-list [mailto:athen-list-bounces@mailman13.u.washington.edu] On Behalf Of Ron Sent: Wednesday, June 03, 2015 1:48 PM To: Access Technology Higher Education Network Subject: Re: [Athen] California State Auditor report on Web accessibility Do you have another link, this one fails using safari on the iPad Ron On Wednesday, June 3, 2015, Sean Keegan > wrote: Hello all, Found this article in doing some light reading last night from the California state auditor reporting on the accessibility of state government websites: https://www.techwire.net/state-auditor-departments-must-improve-website-accessibility/ The article above also contains a link to the full report as posted on June 2. 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Perhaps your security settings are different than mine? > > HTH, > > Teresa > > > > Teresa Haven, Ph.D. > > Accessibility Analyst, Northern Arizona University > > Co-Chair, AHEAD Standing Committee on Technology > > > > > > > > *From:* athen-list [mailto:athen-list-bounces@mailman13.u.washington.edu > ] > *On Behalf Of *Ron > *Sent:* Wednesday, June 03, 2015 1:48 PM > *To:* Access Technology Higher Education Network > *Subject:* Re: [Athen] California State Auditor report on Web > accessibility > > > > Do you have another link, this one fails using safari on the iPad > > > > Ron > > On Wednesday, June 3, 2015, Sean Keegan > wrote: > > Hello all, > > Found this article in doing some light reading last night from the > California state auditor reporting on the accessibility of state government > websites: > > https://www.techwire.net/state-auditor-departments-must-improve-website-accessibility/ > > The article above also contains a link to the full report as posted on > June 2. > > Take care, > Sean > > _______________________________________________ > athen-list mailing list > athen-list@mailman13.u.washington.edu > http://mailman13.u.washington.edu/mailman/listinfo/athen-list > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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Best, Jennifer From skeegan at stanford.edu Wed Jun 3 15:08:42 2015 From: skeegan at stanford.edu (Sean Keegan) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:32:33 2018 Subject: [Athen] California State Auditor report on Web accessibility In-Reply-To: <8B17405CDE724049BFD78BFBC560F1FDBBB8FF@yew.nau.froot.nau.edu> References: <78DC8B81-0A02-4A1C-B80D-AE8192AC5F81@stanford.edu> <8B17405CDE724049BFD78BFBC560F1FDBBB8FF@yew.nau.froot.nau.edu> Message-ID: Here is the link to the actual auditor's report. The Tech Wire News site summarizes what is presented in the full report, but this link may work better: http://www.auditor.ca.gov/reports/2014-131/index.html Cheers, Sean On Jun 3, 2015, at 2:03 PM, Teresa Haven wrote: > Hi, Ron. I could connect using Safari on iPad, although I did get a warning that the site?s security certificate failed and I had to force it to continue loading. Perhaps your security settings are different than mine? > HTH, > Teresa > > Teresa Haven, Ph.D. > Accessibility Analyst, Northern Arizona University > Co-Chair, AHEAD Standing Committee on Technology > > > > From: athen-list [mailto:athen-list-bounces@mailman13.u.washington.edu] On Behalf Of Ron > Sent: Wednesday, June 03, 2015 1:48 PM > To: Access Technology Higher Education Network > Subject: Re: [Athen] California State Auditor report on Web accessibility > > Do you have another link, this one fails using safari on the iPad > > Ron > > On Wednesday, June 3, 2015, Sean Keegan wrote: > Hello all, > > Found this article in doing some light reading last night from the California state auditor reporting on the accessibility of state government websites: > https://www.techwire.net/state-auditor-departments-must-improve-website-accessibility/ > > The article above also contains a link to the full report as posted on June 2. > > Take care, > Sean > > _______________________________________________ > athen-list mailing list > athen-list@mailman13.u.washington.edu > http://mailman13.u.washington.edu/mailman/listinfo/athen-list > _______________________________________________ > athen-list mailing list > athen-list@mailman13.u.washington.edu > http://mailman13.u.washington.edu/mailman/listinfo/athen-list -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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Use the up and down arrow buttons to change the reading order as necessary Sharon Sharon Trerise IT Analyst - Accessibility Information Technology and Services Syracuse University ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 2 Jun 2015 19:01:04 -0600 From: Howard Kramer > To: Access Technology Higher Education Network > Subject: [Athen] PowerPoint question - text from text boxes missing from outline view Message-ID: > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" What's the solution for PowerPoint text (usually added via text boxes) that appear in the visual slide view but not in the outline view. Some resources suggest copying the text from the visual view into the outline but this results in double appearance of text. Thanks in advance. -Howard -- Howard Kramer Conference Coordinator Accessing Higher Ground 303-492-8672 cell: 720-351-8668 AHEAD Association of Higher Education and Disability -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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The primary duties of this position include: * Assess, document and analyze IT regulatory compliance factors and metrics against established laws and standards using resources such as web accessibility scans, assistive technology devices, usability/product testing, voluntary product accessibility templates (VPATs), and utilization of enterprise testing tools. * Produce reports and summaries for management and/or users including status reports, problem reports, progress summaries, and system utilization reports. * Consult with campus stakeholders on accessibility practice and process implementation to aid in resolving accessibility issues in their work environments. * Outline the proper methods for implementing digital accessibility in systems. This will span a variety of web, mobile, hardware and document systems. * Provide training, interpretation, and guidance on accessibility policy and practice issues. * Assist with creating and maintaining an accessibility knowledge base for the campus community. For the full list of duties, or to apply, visit https://jobpath.tamu.edu/postings/84262. Thanks! Cynthia Cynthia Kauder EIR Accessibility Coordinator Texas A&M Information Technology | Texas A&M University ckauder@tamu.edu 3363 TAMU | College Station, TX 77843-3363 Tel. 979.862.6834 IT.tamu.edu -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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URL: From info at karlencommunications.com Thu Jun 4 10:13:26 2015 From: info at karlencommunications.com (Karlen Communications) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:32:33 2018 Subject: [Athen] Accessible PowerPoint Slides Message-ID: <002401d09ee9$c5bd9910$5138cb30$@karlencommunications.com> Hi Everyone: I sent this to Howard who suggested that I should share this with the list. Note to Karen S: Thank you for letting me know that the Outline view is often accessed in PowerPoint instead of the normal slide layout view. Makes sense and another reason to use the Text and Content placeholders on slides as they will always appear in the Outline view. The problem with using Text Boxes arises when the slides are sent as a slide show or need to be put into Braille or large print and we use the Outline view to do this because it is faster..if we create the slides correctly. You will spend as much time copying and pasting the content to the background as you will copying and pasting them into the Outline version of the presentation. (F12, Save as Outline) What I am doing as a best practice is to create the Word document (Outline) at the same time I am remediating the slides for accessibility. This gives me both versions of the presentation at the time of the presentation and clients can archive both versions. It also saves them work because most don't understand how to set up a well-structured Word document for Braille or large print. You Save the presentation as an Outline, remove the formatting in the Word document/RTF (Ctrl + A then Alt + H, E to erase formatting), add the correct structure in Word using Styles, then begin remediating the horrid content/layout on slides using the Word document as a sandbox/final resting place for complete content. When you are finished, you have two accessible documents.well, the PowerPoint may not be able to be fully accessible due to its format type, you have the Word outline document to support it. Since I have to copy the information out of horribly created text box-based slides anyway, might as well put it to good use. My first "option" if these are your slides, is to use a default text or content placeholder, remove the bullets and numbering and then resize it for what you want. This is easy to do and I would even suggest creating a slide layout of one or two of these so you can access them easily from the Home Ribbon, Insert Slide. There is a document on the Karlen Communications website on Adding Accessible Placeholders to PowerPoint: http://www.karlencommunications.com/handouts.html I've just added a sample no design PowerPoint presentation with some custom slide layouts that you can copy into existing presentations and use. I wasn't sure if I could attach it to this post. The document is called Accessible Slide Templates and is on the Handouts page as well. I tested it and keep getting an error message when I choose to open the file.eventually it goes away if you click OK a few times.maybe try saving it instead of opening it. Am working on a solution. Let me know if you have problems and I'll send it to you directly. Cheers, Karen -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From arovner at shoreline.edu Thu Jun 4 10:45:27 2015 From: arovner at shoreline.edu (Rovner, Amy) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:32:33 2018 Subject: [Athen] Accessible PowerPoint Slides In-Reply-To: <002401d09ee9$c5bd9910$5138cb30$@karlencommunications.com> References: <002401d09ee9$c5bd9910$5138cb30$@karlencommunications.com> Message-ID: This is amazing information! Thank you so much for sharing to the group!! Amy Amy Rovner, MPH RD Instructional Designer Facilitator, Accessibility of Online Course Content FLC eLearning Services Shoreline Community College (206) 546-6937 From: athen-list [mailto:athen-list-bounces@mailman13.u.washington.edu] On Behalf Of Karlen Communications Sent: Thursday, June 04, 2015 10:13 AM To: athen-list@u.washington.edu Subject: [Athen] Accessible PowerPoint Slides Hi Everyone: I sent this to Howard who suggested that I should share this with the list. Note to Karen S: Thank you for letting me know that the Outline view is often accessed in PowerPoint instead of the normal slide layout view. Makes sense and another reason to use the Text and Content placeholders on slides as they will always appear in the Outline view. The problem with using Text Boxes arises when the slides are sent as a slide show or need to be put into Braille or large print and we use the Outline view to do this because it is faster....if we create the slides correctly. You will spend as much time copying and pasting the content to the background as you will copying and pasting them into the Outline version of the presentation. (F12, Save as Outline) What I am doing as a best practice is to create the Word document (Outline) at the same time I am remediating the slides for accessibility. This gives me both versions of the presentation at the time of the presentation and clients can archive both versions. It also saves them work because most don't understand how to set up a well-structured Word document for Braille or large print. You Save the presentation as an Outline, remove the formatting in the Word document/RTF (Ctrl + A then Alt + H, E to erase formatting), add the correct structure in Word using Styles, then begin remediating the horrid content/layout on slides using the Word document as a sandbox/final resting place for complete content. When you are finished, you have two accessible documents...well, the PowerPoint may not be able to be fully accessible due to its format type, you have the Word outline document to support it. Since I have to copy the information out of horribly created text box-based slides anyway, might as well put it to good use. My first "option" if these are your slides, is to use a default text or content placeholder, remove the bullets and numbering and then resize it for what you want. This is easy to do and I would even suggest creating a slide layout of one or two of these so you can access them easily from the Home Ribbon, Insert Slide. There is a document on the Karlen Communications website on Adding Accessible Placeholders to PowerPoint: http://www.karlencommunications.com/handouts.html I've just added a sample no design PowerPoint presentation with some custom slide layouts that you can copy into existing presentations and use. I wasn't sure if I could attach it to this post. The document is called Accessible Slide Templates and is on the Handouts page as well. I tested it and keep getting an error message when I choose to open the file...eventually it goes away if you click OK a few times...maybe try saving it instead of opening it. Am working on a solution. Let me know if you have problems and I'll send it to you directly. Cheers, Karen -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From jsuttondc at gmail.com Thu Jun 4 11:37:45 2015 From: jsuttondc at gmail.com (Jennifer Sutton) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:32:33 2018 Subject: [Athen] A Case for Accessible, Usable and Universal Design for Learning | Higher Ed Beta | InsideHigherEd Message-ID: <7.0.1.0.2.20150604113701.05d1f8c8@gmail.com> A Case for Accessible, Usable and Universal Design for Learning | Higher Ed Beta | InsideHigherEd https://www.insidehighered.com/blogs/higher-ed-beta/case-accessible-usable-and-universal-design-learning From vasquez at sbcc.edu Thu Jun 4 11:44:47 2015 From: vasquez at sbcc.edu (Laurie Vasquez) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:32:33 2018 Subject: [Athen] For your information Message-ID: According to the Spring 2015 Unified Agenda of Federal Regulatory and Deregulatory Actions , the Department of Justice (DOJ) will issue no proposed regulations for public accommodations websites until least April 2016 ? nearly a year from now. 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Kind regards, Heidi +++++++++++++++ Heidi Scher, M.S., CRC Associate Director Center for Educational Access University of Arkansas ARKU 209 Fayetteville, AR 72701 479.575.3104 479.575.7445 fax 479.575.3646 tdd +++++++++++++++ On Thu, Jun 4, 2015 at 12:13 PM, Karlen Communications < info@karlencommunications.com> wrote: > Hi Everyone: > > > > I sent this to Howard who suggested that I should share this with the list. > > > > Note to Karen S: Thank you for letting me know that the Outline view is > often accessed in PowerPoint instead of the normal slide layout view. Makes > sense and another reason to use the Text and Content placeholders on slides > as they will always appear in the Outline view. > > > > The problem with using Text Boxes arises when the slides are sent as a > slide show or need to be put into Braille or large print and we use the > Outline view to do this because it is faster?.if we create the slides > correctly. > > > > You will spend as much time copying and pasting the content to the > background as you will copying and pasting them into the Outline version of > the presentation. (F12, Save as Outline) > > > > What I am doing as a best practice is to create the Word document > (Outline) at the same time I am remediating the slides for accessibility. > This gives me both versions of the presentation at the time of the > presentation and clients can archive both versions. It also saves them work > because most don?t understand how to set up a well-structured Word document > for Braille or large print. > > > > You Save the presentation as an Outline, remove the formatting in the Word > document/RTF (Ctrl + A then Alt + H, E to erase formatting), add the > correct structure in Word using Styles, then begin remediating the horrid > content/layout on slides using the Word document as a sandbox/final resting > place for complete content. When you are finished, you have two accessible > documents?well, the PowerPoint may not be able to be fully accessible due > to its format type, you have the Word outline document to support it. > > > > Since I have to copy the information out of horribly created text > box-based slides anyway, might as well put it to good use. > > > > My first ?option? if these are your slides, is to use a default text or > content placeholder, remove the bullets and numbering and then resize it > for what you want. This is easy to do and I would even suggest creating a > slide layout of one or two of these so you can access them easily from the > Home Ribbon, Insert Slide. > > > > There is a document on the Karlen Communications website on Adding > Accessible Placeholders to PowerPoint: > > http://www.karlencommunications.com/handouts.html > > > > I?ve just added a sample no design PowerPoint presentation with some > custom slide layouts that you can copy into existing presentations and use. > I wasn?t sure if I could attach it to this post. The document is called > Accessible Slide Templates and is on the Handouts page as well. I tested it > and keep getting an error message when I choose to open the file?eventually > it goes away if you click OK a few times?maybe try saving it instead of > opening it. Am working on a solution. Let me know if you have problems and > I?ll send it to you directly. > > > > Cheers, Karen > > _______________________________________________ > athen-list mailing list > athen-list@mailman13.u.washington.edu > http://mailman13.u.washington.edu/mailman/listinfo/athen-list > > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From aj.duxbury at bellevuecollege.edu Thu Jun 4 11:55:01 2015 From: aj.duxbury at bellevuecollege.edu (AJ Duxbury) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:32:33 2018 Subject: [Athen] Assistive Tech Specialist Position Open at Bellevue College! Message-ID: Hello ATHENs, Bellevue College now has an opening for an Assistive Technology Specialist! Please spread this opening far and wide. The Assistive Technology Specialist will provide technical leadership for the campus and community in the application and the use of assistive technology for the retention of students who have disabilities. The ATS will coordinate through research and analysis of disability limitations the appropriate technology which will utilize strengths for best product application. The employee will evaluate and train students on the assistive technology, and orient faculty and other campus staff in its use and application in labs, service centers and classrooms. The Assistive Technology Specialist will work with Information Technology Services (ITS) professionals, Library Media Center staff, and computer lab managers to ensure consistency of assistive technology throughout the campus. This position will be a vital member of the Disability Resource Center (DRC) team working closely with team members to provide excellent service delivery in all facets of course modifications and auxiliary aids to comply with disability law, campus pluralism efforts and adherence to BC's mission and vision statements. The employee in this position will maintain a leadership role on campus and statewide, in the accessibility of: online and traditional course material, alternative formats, websites, and textbooks (including best practices for selection). Minimum qualifications are Bachelor's Degree or equivalent education and/or experience; two years of experience providing training or disability support services in an education or client services setting; substantive knowledge and/or experience working with information technology or assistive technology software applications and devices. Pay range is $32,688-$42,588. See full position description and how to apply at the Assistive Tech Specialist HR Job Posting. Initial closing date is Friday, June 12, 2015. AJ Duxbury Assistant Director Disability Resource Center (DRC) 425-564-2658 Bellevue College, B132 3000 Landerholm Circle S.E. Bellevue, WA., 98007 Phone: (425) 564-2658/TTY: (425) 564-4110/FAX: (425) 564-4138 drc@bellevuecollege.edu www.bellevuecollege.edu/drc "When we do not check facts, dispel stereotypes, learn about difference, and appreciate new perspectives, we are teaching powerful negative lessons to the students we serve." - Dr. Margaret J. Barr -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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Successful candidate will work in a collaborative team environment, and be responsible for advising, consulting, developing, structuring and implementing web-accessibility solutions to maintain compliant online course content for faculty and instructional designers. They will coordinate remediation efforts with employees and vendors to meet performance standards of MSU online content.? They will participate and contribute to campus efforts and professional groups regarding web accessibility. Direct link: https://jobs.msu.edu/applicants/Central?quickFind=65157 or visit https://jobs.msu.edu and search for posting: #1337 Information Technologist I -- Jiatyan Chen Coordinator for Web Accessibility IT Services +1 (517)-884-0666 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From todd.schwanke at wisc.edu Thu Jun 4 17:44:36 2015 From: todd.schwanke at wisc.edu (Todd Schwanke) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:32:34 2018 Subject: [Athen] Job opening - Instructional Technology Consultant at UW-Madison Message-ID: Hi ATHEN: We currently have an exciting new job opportunity here at the McBurney Disability Resource Center (the office for students with disabilities) on the University of Wisconsin - Madison campus. This instructional technology consultant position specializes in Deaf and Hard of Hearing Services (post-production media captioning technology/coordination, ALDs, remote captioning/interpreting) and integration with campus instruction, but will be involved with other areas of the Center as well, such as web development, service databases specifications/testing, online training production, web/document/e-book accessibility, and assistive technology. Please share with others who you think might be interested. http://mcburney.wisc.edu/facstaffother/jobseekers/instructtech.php (Applications are due Friday June 19, 2015) Summary: The Instructional Technology Consultant plans, develops, implements, coordinates, and supports the delivery of technology-based accommodations and accessibility in traditional and online classes for students with disabilities to ensure equal access to instruction. The primary responsibilities are coordination of post-production captioning services for students who are Deaf and Hard of Hearing, and consultation with faculty and technologists implementing closed captioning on campus. Duties include the coordination of media received, data maintenance, supervision of student staff, communication with post-production captioning team, quality assurance, supporting faculty, problem solving issues, and maintaining a leading set of technology and work-flows to provide high quality and reliable post-production captions. Other responsibilities include supporting live remote interpreting/captioning services, supporting technology used by staff CART (Communication Access Realtime Translation) providers, creation of online trainings, web development, web accessibility consultation, document/e-book accessibility consultation, and other areas of adaptive/assistive technology. UW-Madison is a vibrant Big-Ten campus located in a city full of academic, athletic, and cultural activity. More information about the campus and the Madison area can be found by visiting the Campus and Visitor Relations website. This is an academic staff position and is eligible for State of Wisconsin and UW-System benefits, which includes paid leave (vacation time, personal holiday, and paid legal holidays), insurance options (health, life, and dental), retirement plan options (State of Wisconsin Retirement System, 403b tax-sheltered annuity, deferred compensation) and professional development opportunities. Thank you, Todd Schwanke McBurney Disability Resource Center UW-Madison -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From mbohn at bergen.edu Fri Jun 5 11:43:30 2015 From: mbohn at bergen.edu (Maria Bohn) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:32:34 2018 Subject: [Athen] Spastic Dystonic Quadriplegic CP - writing independence Message-ID: <9895DA5ACFA8294E81559961A041EE750B61196A@PAR-MB2.bergen.cc.nj.us> Does anyone have experience using iPad software with an individual with Spastic Dystonic Quadriplegic CP? The student is non ambulatory with limited use of his hands. We are looking specifically for a software or product that will allow him to write essays and papers independently. He has eye gaze technology at home but it is large and cumbersome and he is looking for something to enable him to be more independent in the classroom setting that will not be bulky to tote around. Maria Bohn Senior Resource Accommodation Specialist Assistive Technology Office of Specialized Services Bergen Community College From eileen_berger at gse.harvard.edu Fri Jun 5 11:57:05 2015 From: eileen_berger at gse.harvard.edu (Berger, Eileen) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:32:34 2018 Subject: [Athen] Spastic Dystonic Quadriplegic CP - writing independence In-Reply-To: <9895DA5ACFA8294E81559961A041EE750B61196A@PAR-MB2.bergen.cc.nj.us> References: <9895DA5ACFA8294E81559961A041EE750B61196A@PAR-MB2.bergen.cc.nj.us> Message-ID: Hi Maria, We had a student with a similar situation. He was able to use and iPad slightly more successfully after we got an iPad holder that pilots use. It straps securely to the thigh. However our student needed a scribe( and still does) and used Kurzweil 3000 for all reading assignments. Eileen Berger HGSE -----Original Message----- From: athen-list [mailto:athen-list-bounces@mailman13.u.washington.edu] On Behalf Of Maria Bohn Sent: Friday, June 05, 2015 2:44 PM To: athen-list@u.washington.edu Subject: [Athen] Spastic Dystonic Quadriplegic CP - writing independence Does anyone have experience using iPad software with an individual with Spastic Dystonic Quadriplegic CP? The student is non ambulatory with limited use of his hands. We are looking specifically for a software or product that will allow him to write essays and papers independently. He has eye gaze technology at home but it is large and cumbersome and he is looking for something to enable him to be more independent in the classroom setting that will not be bulky to tote around. Maria Bohn Senior Resource Accommodation Specialist Assistive Technology Office of Specialized Services Bergen Community College _______________________________________________ athen-list mailing list athen-list@mailman13.u.washington.edu http://mailman13.u.washington.edu/mailman/listinfo/athen-list From mbohn at bergen.edu Fri Jun 5 11:59:08 2015 From: mbohn at bergen.edu (Maria Bohn) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:32:34 2018 Subject: [Athen] Spastic Dystonic Quadriplegic CP - writing independence Message-ID: <9895DA5ACFA8294E81559961A041EE750B611A1A@PAR-MB2.bergen.cc.nj.us> Hi Eileen - do you recall specifically what software on the iPad he used? The student does have an iPad with a AAC app he uses for communication. Maria Bohn Senior Resource Accommodation Specialist Assistive Technology Office of Specialized Services Bergen Community College On 6/5/15, 2:57 PM, "Berger, Eileen" wrote: >Hi Maria, >We had a student with a similar situation. >He was able to use and iPad slightly more successfully after we got an >iPad holder that pilots use. It straps securely to the thigh. >However our student needed a scribe( and still does) and used Kurzweil >3000 for all reading assignments. >Eileen Berger >HGSE > >-----Original Message----- >From: athen-list [mailto:athen-list-bounces@mailman13.u.washington.edu] >On Behalf Of Maria Bohn >Sent: Friday, June 05, 2015 2:44 PM >To: athen-list@u.washington.edu >Subject: [Athen] Spastic Dystonic Quadriplegic CP - writing independence > >Does anyone have experience using iPad software with an individual with >Spastic Dystonic Quadriplegic CP? The student is non ambulatory with >limited use of his hands. We are looking specifically for a software or >product that will allow him to write essays and papers independently. He >has eye gaze technology at home but it is large and cumbersome and he is >looking for something to enable him to be more independent in the >classroom setting that will not be bulky to tote around. > >Maria Bohn >Senior Resource Accommodation Specialist Assistive Technology Office of >Specialized Services Bergen Community College >_______________________________________________ >athen-list mailing list >athen-list@mailman13.u.washington.edu >http://mailman13.u.washington.edu/mailman/listinfo/athen-list >_______________________________________________ >athen-list mailing list >athen-list@mailman13.u.washington.edu >http://mailman13.u.washington.edu/mailman/listinfo/athen-list From eileen_berger at gse.harvard.edu Fri Jun 5 12:14:16 2015 From: eileen_berger at gse.harvard.edu (Berger, Eileen) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:32:34 2018 Subject: [Athen] Spastic Dystonic Quadriplegic CP - writing independence In-Reply-To: <9895DA5ACFA8294E81559961A041EE750B611A1A@PAR-MB2.bergen.cc.nj.us> References: <9895DA5ACFA8294E81559961A041EE750B611A1A@PAR-MB2.bergen.cc.nj.us> Message-ID: Maria, Don't remember but I'll ask him. -----Original Message----- From: athen-list [mailto:athen-list-bounces@mailman13.u.washington.edu] On Behalf Of Maria Bohn Sent: Friday, June 05, 2015 2:59 PM To: Access Technology Higher Education Network Subject: Re: [Athen] Spastic Dystonic Quadriplegic CP - writing independence Hi Eileen - do you recall specifically what software on the iPad he used? The student does have an iPad with a AAC app he uses for communication. Maria Bohn Senior Resource Accommodation Specialist Assistive Technology Office of Specialized Services Bergen Community College On 6/5/15, 2:57 PM, "Berger, Eileen" wrote: >Hi Maria, >We had a student with a similar situation. >He was able to use and iPad slightly more successfully after we got an >iPad holder that pilots use. It straps securely to the thigh. >However our student needed a scribe( and still does) and used Kurzweil >3000 for all reading assignments. >Eileen Berger >HGSE > >-----Original Message----- >From: athen-list [mailto:athen-list-bounces@mailman13.u.washington.edu] >On Behalf Of Maria Bohn >Sent: Friday, June 05, 2015 2:44 PM >To: athen-list@u.washington.edu >Subject: [Athen] Spastic Dystonic Quadriplegic CP - writing independence > >Does anyone have experience using iPad software with an individual with >Spastic Dystonic Quadriplegic CP? The student is non ambulatory with >limited use of his hands. We are looking specifically for a software or >product that will allow him to write essays and papers independently. He >has eye gaze technology at home but it is large and cumbersome and he is >looking for something to enable him to be more independent in the >classroom setting that will not be bulky to tote around. > >Maria Bohn >Senior Resource Accommodation Specialist Assistive Technology Office of >Specialized Services Bergen Community College >_______________________________________________ >athen-list mailing list >athen-list@mailman13.u.washington.edu >http://mailman13.u.washington.edu/mailman/listinfo/athen-list >_______________________________________________ >athen-list mailing list >athen-list@mailman13.u.washington.edu >http://mailman13.u.washington.edu/mailman/listinfo/athen-list _______________________________________________ athen-list mailing list athen-list@mailman13.u.washington.edu http://mailman13.u.washington.edu/mailman/listinfo/athen-list From ronrstewart at gmail.com Sat Jun 6 18:57:19 2015 From: ronrstewart at gmail.com (Ron Stewart) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:32:34 2018 Subject: [Athen] FW: NCDB Position for Lead Technology Specialist-Posted on behalf of Amy Parker Message-ID: <1c7d01d0a0c5$4a3d30b0$deb79210$@gmail.com> This is an interesting opportunity with a living wage in the heart of Oregon. 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Aside from that, I can already see that keyboard navigation is going to be a problem, and I'm sure there are others, too. Any feedback would be helpful. Thanks, Allison Kidd ATRC, Colorado State University From tburdic2 at kent.edu Mon Jun 8 11:35:15 2015 From: tburdic2 at kent.edu (Burdick, Thomas) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:32:34 2018 Subject: [Athen] Interactive Campus Maps? In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: Hello Allison, We actually use Campus Bird. I have a lot to talk about in terms of accessibility. Would you like to give me a call and discuss? Thank You, Thomas Burdick -----Original Message----- From: athen-list [mailto:athen-list-bounces@mailman13.u.washington.edu] On Behalf Of Kidd,Allison Sent: Monday, June 08, 2015 2:22 PM To: athen-list@u.washington.edu Subject: [Athen] Interactive Campus Maps? Hi All, Does anyone have any experience with accessibility of interactive campus maps? Our campus is looking specifically at CampusBird. I found one relevant FAQ on their site: Do you offer a Section 508 compatible map? "Yes, we offer a text-only version of the map as part of the monthly subscription to meet 508 compliance. This version is screenreader enabled and does not use any Javascript." Is offering a text-only version really enough for screen reader users? Aside from that, I can already see that keyboard navigation is going to be a problem, and I'm sure there are others, too. Any feedback would be helpful. Thanks, Allison Kidd ATRC, Colorado State University _______________________________________________ athen-list mailing list athen-list@mailman13.u.washington.edu http://mailman13.u.washington.edu/mailman/listinfo/athen-list From vasquez at sbcc.edu Mon Jun 8 11:47:39 2015 From: vasquez at sbcc.edu (Laurie Vasquez) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:32:34 2018 Subject: [Athen] New technical assistance document Message-ID: The Department of Justice has published a new technical assistance document, *ADA Update: A Primer for State and Local Governments , *to help State and local government officials understand how title II of the ADA applies to their programs, activities, and services. This 16-page illustrated guide addresses general nondiscrimination requirements, such as provisions relating to program accessibility, service animals, communicating with people with disabilities, other power-driven mobility devices, and policies and procedures. 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Sheryl ------------------------------------------------------------ Sheryl Burgstahler, Ph.D. Director, UW Accessible Technology & DO-IT, UW-IT Affiliate Professor, Education University of Washington, Box 354842 Seattle, WA 98195 206-543-0622 FAX 206-221-4171 http://staff.washington.edu/sherylb sherylb@uw.edu On Jun 8, 2015, at 11:47 AM, Laurie Vasquez > wrote: The Department of Justice has published a new technical assistance document, ADA Update: A Primer for State and Local Governments, to help State and local government officials understand how title II of the ADA applies to their programs, activities, and services. This 16-page illustrated guide addresses general nondiscrimination requirements, such as provisions relating to program accessibility, service animals, communicating with people with disabilities, other power-driven mobility devices, and policies and procedures. The document also addresses how the 2010 ADA Standards for Accessible Design apply to the built environment, including existing buildings and facilities, new construction, and alterations. _______________________________________________ athen-list mailing list athen-list@mailman13.u.washington.edu http://mailman13.u.washington.edu/mailman/listinfo/athen-list -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From aj.duxbury at bellevuecollege.edu Mon Jun 8 14:43:53 2015 From: aj.duxbury at bellevuecollege.edu (AJ Duxbury) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:32:34 2018 Subject: [Athen] Assistive Tech Specialist Position Open at Bellevue College! Message-ID: Hello ATHENs, Bellevue College has an opening for an Assistive Technology Specialist! Feel free to forward to anyone or organization you think would be helpful. The Assistive Technology Specialist will provide technical leadership for the campus and community in the application and the use of assistive technology for the retention of students who have disabilities. The ATS will coordinate through research and analysis of disability limitations the appropriate technology which will utilize strengths for best product application. The employee will evaluate and train students on the assistive technology, and orient faculty and other campus staff in its use and application in labs, service centers and classrooms. The Assistive Technology Specialist will work with Information Technology Services (ITS) professionals, Library Media Center staff, and computer lab managers to ensure consistency of assistive technology throughout the campus. This position will be a vital member of the Disability Resource Center (DRC) team working closely with team members to provide excellent service delivery in all facets of course modifications and auxiliary aids to comply with disability law, campus pluralism efforts and adherence to BC's mission and vision statements. The employee in this position will maintain a leadership role on campus and statewide, in the accessibility of: online and traditional course material, alternative formats, websites, and textbooks (including best practices for selection). Minimum qualifications are Bachelor's Degree or equivalent education and/or experience; two years of experience providing training or disability support services in an education or client services setting; substantive knowledge and/or experience working with information technology or assistive technology software applications and devices. Pay range is $32,688-$42,588. See full position description and how to apply at the Assistive Tech Specialist HR Job Posting at the Bellevue College HR website. Initial closing date is this Friday, June 12, 2015. AJ Duxbury Assistant Director Disability Resource Center (DRC) 425-564-2658 Bellevue College, B132 3000 Landerholm Circle S.E. Bellevue, WA., 98007 Phone: (425) 564-2658/TTY: (425) 564-4110/FAX: (425) 564-4138 drc@bellevuecollege.edu www.bellevuecollege.edu/drc "When we do not check facts, dispel stereotypes, learn about difference, and appreciate new perspectives, we are teaching powerful negative lessons to the students we serve." - Dr. Margaret J. Barr -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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From CherniwchanL at macewan.ca Tue Jun 9 08:38:36 2015 From: CherniwchanL at macewan.ca (Liza Eldred) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:32:34 2018 Subject: [Athen] Programs for people with low-vision Message-ID: <5576B41C020000E7000DF21A@gatedom2vs.macewan.ca> Hi, Does anyone know of any alternative programs to Dragon Naturally Speaking for someone who has low-vision? Plus the student that I'm working with cannot read so having Dragon read the text back to him for proofreading is a very lengthy process. Thanks, Liza Liza Eldred Assistive Technology Specialist Assistive Computer Technology Service Services to Students with Disabilities MacEwan University 7-198D-2, 10700 - 104 Avenue Edmonton, AB (780) 497-5826 Fax: 780-497-4018 cherniwchanl@macewan.ca www.MacEwan.ca ( http://www.macewan.ca/) This communication is intended for the use of the recipient to whom it is addressed and may contain confidential, personal, and/or privileged information. 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Robert Lee Beach Assistive Technology Specialist Kansas City Kansas Community College 7250 State Avenue Kansas City, KS 66112 913-288-7671 rbeach@kckcc.edu From: athen-list [mailto:athen-list-bounces@mailman13.u.washington.edu] On Behalf Of Liza Eldred Sent: Tuesday, June 09, 2015 10:39 AM To: athen-list@u.washington.edu Subject: [Athen] Programs for people with low-vision Hi, Does anyone know of any alternative programs to Dragon Naturally Speaking for someone who has low-vision? Plus the student that I'm working with cannot read so having Dragon read the text back to him for proofreading is a very lengthy process. Thanks, Liza Liza Eldred Assistive Technology Specialist Assistive Computer Technology Service Services to Students with Disabilities MacEwan University 7-198D-2, 10700 - 104 Avenue Edmonton, AB (780) 497-5826 Fax: 780-497-4018 cherniwchanl@macewan.ca www.MacEwan.ca This communication is intended for the use of the recipient to whom it is addressed and may contain confidential, personal, and/or privileged information. Please contact me immediately if you are not the intended recipient of this communication, and do not copy, distribute, or take action relying on it. Any communication received in error, or subsequent reply, should be deleted or destroyed. Please consider the environment before printing this email. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From CherniwchanL at macewan.ca Tue Jun 9 09:56:48 2015 From: CherniwchanL at macewan.ca (Liza Eldred) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:32:34 2018 Subject: [Athen] Programs for people with low-vision In-Reply-To: <34D068EC55A9914494617A37B8D8FA84F0D80AD6@EROS.EMPLOYEES.KCKCC.LOCAL> References: <5576B41C020000E7000DF21A@gatedom2vs.macewan.ca> <34D068EC55A9914494617A37B8D8FA84F0D80AD6@EROS.EMPLOYEES.KCKCC.LOCAL> Message-ID: <5576C670020000E7000DF262@gatedom2vs.macewan.ca> Some other reason. Liza Eldred Assistive Technology Specialist Assistive Computer Technology Service Services to Students with Disabilities MacEwan University 7-198D-2, 10700 - 104 Avenue Edmonton, AB (780) 497-5826 Fax: 780-497-4018 cherniwchanl@macewan.ca www.MacEwan.ca ( http://www.macewan.ca/) This communication is intended for the use of the recipient to whom it is addressed and may contain confidential, personal, and/or privileged information. Please contact me immediately if you are not the intended recipient of this communication, and do not copy, distribute, or take action relying on it. Any communication received in error, or subsequent reply, should be deleted or destroyed. Please consider the environment before printing this email. >>> When you say the student cannot read, is it because of vision, a lack of training, or some other reason? Robert Lee Beach Assistive Technology Specialist Kansas City Kansas Community College 7250 State Avenue Kansas City, KS 66112 913-288-7671 rbeach@kckcc.edu From: athen-list [mailto:athen-list-bounces@mailman13.u.washington.edu] On Behalf Of Liza Eldred Sent: Tuesday, June 09, 2015 10:39 AM To: athen-list@u.washington.edu Subject: [Athen] Programs for people with low-vision Hi, Does anyone know of any alternative programs to Dragon Naturally Speaking for someone who has low-vision? Plus the student that I'm working with cannot read so having Dragon read the text back to him for proofreading is a very lengthy process. Thanks, Liza Liza Eldred Assistive Technology Specialist Assistive Computer Technology Service Services to Students with Disabilities MacEwan University 7-198D-2, 10700 - 104 Avenue Edmonton, AB (780) 497-5826 Fax: 780-497-4018 cherniwchanl@macewan.ca www.MacEwan.ca ( http://www.macewan.ca/) This communication is intended for the use of the recipient to whom it is addressed and may contain confidential, personal, and/or privileged information. Please contact me immediately if you are not the intended recipient of this communication, and do not copy, distribute, or take action relying on it. Any communication received in error, or subsequent reply, should be deleted or destroyed. Please consider the environment before printing this email. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From danc at uw.edu Tue Jun 9 11:06:48 2015 From: danc at uw.edu (Dan Comden) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:32:34 2018 Subject: [Athen] Programs for people with low-vision In-Reply-To: <5576B41C020000E7000DF21A@gatedom2vs.macewan.ca> References: <5576B41C020000E7000DF21A@gatedom2vs.macewan.ca> Message-ID: I'm curious why DNS is regarded as a solution for someone with low vision. Why isn't the person using screen magnification such as ZoomText? That also is an pretty good reading tool when it works. -*- Dan On Tue, Jun 9, 2015 at 8:38 AM, Liza Eldred wrote: > Hi, > > Does anyone know of any alternative programs to Dragon Naturally Speaking > for someone who has low-vision? Plus the student that I'm working with > cannot read so having Dragon read the text back to him for proofreading is > a very lengthy process. > > Thanks, > Liza > > > > > > > * Liza Eldred Assistive Technology SpecialistAssistive Computer Technology > Service Services to Students with Disabilities MacEwan University7-198D-2, > 10700 - 104 AvenueEdmonton, AB (780) 497-5826 <%28780%29%20497-5826> Fax: > 780-497-4018 <780-497-4018>cherniwchanl@macewan.ca > www.MacEwan.ca This > communication is intended for the use of the recipient to whom it is > addressed and may contain confidential, personal, and/or privileged > information. Please contact me immediately if you are not the intended > recipient of this communication, and do not copy, distribute, or take > action relying on it. Any communication received in error, or subsequent > reply, should be deleted or destroyed. Please consider the environment > before printing this email.* > > _______________________________________________ > athen-list mailing list > athen-list@mailman13.u.washington.edu > http://mailman13.u.washington.edu/mailman/listinfo/athen-list > > -- -*- Dan Comden danc@uw.edu Access Technology Center www.uw.edu/itconnect/accessibility/atl/ University of Washington UW Information Technology -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From CherniwchanL at macewan.ca Tue Jun 9 11:21:08 2015 From: CherniwchanL at macewan.ca (Liza Eldred) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:32:34 2018 Subject: [Athen] Programs for people with low-vision In-Reply-To: References: <5576B41C020000E7000DF21A@gatedom2vs.macewan.ca> Message-ID: <5576DA34020000E7000DF296@gatedom2vs.macewan.ca> He is using DNS because he cannot type out his essays. He can verbally express himself better through dictation and having DNS transcribe it for him. I was just wondering if there was any other technology out there that does a similar job as DNS. Thanks, Liza Liza Eldred Assistive Technology Specialist Assistive Computer Technology Service Services to Students with Disabilities MacEwan University 7-198D-2, 10700 - 104 Avenue Edmonton, AB (780) 497-5826 Fax: 780-497-4018 cherniwchanl@macewan.ca www.MacEwan.ca ( http://www.macewan.ca/) This communication is intended for the use of the recipient to whom it is addressed and may contain confidential, personal, and/or privileged information. Please contact me immediately if you are not the intended recipient of this communication, and do not copy, distribute, or take action relying on it. Any communication received in error, or subsequent reply, should be deleted or destroyed. Please consider the environment before printing this email. >>> I'm curious why DNS is regarded as a solution for someone with low vision. Why isn't the person using screen magnification such as ZoomText? That also is an pretty good reading tool when it works. -*- Dan On Tue, Jun 9, 2015 at 8:38 AM, Liza Eldred wrote: Hi, Does anyone know of any alternative programs to Dragon Naturally Speaking for someone who has low-vision? Plus the student that I'm working with cannot read so having Dragon read the text back to him for proofreading is a very lengthy process. Thanks, Liza Liza Eldred Assistive Technology Specialist Assistive Computer Technology Service Services to Students with Disabilities MacEwan University 7-198D-2, 10700 - 104 Avenue Edmonton, AB (780) 497-5826 ( tel:%28780%29%20497-5826) Fax: 780-497-4018 ( tel:780-497-4018) cherniwchanl@macewan.ca www.MacEwan.ca ( http://www.macewan.ca/) This communication is intended for the use of the recipient to whom it is addressed and may contain confidential, personal, and/or privileged information. 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Robert Lee Beach Assistive Technology Specialist Kansas City Kansas Community College 7250 State Avenue Kansas City, KS 66112 913-288-7671 rbeach@kckcc.edu From: athen-list [mailto:athen-list-bounces@mailman13.u.washington.edu] On Behalf Of Liza Eldred Sent: Tuesday, June 09, 2015 1:21 PM To: Access Technology Higher Education Network Subject: Re: [Athen] Programs for people with low-vision He is using DNS because he cannot type out his essays. He can verbally express himself better through dictation and having DNS transcribe it for him. I was just wondering if there was any other technology out there that does a similar job as DNS. Thanks, Liza Liza Eldred Assistive Technology Specialist Assistive Computer Technology Service Services to Students with Disabilities MacEwan University 7-198D-2, 10700 - 104 Avenue Edmonton, AB (780) 497-5826 Fax: 780-497-4018 cherniwchanl@macewan.ca www.MacEwan.ca This communication is intended for the use of the recipient to whom it is addressed and may contain confidential, personal, and/or privileged information. Please contact me immediately if you are not the intended recipient of this communication, and do not copy, distribute, or take action relying on it. Any communication received in error, or subsequent reply, should be deleted or destroyed. Please consider the environment before printing this email. >>> I'm curious why DNS is regarded as a solution for someone with low vision. Why isn't the person using screen magnification such as ZoomText? That also is an pretty good reading tool when it works. -*- Dan On Tue, Jun 9, 2015 at 8:38 AM, Liza Eldred > wrote: Hi, Does anyone know of any alternative programs to Dragon Naturally Speaking for someone who has low-vision? Plus the student that I'm working with cannot read so having Dragon read the text back to him for proofreading is a very lengthy process. Thanks, Liza Liza Eldred Assistive Technology Specialist Assistive Computer Technology Service Services to Students with Disabilities MacEwan University 7-198D-2, 10700 - 104 Avenue Edmonton, AB (780) 497-5826 Fax: 780-497-4018 cherniwchanl@macewan.ca www.MacEwan.ca This communication is intended for the use of the recipient to whom it is addressed and may contain confidential, personal, and/or privileged information. Please contact me immediately if you are not the intended recipient of this communication, and do not copy, distribute, or take action relying on it. 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Liza Liza Eldred Assistive Technology Specialist Assistive Computer Technology Service Services to Students with Disabilities MacEwan University 7-198D-2, 10700 - 104 Avenue Edmonton, AB (780) 497-5826 Fax: 780-497-4018 cherniwchanl@macewan.ca www.MacEwan.ca ( http://www.macewan.ca/) This communication is intended for the use of the recipient to whom it is addressed and may contain confidential, personal, and/or privileged information. Please contact me immediately if you are not the intended recipient of this communication, and do not copy, distribute, or take action relying on it. Any communication received in error, or subsequent reply, should be deleted or destroyed. Please consider the environment before printing this email. >>> Read&Write has speech recognition built-in. It uses the Microsoft speech engine. It also has the ability to read back the information with TTS, which may work better than having DNS read it back. Robert Lee Beach Assistive Technology Specialist Kansas City Kansas Community College 7250 State Avenue Kansas City, KS 66112 913-288-7671 rbeach@kckcc.edu From: athen-list [mailto:athen-list-bounces@mailman13.u.washington.edu] On Behalf Of Liza Eldred Sent: Tuesday, June 09, 2015 1:21 PM To: Access Technology Higher Education Network Subject: Re: [Athen] Programs for people with low-vision He is using DNS because he cannot type out his essays. He can verbally express himself better through dictation and having DNS transcribe it for him. I was just wondering if there was any other technology out there that does a similar job as DNS. Thanks, Liza Liza Eldred Assistive Technology Specialist Assistive Computer Technology Service Services to Students with Disabilities MacEwan University 7-198D-2, 10700 - 104 Avenue Edmonton, AB (780) 497-5826 Fax: 780-497-4018 cherniwchanl@macewan.ca www.MacEwan.ca ( http://www.macewan.ca/) This communication is intended for the use of the recipient to whom it is addressed and may contain confidential, personal, and/or privileged information. Please contact me immediately if you are not the intended recipient of this communication, and do not copy, distribute, or take action relying on it. Any communication received in error, or subsequent reply, should be deleted or destroyed. Please consider the environment before printing this email. >>> I'm curious why DNS is regarded as a solution for someone with low vision. Why isn't the person using screen magnification such as ZoomText? That also is an pretty good reading tool when it works. -*- Dan On Tue, Jun 9, 2015 at 8:38 AM, Liza Eldred wrote: Hi, Does anyone know of any alternative programs to Dragon Naturally Speaking for someone who has low-vision? Plus the student that I'm working with cannot read so having Dragon read the text back to him for proofreading is a very lengthy process. Thanks, Liza Liza Eldred Assistive Technology Specialist Assistive Computer Technology Service Services to Students with Disabilities MacEwan University 7-198D-2, 10700 - 104 Avenue Edmonton, AB (780) 497-5826 ( tel:%28780%29%20497-5826) Fax: 780-497-4018 ( tel:780-497-4018) cherniwchanl@macewan.ca www.MacEwan.ca ( http://www.macewan.ca/) This communication is intended for the use of the recipient to whom it is addressed and may contain confidential, personal, and/or privileged information. 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Pam Riesmeyer -- *Pamela Riesmeyer* | Web Accessibility Coordinator | Office of Institutional Advancement, Marketing & Communications Purdue University Calumet | 2200 169th Street | Hammond, IN 46323-2094 phone: (219) 989 -2731 | fax: (219) 989-2180 | cell: (219) 730-2751 SKYPE: pamela.riesmeyer Email: *pamela.riesmeyer@purduecal.edu * Website: *http://webs.purduecal.edu/webaccessibility * [image: Description: Description: Purdue Calumet Logo] [image: Description: Facebook logo] [image: Description: Giving button] CONFIDENTIAL COMMUNICATION: This electronic mail message and any attachments are intended only for the use of the addressee(s) named above and may contain information that is privileged and confidential. If you are not an intended recipient, or the employee or agent responsible for delivering this e-mail to the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any dissemination, distribution, or copying of this communication is strictly prohibited. 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It is really too bad it is a very nice product, the output can be produced as excell spreadsheets. That is about the extent of its accessibility last time I checked. Ron Stewart On Tuesday, June 9, 2015, Pamela Riesmeyer wrote: > Hi Everyone, > > We're among the many schools about to begin using Tableau data > visualization software, both internally and > externally, on our websites. > > I'm wondering if those of you who are already using Tableau would be > willing to share whether you have found ways to make it accessible to > assistive technology. And, where you need to provide equivalent access, how > you are going about it. > > Thanks for any information you might be able to share. > Pam Riesmeyer > > -- > > *Pamela Riesmeyer* | Web Accessibility Coordinator | Office of > Institutional Advancement, Marketing & Communications > Purdue University Calumet | 2200 169th Street | Hammond, IN 46323-2094 > phone: (219) 989 -2731 | fax: (219) 989-2180 | cell: (219) 730-2751 > > SKYPE: pamela.riesmeyer > > Email: *pamela.riesmeyer@purduecal.edu > * > > Website: *http://webs.purduecal.edu/webaccessibility > * > > > > [image: Description: Description: Purdue Calumet Logo] > [image: Description: Facebook logo] > [image: Description: > Giving button] > > > > CONFIDENTIAL COMMUNICATION: This electronic mail message and any > attachments are intended only for the use of the addressee(s) named above > and may contain information that is privileged and confidential. 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That is about the extent of its accessibility last > time I checked. > > Ron Stewart > > > On Tuesday, June 9, 2015, Pamela Riesmeyer > wrote: > >> Hi Everyone, >> >> We're among the many schools about to begin using Tableau data >> visualization software, both internally and >> externally, on our websites. >> >> I'm wondering if those of you who are already using Tableau would be >> willing to share whether you have found ways to make it accessible to >> assistive technology. And, where you need to provide equivalent access, how >> you are going about it. >> >> Thanks for any information you might be able to share. >> Pam Riesmeyer >> >> -- >> >> *Pamela Riesmeyer* | Web Accessibility Coordinator | Office of >> Institutional Advancement, Marketing & Communications >> Purdue University Calumet | 2200 169th Street | Hammond, IN 46323-2094 >> phone: (219) 989 -2731 | fax: (219) 989-2180 | cell: (219) 730-2751 >> >> SKYPE: pamela.riesmeyer >> >> Email: *pamela.riesmeyer@purduecal.edu* >> >> Website: *http://webs.purduecal.edu/webaccessibility >> * >> >> >> >> [image: Description: Description: Purdue Calumet Logo] >> [image: Description: Facebook logo] >> [image: Description: >> Giving button] >> >> >> >> CONFIDENTIAL COMMUNICATION: This electronic mail message and any >> attachments are intended only for the use of the addressee(s) named above >> and may contain information that is privileged and confidential. 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That is about the extent of its accessibility last >> time I checked. >> >> Ron Stewart >> >> >> On Tuesday, June 9, 2015, Pamela Riesmeyer > > wrote: >> >>> Hi Everyone, >>> >>> We're among the many schools about to begin using Tableau data >>> visualization software, both internally and >>> externally, on our websites. >>> >>> I'm wondering if those of you who are already using Tableau would be >>> willing to share whether you have found ways to make it accessible to >>> assistive technology. And, where you need to provide equivalent access, how >>> you are going about it. >>> >>> Thanks for any information you might be able to share. >>> Pam Riesmeyer >>> >>> -- >>> >>> *Pamela Riesmeyer* | Web Accessibility Coordinator | Office of >>> Institutional Advancement, Marketing & Communications >>> Purdue University Calumet | 2200 169th Street | Hammond, IN 46323-2094 >>> phone: (219) 989 -2731 | fax: (219) 989-2180 | cell: (219) 730-2751 >>> >>> SKYPE: pamela.riesmeyer >>> >>> Email: *pamela.riesmeyer@purduecal.edu* >>> >>> Website: *http://webs.purduecal.edu/webaccessibility >>> * >>> >>> >>> >>> [image: Description: Description: Purdue Calumet Logo] >>> [image: Description: Facebook logo] >>> [image: >>> Description: Giving button] >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> CONFIDENTIAL COMMUNICATION: This electronic mail message and any >>> attachments are intended only for the use of the addressee(s) named above >>> and may contain information that is privileged and confidential. If you >>> are not an intended recipient, or the employee or agent responsible for >>> delivering this e-mail to the intended recipient, you are hereby notified >>> that any dissemination, distribution, or copying of this communication is >>> strictly prohibited. If you received this e-mail message in error, please >>> immediately notify the sender and delete this e-mail from your computer. >>> >>> >> _______________________________________________ >> athen-list mailing list >> athen-list@mailman13.u.washington.edu >> >> http://mailman13.u.washington.edu/mailman/listinfo/athen-list >> >> > > > -- > > *Pamela Riesmeyer* | Web Accessibility Coordinator | Office of > Institutional Advancement, Marketing & Communications > Purdue University Calumet | 2200 169th Street | Hammond, IN 46323-2094 > phone: (219) 989 -2731 | fax: (219) 989-2180 | cell: (219) 730-2751 > > SKYPE: pamela.riesmeyer > > Email: *pamela.riesmeyer@purduecal.edu > * > > Website: *http://webs.purduecal.edu/webaccessibility > * > > > > [image: Description: Description: Purdue Calumet Logo] > [image: Description: Facebook logo] > [image: Description: > Giving button] > > > > CONFIDENTIAL COMMUNICATION: This electronic mail message and any > attachments are intended only for the use of the addressee(s) named above > and may contain information that is privileged and confidential. 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Pam Pamela LaBella Assistive Technology/Alternative Text Specialist SC105 978-556-3705 Learning Accommodations Center SC111 [Description: NECC_blue_gold_logo2010] 100 Elliot Street, Haverhill, MA 01830 "This e-mail and any files transmitted with it may be confidential and may contain student information covered under FERPA. If you are not the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any disclosure, copying, distribution, or use of the contents of this information is prohibited. If you have received this e-mail transmission in error, please notify me by telephone or via return e-mail and delete this e-mail from your system. Thank You!" From: athen-list [mailto:athen-list-bounces@mailman13.u.washington.edu] On Behalf Of Robert Beach Sent: Tuesday, June 09, 2015 2:41 PM To: Access Technology Higher Education Network Subject: Re: [Athen] Programs for people with low-vision Read&Write has speech recognition built-in. It uses the Microsoft speech engine. It also has the ability to read back the information with TTS, which may work better than having DNS read it back. Robert Lee Beach Assistive Technology Specialist Kansas City Kansas Community College 7250 State Avenue Kansas City, KS 66112 913-288-7671 rbeach@kckcc.edu From: athen-list [mailto:athen-list-bounces@mailman13.u.washington.edu] On Behalf Of Liza Eldred Sent: Tuesday, June 09, 2015 1:21 PM To: Access Technology Higher Education Network Subject: Re: [Athen] Programs for people with low-vision He is using DNS because he cannot type out his essays. He can verbally express himself better through dictation and having DNS transcribe it for him. I was just wondering if there was any other technology out there that does a similar job as DNS. Thanks, Liza Liza Eldred Assistive Technology Specialist Assistive Computer Technology Service Services to Students with Disabilities MacEwan University 7-198D-2, 10700 - 104 Avenue Edmonton, AB (780) 497-5826 Fax: 780-497-4018 cherniwchanl@macewan.ca www.MacEwan.ca This communication is intended for the use of the recipient to whom it is addressed and may contain confidential, personal, and/or privileged information. Please contact me immediately if you are not the intended recipient of this communication, and do not copy, distribute, or take action relying on it. Any communication received in error, or subsequent reply, should be deleted or destroyed. Please consider the environment before printing this email. >>> I'm curious why DNS is regarded as a solution for someone with low vision. Why isn't the person using screen magnification such as ZoomText? That also is an pretty good reading tool when it works. -*- Dan On Tue, Jun 9, 2015 at 8:38 AM, Liza Eldred > wrote: Hi, Does anyone know of any alternative programs to Dragon Naturally Speaking for someone who has low-vision? Plus the student that I'm working with cannot read so having Dragon read the text back to him for proofreading is a very lengthy process. Thanks, Liza Liza Eldred Assistive Technology Specialist Assistive Computer Technology Service Services to Students with Disabilities MacEwan University 7-198D-2, 10700 - 104 Avenue Edmonton, AB (780) 497-5826 Fax: 780-497-4018 cherniwchanl@macewan.ca www.MacEwan.ca This communication is intended for the use of the recipient to whom it is addressed and may contain confidential, personal, and/or privileged information. Please contact me immediately if you are not the intended recipient of this communication, and do not copy, distribute, or take action relying on it. 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And, where you need to provide equivalent access, how > you are going about it. > > Thanks for any information you might be able to share. > Pam Riesmeyer > > -- > > *Pamela Riesmeyer* | Web Accessibility Coordinator | Office of > Institutional Advancement, Marketing & Communications > Purdue University Calumet | 2200 169th Street | Hammond, IN 46323-2094 > phone: (219) 989 -2731 | fax: (219) 989-2180 | cell: (219) 730-2751 > > SKYPE: pamela.riesmeyer > > Email: *pamela.riesmeyer@purduecal.edu * > > Website: *http://webs.purduecal.edu/webaccessibility > * > > > > [image: Description: Description: Purdue Calumet Logo] > [image: Description: Facebook logo] > [image: Description: > Giving button] > > > > CONFIDENTIAL COMMUNICATION: This electronic mail message and any > attachments are intended only for the use of the addressee(s) named above > and may contain information that is privileged and confidential. 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Read more and register from: http://easi.cc/clinic EASI (Equal Access to Software and Information has over a dozen webinars planned for the summer and early fall, and even more are being explored. Currently, these include: ?Facebook with JAWS and MAGic: a 2-part Webinar Series on June 26 and July 31 ? Shalin Recounts the Adventure of Creating an Accessible App for iPhone Thursday July 9 ? Creating and Reading Accessible ePub Documents for Beginners on Thursday July 16 ?incorporating disability/accessibility/universal design topics into postsecondary computer science and engineering courses Tuesday Aug. 4 ?Free EASI Webinar: Updating the Diagram Center to Enhance Image accessibility on Tuesday August 18 ?EASI Free Webinar: Twitter with JAWS and MAGic tentative Tuesday August 25 ?EASI Free Webinar: Update on NFB-NEWSLINE on Tuesday September 22 ? EASI Fee-based 4-part Series: Beginner/Intermediate PowerPoint on Thursdays Sept. 10, 17, 24 and October 1 ?EASI Fee-based, 4-part Series: Word 2013: Beyond the Basics on Tuesday October 6, 13, 20 and 27 The EASI Webinar Annual Membership supports these Webinars and provides other benefits. Consider supporting it at http://easi.cc/sub.htm From riesmeyerp at purduecal.edu Wed Jun 10 08:44:00 2015 From: riesmeyerp at purduecal.edu (Pamela Riesmeyer) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:32:35 2018 Subject: [Athen] Tableau data visualization software In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: Thanks, Shawn. I did see that and there are some great ideas in that thread. Since so many universities are now using this software, I thought perhaps there might be some actual examples of how they?re managing to provide the data in an accessible way, despite the inaccessibility of the product. Appreciate the thoughts. Pam From: athen-list [mailto:athen-list-bounces@mailman13.u.washington.edu] On Behalf Of Shawn Foster Sent: Wednesday, June 10, 2015 10:21 AM To: Access Technology Higher Education Network Subject: Re: [Athen] Tableau data visualization software There's an interesting (older) discussion about Tableau on WebAIM's listserv archive: http://webaim.org/discussion/mail_thread?thread=6065, including some ways of thinking about how to present the data in different - and accessible - ways. sf Shawn Foster, MA Disability Resources Coordinator U-CAM Coordinator Southern Oregon University (541)552-6213 Outstanding: http://youtu.be/Ski0MzPd5IM On Tue, Jun 9, 2015 at 2:29 PM, Pamela Riesmeyer > wrote: Hi Everyone, We're among the many schools about to begin using Tableau data visualization software, both internally and externally, on our websites. I'm wondering if those of you who are already using Tableau would be willing to share whether you have found ways to make it accessible to assistive technology. And, where you need to provide equivalent access, how you are going about it. Thanks for any information you might be able to share. Pam Riesmeyer -- Pamela Riesmeyer | Web Accessibility Coordinator | Office of Institutional Advancement, Marketing & Communications Purdue University Calumet | 2200 169th Street | Hammond, IN 46323-2094 phone: (219) 989 -2731 | fax: (219) 989-2180 | cell: (219) 730-2751 SKYPE: pamela.riesmeyer Email: pamela.riesmeyer@purduecal.edu Website: http://webs.purduecal.edu/webaccessibility [Description: Description: Purdue Calumet Logo][Description: Facebook logo] [Description: Giving button] CONFIDENTIAL COMMUNICATION: This electronic mail message and any attachments are intended only for the use of the addressee(s) named above and may contain information that is privileged and confidential. 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Norwich, BSME, MSIS Assistant Director of Disability Services Boston University 19 Deerfield Street, 2nd Floor Boston, MA 02215 lnorwich@bu.edu (email) 617-353-3658 (vox) 617-353-9646 (fax) www.bu.edu/disability (website) From bossley.5 at osu.edu Wed Jun 10 19:27:15 2015 From: bossley.5 at osu.edu (Bossley, Peter A. (Pete)) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:32:35 2018 Subject: [Athen] Vendor questions and guidelines In-Reply-To: <9CD7975AD546754DBA3B21EC09D0882ECF1BD95B@IST-EX10MBX-4.ad.bu.edu> References: <9CD7975AD546754DBA3B21EC09D0882ECF1BD95B@IST-EX10MBX-4.ad.bu.edu> Message-ID: <006B5C8325EEDA44A1A7D3955F5431CD7D68CE1A@CIO-KRC-D1MBX04.osuad.osu.edu> We have a set of questions and a worksheet we ask them to complete as part of our standard bid/RFP template. You can find ours at http://go.osu.edu/mwas Hth, Peter Bossley OCIO Accesibility Analyst Office of the CIO Enterprise Applications The ohio State University 017 Enarson Classrooms Building, 2009 Millikin Rd, Columbus, OH 43210 614-292-8571 Office bossley.5@osu.edu ocio.osu.edu -----Original Message----- From: athen-list [mailto:athen-list-bounces@mailman13.u.washington.edu] On Behalf Of Norwich, Lorraine S Sent: Wednesday, June 10, 2015 10:17 PM To: Access Technology Higher Education Network Subject: [Athen] Vendor questions and guidelines Dear List, We are starting to make sure that any new vendors providing any electronic technology, information technology and/or web technology product or service agrees that the Technology will meet the accessibility standards With these standards in place we wanted to know if you could share any guidelines and questions you ask vendors when assessing the accessibility of products. Thanks Lorraine Lorraine S. Norwich, BSME, MSIS Assistant Director of Disability Services Boston University 19 Deerfield Street, 2nd Floor Boston, MA 02215 lnorwich@bu.edu (email) 617-353-3658 (vox) 617-353-9646 (fax) www.bu.edu/disability (website) _______________________________________________ athen-list mailing list athen-list@mailman13.u.washington.edu http://mailman13.u.washington.edu/mailman/listinfo/athen-list From wag at 3playmedia.com Thu Jun 11 07:58:22 2015 From: wag at 3playmedia.com (Emily Griffin) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:32:35 2018 Subject: [Athen] upcoming free webinars on web accessibility & video captioning Message-ID: Hi folks, I wanted to let you know about 3Play Media's upcoming webinars that some of you might be interested in, including one next week featuring world-renowned accessibility expert David Berman. Attendance is free, just register online. The information is below and please let me know if you have any questions. - [image: webinar: Demystifying WCAG 2.0: An Intro to Web, Office, InDesign, and PDF Accessibility] Demystifying WCAG 2.0: An Intro to Web, Office, InDesign, and PDF Accessibility June 17, 2015 at 2pm ? 3pm ET Web accessibility is a growing priority across industries, and in light of recent lawsuits, the threat of non-compliance in higher education is very real. However, bringing an entire organization up to accessibility standards can be daunting. In this webinar, David Berman, the #1 rated speaker on the topic of web accessibility standards as well as an international expert in the field, will provide you with strategies for meeting WCAG 2.0 standards in various design platforms. Register now! - [image: webinar: Empowering YouTube for Higher Education] Empowering YouTube for Higher Education July 9, 2015 at 2pm ? 3pm ET This webinar will teach you how to utilize learning solutions that bridge Google Apps for Education, YouTube, and other Google services to create a rich video experience for your YouTube videos directly inside of your learning management system course. It will also show you how to utilize Google tools like Analytics, YouTube annotations, and video clipping for educational purposes. Register now! - [image: webinar: DIY Workflows for Captioning and Transcription] DIY Workflows for Captioning and Transcription July 23, 2015 at 2pm ? 2:45pm ET While using a 3rd party captioning service certainly makes the captioning and transcription process easier for video producers, sometimes it is not a plausible solution (mainly due to cost). In this webinar, Ken Petri, the Director of the Ohio State University Web Accessibility Center, will walk you through the process of DIY captioning. Register now! - [image: webinar: Quick Start to Captioning] Quick Start to Captioning August 6, 2015 at 2pm ? 2:30pm ET Watch this webinar to learn the basics of how to add closed captions to online video to make it fully accessible, searchable, and SEO-friendly. This webinar covers Section 508 and ADA accessibility compliance, creation of closed captions, explanation of caption formats and video player compatibility, as well as an overview of automated workflows and integration with lecture capture and video platforms. Register now! Many thanks, -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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(Scott )) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:32:35 2018 Subject: [Athen] FW: [IDA_CRPD_Forum] EDF urges EU member states to not adopt a meaningless web accessibility directive [1 Attachment] In-Reply-To: References: <7cbed4e64e1f4ac18db0a7400d478936@EDF-EXCHANGE.edf2014.local> <954fd754c3f2414992cd34ac85e41ad7@EDF-EXCHANGE.edf2014.local> <35f84b16c81a40b29ee08ea514fb5692@EDF-EXCHANGE.edf2014.local> <5659b01f749b4cd38e6ca384c14ca5d9@EDF-EXCHANGE.edf2014.local> Message-ID: European Disability Forum URGES EU MEMBER STATES TO NOT ADOPT A MEANINGLESS WEB ACCESSIBILITY DIRECTIVE Brussels, 11 June 2015 | In view of the EU Ministers meeting in the Telecoms Council this Friday, the European Disability Forum wants to stress once again the importance of one of the items for discussion: the proposal for a Directive on the accessibility of public sector bodies' websites. Having read the last progress report on this dossier issued by the Latvian Presidency, EDF deeply regrets the new approach taken by Member States as it could lead to the adoption of an EU legislation that would not bring any substantial change to the accessibility and inclusiveness of public websites for the 80 million Europeans with disabilities. According to the current discussions in the Council, Member States are currently discussing the possibility of excluding from the scope of the Directive not only types of public websites and websites providing services of general interest, but also some kinds of content from them, such as -and most worrying- audio, video and non-web documents. This would result in some public websites being accessible superficially, but not the documents that people download to fill forms, get further information, etc. What is the point of this? That is why EDF urges the EU Ministers to clearly stand for a meaningful Directive, in line with the spirit and obligations of the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, and the position adopted by a huge majority in the European Parliament in February 2014. In addition to the delay in reaching a common position among Member States with regard to this proposal (presented by the Commission in December 2012), EDF would also like to draw the Ministers' attention to two more key elements that should be reconsidered. Firstly, in order to succeed, this Directive needs a strong enforcement mechanism appointing a body at national level responsible for its implementation, monitoring, reporting and involvement of relevant stakeholders and users, and therefore with the necessary human and financial resources. Secondly, and based on the current approach proposed in the Council, the application of this Directive would not result in any real change earlier than in 4 years from now given that the most used public websites already exist and the Member States delegations are proposing 2 years to transpose it to national law plus 2 years more for existing websites. Persons with disabilities have waited for this too long. EDF wants to recall that the current levels of web accessibility in Europe remain too low. It is unacceptable that 80 million persons with disabilities still find barriers when surfing the web, the most used source of information and a gateway to increasingly more public services. In addition, we believe that this piece of legislation must be both fit for purpose and future-proof, therefore it should acknowledge the new channels and ways people access information and services online, including mobile devices and applications (apps). In the Council progress reports, Member States continue to raise their concerns on the costs of the implementation of this legislation, and fail to acknowledge the cost of not putting such legislation in place. In reality, costs of implementation are relatively low, compared with the potential benefits, both technical (faster loading time of websites, enhanced usability, better indexation in search engines such as Google, wider compatibility with mobile devices), and social and economic, given that accessible websites and the digitalisation of the public sector will reach a broader and diverse audience, saving public money on more costly alternative channels to access information and services. But above all, access to websites is a legitimate and fundamental right for persons with disabilities to access information and services online on an equal basis with others. 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That?s the only thing off the top of my head that could cause that. From: athen-list [mailto:athen-list-bounces@mailman13.u.washington.edu] On Behalf Of Howard Kramer Sent: Thursday, June 11, 2015 2:43 PM To: WebAIM Discussion List; Access Technology Higher Education Network Subject: [Athen] NVDA operation questions Hello All: I've been using NVDA to test some pages and noticed some strange behavior (I'm using NVDA with the latest version of firefox btw - ver 38.0.5). NVDA does not read form labels when tabbing through a form, only when moving through a form (out of forms mode) using the F key. Also, for some links, when I press enter I get the context-menu, not an opening of the link. Anyone have any insight on this? Thanks, Howard -- Howard Kramer Conference Coordinator Accessing Higher Ground 303-492-8672 cell: 720-351-8668 AHEAD Association of Higher Education and Disability -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From hkramer at ahead.org Thu Jun 11 13:12:20 2015 From: hkramer at ahead.org (Howard Kramer) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:32:35 2018 Subject: [Athen] NVDA operation questions In-Reply-To: <006B5C8325EEDA44A1A7D3955F5431CD7D68DB58@CIO-KRC-D1MBX04.osuad.osu.edu> References: <006B5C8325EEDA44A1A7D3955F5431CD7D68DB58@CIO-KRC-D1MBX04.osuad.osu.edu> Message-ID: Hi Peter, It looks like I discovered the problem - I was using MS API ver 4 for the synthesizer. When I switched to espeak or Protalker or even version 5 of MS API the problem disappeared. Thanks, Howard On Thu, Jun 11, 2015 at 2:01 PM, Bossley, Peter A. (Pete) wrote: > Can you send me an example of a page that does this? Are the form fields > in question labelled with placeholder text, thus perhaps it is disappearing > when tabbing but not when moving using quick nav? > > That?s the only thing off the top of my head that could cause that. > > > > *From:* athen-list [mailto:athen-list-bounces@mailman13.u.washington.edu] *On > Behalf Of *Howard Kramer > *Sent:* Thursday, June 11, 2015 2:43 PM > *To:* WebAIM Discussion List; Access Technology Higher Education Network > *Subject:* [Athen] NVDA operation questions > > > > Hello All: > > > > I've been using NVDA to test some pages and noticed some strange behavior > (I'm using NVDA with the latest version of firefox btw - ver 38.0.5). NVDA > does not read form labels when tabbing through a form, only when moving > through a form (out of forms mode) using the F key. Also, for some links, > when I press enter I get the context-menu, not an opening of the link. > Anyone have any insight on this? > > > > Thanks, > > Howard > > > > -- > > Howard Kramer > > Conference Coordinator > > Accessing Higher Ground > > 303-492-8672 > > cell: 720-351-8668 > > > > AHEAD Association of Higher Education and Disability > > > > _______________________________________________ > athen-list mailing list > athen-list@mailman13.u.washington.edu > http://mailman13.u.washington.edu/mailman/listinfo/athen-list > > -- Howard Kramer Conference Coordinator Accessing Higher Ground 303-492-8672 cell: 720-351-8668 AHEAD Association of Higher Education and Disability -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From lcaid at mail.wtamu.edu Thu Jun 11 14:15:53 2015 From: lcaid at mail.wtamu.edu (Caid, Lisa M.) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:32:35 2018 Subject: [Athen] Vendor questions and guidelines Message-ID: <5135B059728F9E4EA68E0C929F341F8949B0B860@netExchDAGW01.wtacademic.wtamu.edu> We have a section on Procurement in our standard administrative procedure (Accessibility Procedure - Draft PDF) at http://www.wtamu.edu/about/web-accessibility.aspx. We send potential vendors a blank VPAT available at http://www.itic.org/dotAsset/5644ecd2-5024-417f-bc23-a52650f47ef8.doc, and instructions for completing the VPAT, attached. The Texas Department of Information Resources (DIR), Procurement and Resources, http://dir.texas.gov/View-Resources/Pages/Content.aspx?id=39#Procurement, have helpful vendor assessment questions. See their Policy Driven Adoption for Accessibility (PDAA) Assessment info at the link above. Sincerely, Lisa Caid Accessibility Coordinator Information Technology - Accessibility lcaid@wtamu.edu (806) 651-1241 IT Service Center (806) 651-4357 If you need email content or attachments in alternate formats for accessibility, please send your contact information and the specifics of your request to accessibility@wtamu.edu. -----Original Message----- [cut...] Message: 3 Date: Thu, 11 Jun 2015 02:27:15 +0000 From: "Bossley, Peter A. (Pete)" To: Access Technology Higher Education Network Subject: Re: [Athen] Vendor questions and guidelines Message-ID: <006B5C8325EEDA44A1A7D3955F5431CD7D68CE1A@CIO-KRC-D1MBX04.osuad.osu.edu> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" We have a set of questions and a worksheet we ask them to complete as part of our standard bid/RFP template. You can find ours at http://go.osu.edu/mwas Hth, Peter Bossley OCIO Accesibility Analyst Office of the CIO Enterprise Applications The ohio State University 017 Enarson Classrooms Building, 2009 Millikin Rd, Columbus, OH 43210 614-292-8571 Office bossley.5@osu.edu ocio.osu.edu -----Original Message----- From: athen-list [mailto:athen-list-bounces@mailman13.u.washington.edu] On Behalf Of Norwich, Lorraine S Sent: Wednesday, June 10, 2015 10:17 PM To: Access Technology Higher Education Network Subject: [Athen] Vendor questions and guidelines Dear List, We are starting to make sure that any new vendors providing any electronic technology, information technology and/or web technology product or service agrees that the Technology will meet the accessibility standards With these standards in place we wanted to know if you could share any guidelines and questions you ask vendors when assessing the accessibility of products. Thanks Lorraine Lorraine S. Norwich, BSME, MSIS Assistant Director of Disability Services Boston University 19 Deerfield Street, 2nd Floor Boston, MA 02215 lnorwich@bu.edu (email) 617-353-3658 (vox) 617-353-9646 (fax) www.bu.edu/disability (website) _______________________________________________ athen-list mailing list athen-list@mailman13.u.washington.edu http://mailman13.u.washington.edu/mailman/listinfo/athen-list ------------------------------ Message: 4 Date: Thu, 11 Jun 2015 10:58:22 -0400 From: Emily Griffin To: athen-list@u.washington.edu Subject: [Athen] upcoming free webinars on web accessibility & video captioning Message-ID: Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" Hi folks, I wanted to let you know about 3Play Media's upcoming webinars that some of you might be interested in, including one next week featuring world-renowned accessibility expert David Berman. Attendance is free, just register online. The information is below and please let me know if you have any questions. - [image: webinar: Demystifying WCAG 2.0: An Intro to Web, Office, InDesign, and PDF Accessibility] Demystifying WCAG 2.0: An Intro to Web, Office, InDesign, and PDF Accessibility June 17, 2015 at 2pm ? 3pm ET Web accessibility is a growing priority across industries, and in light of recent lawsuits, the threat of non-compliance in higher education is very real. However, bringing an entire organization up to accessibility standards can be daunting. In this webinar, David Berman, the #1 rated speaker on the topic of web accessibility standards as well as an international expert in the field, will provide you with strategies for meeting WCAG 2.0 standards in various design platforms. Register now! - [image: webinar: Empowering YouTube for Higher Education] Empowering YouTube for Higher Education July 9, 2015 at 2pm ? 3pm ET This webinar will teach you how to utilize learning solutions that bridge Google Apps for Education, YouTube, and other Google services to create a rich video experience for your YouTube videos directly inside of your learning management system course. It will also show you how to utilize Google tools like Analytics, YouTube annotations, and video clipping for educational purposes. Register now! - [image: webinar: DIY Workflows for Captioning and Transcription] DIY Workflows for Captioning and Transcription July 23, 2015 at 2pm ? 2:45pm ET While using a 3rd party captioning service certainly makes the captioning and transcription process easier for video producers, sometimes it is not a plausible solution (mainly due to cost). In this webinar, Ken Petri, the Director of the Ohio State University Web Accessibility Center, will walk you through the process of DIY captioning. Register now! - [image: webinar: Quick Start to Captioning] Quick Start to Captioning August 6, 2015 at 2pm ? 2:30pm ET Watch this webinar to learn the basics of how to add closed captions to online video to make it fully accessible, searchable, and SEO-friendly. This webinar covers Section 508 and ADA accessibility compliance, creation of closed captions, explanation of caption formats and video player compatibility, as well as an overview of automated workflows and integration with lecture capture and video platforms. Register now! Many thanks, -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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In-Reply-To: References: <006B5C8325EEDA44A1A7D3955F5431CD7D68DB58@CIO-KRC-D1MBX04.osuad.osu.edu> Message-ID: <5579A6EA020000EC0003D482@gatedom2vs.macewan.ca> Hi everyone, We have a visually impaired student who is using ZoomText 10. She needs to access certain chapters from a few textbooks that are available in electronic format on our university's library website. The files are in PDF format, but they download as .ACSM files, which open in Adobe Digital Editions. Has anyone had success using ZoomText 10 to read PDFs in Adobe Digital Editions? Thanks, Russell Russell Solowoniuk AT Educational Assistant, Services to Students with Disabilities MacEwan University 7-198 D4, 10700-104 Ave. Edmonton, AB T5J 4S2 E: solowoniukr@macewan.ca T: 780-497-5826 F: 780-497-4018 macewan.ca This communication is intended for the use of the recipient to whom it is addressed and may contain confidential, personal, and/or privileged information. 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Paul Fontaine Assistive Technology and E-Text Supervisor Disability Support Services The Catholic University of America Washington, DC 20064 Phone: 202-319-5211 Email: FontaineP@cua.edu DSS.CUA.edu From gdkraus at ncsu.edu Fri Jun 12 11:19:06 2015 From: gdkraus at ncsu.edu (Greg Kraus) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:32:35 2018 Subject: [Athen] Change in position Message-ID: Hi All, I wanted to share some news with you, but some of you may have already heard through other channels. I am starting a new leg of my journey in IT accessibility. In mid-August I will be joining Interactive Accessibility, an IT accessibility consulting company, as Principal Accessibility Specialist. As I've told many people on campus, it was a very hard decision to leave, but I am very excited about the new challenges and opportunities that lay before me. Just because I am leaving NC State does not mean I am leaving higher education completely. I do plan on being at the EDUCAUSE Annual Conference this Fall and will also participate in conferences like Accessing Higher Ground. I have thoroughly enjoyed all of my time with ATHEN, the projects I have been involved with, and the friends I have made. Greg -- Greg Kraus University IT Accessibility Coordinator NC State University 919.513.4087 gdkraus@ncsu.edu -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From Susan.Kelmer at colorado.edu Fri Jun 12 11:48:22 2015 From: Susan.Kelmer at colorado.edu (Susan Kelmer) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:32:35 2018 Subject: [Athen] Change in position In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: Congratulations, and glad you will be staying active in the higher ed community. -Susan Kelmer, UCB -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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As I've told many people on campus, it was a very hard decision to leave, but I am very excited about the new challenges and opportunities that lay before me. Just because I am leaving NC State does not mean I am leaving higher education completely. I do plan on being at the EDUCAUSE Annual Conference this Fall and will also participate in conferences like Accessing Higher Ground. I have thoroughly enjoyed all of my time with ATHEN, the projects I have been involved with, and the friends I have made. Greg -- Greg Kraus University IT Accessibility Coordinator NC State University 919.513.4087 gdkraus@ncsu.edu -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From hadir at uw.edu Sat Jun 13 21:01:43 2015 From: hadir at uw.edu (Hadi Rangin) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:32:35 2018 Subject: [Athen] Change in position In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: Congratulations on your new journey. You have been a great asset to the accessibility community and I appreciate all your efforts and contributions in this area. We will stay in touch and I am positive that we will end up collaborating together on some accessibility projects. Good luck and see you at AHG if not sooner. Hadi Rangin IT Accessibility Specialist Mary Gates Hall 064C University of Washington Phone: (206) 685-4144, Direct: (206) 221-1532 E-mail: hadir@uw.edu From: athen-list [mailto:athen-list-bounces@mailman13.u.washington.edu] On Behalf Of Greg Kraus Sent: Friday, June 12, 2015 11:19 AM To: ATHEN Subject: [Athen] Change in position Hi All, I wanted to share some news with you, but some of you may have already heard through other channels. I am starting a new leg of my journey in IT accessibility. In mid-August I will be joining Interactive Accessibility, an IT accessibility consulting company, as Principal Accessibility Specialist. As I've told many people on campus, it was a very hard decision to leave, but I am very excited about the new challenges and opportunities that lay before me. Just because I am leaving NC State does not mean I am leaving higher education completely. I do plan on being at the EDUCAUSE Annual Conference this Fall and will also participate in conferences like Accessing Higher Ground. I have thoroughly enjoyed all of my time with ATHEN, the projects I have been involved with, and the friends I have made. Greg -- Greg Kraus University IT Accessibility Coordinator NC State University 919.513.4087 gdkraus@ncsu.edu -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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I do plan on being at the EDUCAUSE Annual Conference > this Fall and will also participate in conferences like Accessing Higher > Ground. I have thoroughly enjoyed all of my time with ATHEN, the projects I > have been involved with, and the friends I have made. > > Greg > > -- > Greg Kraus > University IT Accessibility Coordinator > NC State University > 919.513.4087 > gdkraus@ncsu.edu > > _______________________________________________ > athen-list mailing list > athen-list@mailman13.u.washington.edu > http://mailman13.u.washington.edu/mailman/listinfo/athen-list > > -- Howard Kramer Conference Coordinator Accessing Higher Ground 303-492-8672 cell: 720-351-8668 AHEAD Association of Higher Education and Disability -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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In mid-August I will be joining Interactive Accessibility, an IT accessibility consulting company, as Principal Accessibility Specialist. As I've told many people on campus, it was a very hard decision to leave, but I am very excited about the new challenges and opportunities that lay before me. Just because I am leaving NC State does not mean I am leaving higher education completely. I do plan on being at the EDUCAUSE Annual Conference this Fall and will also participate in conferences like Accessing Higher Ground. I have thoroughly enjoyed all of my time with ATHEN, the projects I have been involved with, and the friends I have made. Greg -- Greg Kraus University IT Accessibility Coordinator NC State University 919.513.4087 gdkraus@ncsu.edu -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From hunziker at email.arizona.edu Mon Jun 15 11:38:32 2015 From: hunziker at email.arizona.edu (Hunziker, Dawn A - (hunziker)) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:32:35 2018 Subject: [Athen] Dragon - PC vs. Mac Message-ID: <1aa73bb8ef5b40588194786d6b486bfa@COBALT.catnet.arizona.edu> Hi all, I'm working with an employee who used Dragon NaturallySpeaking on a PC for several years. Upon changing positions she migrated to a Mac. In the past, there was a bit of difference between the PC and Mac version of the software - is this still the case? Is the difference enough that she should request to be back on a PC with a set up she is familiar with? Thanks! Dawn ~~ Dawn Hunziker IT Accessibility Consultant Disability Resource Center 520-626-9409 hunziker@email.arizona.edu -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From danc at uw.edu Mon Jun 15 16:05:09 2015 From: danc at uw.edu (Dan Comden) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:32:35 2018 Subject: [Athen] Dragon - PC vs. Mac In-Reply-To: <1aa73bb8ef5b40588194786d6b486bfa@COBALT.catnet.arizona.edu> References: <1aa73bb8ef5b40588194786d6b486bfa@COBALT.catnet.arizona.edu> Message-ID: Yes, major reduction in functionality with the Mac version. If she was productive with the Windows version, she'll be very disappointed in the limitations of DragonDictate for Mac. On Mon, Jun 15, 2015 at 11:38 AM, Hunziker, Dawn A - (hunziker) < hunziker@email.arizona.edu> wrote: > Hi all, > > > > I?m working with an employee who used Dragon NaturallySpeaking on a PC for > several years. Upon changing positions she migrated to a Mac. In the past, > there was a bit of difference between the PC and Mac version of the > software ? is this still the case? Is the difference enough that she > should request to be back on a PC with a set up she is familiar with? > > > > Thanks! > > > > Dawn > > > > ~~ > > Dawn Hunziker > > IT Accessibility Consultant > > > > Disability Resource Center > > 520-626-9409 > > hunziker@email.arizona.edu > > > > _______________________________________________ > athen-list mailing list > athen-list@mailman13.u.washington.edu > http://mailman13.u.washington.edu/mailman/listinfo/athen-list > > -- -*- Dan Comden danc@uw.edu Access Technology Center www.uw.edu/itconnect/accessibility/atl/ University of Washington UW Information Technology -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From nettiet at gmail.com Mon Jun 15 16:56:32 2015 From: nettiet at gmail.com (Nettie Fischer) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:32:35 2018 Subject: [Athen] Dragon - PC vs. Mac In-Reply-To: References: <1aa73bb8ef5b40588194786d6b486bfa@COBALT.catnet.arizona.edu> Message-ID: Would it be possible to partition the mac computer? I did just that so I could have access to the better productivity of dragon in windows. On Jun 15, 2015 4:05 PM, "Dan Comden" wrote: > Yes, major reduction in functionality with the Mac version. If she was > productive with the Windows version, she'll be very disappointed in the > limitations of DragonDictate for Mac. > > On Mon, Jun 15, 2015 at 11:38 AM, Hunziker, Dawn A - (hunziker) < > hunziker@email.arizona.edu> wrote: > >> Hi all, >> >> >> >> I?m working with an employee who used Dragon NaturallySpeaking on a PC >> for several years. Upon changing positions she migrated to a Mac. In the >> past, there was a bit of difference between the PC and Mac version of the >> software ? is this still the case? Is the difference enough that she >> should request to be back on a PC with a set up she is familiar with? >> >> >> >> Thanks! >> >> >> >> Dawn >> >> >> >> ~~ >> >> Dawn Hunziker >> >> IT Accessibility Consultant >> >> >> >> Disability Resource Center >> >> 520-626-9409 >> >> hunziker@email.arizona.edu >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> athen-list mailing list >> athen-list@mailman13.u.washington.edu >> http://mailman13.u.washington.edu/mailman/listinfo/athen-list >> >> > > > -- > -*- Dan Comden danc@uw.edu > Access Technology Center www.uw.edu/itconnect/accessibility/atl/ > University of Washington UW Information Technology > > > _______________________________________________ > athen-list mailing list > athen-list@mailman13.u.washington.edu > http://mailman13.u.washington.edu/mailman/listinfo/athen-list > > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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Has anyone used Amara's professional captioning services (http://pro.amara.org/ondemand)? What's your experience been like and how is the accuracy? I understand that they have about three levels of accuracy at various price points. Thanks for sharing! Liz Prickett Alternative Media Specialist Center for Academic & Professional Excellence (CAPE) Victoria College 2200 E. Red River Street Victoria, TX 77901 Elizabeth.Prickett@VictoriaCollege.edu (361) 573-3291, ext. 3243 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From lissner.2 at osu.edu Sat Jun 13 09:42:00 2015 From: lissner.2 at osu.edu (Lissner, L S. (Scott )) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:32:35 2018 Subject: [Athen] Hawaii to Mandate Description & Captioning for Movies Message-ID: Last My Hawaii governor David Ige signed House Bill 1272 requiring audio description and captioning to be available in movie theaters beginning January 1, 2016. While it is tempting to go to Hawaii for the movies?. "Every motion picture theater that has more than two facilities in the State to which the general public is invited shall provide closed movie captioning and descriptive narration, upon request, during at least two showings per week of each motion picture that is offered for viewing at the motion picture theater; provided that this subsection shall not apply when a motion picture is offered for viewing at the motion picture theater for less than one week." -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From kseward at mail.wtamu.edu Tue Jun 16 12:57:47 2015 From: kseward at mail.wtamu.edu (Seward, Kim) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:32:35 2018 Subject: [Athen] Making Math Accessible in Word Message-ID: <0B331FFC11F66348AB4C61D6B884E2456D02E7F5@netExchDAGW02.wtacademic.wtamu.edu> Hi Everyone, I am in the process of creating some trigonometric worksheets in Word. I am interesting in making them accessible so visually challenged students who are using readers can access them. I am using Office 2007, Word 2010 and MathType 6.9. I have no issues on how to create math items using MathType in general. However, I am not sure how to make them accessible. Currently, when I use the incline feature of MathType, type in my math problem and save it to the Word document it shows that it is not accessible because there is no alt-tag. Based on my research, MathType is supposed to make the math accessible, I believe that it creates a MathML tag? So I am wondering if I missed a step or two or perhaps I am misunderstanding something. I am having a hard time finding anything helpful that tells me how to make math that I type in MathType and save as part of a Word document accessible for students using readers. Is the math I created through MathType accessible when the alt tag is blank?? OR am I missing a step or two?? Can anyone help me? Thank You, Kim Seward WTAMU Math Instructor/Director of Math Labs kseward@wtamu.edu -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From danc at uw.edu Tue Jun 16 13:12:18 2015 From: danc at uw.edu (Dan Comden) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:32:35 2018 Subject: [Athen] Dragon - PC vs. Mac In-Reply-To: References: <1aa73bb8ef5b40588194786d6b486bfa@COBALT.catnet.arizona.edu> Message-ID: Running an older version of VMware Fusion (v5.05), I don't get full core support in virtual Windows 7 64 bit when running NaturallySpeaking Professional. I don't know if the most current version of VMWare is better. It works, and it's definitely better than DragonDictate for Mac, but performance is degraded versus running on a native Windows machine. -*- Dan On Mon, Jun 15, 2015 at 4:56 PM, Nettie Fischer wrote: > Would it be possible to partition the mac computer? I did just that so I > could have access to the better productivity of dragon in windows. > On Jun 15, 2015 4:05 PM, "Dan Comden" wrote: > >> Yes, major reduction in functionality with the Mac version. If she was >> productive with the Windows version, she'll be very disappointed in the >> limitations of DragonDictate for Mac. >> >> On Mon, Jun 15, 2015 at 11:38 AM, Hunziker, Dawn A - (hunziker) < >> hunziker@email.arizona.edu> wrote: >> >>> Hi all, >>> >>> >>> >>> I?m working with an employee who used Dragon NaturallySpeaking on a PC >>> for several years. Upon changing positions she migrated to a Mac. In the >>> past, there was a bit of difference between the PC and Mac version of the >>> software ? is this still the case? Is the difference enough that she >>> should request to be back on a PC with a set up she is familiar with? >>> >>> >>> >>> Thanks! >>> >>> >>> >>> Dawn >>> >>> >>> >>> ~~ >>> >>> Dawn Hunziker >>> >>> IT Accessibility Consultant >>> >>> >>> >>> Disability Resource Center >>> >>> 520-626-9409 >>> >>> hunziker@email.arizona.edu >>> >>> >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> athen-list mailing list >>> athen-list@mailman13.u.washington.edu >>> http://mailman13.u.washington.edu/mailman/listinfo/athen-list >>> >>> >> >> >> -- >> -*- Dan Comden danc@uw.edu >> Access Technology Center www.uw.edu/itconnect/accessibility/atl/ >> University of Washington UW Information Technology >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> athen-list mailing list >> athen-list@mailman13.u.washington.edu >> http://mailman13.u.washington.edu/mailman/listinfo/athen-list >> >> > _______________________________________________ > athen-list mailing list > athen-list@mailman13.u.washington.edu > http://mailman13.u.washington.edu/mailman/listinfo/athen-list > > -- -*- Dan Comden danc@uw.edu Access Technology Center www.uw.edu/itconnect/accessibility/atl/ University of Washington UW Information Technology -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From ronrstewart at gmail.com Tue Jun 16 13:21:44 2015 From: ronrstewart at gmail.com (Ron Stewart) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:32:35 2018 Subject: [Athen] Making Math Accessible in Word In-Reply-To: <0B331FFC11F66348AB4C61D6B884E2456D02E7F5@netExchDAGW02.wtacademic.wtamu.edu> References: <0B331FFC11F66348AB4C61D6B884E2456D02E7F5@netExchDAGW02.wtacademic.wtamu.edu> Message-ID: <264301d0a872$111a51a0$334ef4e0$@gmail.com> Good afternoon, the accessibility will be created when you save the document out of word. Currently the most reliable way to produce is to save it out as a Webpage, but there are some configuration issues that need to be dealt with. Here is a manual that Sean Keegan and I created a few years back that may be off assistance. I am sure others will chime in on this conversation as well. Some of the techniques may need to be tweaked to deal with newer versions of the various products. Also once you have produced your final product a great tool to test it with is CAR http://www.cwu.edu/central-access/central-access-reader-advanced-features-sp ecs that works with Word docs. Ron Stewart From: athen-list [mailto:athen-list-bounces@mailman13.u.washington.edu] On Behalf Of Seward, Kim Sent: Tuesday, June 16, 2015 2:58 PM To: 'athen-list@u.washington.edu' Subject: [Athen] Making Math Accessible in Word Hi Everyone, I am in the process of creating some trigonometric worksheets in Word. I am interesting in making them accessible so visually challenged students who are using readers can access them. I am using Office 2007, Word 2010 and MathType 6.9. I have no issues on how to create math items using MathType in general. However, I am not sure how to make them accessible. Currently, when I use the incline feature of MathType, type in my math problem and save it to the Word document it shows that it is not accessible because there is no alt-tag. Based on my research, MathType is supposed to make the math accessible, I believe that it creates a MathML tag? So I am wondering if I missed a step or two or perhaps I am misunderstanding something. I am having a hard time finding anything helpful that tells me how to make math that I type in MathType and save as part of a Word document accessible for students using readers. Is the math I created through MathType accessible when the alt tag is blank?? OR am I missing a step or two?? Can anyone help me? Thank You, Kim Seward WTAMU Math Instructor/Director of Math Labs kseward@wtamu.edu -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... 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If using the most current versions of NVDA or Window-Eyes, then you can get native reading of the math equations in a Word document as long as you have MathPlayer4 installed: http://www.dessci.com/en/products/mathplayer/default.htm JAWS does not yet have this capability to natively read math in the Word document itself, but if you use the MathPage export feature in MathType and use the HTML+MathJax setting JAWS should be able to read the exported web page. Hope this helps, --Steve Noble steve.noble@louisville.edu 502-969-3088 http://louisville.academia.edu/SteveNoble ________________________________ From: athen-list [athen-list-bounces@mailman13.u.washington.edu] on behalf of Seward, Kim [kseward@mail.wtamu.edu] Sent: Tuesday, June 16, 2015 3:57 PM To: 'athen-list@u.washington.edu' Subject: [Athen] Making Math Accessible in Word Hi Everyone, I am in the process of creating some trigonometric worksheets in Word. I am interesting in making them accessible so visually challenged students who are using readers can access them. I am using Office 2007, Word 2010 and MathType 6.9. I have no issues on how to create math items using MathType in general. However, I am not sure how to make them accessible. Currently, when I use the incline feature of MathType, type in my math problem and save it to the Word document it shows that it is not accessible because there is no alt-tag. Based on my research, MathType is supposed to make the math accessible, I believe that it creates a MathML tag? So I am wondering if I missed a step or two or perhaps I am misunderstanding something. I am having a hard time finding anything helpful that tells me how to make math that I type in MathType and save as part of a Word document accessible for students using readers. Is the math I created through MathType accessible when the alt tag is blank?? OR am I missing a step or two?? Can anyone help me? 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URL: From jsuttondc at gmail.com Tue Jun 16 14:06:21 2015 From: jsuttondc at gmail.com (Jennifer Sutton) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:32:35 2018 Subject: [Athen] Disability studies scholars present accessibility guidelines | InsideHigherEd Message-ID: <7.0.1.0.2.20150616140524.08825568@gmail.com> Greetings, ATHENites: In case any of you missed this: Disability studies scholars present accessibility guidelines | InsideHigherEd https://www.insidehighered.com/news/2015/06/16/disability-studies-scholars-present-accessibility-guidelines Jennifer From Susan.Kelmer at colorado.edu Tue Jun 16 14:21:26 2015 From: Susan.Kelmer at colorado.edu (Susan Kelmer) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:32:35 2018 Subject: [Athen] Making Math Accessible in Word In-Reply-To: <0B331FFC11F66348AB4C61D6B884E2456D02E7F5@netExchDAGW02.wtacademic.wtamu.edu> References: <0B331FFC11F66348AB4C61D6B884E2456D02E7F5@netExchDAGW02.wtacademic.wtamu.edu> Message-ID: Good questions, Kim! We produce a LOT of MathML here for two blind students in our computer science program. We create all of our math in MathType, and save as regular Word files. After that, we "LEAN" them using a product from John Gardner (at Viewplus Technologies). This software is free, and we found it saved us a ton of time in creating output that would actually work. However, NVDA now natively supports the MathType that is in Word files, so we no longer LEAN files for the student who is using NVDA. For the users of Jaws, a LEANed file will read equations. The alt tags are created when we apply the LEAN process to them. It isn't perfect, but it has worked really well and our students love it. You can email me off-list if you want more information. Susan Kelmer Alternate Format Access Coordinator Disability Services University of Colorado Boulder 303-735-4836 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From adwershing at pstcc.edu Tue Jun 16 14:29:32 2015 From: adwershing at pstcc.edu (Wershing, Alice D.) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:32:36 2018 Subject: [Athen] Making Math Accessible in Word In-Reply-To: References: <0B331FFC11F66348AB4C61D6B884E2456D02E7F5@netExchDAGW02.wtacademic.wtamu.edu> Message-ID: What I have found in the work we have been doing at our college is that in order to have the Word file read, you will have to use the MathType add in for Word, and publish the Word document to html and mathml using the add in. This will create a folder with the accompanying files that the mathml document needs as well as an htm file. When the published htm document is opened and if Mathplayer is installed, MathPlayer will launch as the htm file is opened. What I have found also is that on some computers, the content will be blocked and won't show properly unless it is unblocked. I have a tip sheet that I'm attaching, and if there is any feedback on it, I'd appreciate it. I also shared it with Design Science as well. I prefer that the students with learning disabilities use the right click and speak expression function in MathPlayer rather than attempting to learn to use a screen reader like NVDA. Central Access Reader will read a Word file with equations that have been saved using MathType, however, if there are images, they will not be described. Also, Central Access Reader is not screen reader compatible at this time, unless there is an update that I'm not aware of. Finally, I have been able to use Kurzweil 3000's image capture tool to read the text, in addition to MathPlayer to read the equation aloud. This would be for a sighted user needing text to speech. What my coworker has not tried yet if both the native word document as Steve Noble describes, or using JAWS on top of Kurweil 3000. Alice Wershing, M.Ed., A.T.P. Technology Specialist Disability Services Pellissippi State Community College 10915 Hardin Valley Road Knoxville TN 37933-0990 (865) 694-6751 East TN Region Accessibility Specialist Tennessee Board of Regents-ROCC/RODP Access for All Blog http://blogs.pstcc.edu/access4all/ Accessible Format Facebook Page https://m.facebook.com/psccdisabilityservices?refid=46&sld=eyJzZWFyY2hfc2lkIjoiNzhjYzY3MmVkNDg2ODkyMjVhY2ViMjUyOGQwNWJiYzUiLCJxdWVyeSI6InBzY2MiLCJzZWFyY2hfdHlwZSI6IlNlYXJjaCIsInNlcXVlbmNlX2lkIjoxOTU4NzAyNDk1LCJwYWdlX251bWJlciI6MSwiZmlsdGVyX3R5cGUiOiJTZWFyY2giLCJlbnRfaWQiOjczNDM1NjkxOTkzOTUxNywicG9zaXRpb24iOjAsInJlc3VsdF90eXBlIjo2NX0%3D From: athen-list [mailto:athen-list-bounces@mailman13.u.washington.edu] On Behalf Of steve.noble@louisville.edu Sent: Tuesday, June 16, 2015 4:27 PM To: Access Technology Higher Education Network Subject: Re: [Athen] Making Math Accessible in Word There's no need for any additional tags. If using the most current versions of NVDA or Window-Eyes, then you can get native reading of the math equations in a Word document as long as you have MathPlayer4 installed: http://www.dessci.com/en/products/mathplayer/default.htm JAWS does not yet have this capability to natively read math in the Word document itself, but if you use the MathPage export feature in MathType and use the HTML+MathJax setting JAWS should be able to read the exported web page. Hope this helps, --Steve Noble steve.noble@louisville.edu 502-969-3088 http://louisville.academia.edu/SteveNoble ________________________________ From: athen-list [athen-list-bounces@mailman13.u.washington.edu] on behalf of Seward, Kim [kseward@mail.wtamu.edu] Sent: Tuesday, June 16, 2015 3:57 PM To: 'athen-list@u.washington.edu' Subject: [Athen] Making Math Accessible in Word Hi Everyone, I am in the process of creating some trigonometric worksheets in Word. I am interesting in making them accessible so visually challenged students who are using readers can access them. I am using Office 2007, Word 2010 and MathType 6.9. I have no issues on how to create math items using MathType in general. However, I am not sure how to make them accessible. Currently, when I use the incline feature of MathType, type in my math problem and save it to the Word document it shows that it is not accessible because there is no alt-tag. Based on my research, MathType is supposed to make the math accessible, I believe that it creates a MathML tag? So I am wondering if I missed a step or two or perhaps I am misunderstanding something. I am having a hard time finding anything helpful that tells me how to make math that I type in MathType and save as part of a Word document accessible for students using readers. Is the math I created through MathType accessible when the alt tag is blank?? OR am I missing a step or two?? Can anyone help me? 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He has a demonstration and explanation of it at http://www.ryancramer.com/journal/entries/select_multiple/. Go about halfway down the page under the ASMSELECT heading. Is there a best practice or best solution on this issue. Note I looked on Paul J. Adam's site where I often find solutions to these types of widget issues but couldn't find anything. Thanks in advance. -Howard -- Howard Kramer Conference Coordinator Accessing Higher Ground 303-492-8672 cell: 720-351-8668 AHEAD Association of Higher Education and Disability -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From fosters at sou.edu Wed Jun 17 14:59:54 2015 From: fosters at sou.edu (Shawn Foster) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:32:36 2018 Subject: [Athen] DHH Coordinator position in beautiful Southern Oregon Message-ID: Southern Oregon University is looking for a Deaf and Hard of Hearing Services Coordinator, working in a welcoming team environment. This is a unique DHH Coordinator position because the demographics of our students are changing...more students are using remote transcription services, captioning media is becoming a huge part of the administrative responsibilities behind this position, and of course, excellent interpreting and scheduling skills with attention to details is a must. Certification is not required if you have the ability to become certified within 18 months of commencing the position. The position is 30 hours/week with full benefits. *Please do check out the link for more details* at https://jobs.sou.edu/postings/3936 If any of this seems to be a perfect fit for you, appeals to you, and you want to work in *beautiful Ashland, Oregon*...also check out the link: http://www.ashland.or.us/index.asp Please share this with colleagues and spread the word! *Shawn Foster* Disability Resources Coordinator | U-CAM Coordinator Southern Oregon University | 1250 Siskiyou Blvd | Ashland OR 97520 541-552-6213 Why I'm at SOU: http://youtu.be/Ski0MzPd5IM -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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Scott Berenson Specialist, Disabled Student Programs and Services California Community Colleges Chancellor's Office 1102 Q Street Sacramento, CA 95811 V: (916) 322-3234 F: (916) 324-6701 From: Mohr, Rhonda Sent: Friday, June 05, 2015 9:23 AM Subject: Fwd: Open Examination for Administrator - California Community Colleges Chancellor's Office (CCCCO) Please send this out via your program lists. Begin forwarded message: From: "Noldon, Denise" Date: June 5, 2015 at 9:09:57 AM PDT To: csso-all Subject: Open Examination for Administrator - California Community Colleges Chancellor's Office (CCCCO) Reply-To: "Noldon, Denise" Subject: Departmental Open Examination The Human Resources Office has just released the Administrator for (Various Specialties), CCC examinations. These exams are open continuous testing examinations. Please refer to the official examination bulletin for more information and instructions on how to file. 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URL: From kosakowskia at wcsu.edu Sat Jun 20 12:06:17 2015 From: kosakowskia at wcsu.edu (Adam Kosakowski) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:32:36 2018 Subject: [Athen] Input? Adding an Assistive Technology Specialty to my M.Ed. Message-ID: Hello Everyone! I have been working in our disability office part time for over a year now and I have realized I have a knack and a love for Assistive Technology! I have a Masters of Education, but now I want to augment it with a specialty in Assistive Technology so I can one day have a better chance of getting a full time Assistive Technology Specialist position. I have been looking into post-graduate programs and it's all pretty confusing to me, so I was hoping to get some input. So far I've found: 30 credit "Sixth Year" programs like this one: http://catalog.southernct.edu/graduate/programs-and-degrees/special-education-sixth-year-professional-diploma-adaptive-technology.html 15 credit "Graduate Certificate" programs like this one: http://catalog.gmu.edu/preview_program.php?catoid=15&poid=5460&returnto=1028 and this ATACP program: http://tsengcollege.csun.edu/programs/ATAC (This one is the quickest, so that's a huge plus) Regardless of what program I complete, after I aim to sit for the ATP exam through RESNA: http://www.resna.org/certification/certification-directory.dot This I already know for sure I want to do! I guess my questions are: What sort of program would you suggest to get the sort of position I want? What post-nominal letters should I aim for? What did you do to get such cool positions? Any input would be greatly appreciated! Regards, Adam Kosakowski M.Ed. Math Specialist and Assistive Technology Specialist, University Assistant AccessAbility Services Western Connecticut State University From mbohn at bergen.edu Sat Jun 20 13:26:24 2015 From: mbohn at bergen.edu (Maria Bohn) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:32:36 2018 Subject: [Athen] Input? Adding an Assistive Technology Specialty to my M.Ed. In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <5B652BA8-3417-494F-BE6C-7023B56BE962@bergen.edu> I just finished the Atacp thru the tseng college at CSUN it's a wonderful program. There was a lot interaction with other students so I made a lot of connections and we plan to keep in touch. The Professors are excellent - I did do the spring semester where you have to attend a two day mandatory in person session I really enjoyed that and happy I chose to do that semester I feel the information and content was valuable to my career. I too plan to take the RESNA exam in the near future. CSUN also has an MA program in assistive technology completely online which I learned about in depth at a conference. It looks amazing but unfortunately I have one child just about to enter college and two more to go so that will have to wait if I decide to pursue it. Good luck! Maria Bohn Senior Resource Accommodation Specialist - Assistive Technology Bergen Community College Sent from my iPhone > On Jun 20, 2015, at 3:07 PM, Adam Kosakowski wrote: > > Hello Everyone! > > I have been working in our disability office part time for over a year now and I have realized I have a knack and a love for Assistive Technology! I have a Masters of Education, but now I want to augment it with a specialty in Assistive Technology so I can one day have a better chance of getting a full time Assistive Technology Specialist position. I have been looking into post-graduate programs and it's all pretty confusing to me, so I was hoping to get some input. > > So far I've found: > > 30 credit "Sixth Year" programs like this one: http://catalog.southernct.edu/graduate/programs-and-degrees/special-education-sixth-year-professional-diploma-adaptive-technology.html > 15 credit "Graduate Certificate" programs like this one: http://catalog.gmu.edu/preview_program.php?catoid=15&poid=5460&returnto=1028 > and this ATACP program: http://tsengcollege.csun.edu/programs/ATAC (This one is the quickest, so that's a huge plus) > > Regardless of what program I complete, after I aim to sit for the ATP exam through RESNA: http://www.resna.org/certification/certification-directory.dot This I already know for sure I want to do! > > I guess my questions are: What sort of program would you suggest to get the sort of position I want? What post-nominal letters should I aim for? What did you do to get such cool positions? > > Any input would be greatly appreciated! > > Regards, > > Adam Kosakowski M.Ed. > Math Specialist and Assistive Technology Specialist, University Assistant > AccessAbility Services > Western Connecticut State University > _______________________________________________ > athen-list mailing list > athen-list@mailman13.u.washington.edu > http://mailman13.u.washington.edu/mailman/listinfo/athen-list From jfukuda at pima.edu Sun Jun 21 12:38:04 2015 From: jfukuda at pima.edu (Fukuda, Janet) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:32:36 2018 Subject: [Athen] athen-list Digest, Vol 113, Issue 19 In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: Northern Arizona University has an Interdisciplinary Graduate Certificate in AT that is recognized by RESNA. It is an online program and very affordable. Janis Doneski-Nicol is the program director. Yours, Janet Janet Brims Fukuda ?Advanced Program Coordinator - Access Technology Office of Access and Disability Resources Pima Community College Office: 520.206.3018 ADR: 520.206.6688 Follow us on Twitter @PimaADR On Sun, Jun 21, 2015 at 12:00 PM, < athen-list-request@mailman13.u.washington.edu> wrote: > Send athen-list mailing list submissions to > athen-list@u.washington.edu > > To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit > http://mailman13.u.washington.edu/mailman/listinfo/athen-list > or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to > athen-list-request@mailman13.u.washington.edu > > You can reach the person managing the list at > athen-list-owner@mailman13.u.washington.edu > > When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific > than "Re: Contents of athen-list digest..." > > > Today's Topics: > > 1. Input? Adding an Assistive Technology Specialty to my M.Ed. > (Adam Kosakowski) > 2. Re: Input? Adding an Assistive Technology Specialty to my > M.Ed. (Maria Bohn) > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Message: 1 > Date: Sat, 20 Jun 2015 15:06:17 -0400 > From: Adam Kosakowski > To: "athen-list@u.washington.edu" > Subject: [Athen] Input? Adding an Assistive Technology Specialty to my > M.Ed. > Message-ID: > > > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" > > Hello Everyone! > > I have been working in our disability office part time for over a year now > and I have realized I have a knack and a love for Assistive Technology! I > have a Masters of Education, but now I want to augment it with a specialty > in Assistive Technology so I can one day have a better chance of getting a > full time Assistive Technology Specialist position. I have been looking > into post-graduate programs and it's all pretty confusing to me, so I was > hoping to get some input. > > So far I've found: > > 30 credit "Sixth Year" programs like this one: > http://catalog.southernct.edu/graduate/programs-and-degrees/special-education-sixth-year-professional-diploma-adaptive-technology.html > 15 credit "Graduate Certificate" programs like this one: > http://catalog.gmu.edu/preview_program.php?catoid=15&poid=5460&returnto=1028 > and this ATACP program: http://tsengcollege.csun.edu/programs/ATAC (This > one is the quickest, so that's a huge plus) > > Regardless of what program I complete, after I aim to sit for the ATP exam > through RESNA: > http://www.resna.org/certification/certification-directory.dot This I > already know for sure I want to do! > > I guess my questions are: What sort of program would you suggest to get > the sort of position I want? What post-nominal letters should I aim for? > What did you do to get such cool positions? > > Any input would be greatly appreciated! > > Regards, > > Adam Kosakowski M.Ed. > Math Specialist and Assistive Technology Specialist, University Assistant > AccessAbility Services > Western Connecticut State University > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 2 > Date: Sat, 20 Jun 2015 20:26:24 +0000 > From: Maria Bohn > To: Access Technology Higher Education Network > > Subject: Re: [Athen] Input? Adding an Assistive Technology Specialty > to my M.Ed. > Message-ID: <5B652BA8-3417-494F-BE6C-7023B56BE962@bergen.edu> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" > > I just finished the Atacp thru the tseng college at CSUN it's a wonderful > program. There was a lot interaction with other students so I made a lot of > connections and we plan to keep in touch. The Professors are excellent - I > did do the spring semester where you have to attend a two day mandatory in > person session I really enjoyed that and happy I chose to do that semester > I feel the information and content was valuable to my career. I too plan to > take the RESNA exam in the near future. CSUN also has an MA program in > assistive technology completely online which I learned about in depth at a > conference. It looks amazing but unfortunately I have one child just about > to enter college and two more to go so that will have to wait if I decide > to pursue it. Good luck! > > Maria Bohn > Senior Resource Accommodation Specialist - Assistive Technology > Bergen Community College > Sent from my iPhone > > > On Jun 20, 2015, at 3:07 PM, Adam Kosakowski > wrote: > > > > Hello Everyone! > > > > I have been working in our disability office part time for over a year > now and I have realized I have a knack and a love for Assistive > Technology! I have a Masters of Education, but now I want to augment it > with a specialty in Assistive Technology so I can one day have a better > chance of getting a full time Assistive Technology Specialist position. I > have been looking into post-graduate programs and it's all pretty confusing > to me, so I was hoping to get some input. > > > > So far I've found: > > > > 30 credit "Sixth Year" programs like this one: > http://catalog.southernct.edu/graduate/programs-and-degrees/special-education-sixth-year-professional-diploma-adaptive-technology.html > > 15 credit "Graduate Certificate" programs like this one: > http://catalog.gmu.edu/preview_program.php?catoid=15&poid=5460&returnto=1028 > > and this ATACP program: http://tsengcollege.csun.edu/programs/ATAC > (This one is the quickest, so that's a huge plus) > > > > Regardless of what program I complete, after I aim to sit for the ATP > exam through RESNA: > http://www.resna.org/certification/certification-directory.dot This I > already know for sure I want to do! > > > > I guess my questions are: What sort of program would you suggest to get > the sort of position I want? What post-nominal letters should I aim for? > What did you do to get such cool positions? > > > > Any input would be greatly appreciated! > > > > Regards, > > > > Adam Kosakowski M.Ed. > > Math Specialist and Assistive Technology Specialist, University Assistant > > AccessAbility Services > > Western Connecticut State University > > _______________________________________________ > > athen-list mailing list > > athen-list@mailman13.u.washington.edu > > http://mailman13.u.washington.edu/mailman/listinfo/athen-list > > > ------------------------------ > > Subject: Digest Footer > > _______________________________________________ > athen-list mailing list > athen-list@mailman13.u.washington.edu > http://mailman13.u.washington.edu/mailman/listinfo/athen-list > > > ------------------------------ > > End of athen-list Digest, Vol 113, Issue 19 > ******************************************* > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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I just finished the Atacp thru the tseng college at CSUN it's a wonderful program. There was a lot interaction with other students so I made a lot of connections and we plan to keep in touch. The Professors are excellent - I did do the spring semester where you have to attend a two day mandatory in person session I really enjoyed that and happy I chose to do that semester I feel the information and content was valuable to my career. I too plan to take the RESNA exam in the near future. CSUN also has an MA program in assistive technology completely online which I learned about in depth at a conference. It looks amazing but unfortunately I have one child just about to enter college and two more to go so that will have to wait if I decide to pursue it. Good luck! Maria Bohn Senior Resource Accommodation Specialist - Assistive Technology Bergen Community College Sent from my iPhone > On Jun 20, 2015, at 3:07 PM, Adam Kosakowski wrote: > > Hello Everyone! > > I have been working in our disability office part time for over a year now and I have realized I have a knack and a love for Assistive Technology! I have a Masters of Education, but now I want to augment it with a specialty in Assistive Technology so I can one day have a better chance of getting a full time Assistive Technology Specialist position. I have been looking into post-graduate programs and it's all pretty confusing to me, so I was hoping to get some input. > > So far I've found: > > 30 credit "Sixth Year" programs like this one: > http://catalog.southernct.edu/graduate/programs-and-degrees/special-ed > ucation-sixth-year-professional-diploma-adaptive-technology.html > 15 credit "Graduate Certificate" programs like this one: > http://catalog.gmu.edu/preview_program.php?catoid=15&poid=5460&returnt > o=1028 and this ATACP program: > http://tsengcollege.csun.edu/programs/ATAC (This one is the quickest, > so that's a huge plus) > > Regardless of what program I complete, after I aim to sit for the ATP exam through RESNA: http://www.resna.org/certification/certification-directory.dot This I already know for sure I want to do! > > I guess my questions are: What sort of program would you suggest to get the sort of position I want? What post-nominal letters should I aim for? What did you do to get such cool positions? > > Any input would be greatly appreciated! > > Regards, > > Adam Kosakowski M.Ed. > Math Specialist and Assistive Technology Specialist, University > Assistant AccessAbility Services Western Connecticut State University > _______________________________________________ > athen-list mailing list > athen-list@mailman13.u.washington.edu > http://mailman13.u.washington.edu/mailman/listinfo/athen-list _______________________________________________ athen-list mailing list athen-list@mailman13.u.washington.edu http://mailman13.u.washington.edu/mailman/listinfo/athen-list From skeegan at stanford.edu Mon Jun 22 10:53:09 2015 From: skeegan at stanford.edu (Sean J Keegan) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:32:36 2018 Subject: [Athen] New professional direction In-Reply-To: <256648721.362947.1434986717730.JavaMail.zimbra@stanford.edu> Message-ID: Colleagues, The start of something new often begins with an end and, with that in mind, I am concluding my time here at Stanford University in the Office of Accessible Education, effective June 26. I am thankful for the rich opportunities at Stanford resulting in creative accessibility solutions and to have worked alongside so many knowledgable people dedicated to serving students. My wife and I were offered new professional opportunities this past month; whereas my wife accepted an Associate Professor position at the UC Davis School of Medicine, I will be transitioning to a role with the California Community Colleges Technology Center to develop an accessibility program (more soon!) for the community college system. While difficult to leave the University and the Bay Area, were are both excited about the adventure that lay ahead. You will still find my on the e-mail discussion lists and I look forward to corresponding with many of you in my new professional role. Many of you have my personal email or feel free to reach out to me via LinkedIn at: https://www.linkedin.com/pub/sean-keegan/9/98a/132 Take care, Sean From dhayman at uw.edu Mon Jun 22 11:01:05 2015 From: dhayman at uw.edu (Doug Hayman) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:32:36 2018 Subject: [Athen] New professional direction In-Reply-To: References: <256648721.362947.1434986717730.JavaMail.zimbra@stanford.edu> Message-ID: Congratulations Sean! On Mon, Jun 22, 2015 at 10:53 AM, Sean J Keegan wrote: > Colleagues, > > The start of something new often begins with an end and, with that in > mind, I am concluding my time here at Stanford University in the Office of > Accessible Education, effective June 26. I am thankful for the rich > opportunities at Stanford resulting in creative accessibility solutions and > to have worked alongside so many knowledgable people dedicated to serving > students. > > My wife and I were offered new professional opportunities this past month; > whereas my wife accepted an Associate Professor position at the UC Davis > School of Medicine, I will be transitioning to a role with the California > Community Colleges Technology Center to develop an accessibility program > (more soon!) for the community college system. While difficult to leave the > University and the Bay Area, were are both excited about the adventure that > lay ahead. > > You will still find my on the e-mail discussion lists and I look forward > to corresponding with many of you in my new professional role. Many of you > have my personal email or feel free to reach out to me via LinkedIn at: > https://www.linkedin.com/pub/sean-keegan/9/98a/132 > > Take care, > Sean > > > _______________________________________________ > athen-list mailing list > athen-list@mailman13.u.washington.edu > http://mailman13.u.washington.edu/mailman/listinfo/athen-list > -- Doug Hayman Senior Computer Specialist DO-IT Program (Disabilities, Opportunities, Internetworking, Technology) UW Technology Services Box 354842 Seattle, WA 98195 (206) 221-4165 http://www.washington.edu/doit -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From ronrstewart at gmail.com Mon Jun 22 11:01:28 2015 From: ronrstewart at gmail.com (Ron) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:32:36 2018 Subject: [Athen] New professional direction In-Reply-To: References: <256648721.362947.1434986717730.JavaMail.zimbra@stanford.edu> Message-ID: Congratulations to you both, no one better for either role! Ron Stewart On Monday, June 22, 2015, Sean J Keegan wrote: > Colleagues, > > The start of something new often begins with an end and, with that in > mind, I am concluding my time here at Stanford University in the Office of > Accessible Education, effective June 26. I am thankful for the rich > opportunities at Stanford resulting in creative accessibility solutions and > to have worked alongside so many knowledgable people dedicated to serving > students. > > My wife and I were offered new professional opportunities this past month; > whereas my wife accepted an Associate Professor position at the UC Davis > School of Medicine, I will be transitioning to a role with the California > Community Colleges Technology Center to develop an accessibility program > (more soon!) for the community college system. While difficult to leave the > University and the Bay Area, were are both excited about the adventure that > lay ahead. > > You will still find my on the e-mail discussion lists and I look forward > to corresponding with many of you in my new professional role. Many of you > have my personal email or feel free to reach out to me via LinkedIn at: > https://www.linkedin.com/pub/sean-keegan/9/98a/132 > > Take care, > Sean > > > _______________________________________________ > athen-list mailing list > athen-list@mailman13.u.washington.edu > http://mailman13.u.washington.edu/mailman/listinfo/athen-list > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From foreigntype at gmail.com Mon Jun 22 11:28:09 2015 From: foreigntype at gmail.com (foreigntype) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:32:36 2018 Subject: [Athen] New professional direction In-Reply-To: References: <256648721.362947.1434986717730.JavaMail.zimbra@stanford.edu> Message-ID: <000601d0ad19$313cf310$93b6d930$@gmail.com> Even better news! Congratulation, Sean. Wink Harner foreigntype@gmail.com This email was dictated with Dragon Naturally Speaking. Please forgive any omissions, errata or anomalies. -----Original Message----- From: athen-list [mailto:athen-list-bounces@mailman13.u.washington.edu] On Behalf Of Sean J Keegan Sent: Monday, June 22, 2015 10:53 AM To: Access Technology Higher Education Network; Alternate Media Subject: [Athen] New professional direction Colleagues, The start of something new often begins with an end and, with that in mind, I am concluding my time here at Stanford University in the Office of Accessible Education, effective June 26. I am thankful for the rich opportunities at Stanford resulting in creative accessibility solutions and to have worked alongside so many knowledgable people dedicated to serving students. My wife and I were offered new professional opportunities this past month; whereas my wife accepted an Associate Professor position at the UC Davis School of Medicine, I will be transitioning to a role with the California Community Colleges Technology Center to develop an accessibility program (more soon!) for the community college system. While difficult to leave the University and the Bay Area, were are both excited about the adventure that lay ahead. You will still find my on the e-mail discussion lists and I look forward to corresponding with many of you in my new professional role. Many of you have my personal email or feel free to reach out to me via LinkedIn at: https://www.linkedin.com/pub/sean-keegan/9/98a/132 Take care, Sean _______________________________________________ athen-list mailing list athen-list@mailman13.u.washington.edu http://mailman13.u.washington.edu/mailman/listinfo/athen-list ----- No virus found in this message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com Version: 2015.0.5961 / Virus Database: 4365/10069 - Release Date: 06/21/15 From hkramer at ahead.org Mon Jun 22 12:12:15 2015 From: hkramer at ahead.org (Howard Kramer) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:32:36 2018 Subject: [Athen] how many instructors are writing HTML for their courses? Message-ID: Hello All: I'm working on putting together a syllabus for a short MOOC on inclusive instruction. One question that came up is whether faculty are creating their own HTML pages and therefore, should this topic be covered. My sense is that almost all course content is being created through LMS, Word, PPT and PDF documents and video. But I thought I'd see if anyone had a different take on this. Are there still a significant amount of instructors writing their own web pages? Thanks, Howard -- Howard Kramer Conference Coordinator Accessing Higher Ground 303-492-8672 cell: 720-351-8668 AHEAD Association of Higher Education and Disability -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From Teresa.Haven at nau.edu Mon Jun 22 12:23:17 2015 From: Teresa.Haven at nau.edu (Teresa Haven) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:32:36 2018 Subject: [Athen] how many instructors are writing HTML for their courses? In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <8B17405CDE724049BFD78BFBC560F1FDBDA435@yew.nau.froot.nau.edu> Hi, Howard. Over the past year I?ve worked with a lot of faculty and all but one were producing their courses using an LMS, Word, PDF, etc., as you describe. One lone faculty member was not; he was using a website building tool, but strictly in WYSIWYG mode ? he didn?t have any understanding of the HTML or other code behind his site. It would make some aspects of my professional life easier if faculty were authoring HTML, but I?m not finding that many faculty have that knowledge, skill, or interest. I?m interested to hear if others are observing different behaviors elsewhere. Cheers, Teresa Teresa Haven, Ph.D. Accessibility Analyst, Northern Arizona University From: athen-list [mailto:athen-list-bounces@mailman13.u.washington.edu] On Behalf Of Howard Kramer Sent: Monday, June 22, 2015 12:12 PM To: Access Technology Higher Education Network Cc: Aisha Jackson; Deb Castiglione Subject: [Athen] how many instructors are writing HTML for their courses? Hello All: I'm working on putting together a syllabus for a short MOOC on inclusive instruction. One question that came up is whether faculty are creating their own HTML pages and therefore, should this topic be covered. My sense is that almost all course content is being created through LMS, Word, PPT and PDF documents and video. But I thought I'd see if anyone had a different take on this. Are there still a significant amount of instructors writing their own web pages? Thanks, Howard -- Howard Kramer Conference Coordinator Accessing Higher Ground 303-492-8672 cell: 720-351-8668 AHEAD Association of Higher Education and Disability -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From ShelleyHaven at techpotential.net Mon Jun 22 12:33:54 2015 From: ShelleyHaven at techpotential.net (Shelley Haven) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:32:36 2018 Subject: [Athen] New professional direction In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <99156527-DFB5-4D45-84E0-69F5E094C7F5@techpotential.net> My best to you and your family, Sean! You've brought so much to every organization you have been part of; I'm sure you will do the same in your new position (and look forward to hearing more :-). Kind regards, Shelley _____________________________ Shelley Haven ATP, RET Assistive Technology Consultant www.TechPotential.net On Jun 22, 2015, at 10:53 AM, Sean J Keegan wrote: > Colleagues, > > The start of something new often begins with an end and, with that in mind, I am concluding my time here at Stanford University in the Office of Accessible Education, effective June 26. I am thankful for the rich opportunities at Stanford resulting in creative accessibility solutions and to have worked alongside so many knowledgable people dedicated to serving students. > > My wife and I were offered new professional opportunities this past month; whereas my wife accepted an Associate Professor position at the UC Davis School of Medicine, I will be transitioning to a role with the California Community Colleges Technology Center to develop an accessibility program (more soon!) for the community college system. While difficult to leave the University and the Bay Area, were are both excited about the adventure that lay ahead. > > You will still find my on the e-mail discussion lists and I look forward to corresponding with many of you in my new professional role. Many of you have my personal email or feel free to reach out to me via LinkedIn at: https://www.linkedin.com/pub/sean-keegan/9/98a/132 > > Take care, > Sean > > > _______________________________________________ > athen-list mailing list > athen-list@mailman13.u.washington.edu > http://mailman13.u.washington.edu/mailman/listinfo/athen-list > From kcahill at mit.edu Mon Jun 22 12:34:29 2015 From: kcahill at mit.edu (Kathleen Cahill) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:32:36 2018 Subject: [Athen] how many instructors are writing HTML for their courses? In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: Hi Howard, Before the use and standardization of LMSes, professors here were going it on their own and sometimes creating their own course web pages. But that has really changed a great deal and most are using the supported LMS on campus and not creating their own HTML. Usually the professor?s TA or staff upload course materials most of the time. Hope this helps, Kathy Kathleen Cahill MIT Assistive Technology Information Center (ATIC) 77 Mass. Ave. 7-143 Cambridge MA 02139 (617) 253-5111 kcahill@mit.edu From: Howard Kramer > Reply-To: Access Network > Date: Monday, June 22, 2015 at 3:12 PM To: Access Network > Cc: Aisha Jackson >, Deb Castiglione > Subject: [Athen] how many instructors are writing HTML for their courses? Hello All: I'm working on putting together a syllabus for a short MOOC on inclusive instruction. One question that came up is whether faculty are creating their own HTML pages and therefore, should this topic be covered. My sense is that almost all course content is being created through LMS, Word, PPT and PDF documents and video. But I thought I'd see if anyone had a different take on this. Are there still a significant amount of instructors writing their own web pages? Thanks, Howard -- Howard Kramer Conference Coordinator Accessing Higher Ground 303-492-8672 cell: 720-351-8668 AHEAD Association of Higher Education and Disability -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From ronrstewart at gmail.com Mon Jun 22 12:35:46 2015 From: ronrstewart at gmail.com (Ron Stewart) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:32:36 2018 Subject: [Athen] how many instructors are writing HTML for their courses? In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <03b001d0ad22$a38dfff0$eaa9ffd0$@gmail.com> I have not seen this on a regular basis for over a decade. While it is good for a designer to have an understanding of HTML when the WSYWIG tools do not behave I would not really teach it. On several occasions I have shown faculty to fix "problems" by hand coding but that is so rare it would not be worth the bother. Ron Stewart From: athen-list [mailto:athen-list-bounces@mailman13.u.washington.edu] On Behalf Of Howard Kramer Sent: Monday, June 22, 2015 2:12 PM To: Access Technology Higher Education Network Cc: Aisha Jackson; Deb Castiglione Subject: [Athen] how many instructors are writing HTML for their courses? Hello All: I'm working on putting together a syllabus for a short MOOC on inclusive instruction. One question that came up is whether faculty are creating their own HTML pages and therefore, should this topic be covered. My sense is that almost all course content is being created through LMS, Word, PPT and PDF documents and video. But I thought I'd see if anyone had a different take on this. Are there still a significant amount of instructors writing their own web pages? Thanks, Howard -- Howard Kramer Conference Coordinator Accessing Higher Ground 303-492-8672 cell: 720-351-8668 AHEAD Association of Higher Education and Disability -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From rsthompson2 at ua.edu Mon Jun 22 12:38:12 2015 From: rsthompson2 at ua.edu (Thompson, Rachel) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:32:36 2018 Subject: [Athen] how many instructors are writing HTML for their courses? In-Reply-To: <8B17405CDE724049BFD78BFBC560F1FDBDA435@yew.nau.froot.nau.edu> References: <8B17405CDE724049BFD78BFBC560F1FDBDA435@yew.nau.froot.nau.edu> Message-ID: Howard, My experience matches Teresa?s. We have two groups on our campus who create their own pages by writing code or using professional web creation tools like Dreamweaver: our fully online distance education course designers and some computer science faculty members. We also have a growing body of content that, while accessed via the LMS (Blackboard, in our case), it is supplied by, created by, and controlled by textbook publishers. I am trying to make sure faculty members have some awareness of the importance of accessibility and inclusive design and that our needs are conveyed to the publishers. Dr. Rachel S. Thompson Director, Emerging Technology and Accessibility Center for Instructional Technology University of Alabama http://accessibility.ua.edu From: Teresa Haven > Reply-To: "athen-list@u.washington.edu" > Date: Monday, June 22, 2015 at 2:23 PM To: "athen-list@u.washington.edu" > Subject: Re: [Athen] how many instructors are writing HTML for their courses? Hi, Howard. Over the past year I?ve worked with a lot of faculty and all but one were producing their courses using an LMS, Word, PDF, etc., as you describe. One lone faculty member was not; he was using a website building tool, but strictly in WYSIWYG mode ? he didn?t have any understanding of the HTML or other code behind his site. It would make some aspects of my professional life easier if faculty were authoring HTML, but I?m not finding that many faculty have that knowledge, skill, or interest. I?m interested to hear if others are observing different behaviors elsewhere. Cheers, Teresa Teresa Haven, Ph.D. Accessibility Analyst, Northern Arizona University From: athen-list [mailto:athen-list-bounces@mailman13.u.washington.edu] On Behalf Of Howard Kramer Sent: Monday, June 22, 2015 12:12 PM To: Access Technology Higher Education Network Cc: Aisha Jackson; Deb Castiglione Subject: [Athen] how many instructors are writing HTML for their courses? Hello All: I'm working on putting together a syllabus for a short MOOC on inclusive instruction. One question that came up is whether faculty are creating their own HTML pages and therefore, should this topic be covered. My sense is that almost all course content is being created through LMS, Word, PPT and PDF documents and video. But I thought I'd see if anyone had a different take on this. Are there still a significant amount of instructors writing their own web pages? Thanks, Howard -- Howard Kramer Conference Coordinator Accessing Higher Ground 303-492-8672 cell: 720-351-8668 AHEAD Association of Higher Education and Disability -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From chenjiat at msu.edu Mon Jun 22 13:37:45 2015 From: chenjiat at msu.edu (chenjiat@msu.edu) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:32:36 2018 Subject: [Athen] how many instructors are writing HTML for their courses? In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <1435005464994.0ea03005@Nodemailer> Most faculty use the WYSIWYG editor to add pages and images. ? A lot just upload Word, PDF, media, content packages (e.g., Camtasia, Captivate). ? Some hard core physics, comp sc, maths and econ professors would use HTML, but mostly because they need to add scripts, embeds or equations. -- Jiatyan Chen Coordinator for Web Accessibility IT Services Michigan State University +1 (517)-884-0666 On Monday, Jun 22, 2015 at 15:12, Howard Kramer , wrote: Hello All: I'm working on putting together a syllabus for a short MOOC on inclusive instruction. One question that came up is whether faculty are creating their own HTML pages and therefore, should this topic be covered. My sense is that almost all course content is being created through LMS, Word, PPT and PDF documents and video. But I thought I'd see if anyone had a different take on this. Are there still a significant amount of instructors writing their own web pages? 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Jon -----Original Message----- From: athen-list [mailto:athen-list-bounces@mailman13.u.washington.edu] On Behalf Of Sean J Keegan Sent: Monday, June 22, 2015 12:53 PM To: Access Technology Higher Education Network; Alternate Media Subject: [Athen] New professional direction Colleagues, The start of something new often begins with an end and, with that in mind, I am concluding my time here at Stanford University in the Office of Accessible Education, effective June 26. I am thankful for the rich opportunities at Stanford resulting in creative accessibility solutions and to have worked alongside so many knowledgable people dedicated to serving students. My wife and I were offered new professional opportunities this past month; whereas my wife accepted an Associate Professor position at the UC Davis School of Medicine, I will be transitioning to a role with the California Community Colleges Technology Center to develop an accessibility program (more soon!) for the community college system. While difficult to leave the University and the Bay Area, were are both excited about the adventure that lay ahead. You will still find my on the e-mail discussion lists and I look forward to corresponding with many of you in my new professional role. Many of you have my personal email or feel free to reach out to me via LinkedIn at: https://www.linkedin.com/pub/sean-keegan/9/98a/132 Take care, Sean _______________________________________________ athen-list mailing list athen-list@mailman13.u.washington.edu http://mailman13.u.washington.edu/mailman/listinfo/athen-list From Teresa.Haven at nau.edu Mon Jun 22 14:47:19 2015 From: Teresa.Haven at nau.edu (Teresa Haven) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:32:36 2018 Subject: [Athen] New professional direction In-Reply-To: References: <256648721.362947.1434986717730.JavaMail.zimbra@stanford.edu> Message-ID: <8B17405CDE724049BFD78BFBC560F1FDBDA74C@yew.nau.froot.nau.edu> Congratulations, Sean -- enjoy the new environments and new challenges. Glad you will still be among us! Teresa Teresa Haven, Ph.D. Accessibility Analyst, Northern Arizona University Co-Chair, AHEAD Standing Committee on Technology -----Original Message----- From: athen-list [mailto:athen-list-bounces@mailman13.u.washington.edu] On Behalf Of Sean J Keegan Sent: Monday, June 22, 2015 10:53 AM To: Access Technology Higher Education Network; Alternate Media Subject: [Athen] New professional direction Colleagues, The start of something new often begins with an end and, with that in mind, I am concluding my time here at Stanford University in the Office of Accessible Education, effective June 26. I am thankful for the rich opportunities at Stanford resulting in creative accessibility solutions and to have worked alongside so many knowledgable people dedicated to serving students. My wife and I were offered new professional opportunities this past month; whereas my wife accepted an Associate Professor position at the UC Davis School of Medicine, I will be transitioning to a role with the California Community Colleges Technology Center to develop an accessibility program (more soon!) for the community college system. While difficult to leave the University and the Bay Area, were are both excited about the adventure that lay ahead. You will still find my on the e-mail discussion lists and I look forward to corresponding with many of you in my new professional role. Many of you have my personal email or feel free to reach out to me via LinkedIn at: https://www.linkedin.com/pub/sean-keegan/9/98a/132 Take care, Sean _______________________________________________ athen-list mailing list athen-list@mailman13.u.washington.edu http://mailman13.u.washington.edu/mailman/listinfo/athen-list From sherylb at uw.edu Mon Jun 22 15:02:27 2015 From: sherylb at uw.edu (Sheryl E. Burgstahler) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:32:36 2018 Subject: [Athen] how many instructors are writing HTML for their courses? In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <5E88589D-3FAA-4118-816A-066878E8817D@uw.edu> My interactions with faculty suggest that most do not develop HTML pages themselves. ------------------------------------------------------------ Sheryl Burgstahler, Ph.D. Director, UW Accessible Technology & DO-IT, UW-IT Affiliate Professor, Education University of Washington, Box 354842 Seattle, WA 98195 206-543-0622 FAX 206-221-4171 http://staff.washington.edu/sherylb sherylb@uw.edu On Jun 22, 2015, at 12:12 PM, Howard Kramer > wrote: Hello All: I'm working on putting together a syllabus for a short MOOC on inclusive instruction. One question that came up is whether faculty are creating their own HTML pages and therefore, should this topic be covered. My sense is that almost all course content is being created through LMS, Word, PPT and PDF documents and video. But I thought I'd see if anyone had a different take on this. Are there still a significant amount of instructors writing their own web pages? Thanks, Howard -- Howard Kramer Conference Coordinator Accessing Higher Ground 303-492-8672 cell: 720-351-8668 AHEAD Association of Higher Education and Disability _______________________________________________ athen-list mailing list athen-list@mailman13.u.washington.edu http://mailman13.u.washington.edu/mailman/listinfo/athen-list -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From lissner.2 at osu.edu Mon Jun 22 15:14:49 2015 From: lissner.2 at osu.edu (Lissner, L S. (Scott)) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:32:36 2018 Subject: [Athen] how many instructors are writing HTML for their courses? In-Reply-To: <5E88589D-3FAA-4118-816A-066878E8817D@uw.edu> References: , <5E88589D-3FAA-4118-816A-066878E8817D@uw.edu> Message-ID: <35E1C189-6E56-4AF5-BD6B-E3AFB3E0A5CC@osu.edu> Speaking as a faculty member I am just learning to spell HTML. L. Scott Lissner, The Ohio State University ADA Coordinator and 504 Compliance Office Associate, John Glenn School of Public Affairs Lecturer, Knowlton School of Architecture, Moritz College of Law & Disability Studies Board, Center for Disability Empowerment Appointed State HAVA Committee & Columbus Advisory Council on Disability Issues Past President, AHEAD (614) 292-6207(v); (614) 688-8605(tty) (614) 688-3665(fax); Http://ada.osu.edu 154 West 12th, Columbus, Ohio. 43210 On Jun 22, 2015, at 6:10 PM, Sheryl E. Burgstahler > wrote: My interactions with faculty suggest that most do not develop HTML pages themselves. ------------------------------------------------------------ Sheryl Burgstahler, Ph.D. Director, UW Accessible Technology & DO-IT, UW-IT Affiliate Professor, Education University of Washington, Box 354842 Seattle, WA 98195 206-543-0622 FAX 206-221-4171 http://staff.washington.edu/sherylb sherylb@uw.edu On Jun 22, 2015, at 12:12 PM, Howard Kramer > wrote: Hello All: I'm working on putting together a syllabus for a short MOOC on inclusive instruction. One question that came up is whether faculty are creating their own HTML pages and therefore, should this topic be covered. My sense is that almost all course content is being created through LMS, Word, PPT and PDF documents and video. But I thought I'd see if anyone had a different take on this. Are there still a significant amount of instructors writing their own web pages? Thanks, Howard -- Howard Kramer Conference Coordinator Accessing Higher Ground 303-492-8672 cell: 720-351-8668 AHEAD Association of Higher Education and Disability _______________________________________________ athen-list mailing list athen-list@mailman13.u.washington.edu http://mailman13.u.washington.edu/mailman/listinfo/athen-list _______________________________________________ athen-list mailing list athen-list@mailman13.u.washington.edu http://mailman13.u.washington.edu/mailman/listinfo/athen-list -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From hkramer at ahead.org Mon Jun 22 21:09:28 2015 From: hkramer at ahead.org (Howard Kramer) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:32:36 2018 Subject: [Athen] how many instructors are writing HTML for their courses? In-Reply-To: <1435005464994.0ea03005@Nodemailer> References: <1435005464994.0ea03005@Nodemailer> Message-ID: Thank you to everyone for your responses. It pretty much matches what I had thought but it's nice to have verification. -Howard On Mon, Jun 22, 2015 at 2:37 PM, wrote: > Most faculty use the WYSIWYG editor to add pages and images. > > A lot just upload Word, PDF, media, content packages (e.g., Camtasia, > Captivate). > > Some hard core physics, comp sc, maths and econ professors would use HTML, > but mostly because they need to add scripts, embeds or equations. > > -- > Jiatyan Chen > > Coordinator for Web Accessibility > IT Services > Michigan State University > +1 (517)-884-0666 > > > On Monday, Jun 22, 2015 at 15:12, Howard Kramer , > wrote: > >> Hello All: >> >> I'm working on putting together a syllabus for a short MOOC on inclusive >> instruction. One question that came up is whether faculty are creating >> their own HTML pages and therefore, should this topic be covered. My sense >> is that almost all course content is being created through LMS, Word, PPT >> and PDF documents and video. But I thought I'd see if anyone had a >> different take on this. Are there still a significant amount of instructors >> writing their own web pages? >> >> Thanks, >> Howard >> >> -- >> Howard Kramer >> Conference Coordinator >> Accessing Higher Ground >> 303-492-8672 >> cell: 720-351-8668 >> >> AHEAD Association of Higher Education and Disability >> >> >> >> > _______________________________________________ > athen-list mailing list > athen-list@mailman13.u.washington.edu > http://mailman13.u.washington.edu/mailman/listinfo/athen-list > > -- Howard Kramer Conference Coordinator Accessing Higher Ground 303-492-8672 cell: 720-351-8668 AHEAD Association of Higher Education and Disability -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From sebastian.kelle at acm.org Mon Jun 22 21:53:20 2015 From: sebastian.kelle at acm.org (Sebastian Kelle) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:32:36 2018 Subject: [Athen] how many instructors are writing HTML for their courses? In-Reply-To: References: <1435005464994.0ea03005@Nodemailer> Message-ID: Hello from Europe (hence, the odd daytime of this email): In our MOOC on accessibility, which is currently under heavy development, we making use of a modified version of markdown syntax that's interpreted by a custom-built LMS platform. See https://help.github.com/articles/github-flavored-markdown/ also, moodle has it: https://docs.moodle.org/23/en/Markdown, although using Moodle for MOOCs is not a good idea. Although we're not exactly relying on people using this syntax, it helps speed up the html creation quite a bit whenever someone submits plain text or word doc - based content. Whoever of the content authors wants full control can also directly submit "marked up markdown" content - it's quite easy to learn. See for example, http://markdowntutorial.com/ Sebastian On Tue, Jun 23, 2015 at 6:09 AM, Howard Kramer wrote: > Thank you to everyone for your responses. It pretty much matches what I > had thought but it's nice to have verification. > > -Howard > > On Mon, Jun 22, 2015 at 2:37 PM, wrote: > >> Most faculty use the WYSIWYG editor to add pages and images. >> >> A lot just upload Word, PDF, media, content packages (e.g., Camtasia, >> Captivate). >> >> Some hard core physics, comp sc, maths and econ professors would use >> HTML, but mostly because they need to add scripts, embeds or equations. >> >> -- >> Jiatyan Chen >> >> Coordinator for Web Accessibility >> IT Services >> Michigan State University >> +1 (517)-884-0666 >> >> >> On Monday, Jun 22, 2015 at 15:12, Howard Kramer , >> wrote: >> >>> Hello All: >>> >>> I'm working on putting together a syllabus for a short MOOC on inclusive >>> instruction. One question that came up is whether faculty are creating >>> their own HTML pages and therefore, should this topic be covered. My sense >>> is that almost all course content is being created through LMS, Word, PPT >>> and PDF documents and video. But I thought I'd see if anyone had a >>> different take on this. Are there still a significant amount of instructors >>> writing their own web pages? >>> >>> Thanks, >>> Howard >>> >>> -- >>> Howard Kramer >>> Conference Coordinator >>> Accessing Higher Ground >>> 303-492-8672 >>> cell: 720-351-8668 >>> >>> AHEAD Association of Higher Education and Disability >>> >>> >>> >>> >> _______________________________________________ >> athen-list mailing list >> athen-list@mailman13.u.washington.edu >> http://mailman13.u.washington.edu/mailman/listinfo/athen-list >> >> > > > -- > Howard Kramer > Conference Coordinator > Accessing Higher Ground > 303-492-8672 > cell: 720-351-8668 > > AHEAD Association of Higher Education and Disability > > > _______________________________________________ > athen-list mailing list > athen-list@mailman13.u.washington.edu > http://mailman13.u.washington.edu/mailman/listinfo/athen-list > > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From kerscher at montana.com Tue Jun 23 05:50:38 2015 From: kerscher at montana.com (George Kerscher) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:32:36 2018 Subject: [Athen] how many instructors are writing HTML for their courses? In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <004f01d0adb3$352f7c00$9f8e7400$@montana.com> Hi Howard, University of Montana provides to professors assistance in course design. This includes the creation of accessible course materials. This group also worked with the Moodle Rooms developers to improve the accessibility of their LMS. I think this approach works well. I have copied Marlene Zentz on this message if you need more details. Best George From: athen-list [mailto:athen-list-bounces@mailman13.u.washington.edu] On Behalf Of Howard Kramer Sent: Monday, June 22, 2015 1:12 PM To: Access Technology Higher Education Network Cc: Aisha Jackson; Deb Castiglione Subject: [Athen] how many instructors are writing HTML for their courses? Hello All: I'm working on putting together a syllabus for a short MOOC on inclusive instruction. One question that came up is whether faculty are creating their own HTML pages and therefore, should this topic be covered. My sense is that almost all course content is being created through LMS, Word, PPT and PDF documents and video. But I thought I'd see if anyone had a different take on this. Are there still a significant amount of instructors writing their own web pages? Thanks, Howard -- Howard Kramer Conference Coordinator Accessing Higher Ground 303-492-8672 cell: 720-351-8668 AHEAD Association of Higher Education and Disability -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From info at karlencommunications.com Tue Jun 23 06:24:31 2015 From: info at karlencommunications.com (Karlen Communications) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:32:36 2018 Subject: [Athen] how many instructors are writing HTML for their courses? In-Reply-To: <004f01d0adb3$352f7c00$9f8e7400$@montana.com> References: <004f01d0adb3$352f7c00$9f8e7400$@montana.com> Message-ID: <000e01d0adb7$f1ab2510$d5016f30$@karlencommunications.com> Your question is timely. There was a session at the D2L Brightspace FUSION conference yesterday about HTML and CSS templates in the Brightspace environment. The room was full so it is a topic that people are interested in. Cheers, Karen From: athen-list [mailto:athen-list-bounces@mailman13.u.washington.edu] On Behalf Of George Kerscher Sent: June 23, 2015 8:51 AM To: 'Access Technology Higher Education Network' Cc: 'Aisha Jackson'; 'Deb Castiglione'; Zentz, Marlene Subject: Re: [Athen] how many instructors are writing HTML for their courses? Hi Howard, University of Montana provides to professors assistance in course design. This includes the creation of accessible course materials. This group also worked with the Moodle Rooms developers to improve the accessibility of their LMS. I think this approach works well. I have copied Marlene Zentz on this message if you need more details. Best George From: athen-list [mailto:athen-list-bounces@mailman13.u.washington.edu] On Behalf Of Howard Kramer Sent: Monday, June 22, 2015 1:12 PM To: Access Technology Higher Education Network Cc: Aisha Jackson; Deb Castiglione Subject: [Athen] how many instructors are writing HTML for their courses? Hello All: I'm working on putting together a syllabus for a short MOOC on inclusive instruction. One question that came up is whether faculty are creating their own HTML pages and therefore, should this topic be covered. My sense is that almost all course content is being created through LMS, Word, PPT and PDF documents and video. But I thought I'd see if anyone had a different take on this. Are there still a significant amount of instructors writing their own web pages? 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Robert Lee Beach Assistive Technology Specialist Kansas City Kansas Community College 7250 State Avenue Kansas City, KS 66112 913-288-7671 rbeach@kckcc.edu From: athen-list [mailto:athen-list-bounces@mailman13.u.washington.edu] On Behalf Of Greg Kraus Sent: Friday, June 12, 2015 1:19 PM To: ATHEN Subject: [Athen] Change in position Hi All, I wanted to share some news with you, but some of you may have already heard through other channels. I am starting a new leg of my journey in IT accessibility. In mid-August I will be joining Interactive Accessibility, an IT accessibility consulting company, as Principal Accessibility Specialist. As I've told many people on campus, it was a very hard decision to leave, but I am very excited about the new challenges and opportunities that lay before me. Just because I am leaving NC State does not mean I am leaving higher education completely. I do plan on being at the EDUCAUSE Annual Conference this Fall and will also participate in conferences like Accessing Higher Ground. I have thoroughly enjoyed all of my time with ATHEN, the projects I have been involved with, and the friends I have made. Greg -- Greg Kraus University IT Accessibility Coordinator NC State University 919.513.4087 gdkraus@ncsu.edu -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From blrichwine at gmail.com Tue Jun 23 08:05:15 2015 From: blrichwine at gmail.com (Brian Richwine) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:32:36 2018 Subject: [Athen] New professional direction In-Reply-To: References: <256648721.362947.1434986717730.JavaMail.zimbra@stanford.edu> Message-ID: Congratulations Sean! On Mon, Jun 22, 2015 at 1:53 PM, Sean J Keegan wrote: > Colleagues, > > The start of something new often begins with an end and, with that in > mind, I am concluding my time here at Stanford University in the Office of > Accessible Education, effective June 26. I am thankful for the rich > opportunities at Stanford resulting in creative accessibility solutions and > to have worked alongside so many knowledgable people dedicated to serving > students. > > My wife and I were offered new professional opportunities this past month; > whereas my wife accepted an Associate Professor position at the UC Davis > School of Medicine, I will be transitioning to a role with the California > Community Colleges Technology Center to develop an accessibility program > (more soon!) for the community college system. While difficult to leave the > University and the Bay Area, were are both excited about the adventure that > lay ahead. > > You will still find my on the e-mail discussion lists and I look forward > to corresponding with many of you in my new professional role. Many of you > have my personal email or feel free to reach out to me via LinkedIn at: > https://www.linkedin.com/pub/sean-keegan/9/98a/132 > > Take care, > Sean > > > _______________________________________________ > athen-list mailing list > athen-list@mailman13.u.washington.edu > http://mailman13.u.washington.edu/mailman/listinfo/athen-list > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From hadir at uw.edu Tue Jun 23 09:06:00 2015 From: hadir at uw.edu (Hadi Rangin) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:32:36 2018 Subject: [Athen] New professional direction In-Reply-To: References: <256648721.362947.1434986717730.JavaMail.zimbra@stanford.edu> Message-ID: Congratulations Sean to you and your wife and best wishes for you both in your new endeavors. California Community College are lucky to have you. Hadi ----Original Message----- From: athen-list [mailto:athen-list-bounces@mailman13.u.washington.edu] On Behalf Of Sean J Keegan Sent: Monday, June 22, 2015 10:53 AM To: Access Technology Higher Education Network; Alternate Media Subject: [Athen] New professional direction Colleagues, The start of something new often begins with an end and, with that in mind, I am concluding my time here at Stanford University in the Office of Accessible Education, effective June 26. I am thankful for the rich opportunities at Stanford resulting in creative accessibility solutions and to have worked alongside so many knowledgable people dedicated to serving students. My wife and I were offered new professional opportunities this past month; whereas my wife accepted an Associate Professor position at the UC Davis School of Medicine, I will be transitioning to a role with the California Community Colleges Technology Center to develop an accessibility program (more soon!) for the community college system. While difficult to leave the University and the Bay Area, were are both excited about the adventure that lay ahead. You will still find my on the e-mail discussion lists and I look forward to corresponding with many of you in my new professional role. Many of you have my personal email or feel free to reach out to me via LinkedIn at: https://www.linkedin.com/pub/sean-keegan/9/98a/132 Take care, Sean _______________________________________________ athen-list mailing list athen-list@mailman13.u.washington.edu http://mailman13.u.washington.edu/mailman/listinfo/athen-list From ronrstewart at gmail.com Tue Jun 23 10:52:24 2015 From: ronrstewart at gmail.com (Ron) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:32:36 2018 Subject: [Athen] Posting: Five College EIT Accessibility Coordinator In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: A very interesting opportunity. Mount Holyoke College is seeking a talented individual for the position of Five College Electronic Information Technology (EIT) Accessibility Coordinator. The ideal candidate for this position will be an individual with working knowledge of current disability law and IT Accessibility best practices, applying Universal Design (UD) principles. The Five College EIT Accessibility Coordinator will provide expertise, technical direction, assessment, and implementation support to Amherst, Hampshire, Mount Holyoke, and Smith Colleges with the goal of bringing technologies at each campus into compliance with state and federal technology accessibility requirements. This individual will be an employee of Mount Holyoke College in a shared services model, helping each of the four campuses develop and maintain IT accessibility goals and implement strategies that support all students, faculty, and staff. The full vacancy announcement can be found at https://jobs.mtholyoke.edu/index.cgi?&JA_m=JASDET&JA_s=237. Thank you for any help you can give us with identifying and nominating qualified candidates I am happy also to take questions. 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From lcarlson at d.umn.edu Tue Jun 23 13:12:45 2015 From: lcarlson at d.umn.edu (Laura Carlson) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:32:36 2018 Subject: [Athen] Accessible Online Learning community group Message-ID: Hello everyone, If you are thinking about joining the W3C Accessible Online Learning Community Group, which Jennifer mentioned back in April, they are running an Introductory Survey for current and prospective group members to try to understand what should be the focus of the group. https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/AccessLearn Best Regards, Laura > On 4/10/2015, Jennifer Sutton wrote: > Here's a better link; the group now has enough > supporters that it's no longer in the "proposed" phase: > > https://www.w3.org/community/accesslearn/ >> On 4/10/2015, Jennifer Sutton wrote: >> ATHENites: >> >> Cross-posted from the WAI-IG email list. >> Thought some on this list might want to pass >> this along to your colleagues and/or get involved, yourselves, as appropriate. >> >> Jennifer >> >> See: >> https://www.w3.org/community/groups/proposed/>https://www.w3.org/community/groups/proposed/ >> Here's the group's description: >> >> Accessibility is often provided through >> accommodations. Schools are legally obligated to >> provide accommodations to enrolled students with identified disabilities, >> based on their needs-sign language interpreters >> in lectures for deaf students, digital copies of >> textbooks for students who are blind or have reading difficulties, >> extended time on exams for students who need >> more time due to cognitive or physical >> disabilities. With online learning, the obligations are less clear-for >> example, with MOOCs, where students around the >> world are taking courses but are not enrolled at >> the sponsoring school or organization. Also, accommodations >> are not well established-sign language >> interpreters and note takers are typically >> accommodations for the physical classroom. How does an organization ensure >> they are meeting obligations and giving online >> students the support they need participate fully >> and to be successful? Providers of online learning are >> best off delivering courses that are accessible >> out-of-the-box, without the need for special >> accommodations. And many of the features that provide an accessible >> experience for people with disabilities benefit >> all learners. For example, lecture transcripts >> are an excellent tool for study and review. However, without >> deliberate attention to the technologies, >> standards, and guidelines that comprise the Web >> Platform, accessibility may be difficult to achieve, and learners >> with disabilities may be left behind. The >> activities of the Accessible Online Learning W3C >> Community Group take place at the intersection of accessibility >> and online learning. We focus on reviewing >> current W3C resources and technologies to ensure >> the requirements for accessible online learning experiences >> are considered. We also identify areas where >> additional resources and technologies are needed >> to ensure full participation of people with disabilities >> in online learning experiences. -- Laura L. Carlson Information Technology Systems and Services University of Minnesota Duluth Duluth, MN U.S.A. 55812-3009 http://www.d.umn.edu/itss/training/online/webdesign/ From danc at uw.edu Tue Jun 23 23:55:57 2015 From: danc at uw.edu (Dan Comden) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:32:36 2018 Subject: [Athen] Input? Adding an Assistive Technology Specialty to my M.Ed. In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: Solid IT experience is lacking from many of the AT programs I've seen. I'd estimate that half of what I've done (at least) over the last decades has more to do with troubleshooting and understanding operating systems and networking as much as specific AT applications. Developing the ability to write and understand the basics of one or more simple scripting languages will serve an AT professional well throughout their career. Being able to know and use those IT skills also lets you get past first-tier support when seeking assistance from a vendor, increasing your ability to successfully resolve install issues with better efficiency. We are increasingly asked to assist in assessing IT accessibility in a variety of settings, most of which are now web-based. A good foundation of HTML knowledge will help in understanding and communicating accessibility problems with apps and sites. Many of us are in a unique (and really interesting) mix of doing tech, personal contact, and AT. The tech part often is neglected yet it's a vital part of our jobs. And for many campuses where the AT person is working within Student Services and not IT, being able to bridge that communication gap with local IT resources is a significant -- if not vital -- skill. -*- Dan On Sat, Jun 20, 2015 at 12:06 PM, Adam Kosakowski wrote: > Hello Everyone! > > I have been working in our disability office part time for over a year now > and I have realized I have a knack and a love for Assistive Technology! I > have a Masters of Education, but now I want to augment it with a specialty > in Assistive Technology so I can one day have a better chance of getting a > full time Assistive Technology Specialist position. I have been looking > into post-graduate programs and it's all pretty confusing to me, so I was > hoping to get some input. > > So far I've found: > > 30 credit "Sixth Year" programs like this one: > http://catalog.southernct.edu/graduate/programs-and-degrees/special-education-sixth-year-professional-diploma-adaptive-technology.html > 15 credit "Graduate Certificate" programs like this one: > http://catalog.gmu.edu/preview_program.php?catoid=15&poid=5460&returnto=1028 > and this ATACP program: http://tsengcollege.csun.edu/programs/ATAC (This > one is the quickest, so that's a huge plus) > > Regardless of what program I complete, after I aim to sit for the ATP exam > through RESNA: > http://www.resna.org/certification/certification-directory.dot This I > already know for sure I want to do! > > I guess my questions are: What sort of program would you suggest to get > the sort of position I want? What post-nominal letters should I aim for? > What did you do to get such cool positions? > > Any input would be greatly appreciated! > > Regards, > > Adam Kosakowski M.Ed. > Math Specialist and Assistive Technology Specialist, University Assistant > AccessAbility Services > Western Connecticut State University > _______________________________________________ > athen-list mailing list > athen-list@mailman13.u.washington.edu > http://mailman13.u.washington.edu/mailman/listinfo/athen-list > -- -*- Dan Comden danc@uw.edu Access Technology Center www.uw.edu/itconnect/accessibility/atl/ University of Washington UW Information Technology -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From foreigntype at gmail.com Wed Jun 24 00:02:21 2015 From: foreigntype at gmail.com (Wink Harner) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:32:36 2018 Subject: [Athen] Input? Adding an Assistive Technology Specialty to my M.Ed. In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: A valuable insight and suggestion, Dan. Thanks. Wink Harner Accessibility & Adaptive Technology Consultant The Foreign Type On Jun 23, 2015 11:56 PM, "Dan Comden" wrote: > Solid IT experience is lacking from many of the AT programs I've seen. I'd > estimate that half of what I've done (at least) over the last decades has > more to do with troubleshooting and understanding operating systems and > networking as much as specific AT applications. Developing the ability to > write and understand the basics of one or more simple scripting languages > will serve an AT professional well throughout their career. Being able to > know and use those IT skills also lets you get past first-tier support when > seeking assistance from a vendor, increasing your ability to successfully > resolve install issues with better efficiency. > > We are increasingly asked to assist in assessing IT accessibility in a > variety of settings, most of which are now web-based. A good foundation of > HTML knowledge will help in understanding and communicating accessibility > problems with apps and sites. > > Many of us are in a unique (and really interesting) mix of doing tech, > personal contact, and AT. The tech part often is neglected yet it's a vital > part of our jobs. And for many campuses where the AT person is working > within Student Services and not IT, being able to bridge that communication > gap with local IT resources is a significant -- if not vital -- skill. > > -*- Dan > > > > On Sat, Jun 20, 2015 at 12:06 PM, Adam Kosakowski > wrote: > >> Hello Everyone! >> >> I have been working in our disability office part time for over a year >> now and I have realized I have a knack and a love for Assistive >> Technology! I have a Masters of Education, but now I want to augment it >> with a specialty in Assistive Technology so I can one day have a better >> chance of getting a full time Assistive Technology Specialist position. I >> have been looking into post-graduate programs and it's all pretty confusing >> to me, so I was hoping to get some input. >> >> So far I've found: >> >> 30 credit "Sixth Year" programs like this one: >> http://catalog.southernct.edu/graduate/programs-and-degrees/special-education-sixth-year-professional-diploma-adaptive-technology.html >> 15 credit "Graduate Certificate" programs like this one: >> http://catalog.gmu.edu/preview_program.php?catoid=15&poid=5460&returnto=1028 >> and this ATACP program: http://tsengcollege.csun.edu/programs/ATAC >> (This one is the quickest, so that's a huge plus) >> >> Regardless of what program I complete, after I aim to sit for the ATP >> exam through RESNA: >> http://www.resna.org/certification/certification-directory.dot This I >> already know for sure I want to do! >> >> I guess my questions are: What sort of program would you suggest to get >> the sort of position I want? What post-nominal letters should I aim for? >> What did you do to get such cool positions? >> >> Any input would be greatly appreciated! >> >> Regards, >> >> Adam Kosakowski M.Ed. >> Math Specialist and Assistive Technology Specialist, University Assistant >> AccessAbility Services >> Western Connecticut State University >> _______________________________________________ >> athen-list mailing list >> athen-list@mailman13.u.washington.edu >> http://mailman13.u.washington.edu/mailman/listinfo/athen-list >> > > > > -- > -*- Dan Comden danc@uw.edu > Access Technology Center www.uw.edu/itconnect/accessibility/atl/ > University of Washington UW Information Technology > > > _______________________________________________ > athen-list mailing list > athen-list@mailman13.u.washington.edu > http://mailman13.u.washington.edu/mailman/listinfo/athen-list > > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From ksinglet at gmu.edu Wed Jun 24 05:34:38 2015 From: ksinglet at gmu.edu (Korey J Singleton) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:32:37 2018 Subject: [Athen] Input? Adding an Assistive Technology Specialty to my M.Ed. Message-ID: <265c91eb-7d3b-4915-9b82-1873135cf326@email.android.com> Very well put, Dan! I completely agree. Korey Singleton ATI Manager Assistive Technology Initiative Aquia Building RM 238 MSN: 6A11 Fairfax Campus 4400 University Drive Fairfax, VA 22030 Phone: 703-993-2143 Fax: 703-993-4743 http://ati.gmu.edu Twitter: @AccessibleMason On Jun 24, 2015 2:56 AM, Dan Comden wrote: Solid IT experience is lacking from many of the AT programs I've seen. I'd estimate that half of what I've done (at least) over the last decades has more to do with troubleshooting and understanding operating systems and networking as much as specific AT applications. Developing the ability to write and understand the basics of one or more simple scripting languages will serve an AT professional well throughout their career. Being able to know and use those IT skills also lets you get past first-tier support when seeking assistance from a vendor, increasing your ability to successfully resolve install issues with better efficiency. We are increasingly asked to assist in assessing IT accessibility in a variety of settings, most of which are now web-based. A good foundation of HTML knowledge will help in understanding and communicating accessibility problems with apps and sites. Many of us are in a unique (and really interesting) mix of doing tech, personal contact, and AT. The tech part often is neglected yet it's a vital part of our jobs. And for many campuses where the AT person is working within Student Services and not IT, being able to bridge that communication gap with local IT resources is a significant -- if not vital -- skill. -*- Dan On Sat, Jun 20, 2015 at 12:06 PM, Adam Kosakowski > wrote: Hello Everyone! I have been working in our disability office part time for over a year now and I have realized I have a knack and a love for Assistive Technology! I have a Masters of Education, but now I want to augment it with a specialty in Assistive Technology so I can one day have a better chance of getting a full time Assistive Technology Specialist position. I have been looking into post-graduate programs and it's all pretty confusing to me, so I was hoping to get some input. So far I've found: 30 credit "Sixth Year" programs like this one: http://catalog.southernct.edu/graduate/programs-and-degrees/special-education-sixth-year-professional-diploma-adaptive-technology.html 15 credit "Graduate Certificate" programs like this one: http://catalog.gmu.edu/preview_program.php?catoid=15&poid=5460&returnto=1028 and this ATACP program: http://tsengcollege.csun.edu/programs/ATAC (This one is the quickest, so that's a huge plus) Regardless of what program I complete, after I aim to sit for the ATP exam through RESNA: http://www.resna.org/certification/certification-directory.dot This I already know for sure I want to do! I guess my questions are: What sort of program would you suggest to get the sort of position I want? What post-nominal letters should I aim for? What did you do to get such cool positions? Any input would be greatly appreciated! Regards, Adam Kosakowski M.Ed. Math Specialist and Assistive Technology Specialist, University Assistant AccessAbility Services Western Connecticut State University _______________________________________________ athen-list mailing list athen-list@mailman13.u.washington.edu http://mailman13.u.washington.edu/mailman/listinfo/athen-list -- -*- Dan Comden danc@uw.edu Access Technology Center www.uw.edu/itconnect/accessibility/atl/ University of Washington UW Information Technology -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From sdmacleo at svsu.edu Wed Jun 24 06:13:09 2015 From: sdmacleo at svsu.edu (Scott D. MacLeod) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:32:37 2018 Subject: [Athen] Accessible Online Learning community group In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <1912446119.71069767.1435151589952.JavaMail.zimbra@svsu.edu> Laura, My birthday is December 27, 1960 Thanks Scott ----- Original Message ----- From: "Laura Carlson" To: athen-list@u.washington.edu Sent: Tuesday, June 23, 2015 4:12:45 PM Subject: Re: [Athen] Accessible Online Learning community group Hello everyone, If you are thinking about joining the W3C Accessible Online Learning Community Group, which Jennifer mentioned back in April, they are running an Introductory Survey for current and prospective group members to try to understand what should be the focus of the group. https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/AccessLearn Best Regards, Laura > On 4/10/2015, Jennifer Sutton wrote: > Here's a better link; the group now has enough > supporters that it's no longer in the "proposed" phase: > > https://www.w3.org/community/accesslearn/ >> On 4/10/2015, Jennifer Sutton wrote: >> ATHENites: >> >> Cross-posted from the WAI-IG email list. >> Thought some on this list might want to pass >> this along to your colleagues and/or get involved, yourselves, as appropriate. >> >> Jennifer >> >> See: >> https://www.w3.org/community/groups/proposed/>https://www.w3.org/community/groups/proposed/ >> Here's the group's description: >> >> Accessibility is often provided through >> accommodations. Schools are legally obligated to >> provide accommodations to enrolled students with identified disabilities, >> based on their needs-sign language interpreters >> in lectures for deaf students, digital copies of >> textbooks for students who are blind or have reading difficulties, >> extended time on exams for students who need >> more time due to cognitive or physical >> disabilities. With online learning, the obligations are less clear-for >> example, with MOOCs, where students around the >> world are taking courses but are not enrolled at >> the sponsoring school or organization. Also, accommodations >> are not well established-sign language >> interpreters and note takers are typically >> accommodations for the physical classroom. How does an organization ensure >> they are meeting obligations and giving online >> students the support they need participate fully >> and to be successful? Providers of online learning are >> best off delivering courses that are accessible >> out-of-the-box, without the need for special >> accommodations. And many of the features that provide an accessible >> experience for people with disabilities benefit >> all learners. For example, lecture transcripts >> are an excellent tool for study and review. However, without >> deliberate attention to the technologies, >> standards, and guidelines that comprise the Web >> Platform, accessibility may be difficult to achieve, and learners >> with disabilities may be left behind. The >> activities of the Accessible Online Learning W3C >> Community Group take place at the intersection of accessibility >> and online learning. We focus on reviewing >> current W3C resources and technologies to ensure >> the requirements for accessible online learning experiences >> are considered. We also identify areas where >> additional resources and technologies are needed >> to ensure full participation of people with disabilities >> in online learning experiences. -- Laura L. Carlson Information Technology Systems and Services University of Minnesota Duluth Duluth, MN U.S.A. 55812-3009 http://www.d.umn.edu/itss/training/online/webdesign/ _______________________________________________ athen-list mailing list athen-list@mailman13.u.washington.edu http://mailman13.u.washington.edu/mailman/listinfo/athen-list -- Scott MacLeod Assistive Technology Specialist Disability Services 112 Curtiss Hall E-mail: sdmacleo@svsu.edu Phone:989 964 4054 From info at karlencommunications.com Wed Jun 24 06:43:16 2015 From: info at karlencommunications.com (Karlen Communications) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:32:37 2018 Subject: [Athen] One or two page tutorials on accessible Word elements and other stuff Message-ID: <001801d0ae83$ba703910$2f50ab30$@karlencommunications.com> Hi Everyone! I pulled some of the content out of my longer documents and made one or two page tutorials out of them for quick access. http://www.karlencommunications.com/handouts.html They are all tagged accessible PDF. I hope they will be used in conjunction with the longer documents as I've cut out some of the explanations as to why you do things this way and just give you the steps. Sometimes "why" is important. Feedback always welcome. Cheers, Karen -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From VPlace at columbiabasin.edu Wed Jun 24 07:12:45 2015 From: VPlace at columbiabasin.edu (Place, Vicki) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:32:37 2018 Subject: [Athen] Input? Adding an Assistive Technology Specialty to my M.Ed. In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <441226AA86D8224F87AF2837F9C5C4F4CF75D0D0@NARDOL.arda.cbc> We have IT with AT and it works out fabulously. We had Dan come do an evaluation of our college and we did as he suggested; added IT to AT. I came from IT and it takes the burden off IT and our AT people. Plus, I still get to be a geek. ? ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Vicki Place Information Technology Technician II Department: Assistive Technology Center Phone: (509) 542-4428 On-Campus Ext.: 2428 Location: TD422 Mail Stop: MS-S4 [cbc logo for email] Assistive Technology Center (ATC) (509) 542-5529 On-Campus Ext.: 2329 atc@columbiabasin.edu The hardest thing to open . . . is a closed mind From: athen-list [mailto:athen-list-bounces@mailman13.u.washington.edu] On Behalf Of Dan Comden Sent: Tuesday, June 23, 2015 11:56 PM To: Access Technology Higher Education Network Subject: Re: [Athen] Input? Adding an Assistive Technology Specialty to my M.Ed. Solid IT experience is lacking from many of the AT programs I've seen. I'd estimate that half of what I've done (at least) over the last decades has more to do with troubleshooting and understanding operating systems and networking as much as specific AT applications. Developing the ability to write and understand the basics of one or more simple scripting languages will serve an AT professional well throughout their career. Being able to know and use those IT skills also lets you get past first-tier support when seeking assistance from a vendor, increasing your ability to successfully resolve install issues with better efficiency. We are increasingly asked to assist in assessing IT accessibility in a variety of settings, most of which are now web-based. A good foundation of HTML knowledge will help in understanding and communicating accessibility problems with apps and sites. Many of us are in a unique (and really interesting) mix of doing tech, personal contact, and AT. The tech part often is neglected yet it's a vital part of our jobs. And for many campuses where the AT person is working within Student Services and not IT, being able to bridge that communication gap with local IT resources is a significant -- if not vital -- skill. -*- Dan On Sat, Jun 20, 2015 at 12:06 PM, Adam Kosakowski > wrote: Hello Everyone! I have been working in our disability office part time for over a year now and I have realized I have a knack and a love for Assistive Technology! I have a Masters of Education, but now I want to augment it with a specialty in Assistive Technology so I can one day have a better chance of getting a full time Assistive Technology Specialist position. I have been looking into post-graduate programs and it's all pretty confusing to me, so I was hoping to get some input. So far I've found: 30 credit "Sixth Year" programs like this one: http://catalog.southernct.edu/graduate/programs-and-degrees/special-education-sixth-year-professional-diploma-adaptive-technology.html 15 credit "Graduate Certificate" programs like this one: http://catalog.gmu.edu/preview_program.php?catoid=15&poid=5460&returnto=1028 and this ATACP program: http://tsengcollege.csun.edu/programs/ATAC (This one is the quickest, so that's a huge plus) Regardless of what program I complete, after I aim to sit for the ATP exam through RESNA: http://www.resna.org/certification/certification-directory.dot This I already know for sure I want to do! I guess my questions are: What sort of program would you suggest to get the sort of position I want? What post-nominal letters should I aim for? What did you do to get such cool positions? Any input would be greatly appreciated! Regards, Adam Kosakowski M.Ed. Math Specialist and Assistive Technology Specialist, University Assistant AccessAbility Services Western Connecticut State University _______________________________________________ athen-list mailing list athen-list@mailman13.u.washington.edu http://mailman13.u.washington.edu/mailman/listinfo/athen-list -- -*- Dan Comden danc@uw.edu Access Technology Center www.uw.edu/itconnect/accessibility/atl/ University of Washington UW Information Technology -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: image001.png Type: image/png Size: 6635 bytes Desc: image001.png URL: -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... 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Adding an Assistive Technology Specialty to my M.Ed. We have IT with AT and it works out fabulously. We had Dan come do an evaluation of our college and we did as he suggested; added IT to AT. I came from IT and it takes the burden off IT and our AT people. Plus, I still get to be a geek. ? ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Vicki Place Information Technology Technician II Department: Assistive Technology Center Phone: (509) 542-4428 On-Campus Ext.: 2428 Location: TD422 Mail Stop: MS-S4 [cbc logo for email] Assistive Technology Center (ATC) (509) 542-5529 On-Campus Ext.: 2329 atc@columbiabasin.edu The hardest thing to open . . . is a closed mind From: athen-list [mailto:athen-list-bounces@mailman13.u.washington.edu] On Behalf Of Dan Comden Sent: Tuesday, June 23, 2015 11:56 PM To: Access Technology Higher Education Network Subject: Re: [Athen] Input? Adding an Assistive Technology Specialty to my M.Ed. Solid IT experience is lacking from many of the AT programs I've seen. I'd estimate that half of what I've done (at least) over the last decades has more to do with troubleshooting and understanding operating systems and networking as much as specific AT applications. Developing the ability to write and understand the basics of one or more simple scripting languages will serve an AT professional well throughout their career. Being able to know and use those IT skills also lets you get past first-tier support when seeking assistance from a vendor, increasing your ability to successfully resolve install issues with better efficiency. We are increasingly asked to assist in assessing IT accessibility in a variety of settings, most of which are now web-based. A good foundation of HTML knowledge will help in understanding and communicating accessibility problems with apps and sites. Many of us are in a unique (and really interesting) mix of doing tech, personal contact, and AT. The tech part often is neglected yet it's a vital part of our jobs. And for many campuses where the AT person is working within Student Services and not IT, being able to bridge that communication gap with local IT resources is a significant -- if not vital -- skill. -*- Dan On Sat, Jun 20, 2015 at 12:06 PM, Adam Kosakowski > wrote: Hello Everyone! I have been working in our disability office part time for over a year now and I have realized I have a knack and a love for Assistive Technology! I have a Masters of Education, but now I want to augment it with a specialty in Assistive Technology so I can one day have a better chance of getting a full time Assistive Technology Specialist position. I have been looking into post-graduate programs and it's all pretty confusing to me, so I was hoping to get some input. So far I've found: 30 credit "Sixth Year" programs like this one: http://catalog.southernct.edu/graduate/programs-and-degrees/special-education-sixth-year-professional-diploma-adaptive-technology.html 15 credit "Graduate Certificate" programs like this one: http://catalog.gmu.edu/preview_program.php?catoid=15&poid=5460&returnto=1028 and this ATACP program: http://tsengcollege.csun.edu/programs/ATAC (This one is the quickest, so that's a huge plus) Regardless of what program I complete, after I aim to sit for the ATP exam through RESNA: http://www.resna.org/certification/certification-directory.dot This I already know for sure I want to do! I guess my questions are: What sort of program would you suggest to get the sort of position I want? What post-nominal letters should I aim for? What did you do to get such cool positions? Any input would be greatly appreciated! Regards, Adam Kosakowski M.Ed. Math Specialist and Assistive Technology Specialist, University Assistant AccessAbility Services Western Connecticut State University _______________________________________________ athen-list mailing list athen-list@mailman13.u.washington.edu http://mailman13.u.washington.edu/mailman/listinfo/athen-list -- -*- Dan Comden danc@uw.edu Access Technology Center www.uw.edu/itconnect/accessibility/atl/ University of Washington UW Information Technology -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: image001.png Type: image/png Size: 6635 bytes Desc: image001.png URL: -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: image002.jpg Type: image/jpeg Size: 1152 bytes Desc: image002.jpg URL: From normajean.brand at hccs.edu Wed Jun 24 08:48:01 2015 From: normajean.brand at hccs.edu (Normajean.Brand) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:32:37 2018 Subject: [Athen] One or two page tutorials on accessible Word elements and other stuff In-Reply-To: <001801d0ae83$ba703910$2f50ab30$@karlencommunications.com> References: <001801d0ae83$ba703910$2f50ab30$@karlencommunications.com> Message-ID: <18AB6E837CD5444FAECD90FCCDBFF545EEE1C5A3@sy-facmbx01.ad.hccs.edu> Thank you Karen! Quick one or two page tutorials are great little refreshers, with the longer guidelines for backups! NJ From: athen-list [mailto:athen-list-bounces@mailman13.u.washington.edu] On Behalf Of Karlen Communications Sent: Wednesday, June 24, 2015 8:43 AM To: athen-list@u.washington.edu Subject: [Athen] One or two page tutorials on accessible Word elements and other stuff Hi Everyone! I pulled some of the content out of my longer documents and made one or two page tutorials out of them for quick access. http://www.karlencommunications.com/handouts.html They are all tagged accessible PDF. I hope they will be used in conjunction with the longer documents as I've cut out some of the explanations as to why you do things this way and just give you the steps. Sometimes "why" is important. Feedback always welcome. Cheers, Karen -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From lbencomo at uccs.edu Wed Jun 24 08:57:31 2015 From: lbencomo at uccs.edu (Leyna Bencomo) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:32:37 2018 Subject: [Athen] Input? Adding an Assistive Technology Specialty to my M.Ed. In-Reply-To: <18AB6E837CD5444FAECD90FCCDBFF545EEE1C595@sy-facmbx01.ad.hccs.edu> References: <441226AA86D8224F87AF2837F9C5C4F4CF75D0D0@NARDOL.arda.cbc> <18AB6E837CD5444FAECD90FCCDBFF545EEE1C595@sy-facmbx01.ad.hccs.edu> Message-ID: <104AC9451DBB7F4C9D0951BF2CF2C4C4D25108@UCCS-EX3.uccs.edu> I fifth that or however many. Dan was right on the money. Having an IT background has helped me quite a bit and I could still use more current IT skills. However, I also help train faculty in my job and I believe my instructional design/training skills are at least as important. Leyna Bencomo Assistive Technology Specialist, Information Technology University of Colorado Colorado Springs [cid:image003.jpg@01D0AE64.2F3F13D0] lbencomo@uccs.edu (719) 255-4202 From: athen-list [mailto:athen-list-bounces@mailman13.u.washington.edu] On Behalf Of Normajean.Brand Sent: Wednesday, June 24, 2015 9:46 AM To: Access Technology Higher Education Network Subject: Re: [Athen] Input? Adding an Assistive Technology Specialty to my M.Ed. Exactly Vicki! I work in IT, assigned to the Disability Services (because my fellow IT geeks didn?t have an interest or want to know), LOVE the AT side of the house and the win is still being a geek! ? Ditto what Dan said. ? NJ From: athen-list [mailto:athen-list-bounces@mailman13.u.washington.edu] On Behalf Of Place, Vicki Sent: Wednesday, June 24, 2015 9:13 AM To: 'Access Technology Higher Education Network' Subject: Re: [Athen] Input? Adding an Assistive Technology Specialty to my M.Ed. We have IT with AT and it works out fabulously. We had Dan come do an evaluation of our college and we did as he suggested; added IT to AT. I came from IT and it takes the burden off IT and our AT people. Plus, I still get to be a geek. ? ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Vicki Place Information Technology Technician II Department: Assistive Technology Center Phone: (509) 542-4428 On-Campus Ext.: 2428 Location: TD422 Mail Stop: MS-S4 [cbc logo for email] Assistive Technology Center (ATC) (509) 542-5529 On-Campus Ext.: 2329 atc@columbiabasin.edu The hardest thing to open . . . is a closed mind From: athen-list [mailto:athen-list-bounces@mailman13.u.washington.edu] On Behalf Of Dan Comden Sent: Tuesday, June 23, 2015 11:56 PM To: Access Technology Higher Education Network Subject: Re: [Athen] Input? Adding an Assistive Technology Specialty to my M.Ed. Solid IT experience is lacking from many of the AT programs I've seen. I'd estimate that half of what I've done (at least) over the last decades has more to do with troubleshooting and understanding operating systems and networking as much as specific AT applications. Developing the ability to write and understand the basics of one or more simple scripting languages will serve an AT professional well throughout their career. Being able to know and use those IT skills also lets you get past first-tier support when seeking assistance from a vendor, increasing your ability to successfully resolve install issues with better efficiency. We are increasingly asked to assist in assessing IT accessibility in a variety of settings, most of which are now web-based. A good foundation of HTML knowledge will help in understanding and communicating accessibility problems with apps and sites. Many of us are in a unique (and really interesting) mix of doing tech, personal contact, and AT. The tech part often is neglected yet it's a vital part of our jobs. And for many campuses where the AT person is working within Student Services and not IT, being able to bridge that communication gap with local IT resources is a significant -- if not vital -- skill. -*- Dan On Sat, Jun 20, 2015 at 12:06 PM, Adam Kosakowski > wrote: Hello Everyone! I have been working in our disability office part time for over a year now and I have realized I have a knack and a love for Assistive Technology! I have a Masters of Education, but now I want to augment it with a specialty in Assistive Technology so I can one day have a better chance of getting a full time Assistive Technology Specialist position. I have been looking into post-graduate programs and it's all pretty confusing to me, so I was hoping to get some input. So far I've found: 30 credit "Sixth Year" programs like this one: http://catalog.southernct.edu/graduate/programs-and-degrees/special-education-sixth-year-professional-diploma-adaptive-technology.html 15 credit "Graduate Certificate" programs like this one: http://catalog.gmu.edu/preview_program.php?catoid=15&poid=5460&returnto=1028 and this ATACP program: http://tsengcollege.csun.edu/programs/ATAC (This one is the quickest, so that's a huge plus) Regardless of what program I complete, after I aim to sit for the ATP exam through RESNA: http://www.resna.org/certification/certification-directory.dot This I already know for sure I want to do! I guess my questions are: What sort of program would you suggest to get the sort of position I want? What post-nominal letters should I aim for? What did you do to get such cool positions? Any input would be greatly appreciated! Regards, Adam Kosakowski M.Ed. Math Specialist and Assistive Technology Specialist, University Assistant AccessAbility Services Western Connecticut State University _______________________________________________ athen-list mailing list athen-list@mailman13.u.washington.edu http://mailman13.u.washington.edu/mailman/listinfo/athen-list -- -*- Dan Comden danc@uw.edu Access Technology Center www.uw.edu/itconnect/accessibility/atl/ University of Washington UW Information Technology -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: image003.jpg Type: image/jpeg Size: 5098 bytes Desc: image003.jpg URL: -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: image004.png Type: image/png Size: 6635 bytes Desc: image004.png URL: -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... 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In-Reply-To: <18AB6E837CD5444FAECD90FCCDBFF545EEE1C595@sy-facmbx01.ad.hccs.edu> References: <441226AA86D8224F87AF2837F9C5C4F4CF75D0D0@NARDOL.arda.cbc> <18AB6E837CD5444FAECD90FCCDBFF545EEE1C595@sy-facmbx01.ad.hccs.edu> Message-ID: <441226AA86D8224F87AF2837F9C5C4F4CF75D2BD@NARDOL.arda.cbc> IT doesn?t know what they are missing, NJ! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Vicki Place Information Technology Technician II Department: Assistive Technology Center Phone: (509) 542-4428 On-Campus Ext.: 2428 Location: TD422 Mail Stop: MS-S4 [cbc logo for email] Assistive Technology Center (ATC) (509) 542-5529 On-Campus Ext.: 2329 atc@columbiabasin.edu The hardest thing to open . . . is a closed mind From: athen-list [mailto:athen-list-bounces@mailman13.u.washington.edu] On Behalf Of Normajean.Brand Sent: Wednesday, June 24, 2015 8:46 AM To: Access Technology Higher Education Network Subject: Re: [Athen] Input? Adding an Assistive Technology Specialty to my M.Ed. Exactly Vicki! I work in IT, assigned to the Disability Services (because my fellow IT geeks didn?t have an interest or want to know), LOVE the AT side of the house and the win is still being a geek! ? Ditto what Dan said. ? NJ From: athen-list [mailto:athen-list-bounces@mailman13.u.washington.edu] On Behalf Of Place, Vicki Sent: Wednesday, June 24, 2015 9:13 AM To: 'Access Technology Higher Education Network' Subject: Re: [Athen] Input? Adding an Assistive Technology Specialty to my M.Ed. We have IT with AT and it works out fabulously. We had Dan come do an evaluation of our college and we did as he suggested; added IT to AT. I came from IT and it takes the burden off IT and our AT people. Plus, I still get to be a geek. ? ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Vicki Place Information Technology Technician II Department: Assistive Technology Center Phone: (509) 542-4428 On-Campus Ext.: 2428 Location: TD422 Mail Stop: MS-S4 [cbc logo for email] Assistive Technology Center (ATC) (509) 542-5529 On-Campus Ext.: 2329 atc@columbiabasin.edu The hardest thing to open . . . is a closed mind From: athen-list [mailto:athen-list-bounces@mailman13.u.washington.edu] On Behalf Of Dan Comden Sent: Tuesday, June 23, 2015 11:56 PM To: Access Technology Higher Education Network Subject: Re: [Athen] Input? Adding an Assistive Technology Specialty to my M.Ed. Solid IT experience is lacking from many of the AT programs I've seen. I'd estimate that half of what I've done (at least) over the last decades has more to do with troubleshooting and understanding operating systems and networking as much as specific AT applications. Developing the ability to write and understand the basics of one or more simple scripting languages will serve an AT professional well throughout their career. Being able to know and use those IT skills also lets you get past first-tier support when seeking assistance from a vendor, increasing your ability to successfully resolve install issues with better efficiency. We are increasingly asked to assist in assessing IT accessibility in a variety of settings, most of which are now web-based. A good foundation of HTML knowledge will help in understanding and communicating accessibility problems with apps and sites. Many of us are in a unique (and really interesting) mix of doing tech, personal contact, and AT. The tech part often is neglected yet it's a vital part of our jobs. And for many campuses where the AT person is working within Student Services and not IT, being able to bridge that communication gap with local IT resources is a significant -- if not vital -- skill. -*- Dan On Sat, Jun 20, 2015 at 12:06 PM, Adam Kosakowski > wrote: Hello Everyone! I have been working in our disability office part time for over a year now and I have realized I have a knack and a love for Assistive Technology! I have a Masters of Education, but now I want to augment it with a specialty in Assistive Technology so I can one day have a better chance of getting a full time Assistive Technology Specialist position. I have been looking into post-graduate programs and it's all pretty confusing to me, so I was hoping to get some input. So far I've found: 30 credit "Sixth Year" programs like this one: http://catalog.southernct.edu/graduate/programs-and-degrees/special-education-sixth-year-professional-diploma-adaptive-technology.html 15 credit "Graduate Certificate" programs like this one: http://catalog.gmu.edu/preview_program.php?catoid=15&poid=5460&returnto=1028 and this ATACP program: http://tsengcollege.csun.edu/programs/ATAC (This one is the quickest, so that's a huge plus) Regardless of what program I complete, after I aim to sit for the ATP exam through RESNA: http://www.resna.org/certification/certification-directory.dot This I already know for sure I want to do! I guess my questions are: What sort of program would you suggest to get the sort of position I want? What post-nominal letters should I aim for? What did you do to get such cool positions? Any input would be greatly appreciated! Regards, Adam Kosakowski M.Ed. Math Specialist and Assistive Technology Specialist, University Assistant AccessAbility Services Western Connecticut State University _______________________________________________ athen-list mailing list athen-list@mailman13.u.washington.edu http://mailman13.u.washington.edu/mailman/listinfo/athen-list -- -*- Dan Comden danc@uw.edu Access Technology Center www.uw.edu/itconnect/accessibility/atl/ University of Washington UW Information Technology -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: image001.png Type: image/png Size: 6635 bytes Desc: image001.png URL: -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: image005.jpg Type: image/jpeg Size: 1152 bytes Desc: image005.jpg URL: -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: image002.jpg Type: image/jpeg Size: 1152 bytes Desc: image002.jpg URL: From kosakowskia at wcsu.edu Thu Jun 25 08:58:39 2015 From: kosakowskia at wcsu.edu (Adam Kosakowski) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:32:37 2018 Subject: [Athen] Input? Adding an Assistive Technology Specialty to my M.Ed. Message-ID: Thank you so much for that input, Dan (and others, too)! That makes a lot of sense! I actually have a decent amount of IT knowledge, not formally as in from a degree, but just from various sources in my everyday life (I am my family's and my wife's family's "Computer Guy"). I've also learned HTML back in the day, but I will definitely look into classes on it to refresh and stay up to date! Maybe I will even look into getting an HTML certification... Again, thank you! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Adam Kosakowski, M.Ed. 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Re: Accessible Online Learning community group (Laura Carlson) 3. Re: Input? Adding an Assistive Technology Specialty to my M.Ed. (Dan Comden) 4. Re: Input? Adding an Assistive Technology Specialty to my M.Ed. (Wink Harner) 5. Re: Input? Adding an Assistive Technology Specialty to my M.Ed. (Korey J Singleton) 6. Re: Accessible Online Learning community group (Scott D. MacLeod) 7. One or two page tutorials on accessible Word elements and other stuff (Karlen Communications) 8. Re: Input? Adding an Assistive Technology Specialty to my M.Ed. (Place, Vicki) 9. Re: Input? Adding an Assistive Technology Specialty to my M.Ed. (Normajean.Brand) 10. Re: One or two page tutorials on accessible Word elements and other stuff (Normajean.Brand) 11. Re: Input? Adding an Assistive Technology Specialty to my M.Ed. (Leyna Bencomo) 12. Re: Input? Adding an Assistive Technology Specialty to my M.Ed. (Place, Vicki) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Message: 1 Date: Tue, 23 Jun 2015 15:25:01 -0400 From: Adam Kosakowski To: "athen-list@u.washington.edu" Subject: Re: [Athen] Input? Adding an Assistive Technology Specialty to my M.Ed. Message-ID: Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Thank you all for your input! I'm currently leaning towards the ATACP as it seems to be well known throughout all the U.S. Several job postings I've seen ask for it specifically, so that looks like a good sign to me! Adam Kosakowski M.Ed. ------------------------------ Message: 2 Date: Tue, 23 Jun 2015 15:12:45 -0500 From: Laura Carlson To: athen-list@u.washington.edu Subject: Re: [Athen] Accessible Online Learning community group Message-ID: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Hello everyone, If you are thinking about joining the W3C Accessible Online Learning Community Group, which Jennifer mentioned back in April, they are running an Introductory Survey for current and prospective group members to try to understand what should be the focus of the group. https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/AccessLearn Best Regards, Laura > On 4/10/2015, Jennifer Sutton wrote: > Here's a better link; the group now has enough > supporters that it's no longer in the "proposed" phase: > > https://www.w3.org/community/accesslearn/ >> On 4/10/2015, Jennifer Sutton wrote: >> ATHENites: >> >> Cross-posted from the WAI-IG email list. >> Thought some on this list might want to pass >> this along to your colleagues and/or get involved, yourselves, as appropriate. >> >> Jennifer >> >> See: >> https://www.w3.org/community/groups/proposed/>https://www.w3.org/community/groups/proposed/ >> Here's the group's description: >> >> Accessibility is often provided through >> accommodations. Schools are legally obligated to >> provide accommodations to enrolled students with identified disabilities, >> based on their needs-sign language interpreters >> in lectures for deaf students, digital copies of >> textbooks for students who are blind or have reading difficulties, >> extended time on exams for students who need >> more time due to cognitive or physical >> disabilities. With online learning, the obligations are less clear-for >> example, with MOOCs, where students around the >> world are taking courses but are not enrolled at >> the sponsoring school or organization. Also, accommodations >> are not well established-sign language >> interpreters and note takers are typically >> accommodations for the physical classroom. How does an organization ensure >> they are meeting obligations and giving online >> students the support they need participate fully >> and to be successful? Providers of online learning are >> best off delivering courses that are accessible >> out-of-the-box, without the need for special >> accommodations. And many of the features that provide an accessible >> experience for people with disabilities benefit >> all learners. For example, lecture transcripts >> are an excellent tool for study and review. However, without >> deliberate attention to the technologies, >> standards, and guidelines that comprise the Web >> Platform, accessibility may be difficult to achieve, and learners >> with disabilities may be left behind. The >> activities of the Accessible Online Learning W3C >> Community Group take place at the intersection of accessibility >> and online learning. We focus on reviewing >> current W3C resources and technologies to ensure >> the requirements for accessible online learning experiences >> are considered. We also identify areas where >> additional resources and technologies are needed >> to ensure full participation of people with disabilities >> in online learning experiences. -- Laura L. Carlson Information Technology Systems and Services University of Minnesota Duluth Duluth, MN U.S.A. 55812-3009 http://www.d.umn.edu/itss/training/online/webdesign/ ------------------------------ Message: 3 Date: Tue, 23 Jun 2015 23:55:57 -0700 From: Dan Comden To: Access Technology Higher Education Network Subject: Re: [Athen] Input? Adding an Assistive Technology Specialty to my M.Ed. Message-ID: Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" Solid IT experience is lacking from many of the AT programs I've seen. I'd estimate that half of what I've done (at least) over the last decades has more to do with troubleshooting and understanding operating systems and networking as much as specific AT applications. Developing the ability to write and understand the basics of one or more simple scripting languages will serve an AT professional well throughout their career. Being able to know and use those IT skills also lets you get past first-tier support when seeking assistance from a vendor, increasing your ability to successfully resolve install issues with better efficiency. We are increasingly asked to assist in assessing IT accessibility in a variety of settings, most of which are now web-based. A good foundation of HTML knowledge will help in understanding and communicating accessibility problems with apps and sites. Many of us are in a unique (and really interesting) mix of doing tech, personal contact, and AT. The tech part often is neglected yet it's a vital part of our jobs. And for many campuses where the AT person is working within Student Services and not IT, being able to bridge that communication gap with local IT resources is a significant -- if not vital -- skill. -*- Dan On Sat, Jun 20, 2015 at 12:06 PM, Adam Kosakowski wrote: > Hello Everyone! > > I have been working in our disability office part time for over a year now > and I have realized I have a knack and a love for Assistive Technology! I > have a Masters of Education, but now I want to augment it with a specialty > in Assistive Technology so I can one day have a better chance of getting a > full time Assistive Technology Specialist position. I have been looking > into post-graduate programs and it's all pretty confusing to me, so I was > hoping to get some input. > > So far I've found: > > 30 credit "Sixth Year" programs like this one: > http://catalog.southernct.edu/graduate/programs-and-degrees/special-education-sixth-year-professional-diploma-adaptive-technology.html > 15 credit "Graduate Certificate" programs like this one: > http://catalog.gmu.edu/preview_program.php?catoid=15&poid=5460&returnto=1028 > and this ATACP program: http://tsengcollege.csun.edu/programs/ATAC (This > one is the quickest, so that's a huge plus) > > Regardless of what program I complete, after I aim to sit for the ATP exam > through RESNA: > http://www.resna.org/certification/certification-directory.dot This I > already know for sure I want to do! > > I guess my questions are: What sort of program would you suggest to get > the sort of position I want? What post-nominal letters should I aim for? > What did you do to get such cool positions? > > Any input would be greatly appreciated! > > Regards, > > Adam Kosakowski M.Ed. > Math Specialist and Assistive Technology Specialist, University Assistant > AccessAbility Services > Western Connecticut State University > _______________________________________________ > athen-list mailing list > athen-list@mailman13.u.washington.edu > http://mailman13.u.washington.edu/mailman/listinfo/athen-list > -- -*- Dan Comden danc@uw.edu Access Technology Center www.uw.edu/itconnect/accessibility/atl/ University of Washington UW Information Technology -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: ------------------------------ Message: 4 Date: Wed, 24 Jun 2015 00:02:21 -0700 From: Wink Harner To: Access Technology Higher Education Network Subject: Re: [Athen] Input? Adding an Assistive Technology Specialty to my M.Ed. Message-ID: Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" A valuable insight and suggestion, Dan. Thanks. Wink Harner Accessibility & Adaptive Technology Consultant The Foreign Type On Jun 23, 2015 11:56 PM, "Dan Comden" wrote: > Solid IT experience is lacking from many of the AT programs I've seen. I'd > estimate that half of what I've done (at least) over the last decades has > more to do with troubleshooting and understanding operating systems and > networking as much as specific AT applications. Developing the ability to > write and understand the basics of one or more simple scripting languages > will serve an AT professional well throughout their career. Being able to > know and use those IT skills also lets you get past first-tier support when > seeking assistance from a vendor, increasing your ability to successfully > resolve install issues with better efficiency. > > We are increasingly asked to assist in assessing IT accessibility in a > variety of settings, most of which are now web-based. A good foundation of > HTML knowledge will help in understanding and communicating accessibility > problems with apps and sites. > > Many of us are in a unique (and really interesting) mix of doing tech, > personal contact, and AT. The tech part often is neglected yet it's a vital > part of our jobs. And for many campuses where the AT person is working > within Student Services and not IT, being able to bridge that communication > gap with local IT resources is a significant -- if not vital -- skill. > > -*- Dan > > > > On Sat, Jun 20, 2015 at 12:06 PM, Adam Kosakowski > wrote: > >> Hello Everyone! >> >> I have been working in our disability office part time for over a year >> now and I have realized I have a knack and a love for Assistive >> Technology! I have a Masters of Education, but now I want to augment it >> with a specialty in Assistive Technology so I can one day have a better >> chance of getting a full time Assistive Technology Specialist position. I >> have been looking into post-graduate programs and it's all pretty confusing >> to me, so I was hoping to get some input. >> >> So far I've found: >> >> 30 credit "Sixth Year" programs like this one: >> http://catalog.southernct.edu/graduate/programs-and-degrees/special-education-sixth-year-professional-diploma-adaptive-technology.html >> 15 credit "Graduate Certificate" programs like this one: >> http://catalog.gmu.edu/preview_program.php?catoid=15&poid=5460&returnto=1028 >> and this ATACP program: http://tsengcollege.csun.edu/programs/ATAC >> (This one is the quickest, so that's a huge plus) >> >> Regardless of what program I complete, after I aim to sit for the ATP >> exam through RESNA: >> http://www.resna.org/certification/certification-directory.dot This I >> already know for sure I want to do! >> >> I guess my questions are: What sort of program would you suggest to get >> the sort of position I want? What post-nominal letters should I aim for? >> What did you do to get such cool positions? >> >> Any input would be greatly appreciated! >> >> Regards, >> >> Adam Kosakowski M.Ed. >> Math Specialist and Assistive Technology Specialist, University Assistant >> AccessAbility Services >> Western Connecticut State University >> _______________________________________________ >> athen-list mailing list >> athen-list@mailman13.u.washington.edu >> http://mailman13.u.washington.edu/mailman/listinfo/athen-list >> > > > > -- > -*- Dan Comden danc@uw.edu > Access Technology Center www.uw.edu/itconnect/accessibility/atl/ > University of Washington UW Information Technology > > > _______________________________________________ > athen-list mailing list > athen-list@mailman13.u.washington.edu > http://mailman13.u.washington.edu/mailman/listinfo/athen-list > > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: ------------------------------ Message: 5 Date: Wed, 24 Jun 2015 12:34:38 +0000 From: Korey J Singleton To: Access Technology Higher Education Network Subject: Re: [Athen] Input? Adding an Assistive Technology Specialty to my M.Ed. Message-ID: <265c91eb-7d3b-4915-9b82-1873135cf326@email.android.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" Very well put, Dan! I completely agree. Korey Singleton ATI Manager Assistive Technology Initiative Aquia Building RM 238 MSN: 6A11 Fairfax Campus 4400 University Drive Fairfax, VA 22030 Phone: 703-993-2143 Fax: 703-993-4743 http://ati.gmu.edu Twitter: @AccessibleMason On Jun 24, 2015 2:56 AM, Dan Comden wrote: Solid IT experience is lacking from many of the AT programs I've seen. I'd estimate that half of what I've done (at least) over the last decades has more to do with troubleshooting and understanding operating systems and networking as much as specific AT applications. Developing the ability to write and understand the basics of one or more simple scripting languages will serve an AT professional well throughout their career. Being able to know and use those IT skills also lets you get past first-tier support when seeking assistance from a vendor, increasing your ability to successfully resolve install issues with better efficiency. We are increasingly asked to assist in assessing IT accessibility in a variety of settings, most of which are now web-based. A good foundation of HTML knowledge will help in understanding and communicating accessibility problems with apps and sites. Many of us are in a unique (and really interesting) mix of doing tech, personal contact, and AT. The tech part often is neglected yet it's a vital part of our jobs. And for many campuses where the AT person is working within Student Services and not IT, being able to bridge that communication gap with local IT resources is a significant -- if not vital -- skill. -*- Dan On Sat, Jun 20, 2015 at 12:06 PM, Adam Kosakowski > wrote: Hello Everyone! I have been working in our disability office part time for over a year now and I have realized I have a knack and a love for Assistive Technology! I have a Masters of Education, but now I want to augment it with a specialty in Assistive Technology so I can one day have a better chance of getting a full time Assistive Technology Specialist position. I have been looking into post-graduate programs and it's all pretty confusing to me, so I was hoping to get some input. So far I've found: 30 credit "Sixth Year" programs like this one: http://catalog.southernct.edu/graduate/programs-and-degrees/special-education-sixth-year-professional-diploma-adaptive-technology.html 15 credit "Graduate Certificate" programs like this one: http://catalog.gmu.edu/preview_program.php?catoid=15&poid=5460&returnto=1028 and this ATACP program: http://tsengcollege.csun.edu/programs/ATAC (This one is the quickest, so that's a huge plus) Regardless of what program I complete, after I aim to sit for the ATP exam through RESNA: http://www.resna.org/certification/certification-directory.dot This I already know for sure I want to do! I guess my questions are: What sort of program would you suggest to get the sort of position I want? What post-nominal letters should I aim for? What did you do to get such cool positions? Any input would be greatly appreciated! Regards, Adam Kosakowski M.Ed. Math Specialist and Assistive Technology Specialist, University Assistant AccessAbility Services Western Connecticut State University _______________________________________________ athen-list mailing list athen-list@mailman13.u.washington.edu http://mailman13.u.washington.edu/mailman/listinfo/athen-list -- -*- Dan Comden danc@uw.edu Access Technology Center www.uw.edu/itconnect/accessibility/atl/ University of Washington UW Information Technology -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: ------------------------------ Message: 6 Date: Wed, 24 Jun 2015 09:13:09 -0400 (EDT) From: "Scott D. MacLeod" To: Access Technology Higher Education Network Subject: Re: [Athen] Accessible Online Learning community group Message-ID: <1912446119.71069767.1435151589952.JavaMail.zimbra@svsu.edu> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Laura, My birthday is December 27, 1960 Thanks Scott ----- Original Message ----- From: "Laura Carlson" To: athen-list@u.washington.edu Sent: Tuesday, June 23, 2015 4:12:45 PM Subject: Re: [Athen] Accessible Online Learning community group Hello everyone, If you are thinking about joining the W3C Accessible Online Learning Community Group, which Jennifer mentioned back in April, they are running an Introductory Survey for current and prospective group members to try to understand what should be the focus of the group. https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/AccessLearn Best Regards, Laura > On 4/10/2015, Jennifer Sutton wrote: > Here's a better link; the group now has enough > supporters that it's no longer in the "proposed" phase: > > https://www.w3.org/community/accesslearn/ >> On 4/10/2015, Jennifer Sutton wrote: >> ATHENites: >> >> Cross-posted from the WAI-IG email list. >> Thought some on this list might want to pass >> this along to your colleagues and/or get involved, yourselves, as appropriate. >> >> Jennifer >> >> See: >> https://www.w3.org/community/groups/proposed/>https://www.w3.org/community/groups/proposed/ >> Here's the group's description: >> >> Accessibility is often provided through >> accommodations. Schools are legally obligated to >> provide accommodations to enrolled students with identified disabilities, >> based on their needs-sign language interpreters >> in lectures for deaf students, digital copies of >> textbooks for students who are blind or have reading difficulties, >> extended time on exams for students who need >> more time due to cognitive or physical >> disabilities. With online learning, the obligations are less clear-for >> example, with MOOCs, where students around the >> world are taking courses but are not enrolled at >> the sponsoring school or organization. Also, accommodations >> are not well established-sign language >> interpreters and note takers are typically >> accommodations for the physical classroom. How does an organization ensure >> they are meeting obligations and giving online >> students the support they need participate fully >> and to be successful? Providers of online learning are >> best off delivering courses that are accessible >> out-of-the-box, without the need for special >> accommodations. And many of the features that provide an accessible >> experience for people with disabilities benefit >> all learners. For example, lecture transcripts >> are an excellent tool for study and review. However, without >> deliberate attention to the technologies, >> standards, and guidelines that comprise the Web >> Platform, accessibility may be difficult to achieve, and learners >> with disabilities may be left behind. The >> activities of the Accessible Online Learning W3C >> Community Group take place at the intersection of accessibility >> and online learning. We focus on reviewing >> current W3C resources and technologies to ensure >> the requirements for accessible online learning experiences >> are considered. We also identify areas where >> additional resources and technologies are needed >> to ensure full participation of people with disabilities >> in online learning experiences. -- Laura L. Carlson Information Technology Systems and Services University of Minnesota Duluth Duluth, MN U.S.A. 55812-3009 http://www.d.umn.edu/itss/training/online/webdesign/ _______________________________________________ athen-list mailing list athen-list@mailman13.u.washington.edu http://mailman13.u.washington.edu/mailman/listinfo/athen-list -- Scott MacLeod Assistive Technology Specialist Disability Services 112 Curtiss Hall E-mail: sdmacleo@svsu.edu Phone:989 964 4054 ------------------------------ Message: 7 Date: Wed, 24 Jun 2015 09:43:16 -0400 From: "Karlen Communications" To: Subject: [Athen] One or two page tutorials on accessible Word elements and other stuff Message-ID: <001801d0ae83$ba703910$2f50ab30$@karlencommunications.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Hi Everyone! I pulled some of the content out of my longer documents and made one or two page tutorials out of them for quick access. http://www.karlencommunications.com/handouts.html They are all tagged accessible PDF. I hope they will be used in conjunction with the longer documents as I've cut out some of the explanations as to why you do things this way and just give you the steps. Sometimes "why" is important. Feedback always welcome. Cheers, Karen -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: ------------------------------ Message: 8 Date: Wed, 24 Jun 2015 14:12:45 +0000 From: "Place, Vicki" To: "'Access Technology Higher Education Network'" Subject: Re: [Athen] Input? Adding an Assistive Technology Specialty to my M.Ed. Message-ID: <441226AA86D8224F87AF2837F9C5C4F4CF75D0D0@NARDOL.arda.cbc> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" We have IT with AT and it works out fabulously. We had Dan come do an evaluation of our college and we did as he suggested; added IT to AT. I came from IT and it takes the burden off IT and our AT people. Plus, I still get to be a geek. ? ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Vicki Place Information Technology Technician II Department: Assistive Technology Center Phone: (509) 542-4428 On-Campus Ext.: 2428 Location: TD422 Mail Stop: MS-S4 [cbc logo for email] Assistive Technology Center (ATC) (509) 542-5529 On-Campus Ext.: 2329 atc@columbiabasin.edu The hardest thing to open . . . is a closed mind From: athen-list [mailto:athen-list-bounces@mailman13.u.washington.edu] On Behalf Of Dan Comden Sent: Tuesday, June 23, 2015 11:56 PM To: Access Technology Higher Education Network Subject: Re: [Athen] Input? Adding an Assistive Technology Specialty to my M.Ed. Solid IT experience is lacking from many of the AT programs I've seen. I'd estimate that half of what I've done (at least) over the last decades has more to do with troubleshooting and understanding operating systems and networking as much as specific AT applications. Developing the ability to write and understand the basics of one or more simple scripting languages will serve an AT professional well throughout their career. Being able to know and use those IT skills also lets you get past first-tier support when seeking assistance from a vendor, increasing your ability to successfully resolve install issues with better efficiency. We are increasingly asked to assist in assessing IT accessibility in a variety of settings, most of which are now web-based. A good foundation of HTML knowledge will help in understanding and communicating accessibility problems with apps and sites. Many of us are in a unique (and really interesting) mix of doing tech, personal contact, and AT. The tech part often is neglected yet it's a vital part of our jobs. And for many campuses where the AT person is working within Student Services and not IT, being able to bridge that communication gap with local IT resources is a significant -- if not vital -- skill. -*- Dan On Sat, Jun 20, 2015 at 12:06 PM, Adam Kosakowski > wrote: Hello Everyone! I have been working in our disability office part time for over a year now and I have realized I have a knack and a love for Assistive Technology! I have a Masters of Education, but now I want to augment it with a specialty in Assistive Technology so I can one day have a better chance of getting a full time Assistive Technology Specialist position. I have been looking into post-graduate programs and it's all pretty confusing to me, so I was hoping to get some input. So far I've found: 30 credit "Sixth Year" programs like this one: http://catalog.southernct.edu/graduate/programs-and-degrees/special-education-sixth-year-professional-diploma-adaptive-technology.html 15 credit "Graduate Certificate" programs like this one: http://catalog.gmu.edu/preview_program.php?catoid=15&poid=5460&returnto=1028 and this ATACP program: http://tsengcollege.csun.edu/programs/ATAC (This one is the quickest, so that's a huge plus) Regardless of what program I complete, after I aim to sit for the ATP exam through RESNA: http://www.resna.org/certification/certification-directory.dot This I already know for sure I want to do! I guess my questions are: What sort of program would you suggest to get the sort of position I want? What post-nominal letters should I aim for? What did you do to get such cool positions? Any input would be greatly appreciated! Regards, Adam Kosakowski M.Ed. Math Specialist and Assistive Technology Specialist, University Assistant AccessAbility Services Western Connecticut State University _______________________________________________ athen-list mailing list athen-list@mailman13.u.washington.edu http://mailman13.u.washington.edu/mailman/listinfo/athen-list -- -*- Dan Comden danc@uw.edu Access Technology Center www.uw.edu/itconnect/accessibility/atl/ University of Washington UW Information Technology -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: image001.png Type: image/png Size: 6635 bytes Desc: image001.png URL: -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... 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We had Dan come do an evaluation of our college and we did as he suggested; added IT to AT. I came from IT and it takes the burden off IT and our AT people. Plus, I still get to be a geek. ? ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Vicki Place Information Technology Technician II Department: Assistive Technology Center Phone: (509) 542-4428 On-Campus Ext.: 2428 Location: TD422 Mail Stop: MS-S4 [cbc logo for email] Assistive Technology Center (ATC) (509) 542-5529 On-Campus Ext.: 2329 atc@columbiabasin.edu The hardest thing to open . . . is a closed mind From: athen-list [mailto:athen-list-bounces@mailman13.u.washington.edu] On Behalf Of Dan Comden Sent: Tuesday, June 23, 2015 11:56 PM To: Access Technology Higher Education Network Subject: Re: [Athen] Input? Adding an Assistive Technology Specialty to my M.Ed. Solid IT experience is lacking from many of the AT programs I've seen. I'd estimate that half of what I've done (at least) over the last decades has more to do with troubleshooting and understanding operating systems and networking as much as specific AT applications. Developing the ability to write and understand the basics of one or more simple scripting languages will serve an AT professional well throughout their career. Being able to know and use those IT skills also lets you get past first-tier support when seeking assistance from a vendor, increasing your ability to successfully resolve install issues with better efficiency. We are increasingly asked to assist in assessing IT accessibility in a variety of settings, most of which are now web-based. A good foundation of HTML knowledge will help in understanding and communicating accessibility problems with apps and sites. Many of us are in a unique (and really interesting) mix of doing tech, personal contact, and AT. The tech part often is neglected yet it's a vital part of our jobs. And for many campuses where the AT person is working within Student Services and not IT, being able to bridge that communication gap with local IT resources is a significant -- if not vital -- skill. -*- Dan On Sat, Jun 20, 2015 at 12:06 PM, Adam Kosakowski > wrote: Hello Everyone! I have been working in our disability office part time for over a year now and I have realized I have a knack and a love for Assistive Technology! I have a Masters of Education, but now I want to augment it with a specialty in Assistive Technology so I can one day have a better chance of getting a full time Assistive Technology Specialist position. I have been looking into post-graduate programs and it's all pretty confusing to me, so I was hoping to get some input. So far I've found: 30 credit "Sixth Year" programs like this one: http://catalog.southernct.edu/graduate/programs-and-degrees/special-education-sixth-year-professional-diploma-adaptive-technology.html 15 credit "Graduate Certificate" programs like this one: http://catalog.gmu.edu/preview_program.php?catoid=15&poid=5460&returnto=1028 and this ATACP program: http://tsengcollege.csun.edu/programs/ATAC (This one is the quickest, so that's a huge plus) Regardless of what program I complete, after I aim to sit for the ATP exam through RESNA: http://www.resna.org/certification/certification-directory.dot This I already know for sure I want to do! I guess my questions are: What sort of program would you suggest to get the sort of position I want? What post-nominal letters should I aim for? What did you do to get such cool positions? Any input would be greatly appreciated! Regards, Adam Kosakowski M.Ed. 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I pulled some of the content out of my longer documents and made one or two page tutorials out of them for quick access. http://www.karlencommunications.com/handouts.html They are all tagged accessible PDF. I hope they will be used in conjunction with the longer documents as I've cut out some of the explanations as to why you do things this way and just give you the steps. Sometimes "why" is important. Feedback always welcome. Cheers, Karen -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: ------------------------------ Message: 11 Date: Wed, 24 Jun 2015 15:57:31 +0000 From: Leyna Bencomo To: Access Technology Higher Education Network Subject: Re: [Athen] Input? Adding an Assistive Technology Specialty to my M.Ed. Message-ID: <104AC9451DBB7F4C9D0951BF2CF2C4C4D25108@UCCS-EX3.uccs.edu> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" I fifth that or however many. Dan was right on the money. Having an IT background has helped me quite a bit and I could still use more current IT skills. However, I also help train faculty in my job and I believe my instructional design/training skills are at least as important. Leyna Bencomo Assistive Technology Specialist, Information Technology University of Colorado Colorado Springs [cid:image003.jpg@01D0AE64.2F3F13D0] lbencomo@uccs.edu (719) 255-4202 From: athen-list [mailto:athen-list-bounces@mailman13.u.washington.edu] On Behalf Of Normajean.Brand Sent: Wednesday, June 24, 2015 9:46 AM To: Access Technology Higher Education Network Subject: Re: [Athen] Input? Adding an Assistive Technology Specialty to my M.Ed. Exactly Vicki! I work in IT, assigned to the Disability Services (because my fellow IT geeks didn?t have an interest or want to know), LOVE the AT side of the house and the win is still being a geek! ? Ditto what Dan said. ? NJ From: athen-list [mailto:athen-list-bounces@mailman13.u.washington.edu] On Behalf Of Place, Vicki Sent: Wednesday, June 24, 2015 9:13 AM To: 'Access Technology Higher Education Network' Subject: Re: [Athen] Input? Adding an Assistive Technology Specialty to my M.Ed. We have IT with AT and it works out fabulously. We had Dan come do an evaluation of our college and we did as he suggested; added IT to AT. I came from IT and it takes the burden off IT and our AT people. Plus, I still get to be a geek. ? ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Vicki Place Information Technology Technician II Department: Assistive Technology Center Phone: (509) 542-4428 On-Campus Ext.: 2428 Location: TD422 Mail Stop: MS-S4 [cbc logo for email] Assistive Technology Center (ATC) (509) 542-5529 On-Campus Ext.: 2329 atc@columbiabasin.edu The hardest thing to open . . . is a closed mind From: athen-list [mailto:athen-list-bounces@mailman13.u.washington.edu] On Behalf Of Dan Comden Sent: Tuesday, June 23, 2015 11:56 PM To: Access Technology Higher Education Network Subject: Re: [Athen] Input? Adding an Assistive Technology Specialty to my M.Ed. Solid IT experience is lacking from many of the AT programs I've seen. I'd estimate that half of what I've done (at least) over the last decades has more to do with troubleshooting and understanding operating systems and networking as much as specific AT applications. Developing the ability to write and understand the basics of one or more simple scripting languages will serve an AT professional well throughout their career. Being able to know and use those IT skills also lets you get past first-tier support when seeking assistance from a vendor, increasing your ability to successfully resolve install issues with better efficiency. We are increasingly asked to assist in assessing IT accessibility in a variety of settings, most of which are now web-based. A good foundation of HTML knowledge will help in understanding and communicating accessibility problems with apps and sites. Many of us are in a unique (and really interesting) mix of doing tech, personal contact, and AT. The tech part often is neglected yet it's a vital part of our jobs. And for many campuses where the AT person is working within Student Services and not IT, being able to bridge that communication gap with local IT resources is a significant -- if not vital -- skill. -*- Dan On Sat, Jun 20, 2015 at 12:06 PM, Adam Kosakowski > wrote: Hello Everyone! I have been working in our disability office part time for over a year now and I have realized I have a knack and a love for Assistive Technology! I have a Masters of Education, but now I want to augment it with a specialty in Assistive Technology so I can one day have a better chance of getting a full time Assistive Technology Specialist position. I have been looking into post-graduate programs and it's all pretty confusing to me, so I was hoping to get some input. So far I've found: 30 credit "Sixth Year" programs like this one: http://catalog.southernct.edu/graduate/programs-and-degrees/special-education-sixth-year-professional-diploma-adaptive-technology.html 15 credit "Graduate Certificate" programs like this one: http://catalog.gmu.edu/preview_program.php?catoid=15&poid=5460&returnto=1028 and this ATACP program: http://tsengcollege.csun.edu/programs/ATAC (This one is the quickest, so that's a huge plus) Regardless of what program I complete, after I aim to sit for the ATP exam through RESNA: http://www.resna.org/certification/certification-directory.dot This I already know for sure I want to do! I guess my questions are: What sort of program would you suggest to get the sort of position I want? What post-nominal letters should I aim for? What did you do to get such cool positions? Any input would be greatly appreciated! Regards, Adam Kosakowski M.Ed. 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Message-ID: <441226AA86D8224F87AF2837F9C5C4F4CF75D2BD@NARDOL.arda.cbc> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" IT doesn?t know what they are missing, NJ! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Vicki Place Information Technology Technician II Department: Assistive Technology Center Phone: (509) 542-4428 On-Campus Ext.: 2428 Location: TD422 Mail Stop: MS-S4 [cbc logo for email] Assistive Technology Center (ATC) (509) 542-5529 On-Campus Ext.: 2329 atc@columbiabasin.edu The hardest thing to open . . . is a closed mind From: athen-list [mailto:athen-list-bounces@mailman13.u.washington.edu] On Behalf Of Normajean.Brand Sent: Wednesday, June 24, 2015 8:46 AM To: Access Technology Higher Education Network Subject: Re: [Athen] Input? Adding an Assistive Technology Specialty to my M.Ed. Exactly Vicki! I work in IT, assigned to the Disability Services (because my fellow IT geeks didn?t have an interest or want to know), LOVE the AT side of the house and the win is still being a geek! ? Ditto what Dan said. ? NJ From: athen-list [mailto:athen-list-bounces@mailman13.u.washington.edu] On Behalf Of Place, Vicki Sent: Wednesday, June 24, 2015 9:13 AM To: 'Access Technology Higher Education Network' Subject: Re: [Athen] Input? Adding an Assistive Technology Specialty to my M.Ed. We have IT with AT and it works out fabulously. We had Dan come do an evaluation of our college and we did as he suggested; added IT to AT. I came from IT and it takes the burden off IT and our AT people. Plus, I still get to be a geek. ? ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Vicki Place Information Technology Technician II Department: Assistive Technology Center Phone: (509) 542-4428 On-Campus Ext.: 2428 Location: TD422 Mail Stop: MS-S4 [cbc logo for email] Assistive Technology Center (ATC) (509) 542-5529 On-Campus Ext.: 2329 atc@columbiabasin.edu The hardest thing to open . . . is a closed mind From: athen-list [mailto:athen-list-bounces@mailman13.u.washington.edu] On Behalf Of Dan Comden Sent: Tuesday, June 23, 2015 11:56 PM To: Access Technology Higher Education Network Subject: Re: [Athen] Input? Adding an Assistive Technology Specialty to my M.Ed. Solid IT experience is lacking from many of the AT programs I've seen. I'd estimate that half of what I've done (at least) over the last decades has more to do with troubleshooting and understanding operating systems and networking as much as specific AT applications. Developing the ability to write and understand the basics of one or more simple scripting languages will serve an AT professional well throughout their career. Being able to know and use those IT skills also lets you get past first-tier support when seeking assistance from a vendor, increasing your ability to successfully resolve install issues with better efficiency. We are increasingly asked to assist in assessing IT accessibility in a variety of settings, most of which are now web-based. A good foundation of HTML knowledge will help in understanding and communicating accessibility problems with apps and sites. Many of us are in a unique (and really interesting) mix of doing tech, personal contact, and AT. The tech part often is neglected yet it's a vital part of our jobs. And for many campuses where the AT person is working within Student Services and not IT, being able to bridge that communication gap with local IT resources is a significant -- if not vital -- skill. -*- Dan On Sat, Jun 20, 2015 at 12:06 PM, Adam Kosakowski > wrote: Hello Everyone! I have been working in our disability office part time for over a year now and I have realized I have a knack and a love for Assistive Technology! I have a Masters of Education, but now I want to augment it with a specialty in Assistive Technology so I can one day have a better chance of getting a full time Assistive Technology Specialist position. I have been looking into post-graduate programs and it's all pretty confusing to me, so I was hoping to get some input. So far I've found: 30 credit "Sixth Year" programs like this one: http://catalog.southernct.edu/graduate/programs-and-degrees/special-education-sixth-year-professional-diploma-adaptive-technology.html 15 credit "Graduate Certificate" programs like this one: http://catalog.gmu.edu/preview_program.php?catoid=15&poid=5460&returnto=1028 and this ATACP program: http://tsengcollege.csun.edu/programs/ATAC (This one is the quickest, so that's a huge plus) Regardless of what program I complete, after I aim to sit for the ATP exam through RESNA: http://www.resna.org/certification/certification-directory.dot This I already know for sure I want to do! I guess my questions are: What sort of program would you suggest to get the sort of position I want? What post-nominal letters should I aim for? What did you do to get such cool positions? Any input would be greatly appreciated! Regards, Adam Kosakowski M.Ed. 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Best, Jennifer @AccessibleFu tweeted: Librarians are encouraged to apply to our Sept. 10-11 workshop at @UCLA_DH! http://t.co/48RJaP62Ro #alaac15 Saturday, June 27, 2015 at 2:20:06 PM http://twitter.com/AccessibleFu/status/614906073162625024 From KRasul at columbiabasin.edu Mon Jun 29 12:55:35 2015 From: KRasul at columbiabasin.edu (Rasul, Kamran) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:32:38 2018 Subject: [Athen] Input? Adding an Assistive Technology Specialty to my M.Ed. In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: Within, for example, computer science, e-learning, engineering and other similar tech related departments we need to encourage more AT presence in these courses. Kamran Rasul, M.Ed Director of Assistive Technology Columbia Basin College, TD 422 2600 N 20th Ave, Pasco, WA 99301 krasul@columbiabasin.edu | 509.543.1448 ext.2048 -----Original Message----- From: athen-list [mailto:athen-list-bounces@mailman13.u.washington.edu] On Behalf Of Adam Kosakowski Sent: Thursday, June 25, 2015 8:59 AM To: 'athen-list@u.washington.edu' Subject: Re: [Athen] Input? Adding an Assistive Technology Specialty to my M.Ed. Thank you so much for that input, Dan (and others, too)! That makes a lot of sense! I actually have a decent amount of IT knowledge, not formally as in from a degree, but just from various sources in my everyday life (I am my family's and my wife's family's "Computer Guy"). I've also learned HTML back in the day, but I will definitely look into classes on it to refresh and stay up to date! Maybe I will even look into getting an HTML certification... Again, thank you! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Adam Kosakowski, M.Ed. Math Specialist and Assistive Technology Specialist, University Assistant AccessAbility Services Western Connecticut State University 181 White Street, Higgins Annex 017 Danbury, CT 06810 Telephone: 203-837-8225 TTY: 203-837-3235 FAX: 203-837-8848 Email: kosakowskia@wcsu.edu www.wcsu.edu/accessability The information contained in this email is privileged and confidential. If you are not the intended recipient of this email you are hereby notified that the dissemination, distribution or copying of this email is strictly prohibited. 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Re: Accessible Online Learning community group (Laura Carlson) 3. Re: Input? Adding an Assistive Technology Specialty to my M.Ed. (Dan Comden) 4. Re: Input? Adding an Assistive Technology Specialty to my M.Ed. (Wink Harner) 5. Re: Input? Adding an Assistive Technology Specialty to my M.Ed. (Korey J Singleton) 6. Re: Accessible Online Learning community group (Scott D. MacLeod) 7. One or two page tutorials on accessible Word elements and other stuff (Karlen Communications) 8. Re: Input? Adding an Assistive Technology Specialty to my M.Ed. (Place, Vicki) 9. Re: Input? Adding an Assistive Technology Specialty to my M.Ed. (Normajean.Brand) 10. Re: One or two page tutorials on accessible Word elements and other stuff (Normajean.Brand) 11. Re: Input? Adding an Assistive Technology Specialty to my M.Ed. (Leyna Bencomo) 12. Re: Input? Adding an Assistive Technology Specialty to my M.Ed. (Place, Vicki) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Message: 1 Date: Tue, 23 Jun 2015 15:25:01 -0400 From: Adam Kosakowski To: "athen-list@u.washington.edu" Subject: Re: [Athen] Input? Adding an Assistive Technology Specialty to my M.Ed. Message-ID: Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Thank you all for your input! I'm currently leaning towards the ATACP as it seems to be well known throughout all the U.S. Several job postings I've seen ask for it specifically, so that looks like a good sign to me! Adam Kosakowski M.Ed. ------------------------------ Message: 2 Date: Tue, 23 Jun 2015 15:12:45 -0500 From: Laura Carlson To: athen-list@u.washington.edu Subject: Re: [Athen] Accessible Online Learning community group Message-ID: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Hello everyone, If you are thinking about joining the W3C Accessible Online Learning Community Group, which Jennifer mentioned back in April, they are running an Introductory Survey for current and prospective group members to try to understand what should be the focus of the group. https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/AccessLearn Best Regards, Laura > On 4/10/2015, Jennifer Sutton wrote: > Here's a better link; the group now has enough > supporters that it's no longer in the "proposed" phase: > > https://www.w3.org/community/accesslearn/ >> On 4/10/2015, Jennifer Sutton wrote: >> ATHENites: >> >> Cross-posted from the WAI-IG email list. >> Thought some on this list might want to pass >> this along to your colleagues and/or get involved, yourselves, as appropriate. >> >> Jennifer >> >> See: >> https://www.w3.org/community/groups/proposed/>https://www.w3.org/community/groups/proposed/ >> Here's the group's description: >> >> Accessibility is often provided through >> accommodations. Schools are legally obligated to >> provide accommodations to enrolled students with identified disabilities, >> based on their needs-sign language interpreters >> in lectures for deaf students, digital copies of >> textbooks for students who are blind or have reading difficulties, >> extended time on exams for students who need >> more time due to cognitive or physical >> disabilities. With online learning, the obligations are less clear-for >> example, with MOOCs, where students around the >> world are taking courses but are not enrolled at >> the sponsoring school or organization. Also, accommodations >> are not well established-sign language >> interpreters and note takers are typically >> accommodations for the physical classroom. How does an organization ensure >> they are meeting obligations and giving online >> students the support they need participate fully >> and to be successful? Providers of online learning are >> best off delivering courses that are accessible >> out-of-the-box, without the need for special >> accommodations. And many of the features that provide an accessible >> experience for people with disabilities benefit >> all learners. For example, lecture transcripts >> are an excellent tool for study and review. However, without >> deliberate attention to the technologies, >> standards, and guidelines that comprise the Web >> Platform, accessibility may be difficult to achieve, and learners >> with disabilities may be left behind. The >> activities of the Accessible Online Learning W3C >> Community Group take place at the intersection of accessibility >> and online learning. We focus on reviewing >> current W3C resources and technologies to ensure >> the requirements for accessible online learning experiences >> are considered. We also identify areas where >> additional resources and technologies are needed >> to ensure full participation of people with disabilities >> in online learning experiences. -- Laura L. Carlson Information Technology Systems and Services University of Minnesota Duluth Duluth, MN U.S.A. 55812-3009 http://www.d.umn.edu/itss/training/online/webdesign/ ------------------------------ Message: 3 Date: Tue, 23 Jun 2015 23:55:57 -0700 From: Dan Comden To: Access Technology Higher Education Network Subject: Re: [Athen] Input? Adding an Assistive Technology Specialty to my M.Ed. Message-ID: Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" Solid IT experience is lacking from many of the AT programs I've seen. I'd estimate that half of what I've done (at least) over the last decades has more to do with troubleshooting and understanding operating systems and networking as much as specific AT applications. Developing the ability to write and understand the basics of one or more simple scripting languages will serve an AT professional well throughout their career. Being able to know and use those IT skills also lets you get past first-tier support when seeking assistance from a vendor, increasing your ability to successfully resolve install issues with better efficiency. We are increasingly asked to assist in assessing IT accessibility in a variety of settings, most of which are now web-based. A good foundation of HTML knowledge will help in understanding and communicating accessibility problems with apps and sites. Many of us are in a unique (and really interesting) mix of doing tech, personal contact, and AT. The tech part often is neglected yet it's a vital part of our jobs. And for many campuses where the AT person is working within Student Services and not IT, being able to bridge that communication gap with local IT resources is a significant -- if not vital -- skill. -*- Dan On Sat, Jun 20, 2015 at 12:06 PM, Adam Kosakowski wrote: > Hello Everyone! > > I have been working in our disability office part time for over a year now > and I have realized I have a knack and a love for Assistive Technology! I > have a Masters of Education, but now I want to augment it with a specialty > in Assistive Technology so I can one day have a better chance of getting a > full time Assistive Technology Specialist position. I have been looking > into post-graduate programs and it's all pretty confusing to me, so I was > hoping to get some input. > > So far I've found: > > 30 credit "Sixth Year" programs like this one: > http://catalog.southernct.edu/graduate/programs-and-degrees/special-education-sixth-year-professional-diploma-adaptive-technology.html > 15 credit "Graduate Certificate" programs like this one: > http://catalog.gmu.edu/preview_program.php?catoid=15&poid=5460&returnto=1028 > and this ATACP program: http://tsengcollege.csun.edu/programs/ATAC (This > one is the quickest, so that's a huge plus) > > Regardless of what program I complete, after I aim to sit for the ATP exam > through RESNA: > http://www.resna.org/certification/certification-directory.dot This I > already know for sure I want to do! > > I guess my questions are: What sort of program would you suggest to get > the sort of position I want? What post-nominal letters should I aim for? > What did you do to get such cool positions? > > Any input would be greatly appreciated! > > Regards, > > Adam Kosakowski M.Ed. > Math Specialist and Assistive Technology Specialist, University Assistant > AccessAbility Services > Western Connecticut State University > _______________________________________________ > athen-list mailing list > athen-list@mailman13.u.washington.edu > http://mailman13.u.washington.edu/mailman/listinfo/athen-list > -- -*- Dan Comden danc@uw.edu Access Technology Center www.uw.edu/itconnect/accessibility/atl/ University of Washington UW Information Technology -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: ------------------------------ Message: 4 Date: Wed, 24 Jun 2015 00:02:21 -0700 From: Wink Harner To: Access Technology Higher Education Network Subject: Re: [Athen] Input? Adding an Assistive Technology Specialty to my M.Ed. Message-ID: Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" A valuable insight and suggestion, Dan. Thanks. Wink Harner Accessibility & Adaptive Technology Consultant The Foreign Type On Jun 23, 2015 11:56 PM, "Dan Comden" wrote: > Solid IT experience is lacking from many of the AT programs I've seen. I'd > estimate that half of what I've done (at least) over the last decades has > more to do with troubleshooting and understanding operating systems and > networking as much as specific AT applications. Developing the ability to > write and understand the basics of one or more simple scripting languages > will serve an AT professional well throughout their career. Being able to > know and use those IT skills also lets you get past first-tier support when > seeking assistance from a vendor, increasing your ability to successfully > resolve install issues with better efficiency. > > We are increasingly asked to assist in assessing IT accessibility in a > variety of settings, most of which are now web-based. A good foundation of > HTML knowledge will help in understanding and communicating accessibility > problems with apps and sites. > > Many of us are in a unique (and really interesting) mix of doing tech, > personal contact, and AT. The tech part often is neglected yet it's a vital > part of our jobs. And for many campuses where the AT person is working > within Student Services and not IT, being able to bridge that communication > gap with local IT resources is a significant -- if not vital -- skill. > > -*- Dan > > > > On Sat, Jun 20, 2015 at 12:06 PM, Adam Kosakowski > wrote: > >> Hello Everyone! >> >> I have been working in our disability office part time for over a year >> now and I have realized I have a knack and a love for Assistive >> Technology! I have a Masters of Education, but now I want to augment it >> with a specialty in Assistive Technology so I can one day have a better >> chance of getting a full time Assistive Technology Specialist position. I >> have been looking into post-graduate programs and it's all pretty confusing >> to me, so I was hoping to get some input. >> >> So far I've found: >> >> 30 credit "Sixth Year" programs like this one: >> http://catalog.southernct.edu/graduate/programs-and-degrees/special-education-sixth-year-professional-diploma-adaptive-technology.html >> 15 credit "Graduate Certificate" programs like this one: >> http://catalog.gmu.edu/preview_program.php?catoid=15&poid=5460&returnto=1028 >> and this ATACP program: http://tsengcollege.csun.edu/programs/ATAC >> (This one is the quickest, so that's a huge plus) >> >> Regardless of what program I complete, after I aim to sit for the ATP >> exam through RESNA: >> http://www.resna.org/certification/certification-directory.dot This I >> already know for sure I want to do! >> >> I guess my questions are: What sort of program would you suggest to get >> the sort of position I want? What post-nominal letters should I aim for? >> What did you do to get such cool positions? >> >> Any input would be greatly appreciated! >> >> Regards, >> >> Adam Kosakowski M.Ed. >> Math Specialist and Assistive Technology Specialist, University Assistant >> AccessAbility Services >> Western Connecticut State University >> _______________________________________________ >> athen-list mailing list >> athen-list@mailman13.u.washington.edu >> http://mailman13.u.washington.edu/mailman/listinfo/athen-list >> > > > > -- > -*- Dan Comden danc@uw.edu > Access Technology Center www.uw.edu/itconnect/accessibility/atl/ > University of Washington UW Information Technology > > > _______________________________________________ > athen-list mailing list > athen-list@mailman13.u.washington.edu > http://mailman13.u.washington.edu/mailman/listinfo/athen-list > > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: ------------------------------ Message: 5 Date: Wed, 24 Jun 2015 12:34:38 +0000 From: Korey J Singleton To: Access Technology Higher Education Network Subject: Re: [Athen] Input? Adding an Assistive Technology Specialty to my M.Ed. Message-ID: <265c91eb-7d3b-4915-9b82-1873135cf326@email.android.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" Very well put, Dan! I completely agree. Korey Singleton ATI Manager Assistive Technology Initiative Aquia Building RM 238 MSN: 6A11 Fairfax Campus 4400 University Drive Fairfax, VA 22030 Phone: 703-993-2143 Fax: 703-993-4743 http://ati.gmu.edu Twitter: @AccessibleMason On Jun 24, 2015 2:56 AM, Dan Comden wrote: Solid IT experience is lacking from many of the AT programs I've seen. I'd estimate that half of what I've done (at least) over the last decades has more to do with troubleshooting and understanding operating systems and networking as much as specific AT applications. Developing the ability to write and understand the basics of one or more simple scripting languages will serve an AT professional well throughout their career. Being able to know and use those IT skills also lets you get past first-tier support when seeking assistance from a vendor, increasing your ability to successfully resolve install issues with better efficiency. We are increasingly asked to assist in assessing IT accessibility in a variety of settings, most of which are now web-based. A good foundation of HTML knowledge will help in understanding and communicating accessibility problems with apps and sites. Many of us are in a unique (and really interesting) mix of doing tech, personal contact, and AT. The tech part often is neglected yet it's a vital part of our jobs. And for many campuses where the AT person is working within Student Services and not IT, being able to bridge that communication gap with local IT resources is a significant -- if not vital -- skill. -*- Dan On Sat, Jun 20, 2015 at 12:06 PM, Adam Kosakowski > wrote: Hello Everyone! I have been working in our disability office part time for over a year now and I have realized I have a knack and a love for Assistive Technology! I have a Masters of Education, but now I want to augment it with a specialty in Assistive Technology so I can one day have a better chance of getting a full time Assistive Technology Specialist position. I have been looking into post-graduate programs and it's all pretty confusing to me, so I was hoping to get some input. So far I've found: 30 credit "Sixth Year" programs like this one: http://catalog.southernct.edu/graduate/programs-and-degrees/special-education-sixth-year-professional-diploma-adaptive-technology.html 15 credit "Graduate Certificate" programs like this one: http://catalog.gmu.edu/preview_program.php?catoid=15&poid=5460&returnto=1028 and this ATACP program: http://tsengcollege.csun.edu/programs/ATAC (This one is the quickest, so that's a huge plus) Regardless of what program I complete, after I aim to sit for the ATP exam through RESNA: http://www.resna.org/certification/certification-directory.dot This I already know for sure I want to do! I guess my questions are: What sort of program would you suggest to get the sort of position I want? What post-nominal letters should I aim for? What did you do to get such cool positions? Any input would be greatly appreciated! Regards, Adam Kosakowski M.Ed. Math Specialist and Assistive Technology Specialist, University Assistant AccessAbility Services Western Connecticut State University _______________________________________________ athen-list mailing list athen-list@mailman13.u.washington.edu http://mailman13.u.washington.edu/mailman/listinfo/athen-list -- -*- Dan Comden danc@uw.edu Access Technology Center www.uw.edu/itconnect/accessibility/atl/ University of Washington UW Information Technology -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: ------------------------------ Message: 6 Date: Wed, 24 Jun 2015 09:13:09 -0400 (EDT) From: "Scott D. MacLeod" To: Access Technology Higher Education Network Subject: Re: [Athen] Accessible Online Learning community group Message-ID: <1912446119.71069767.1435151589952.JavaMail.zimbra@svsu.edu> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Laura, My birthday is December 27, 1960 Thanks Scott ----- Original Message ----- From: "Laura Carlson" To: athen-list@u.washington.edu Sent: Tuesday, June 23, 2015 4:12:45 PM Subject: Re: [Athen] Accessible Online Learning community group Hello everyone, If you are thinking about joining the W3C Accessible Online Learning Community Group, which Jennifer mentioned back in April, they are running an Introductory Survey for current and prospective group members to try to understand what should be the focus of the group. https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/AccessLearn Best Regards, Laura > On 4/10/2015, Jennifer Sutton wrote: > Here's a better link; the group now has enough > supporters that it's no longer in the "proposed" phase: > > https://www.w3.org/community/accesslearn/ >> On 4/10/2015, Jennifer Sutton wrote: >> ATHENites: >> >> Cross-posted from the WAI-IG email list. >> Thought some on this list might want to pass >> this along to your colleagues and/or get involved, yourselves, as appropriate. >> >> Jennifer >> >> See: >> https://www.w3.org/community/groups/proposed/>https://www.w3.org/community/groups/proposed/ >> Here's the group's description: >> >> Accessibility is often provided through >> accommodations. Schools are legally obligated to >> provide accommodations to enrolled students with identified disabilities, >> based on their needs-sign language interpreters >> in lectures for deaf students, digital copies of >> textbooks for students who are blind or have reading difficulties, >> extended time on exams for students who need >> more time due to cognitive or physical >> disabilities. With online learning, the obligations are less clear-for >> example, with MOOCs, where students around the >> world are taking courses but are not enrolled at >> the sponsoring school or organization. Also, accommodations >> are not well established-sign language >> interpreters and note takers are typically >> accommodations for the physical classroom. How does an organization ensure >> they are meeting obligations and giving online >> students the support they need participate fully >> and to be successful? Providers of online learning are >> best off delivering courses that are accessible >> out-of-the-box, without the need for special >> accommodations. And many of the features that provide an accessible >> experience for people with disabilities benefit >> all learners. For example, lecture transcripts >> are an excellent tool for study and review. However, without >> deliberate attention to the technologies, >> standards, and guidelines that comprise the Web >> Platform, accessibility may be difficult to achieve, and learners >> with disabilities may be left behind. The >> activities of the Accessible Online Learning W3C >> Community Group take place at the intersection of accessibility >> and online learning. We focus on reviewing >> current W3C resources and technologies to ensure >> the requirements for accessible online learning experiences >> are considered. We also identify areas where >> additional resources and technologies are needed >> to ensure full participation of people with disabilities >> in online learning experiences. -- Laura L. Carlson Information Technology Systems and Services University of Minnesota Duluth Duluth, MN U.S.A. 55812-3009 http://www.d.umn.edu/itss/training/online/webdesign/ _______________________________________________ athen-list mailing list athen-list@mailman13.u.washington.edu http://mailman13.u.washington.edu/mailman/listinfo/athen-list -- Scott MacLeod Assistive Technology Specialist Disability Services 112 Curtiss Hall E-mail: sdmacleo@svsu.edu Phone:989 964 4054 ------------------------------ Message: 7 Date: Wed, 24 Jun 2015 09:43:16 -0400 From: "Karlen Communications" To: Subject: [Athen] One or two page tutorials on accessible Word elements and other stuff Message-ID: <001801d0ae83$ba703910$2f50ab30$@karlencommunications.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Hi Everyone! I pulled some of the content out of my longer documents and made one or two page tutorials out of them for quick access. http://www.karlencommunications.com/handouts.html They are all tagged accessible PDF. I hope they will be used in conjunction with the longer documents as I've cut out some of the explanations as to why you do things this way and just give you the steps. Sometimes "why" is important. Feedback always welcome. Cheers, Karen -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: ------------------------------ Message: 8 Date: Wed, 24 Jun 2015 14:12:45 +0000 From: "Place, Vicki" To: "'Access Technology Higher Education Network'" Subject: Re: [Athen] Input? Adding an Assistive Technology Specialty to my M.Ed. Message-ID: <441226AA86D8224F87AF2837F9C5C4F4CF75D0D0@NARDOL.arda.cbc> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" We have IT with AT and it works out fabulously. We had Dan come do an evaluation of our college and we did as he suggested; added IT to AT. I came from IT and it takes the burden off IT and our AT people. Plus, I still get to be a geek. ? ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Vicki Place Information Technology Technician II Department: Assistive Technology Center Phone: (509) 542-4428 On-Campus Ext.: 2428 Location: TD422 Mail Stop: MS-S4 [cbc logo for email] Assistive Technology Center (ATC) (509) 542-5529 On-Campus Ext.: 2329 atc@columbiabasin.edu The hardest thing to open . . . is a closed mind From: athen-list [mailto:athen-list-bounces@mailman13.u.washington.edu] On Behalf Of Dan Comden Sent: Tuesday, June 23, 2015 11:56 PM To: Access Technology Higher Education Network Subject: Re: [Athen] Input? Adding an Assistive Technology Specialty to my M.Ed. Solid IT experience is lacking from many of the AT programs I've seen. I'd estimate that half of what I've done (at least) over the last decades has more to do with troubleshooting and understanding operating systems and networking as much as specific AT applications. Developing the ability to write and understand the basics of one or more simple scripting languages will serve an AT professional well throughout their career. Being able to know and use those IT skills also lets you get past first-tier support when seeking assistance from a vendor, increasing your ability to successfully resolve install issues with better efficiency. We are increasingly asked to assist in assessing IT accessibility in a variety of settings, most of which are now web-based. A good foundation of HTML knowledge will help in understanding and communicating accessibility problems with apps and sites. Many of us are in a unique (and really interesting) mix of doing tech, personal contact, and AT. The tech part often is neglected yet it's a vital part of our jobs. And for many campuses where the AT person is working within Student Services and not IT, being able to bridge that communication gap with local IT resources is a significant -- if not vital -- skill. -*- Dan On Sat, Jun 20, 2015 at 12:06 PM, Adam Kosakowski > wrote: Hello Everyone! I have been working in our disability office part time for over a year now and I have realized I have a knack and a love for Assistive Technology! I have a Masters of Education, but now I want to augment it with a specialty in Assistive Technology so I can one day have a better chance of getting a full time Assistive Technology Specialist position. I have been looking into post-graduate programs and it's all pretty confusing to me, so I was hoping to get some input. So far I've found: 30 credit "Sixth Year" programs like this one: http://catalog.southernct.edu/graduate/programs-and-degrees/special-education-sixth-year-professional-diploma-adaptive-technology.html 15 credit "Graduate Certificate" programs like this one: http://catalog.gmu.edu/preview_program.php?catoid=15&poid=5460&returnto=1028 and this ATACP program: http://tsengcollege.csun.edu/programs/ATAC (This one is the quickest, so that's a huge plus) Regardless of what program I complete, after I aim to sit for the ATP exam through RESNA: http://www.resna.org/certification/certification-directory.dot This I already know for sure I want to do! I guess my questions are: What sort of program would you suggest to get the sort of position I want? What post-nominal letters should I aim for? What did you do to get such cool positions? Any input would be greatly appreciated! Regards, Adam Kosakowski M.Ed. Math Specialist and Assistive Technology Specialist, University Assistant AccessAbility Services Western Connecticut State University _______________________________________________ athen-list mailing list athen-list@mailman13.u.washington.edu http://mailman13.u.washington.edu/mailman/listinfo/athen-list -- -*- Dan Comden danc@uw.edu Access Technology Center www.uw.edu/itconnect/accessibility/atl/ University of Washington UW Information Technology -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: image001.png Type: image/png Size: 6635 bytes Desc: image001.png URL: -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... 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We had Dan come do an evaluation of our college and we did as he suggested; added IT to AT. I came from IT and it takes the burden off IT and our AT people. Plus, I still get to be a geek. ? ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Vicki Place Information Technology Technician II Department: Assistive Technology Center Phone: (509) 542-4428 On-Campus Ext.: 2428 Location: TD422 Mail Stop: MS-S4 [cbc logo for email] Assistive Technology Center (ATC) (509) 542-5529 On-Campus Ext.: 2329 atc@columbiabasin.edu The hardest thing to open . . . is a closed mind From: athen-list [mailto:athen-list-bounces@mailman13.u.washington.edu] On Behalf Of Dan Comden Sent: Tuesday, June 23, 2015 11:56 PM To: Access Technology Higher Education Network Subject: Re: [Athen] Input? Adding an Assistive Technology Specialty to my M.Ed. Solid IT experience is lacking from many of the AT programs I've seen. I'd estimate that half of what I've done (at least) over the last decades has more to do with troubleshooting and understanding operating systems and networking as much as specific AT applications. Developing the ability to write and understand the basics of one or more simple scripting languages will serve an AT professional well throughout their career. Being able to know and use those IT skills also lets you get past first-tier support when seeking assistance from a vendor, increasing your ability to successfully resolve install issues with better efficiency. We are increasingly asked to assist in assessing IT accessibility in a variety of settings, most of which are now web-based. A good foundation of HTML knowledge will help in understanding and communicating accessibility problems with apps and sites. Many of us are in a unique (and really interesting) mix of doing tech, personal contact, and AT. The tech part often is neglected yet it's a vital part of our jobs. And for many campuses where the AT person is working within Student Services and not IT, being able to bridge that communication gap with local IT resources is a significant -- if not vital -- skill. -*- Dan On Sat, Jun 20, 2015 at 12:06 PM, Adam Kosakowski > wrote: Hello Everyone! I have been working in our disability office part time for over a year now and I have realized I have a knack and a love for Assistive Technology! I have a Masters of Education, but now I want to augment it with a specialty in Assistive Technology so I can one day have a better chance of getting a full time Assistive Technology Specialist position. I have been looking into post-graduate programs and it's all pretty confusing to me, so I was hoping to get some input. So far I've found: 30 credit "Sixth Year" programs like this one: http://catalog.southernct.edu/graduate/programs-and-degrees/special-education-sixth-year-professional-diploma-adaptive-technology.html 15 credit "Graduate Certificate" programs like this one: http://catalog.gmu.edu/preview_program.php?catoid=15&poid=5460&returnto=1028 and this ATACP program: http://tsengcollege.csun.edu/programs/ATAC (This one is the quickest, so that's a huge plus) Regardless of what program I complete, after I aim to sit for the ATP exam through RESNA: http://www.resna.org/certification/certification-directory.dot This I already know for sure I want to do! I guess my questions are: What sort of program would you suggest to get the sort of position I want? What post-nominal letters should I aim for? What did you do to get such cool positions? Any input would be greatly appreciated! Regards, Adam Kosakowski M.Ed. Math Specialist and Assistive Technology Specialist, University Assistant AccessAbility Services Western Connecticut State University _______________________________________________ athen-list mailing list athen-list@mailman13.u.washington.edu http://mailman13.u.washington.edu/mailman/listinfo/athen-list -- -*- Dan Comden danc@uw.edu Access Technology Center www.uw.edu/itconnect/accessibility/atl/ University of Washington UW Information Technology -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: image001.png Type: image/png Size: 6635 bytes Desc: image001.png URL: -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... 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I pulled some of the content out of my longer documents and made one or two page tutorials out of them for quick access. http://www.karlencommunications.com/handouts.html They are all tagged accessible PDF. I hope they will be used in conjunction with the longer documents as I've cut out some of the explanations as to why you do things this way and just give you the steps. Sometimes "why" is important. Feedback always welcome. Cheers, Karen -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: ------------------------------ Message: 11 Date: Wed, 24 Jun 2015 15:57:31 +0000 From: Leyna Bencomo To: Access Technology Higher Education Network Subject: Re: [Athen] Input? Adding an Assistive Technology Specialty to my M.Ed. Message-ID: <104AC9451DBB7F4C9D0951BF2CF2C4C4D25108@UCCS-EX3.uccs.edu> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" I fifth that or however many. Dan was right on the money. Having an IT background has helped me quite a bit and I could still use more current IT skills. However, I also help train faculty in my job and I believe my instructional design/training skills are at least as important. Leyna Bencomo Assistive Technology Specialist, Information Technology University of Colorado Colorado Springs [cid:image003.jpg@01D0AE64.2F3F13D0] lbencomo@uccs.edu (719) 255-4202 From: athen-list [mailto:athen-list-bounces@mailman13.u.washington.edu] On Behalf Of Normajean.Brand Sent: Wednesday, June 24, 2015 9:46 AM To: Access Technology Higher Education Network Subject: Re: [Athen] Input? Adding an Assistive Technology Specialty to my M.Ed. Exactly Vicki! I work in IT, assigned to the Disability Services (because my fellow IT geeks didn?t have an interest or want to know), LOVE the AT side of the house and the win is still being a geek! ? Ditto what Dan said. ? NJ From: athen-list [mailto:athen-list-bounces@mailman13.u.washington.edu] On Behalf Of Place, Vicki Sent: Wednesday, June 24, 2015 9:13 AM To: 'Access Technology Higher Education Network' Subject: Re: [Athen] Input? Adding an Assistive Technology Specialty to my M.Ed. We have IT with AT and it works out fabulously. We had Dan come do an evaluation of our college and we did as he suggested; added IT to AT. I came from IT and it takes the burden off IT and our AT people. Plus, I still get to be a geek. ? ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Vicki Place Information Technology Technician II Department: Assistive Technology Center Phone: (509) 542-4428 On-Campus Ext.: 2428 Location: TD422 Mail Stop: MS-S4 [cbc logo for email] Assistive Technology Center (ATC) (509) 542-5529 On-Campus Ext.: 2329 atc@columbiabasin.edu The hardest thing to open . . . is a closed mind From: athen-list [mailto:athen-list-bounces@mailman13.u.washington.edu] On Behalf Of Dan Comden Sent: Tuesday, June 23, 2015 11:56 PM To: Access Technology Higher Education Network Subject: Re: [Athen] Input? Adding an Assistive Technology Specialty to my M.Ed. Solid IT experience is lacking from many of the AT programs I've seen. I'd estimate that half of what I've done (at least) over the last decades has more to do with troubleshooting and understanding operating systems and networking as much as specific AT applications. Developing the ability to write and understand the basics of one or more simple scripting languages will serve an AT professional well throughout their career. Being able to know and use those IT skills also lets you get past first-tier support when seeking assistance from a vendor, increasing your ability to successfully resolve install issues with better efficiency. We are increasingly asked to assist in assessing IT accessibility in a variety of settings, most of which are now web-based. A good foundation of HTML knowledge will help in understanding and communicating accessibility problems with apps and sites. Many of us are in a unique (and really interesting) mix of doing tech, personal contact, and AT. The tech part often is neglected yet it's a vital part of our jobs. And for many campuses where the AT person is working within Student Services and not IT, being able to bridge that communication gap with local IT resources is a significant -- if not vital -- skill. -*- Dan On Sat, Jun 20, 2015 at 12:06 PM, Adam Kosakowski > wrote: Hello Everyone! I have been working in our disability office part time for over a year now and I have realized I have a knack and a love for Assistive Technology! I have a Masters of Education, but now I want to augment it with a specialty in Assistive Technology so I can one day have a better chance of getting a full time Assistive Technology Specialist position. I have been looking into post-graduate programs and it's all pretty confusing to me, so I was hoping to get some input. So far I've found: 30 credit "Sixth Year" programs like this one: http://catalog.southernct.edu/graduate/programs-and-degrees/special-education-sixth-year-professional-diploma-adaptive-technology.html 15 credit "Graduate Certificate" programs like this one: http://catalog.gmu.edu/preview_program.php?catoid=15&poid=5460&returnto=1028 and this ATACP program: http://tsengcollege.csun.edu/programs/ATAC (This one is the quickest, so that's a huge plus) Regardless of what program I complete, after I aim to sit for the ATP exam through RESNA: http://www.resna.org/certification/certification-directory.dot This I already know for sure I want to do! I guess my questions are: What sort of program would you suggest to get the sort of position I want? What post-nominal letters should I aim for? What did you do to get such cool positions? Any input would be greatly appreciated! Regards, Adam Kosakowski M.Ed. 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Message-ID: <441226AA86D8224F87AF2837F9C5C4F4CF75D2BD@NARDOL.arda.cbc> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" IT doesn?t know what they are missing, NJ! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Vicki Place Information Technology Technician II Department: Assistive Technology Center Phone: (509) 542-4428 On-Campus Ext.: 2428 Location: TD422 Mail Stop: MS-S4 [cbc logo for email] Assistive Technology Center (ATC) (509) 542-5529 On-Campus Ext.: 2329 atc@columbiabasin.edu The hardest thing to open . . . is a closed mind From: athen-list [mailto:athen-list-bounces@mailman13.u.washington.edu] On Behalf Of Normajean.Brand Sent: Wednesday, June 24, 2015 8:46 AM To: Access Technology Higher Education Network Subject: Re: [Athen] Input? Adding an Assistive Technology Specialty to my M.Ed. Exactly Vicki! I work in IT, assigned to the Disability Services (because my fellow IT geeks didn?t have an interest or want to know), LOVE the AT side of the house and the win is still being a geek! ? Ditto what Dan said. ? NJ From: athen-list [mailto:athen-list-bounces@mailman13.u.washington.edu] On Behalf Of Place, Vicki Sent: Wednesday, June 24, 2015 9:13 AM To: 'Access Technology Higher Education Network' Subject: Re: [Athen] Input? Adding an Assistive Technology Specialty to my M.Ed. We have IT with AT and it works out fabulously. We had Dan come do an evaluation of our college and we did as he suggested; added IT to AT. I came from IT and it takes the burden off IT and our AT people. Plus, I still get to be a geek. ? ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Vicki Place Information Technology Technician II Department: Assistive Technology Center Phone: (509) 542-4428 On-Campus Ext.: 2428 Location: TD422 Mail Stop: MS-S4 [cbc logo for email] Assistive Technology Center (ATC) (509) 542-5529 On-Campus Ext.: 2329 atc@columbiabasin.edu The hardest thing to open . . . is a closed mind From: athen-list [mailto:athen-list-bounces@mailman13.u.washington.edu] On Behalf Of Dan Comden Sent: Tuesday, June 23, 2015 11:56 PM To: Access Technology Higher Education Network Subject: Re: [Athen] Input? Adding an Assistive Technology Specialty to my M.Ed. Solid IT experience is lacking from many of the AT programs I've seen. I'd estimate that half of what I've done (at least) over the last decades has more to do with troubleshooting and understanding operating systems and networking as much as specific AT applications. Developing the ability to write and understand the basics of one or more simple scripting languages will serve an AT professional well throughout their career. Being able to know and use those IT skills also lets you get past first-tier support when seeking assistance from a vendor, increasing your ability to successfully resolve install issues with better efficiency. We are increasingly asked to assist in assessing IT accessibility in a variety of settings, most of which are now web-based. A good foundation of HTML knowledge will help in understanding and communicating accessibility problems with apps and sites. Many of us are in a unique (and really interesting) mix of doing tech, personal contact, and AT. The tech part often is neglected yet it's a vital part of our jobs. And for many campuses where the AT person is working within Student Services and not IT, being able to bridge that communication gap with local IT resources is a significant -- if not vital -- skill. -*- Dan On Sat, Jun 20, 2015 at 12:06 PM, Adam Kosakowski > wrote: Hello Everyone! I have been working in our disability office part time for over a year now and I have realized I have a knack and a love for Assistive Technology! I have a Masters of Education, but now I want to augment it with a specialty in Assistive Technology so I can one day have a better chance of getting a full time Assistive Technology Specialist position. I have been looking into post-graduate programs and it's all pretty confusing to me, so I was hoping to get some input. So far I've found: 30 credit "Sixth Year" programs like this one: http://catalog.southernct.edu/graduate/programs-and-degrees/special-education-sixth-year-professional-diploma-adaptive-technology.html 15 credit "Graduate Certificate" programs like this one: http://catalog.gmu.edu/preview_program.php?catoid=15&poid=5460&returnto=1028 and this ATACP program: http://tsengcollege.csun.edu/programs/ATAC (This one is the quickest, so that's a huge plus) Regardless of what program I complete, after I aim to sit for the ATP exam through RESNA: http://www.resna.org/certification/certification-directory.dot This I already know for sure I want to do! I guess my questions are: What sort of program would you suggest to get the sort of position I want? What post-nominal letters should I aim for? What did you do to get such cool positions? Any input would be greatly appreciated! Regards, Adam Kosakowski M.Ed. 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I would like to inquire if many Universities have a Disability Service Dept. image of available technology (JAWS, Zoom Text, Kurzweil, Read & Write Gold, etc.) on campus wide computer labs and computers in the university library? Any examples of universal design - "equal access at the same time"? Without having to strain a continued conversation to have access to the DSS software across campus with continued litigation examples, I would like to present various Universities who have successfully implemented such an atmosphere. Thanks. Bryon Kluesner, RhD Adaptive Technology Coordinator Disability Resource Center Adjunct Faculty College of Health, Education & Professional Studies University of Tennessee at Chattanooga 615 McCallie Ave., Dept. 2953 Chattanooga, TN 37403 423-425-5251 Go MOCS! -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From lissner.2 at osu.edu Mon Jun 29 20:06:50 2015 From: lissner.2 at osu.edu (Lissner, L S. (Scott)) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:32:38 2018 Subject: [Athen] Disability Service technology campus availability In-Reply-To: <56C15F5F7FD04146924173920805DF613E33EA22@UTCMBX1.utc.tennessee.edu> References: <56C15F5F7FD04146924173920805DF613E33EA22@UTCMBX1.utc.tennessee.edu> Message-ID: L. Scott Lissner, The Ohio State University ADA Coordinator and 504 Compliance Office Associate, John Glenn School of Public Affairs Lecturer, Knowlton School of Architecture, Moritz College of Law & Disability Studies Board, Center for Disability Empowerment Appointed State HAVA Committee & Columbus Advisory Council on Disability Issues Past President, AHEAD (614) 292-6207(v); (614) 688-8605(tty) (614) 688-3665(fax); Http://ada.osu.edu 154 West 12th, Columbus, Ohio. 43210 On Jun 29, 2015, at 8:41 PM, Kluesner, Bryon > wrote: Hi all. I would like to inquire if many Universities have a Disability Service Dept. image of available technology (JAWS, Zoom Text, Kurzweil, Read & Write Gold, etc.) on campus wide computer labs and computers in the university library? Any examples of universal design - "equal access at the same time"? Without having to strain a continued conversation to have access to the DSS software across campus with continued litigation examples, I would like to present various Universities who have successfully implemented such an atmosphere. Thanks. Bryon Kluesner, RhD Adaptive Technology Coordinator Disability Resource Center Adjunct Faculty College of Health, Education & Professional Studies University of Tennessee at Chattanooga 615 McCallie Ave., Dept. 2953 Chattanooga, TN 37403 423-425-5251 Go MOCS! _______________________________________________ athen-list mailing list athen-list@mailman13.u.washington.edu http://mailman13.u.washington.edu/mailman/listinfo/athen-list -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From Teresa.Haven at nau.edu Tue Jun 30 07:47:20 2015 From: Teresa.Haven at nau.edu (Teresa Haven) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:32:38 2018 Subject: [Athen] Disability Service technology campus availability In-Reply-To: <56C15F5F7FD04146924173920805DF613E33EA22@UTCMBX1.utc.tennessee.edu> References: <56C15F5F7FD04146924173920805DF613E33EA22@UTCMBX1.utc.tennessee.edu> Message-ID: <8B17405CDE724049BFD78BFBC560F1FDBE33C1@yew.nau.froot.nau.edu> Hi, Bryon. Northern Arizona University provides AT as part of the general student image, so it's available on any computer that a student has authorization to log into. The software list we currently provide includes JAWS, Kurzweil 3000, Read and Write Gold, Super Nova, Text 2 Go, and CoWriter. Hope this helps, Teresa Teresa Haven, Ph.D. Accessibility Analyst, Northern Arizona University Co-Chair, AHEAD Standing Committee on Technology Vice President, ATHEN From: athen-list [mailto:athen-list-bounces@mailman13.u.washington.edu] On Behalf Of Kluesner, Bryon Sent: Monday, June 29, 2015 5:36 PM To: athen-list@u.washington.edu Subject: [Athen] Disability Service technology campus availability Hi all. I would like to inquire if many Universities have a Disability Service Dept. image of available technology (JAWS, Zoom Text, Kurzweil, Read & Write Gold, etc.) on campus wide computer labs and computers in the university library? Any examples of universal design - "equal access at the same time"? Without having to strain a continued conversation to have access to the DSS software across campus with continued litigation examples, I would like to present various Universities who have successfully implemented such an atmosphere. Thanks. Bryon Kluesner, RhD Adaptive Technology Coordinator Disability Resource Center Adjunct Faculty College of Health, Education & Professional Studies University of Tennessee at Chattanooga 615 McCallie Ave., Dept. 2953 Chattanooga, TN 37403 423-425-5251 Go MOCS! -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From lnorwich at bu.edu Tue Jun 30 10:09:35 2015 From: lnorwich at bu.edu (Norwich, Lorraine S) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:32:38 2018 Subject: [Athen] Apps Message-ID: <9CD7975AD546754DBA3B21EC09D0882ECF20CD60@IST-EX10MBX-4.ad.bu.edu> Hi I am doing a review of the apps we recommend students to use on iPhone, iPads and androids to read PDf, eBooks and RTF's. We are also looking into note taking apps you are suggesting students to use. Can anyone recommend some to us that they have found recently that they like. Thanks Lorraine Lorraine S. Norwich, BSME, MSIS Assistant Director of Disability Services Boston University 19 Deerfield Street, 2nd Floor Boston, MA 02215 lnorwich@bu.edu (email) 617-353-3658 (vox) 617-353-9646 (fax) www.bu.edu/disability (website) -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From Brianna.Giacoppe at tufts.edu Tue Jun 30 10:17:45 2015 From: Brianna.Giacoppe at tufts.edu (Giacoppe, Brianna) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:32:38 2018 Subject: [Athen] Apps In-Reply-To: <9CD7975AD546754DBA3B21EC09D0882ECF20CD60@IST-EX10MBX-4.ad.bu.edu> References: <9CD7975AD546754DBA3B21EC09D0882ECF20CD60@IST-EX10MBX-4.ad.bu.edu> Message-ID: <70AE13E833401B4F9C211EC49063147818058CC0@SSVMEXDAG01MB04.tufts.ad.tufts.edu> Hi Lorraine, One note taking app that we recommend to our students is MyScript Smart Note, it allows the students to take notes in their own handwriting on their device, adding drawings and side notes. They are also able to highlight certain parts of their notes and search words and phrases through the web. Thanks, Brianna From: athen-list [mailto:athen-list-bounces@mailman13.u.washington.edu] On Behalf Of Norwich, Lorraine S Sent: June 30, 2015 1:10 PM To: athen-list@mailman1.u.washington.edu Subject: [Athen] Apps Hi I am doing a review of the apps we recommend students to use on iPhone, iPads and androids to read PDf, eBooks and RTF's. We are also looking into note taking apps you are suggesting students to use. Can anyone recommend some to us that they have found recently that they like. Thanks Lorraine Lorraine S. Norwich, BSME, MSIS Assistant Director of Disability Services Boston University 19 Deerfield Street, 2nd Floor Boston, MA 02215 lnorwich@bu.edu (email) 617-353-3658 (vox) 617-353-9646 (fax) www.bu.edu/disability (website) -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From lisa.brandt1 at pcc.edu Tue Jun 30 10:32:26 2015 From: lisa.brandt1 at pcc.edu (Lisa Brandt) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:32:38 2018 Subject: [Athen] Apps In-Reply-To: <9CD7975AD546754DBA3B21EC09D0882ECF20CD60@IST-EX10MBX-4.ad.bu.edu> References: <9CD7975AD546754DBA3B21EC09D0882ECF20CD60@IST-EX10MBX-4.ad.bu.edu> Message-ID: Hi Lorraine, We have just started using @Voice Read Aloud on our Android devices. It's free, but displays a small banner ad at the bottom. The ad-free version is $4.95. It's very simple to use, and you can find it here: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.hyperionics.avar We like this one a bunch! I also like Sonocent Audio Notetaker. You can record audio, color-code sections of the audio on the fly, and add pictures and text. The recording app is free for Android and iOS, but you can only play back the first five minutes of the audio on mobile devices. The desktop software is required for everything else, and is probably rather pricey for students. However, they have many licensing options, and we're planning to test this for creating course materials as well. Link: https://www.sonocent.com/en/ -- Lisa Brandt, PCC Disability Services Accessibility Technician Alternate Media Formats Technician 971-722-4366 SY CC 260 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From kcahill at mit.edu Tue Jun 30 11:07:07 2015 From: kcahill at mit.edu (Kathleen Cahill) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:32:38 2018 Subject: [Athen] Apps Message-ID: Hi Lorraine, We?ve been recommending Voice Dream Reader for iOS as a document reader. They also have a product called Voice Dream Writer to help with composing documents but I have not yet downloaded and tested it. http://www.voicedream.com/ Kathy Kathleen Cahill MIT Assistive Technology Information Center (ATIC) 77 Mass. Ave. 7-143 Cambridge MA 02139 (617) 253-5111 kcahill@mit.edu From: , Lorraine Norwich > Reply-To: Access Network > Date: Tuesday, June 30, 2015 at 1:09 PM To: "athen-list@mailman1.u.washington.edu" > Subject: [Athen] Apps Hi I am doing a review of the apps we recommend students to use on iPhone, iPads and androids to read PDf, eBooks and RTF?s. We are also looking into note taking apps you are suggesting students to use. Can anyone recommend some to us that they have found recently that they like. Thanks Lorraine Lorraine S. Norwich, BSME, MSIS Assistant Director of Disability Services Boston University 19 Deerfield Street, 2nd Floor Boston, MA 02215 lnorwich@bu.edu (email) 617-353-3658 (vox) 617-353-9646 (fax) www.bu.edu/disability (website) -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From jsuttondc at gmail.com Tue Jun 30 11:18:27 2015 From: jsuttondc at gmail.com (Jennifer Sutton) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:32:38 2018 Subject: [Athen] Environments for Humans -- Accessibility Summit -- September 8 and 9 Message-ID: <7.0.1.0.2.20150630111643.05b6f258@gmail.com> ATHENites: This year's E4H online Accessibility Summit will be on September 8 and 9. See: http://environmentsforhumans.com/2015/accessibility-summit/?mc_cid=e955c45f86&mc_eid=e9a101ca4f#.VZK0n2fbJdi Best, Jennifer From trobertson at langara.bc.ca Tue Jun 30 11:49:21 2015 From: trobertson at langara.bc.ca (Tara Robertson) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:32:38 2018 Subject: [Athen] Apps In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <5592E4B1.5050100@langara.bc.ca> +1 for Voice Dream. It sometimes goes on sale for $5. You can add in premium voices for $3-5 each. Cheers, Tara On 30/06/2015 11:07 AM, Kathleen Cahill wrote: > Hi Lorraine, > > We?ve been recommending Voice Dream Reader for iOS as a document > reader. They also have a product called Voice Dream Writer to help > with composing documents but I have not yet downloaded and tested it. > http://www.voicedream.com/ > > Kathy > > Kathleen Cahill > MIT Assistive Technology Information Center (ATIC) > 77 Mass. Ave. 7-143 > Cambridge MA 02139 > (617) 253-5111 > kcahill@mit.edu > > > From: , Lorraine Norwich > > Reply-To: Access Network > > Date: Tuesday, June 30, 2015 at 1:09 PM > To: "athen-list@mailman1.u.washington.edu > " > > > Subject: [Athen] Apps > > Hi > > I am doing a review of the apps we recommend students to use on > iPhone, iPads and androids to read PDf, eBooks and RTF?s. We are > also looking into note taking apps you are suggesting students to use. > > Can anyone recommend some to us that they have found recently that > they like. > > Thanks > > Lorraine > > Lorraine S. Norwich, BSME, MSIS > > Assistant Director of Disability Services > > Boston University > > 19 Deerfield Street, 2nd Floor > > Boston, MA 02215 > > lnorwich@bu.edu (email) > > 617-353-3658 (vox) > > 617-353-9646 (fax) > > www.bu.edu/disability (website) > > > > _______________________________________________ > athen-list mailing list > athen-list@mailman13.u.washington.edu > http://mailman13.u.washington.edu/mailman/listinfo/athen-list -- Tara Robertson Accessibility Librarian, CAPER-BC T 604.323.5254 F 604.323.5954 trobertson@langara.bc.ca Langara. 100 West 49th Avenue, Vancouver, BC, V5Y 2Z6 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From Keith.Bundy at dsu.edu Tue Jun 30 12:03:13 2015 From: Keith.Bundy at dsu.edu (Bundy, Keith) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:32:38 2018 Subject: [Athen] Apps In-Reply-To: <9CD7975AD546754DBA3B21EC09D0882ECF20CD60@IST-EX10MBX-4.ad.bu.edu> References: <9CD7975AD546754DBA3B21EC09D0882ECF20CD60@IST-EX10MBX-4.ad.bu.edu> Message-ID: Hello, Loraine! Evernote has some good qualities as well. Also, Notesy for Dropbox is a good program for just writing notes, as is IA Writer. Keith Bundy, MS Dakota State University Phone: 605-256-5121 Email: keith.bundy@dsu.edu From: athen-list [mailto:athen-list-bounces@mailman13.u.washington.edu] On Behalf Of Norwich, Lorraine S Sent: Tuesday, June 30, 2015 12:10 PM To: athen-list@mailman1.u.washington.edu Subject: [Athen] Apps Hi I am doing a review of the apps we recommend students to use on iPhone, iPads and androids to read PDf, eBooks and RTF's. We are also looking into note taking apps you are suggesting students to use. Can anyone recommend some to us that they have found recently that they like. Thanks Lorraine Lorraine S. Norwich, BSME, MSIS Assistant Director of Disability Services Boston University 19 Deerfield Street, 2nd Floor Boston, MA 02215 lnorwich@bu.edu (email) 617-353-3658 (vox) 617-353-9646 (fax) www.bu.edu/disability (website) -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From ats169 at psu.edu Tue Jun 30 13:16:24 2015 From: ats169 at psu.edu (Alexa Schriempf) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:32:38 2018 Subject: [Athen] Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association in Accessible WORD or HTML format Message-ID: Hello All, We are looking for an alternate copy of the *APA's Publication Manua*l SIXTH edition. Well-structured Word document or HTML would be ideal for our JAWS users. I have examined the DAISY copies available from Bookshare and find them lacking, particularly regarding navigability for easy reference look up, which is how this manual is designed to be used. ISBN: 978-1-433 8-0561-5 (for the paper copy). Thank you all! -- Alexa Schriempf, PhD Access Tech Consultant https://sites.psu.edu/aschriempf/ -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From Bryon-Kluesner at utc.edu Tue Jun 30 14:19:58 2015 From: Bryon-Kluesner at utc.edu (Kluesner, Bryon) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:32:38 2018 Subject: [Athen] Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association in Accessible WORD or HTML format In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <56C15F5F7FD04146924173920805DF613E33F5D3@UTCMBX1.utc.tennessee.edu> Hi Alexa, I have scanned the manual as PDF files. Do you have a process to convert to Word or HTML? I can send the PDF files to you on Wednesday if you like. Bryon Bryon Kluesner, RhD Adaptive Technology Coordinator Disability Resource Center Adjunct Professor College of Health, Education & Professional Studies University of Tennessee at Chattanooga 615 McCallie Ave., Dept. 2953 Chattanooga, TN 37403 423-425-5251 Go MOCS! From: athen-list [mailto:athen-list-bounces@mailman13.u.washington.edu] On Behalf Of Alexa Schriempf Sent: Tuesday, June 30, 2015 4:16 PM To: Alternate Media; Access Technology Higher Education Network; dsshe-l Subject: [Athen] Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association in Accessible WORD or HTML format Hello All, We are looking for an alternate copy of the APA's Publication Manual SIXTH edition. Well-structured Word document or HTML would be ideal for our JAWS users. I have examined the DAISY copies available from Bookshare and find them lacking, particularly regarding navigability for easy reference look up, which is how this manual is designed to be used. ISBN: 978-1-433 8-0561-5 (for the paper copy). Thank you all! -- Alexa Schriempf, PhD Access Tech Consultant https://sites.psu.edu/aschriempf/ -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From gdietrich at htctu.net Tue Jun 30 17:38:09 2015 From: gdietrich at htctu.net (Gaeir Dietrich) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:32:38 2018 Subject: [Athen] Apps In-Reply-To: <9CD7975AD546754DBA3B21EC09D0882ECF20CD60@IST-EX10MBX-4.ad.bu.edu> References: <9CD7975AD546754DBA3B21EC09D0882ECF20CD60@IST-EX10MBX-4.ad.bu.edu> Message-ID: <046601d0b396$34747ca0$9d5d75e0$@htctu.net> Another vote for VoiceDream Reader and Writer - and they now have a version for reading e-mail, as well. I have also heard good reviews for ClaroSpeak and ClaroPDF. ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ Gaeir (rhymes with "fire") Dietrich HTCTU Director 408-996-4636 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ From: athen-list [mailto:athen-list-bounces@mailman13.u.washington.edu] On Behalf Of Norwich, Lorraine S Sent: Tuesday, June 30, 2015 10:10 AM To: athen-list@mailman1.u.washington.edu Subject: [Athen] Apps Hi I am doing a review of the apps we recommend students to use on iPhone, iPads and androids to read PDf, eBooks and RTF's. We are also looking into note taking apps you are suggesting students to use. Can anyone recommend some to us that they have found recently that they like. Thanks Lorraine Lorraine S. Norwich, BSME, MSIS Assistant Director of Disability Services Boston University 19 Deerfield Street, 2nd Floor Boston, MA 02215 lnorwich@bu.edu (email) 617-353-3658 (vox) 617-353-9646 (fax) www.bu.edu/disability (website) -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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