[Athen] Vendor questions and guidelines

[Caid, Lisa M.]

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 at 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 at wtamu.edu.

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Date: Thu, 11 Jun 2015 02:27:15 +0000
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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 at osu.edu ocio.osu.edu

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From: athen-list [mailto:athen-list-bounces at 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 at bu.edu (email) 
617-353-3658 (vox) 
617-353-9646 (fax) 
www.bu.edu/disability (website)
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Message: 4
Date: Thu, 11 Jun 2015 10:58:22 -0400
From: Emily Griffin <wag at 3playmedia.com>
To: athen-list at u.washington.edu
Subject: [Athen] upcoming free webinars on web accessibility & video
	captioning
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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
   <http://info.3playmedia.com/webinar-registration-06-17-2015.html>

   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!
   <http://info.3playmedia.com/webinar-registration-06-17-2015.html>
   - [image: webinar: Empowering YouTube for Higher Education]
   Empowering YouTube for Higher Education
   <http://info.3playmedia.com/webinar-registration-07-09-2015.html>

   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!
   <http://info.3playmedia.com/webinar-registration-07-09-2015.html>
   - [image: webinar: DIY Workflows for Captioning and Transcription]
   DIY Workflows for Captioning and Transcription
   <http://info.3playmedia.com/webinar-registration-07-23-2015.html>

   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!
   <http://info.3playmedia.com/webinar-registration-07-23-2015.html>
   - [image: webinar: Quick Start to Captioning]
   Quick Start to Captioning
   <http://info.3playmedia.com/webinar-registration-08-06-2015.html>

   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!
   <http://info.3playmedia.com/webinar-registration-08-06-2015.html>

Many thanks,
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Message: 5
Date: Thu, 11 Jun 2015 12:42:50 -0600
From: Howard Kramer <hkramer at ahead.org>
To: WebAIM Discussion List <webaim-forum at list.webaim.org>,	Access
	Technology Higher Education Network <athen-list at u.washington.edu>
Subject: [Athen] NVDA operation questions
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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
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