From jhori at ucdavis.edu Fri Jul 1 12:22:53 2016 From: jhori at ucdavis.edu (Joshua Hori) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:33:28 2018 Subject: [Athen] UDL Blog In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: Hello Samantha! Great first post! A few suggestions? Updating the alt tag to state: ?Universal Design puzzle, labels pieced together showing the framework connections between??. You could label all the pieces in the alt text, or end it with ??different environmental barriers of students?. The 10 tips?(This is coming from the view of someone who provides accessible course materials, class and testing accommodations.) Sorry if I?m over explaining in some areas. #1 ? I love you for stating the need for class notes. There are plenty of audio recorders for mobile devices which professors could use to record their lecture and provide it to the class through cloud services. The students can then take those notes and use them how they like. #2 ? ?accessible? electronic handouts? (Colorado State eText Intro) #3 ? ?accessible? electronic versions? #4 - /thumbs up #5 ? Can we remove time limit suggestions? We have students who require additional time for reading tests due to disabilities, or need additional time to write out answers due to anxiety (which is a growing population at the moment), mobility limitations or writing dexterity. I would love it if you suggested take home exams, but realize that some professor?s may see that as a fundamental alteration of the course. Maybe the quizzes could be taken before or after class to better determine what materials need additional clarification. Here?s an example of an extreme dyslexic reading a web page. For most of my students, it doesn?t move while they are watching it (although a few state it does move like that), but when they look away to write a note or answer a question. When they look back, everything has changed like it?s a new page they?re looking at. #6 ? Multiple choice exams aren?t bad per say, since you can store all questions and answers in an excel sheet and randomize the order, creating different forms of the test on the fly?but if we altered tests to essay formats to gauge student knowledge of materials rather than matching of terms, maybe we could move to take home tests and not worry about testing accommodations? Sure, students could then collaborate on tests; but is that a bad thing? They would still have to come up with different essay answers than who they are collaborating with. I don?t know of too many jobs where you are forced to work alone and not reach out for help if it?s needed. Why are we forcing our students to test this way? It?s counterproductive to what we?re trying to teach them. Collaborate, collaborate, collaborate?except on tests, you?re on your own. Good luck. #7 ? Use ?captioned? audio or video recording?Offer local solutions for captioning. You can find vendors who can provide this service at $1 a minute, or suggest to have a student do it for them for extra credit if it?s up on YouTube. They may even want to suggest it for students who are struggling in the course as they may understand the materials more after captioning the content. Also keep in mind that captions help ALL students get familiar with terminology. Don?t forget audio descriptions! You can use YouDescribe to add audio descriptions to youtube videos. Also keep in mind that audio descriptions may be helpful to my students on the spectrum, or those who get easily distracted. This is especially important for History, where cultural signals may be missed by not only those who are visually disabled, but also by my students on the spectrum, who may not recognize the cues if they?re in an overloaded state. #8 ? Use ?accessible? Course Activities ?to ensure you can? proactively ?interact with everyone in the class?. Suggest student groups for those students who may be overwhelmed by the technology used. (Piazza is a good example; it can overwhelm blind students). You can use my trello board if that will help facilitate some of the work. I just updated the board with a mindmap of my workflow for dealing with students. #9 ? Great suggestion. #10 ? Why are we stressing non-attendance? This is the adult world, can we allow students to not come to class if they don?t want? I think it?s their choice to purchase the presidential hotel suite, just to go sleep later on a park bench. Maybe work schedules changed. Maybe unscheduled cancer treatments are required. Maybe a cold suddenly hit a person and the medication prevents them from concentrating on the course at hand. Maybe a family member needed emergency babysitting. Or maybe a family member died. Maybe car issues occurred, or other transportation issues prevented the student from attending the class. Students are fighting their own battles everyday that we are unaware of, disabled and non-disabled, and we have no control over it. I also think that #10 could cancel out #1 as teachers will provide their notes to attendees, exempting those who didn?t show up. Also keep in mind that when suggesting e-books, or the soon to be smartbooks, that we have to take accessibility into consideration. Is the student locked into a particular app in order to read the textbook? Can it interact, not only with screenreaders, but also other text to speech and magnification tools? The High Tech Center Training Unit has extensive guidelines for alternate media considerations. And with Virtual Reality and Augmented Reality (watch the 3rd video listed to have your mind blown) right around the corner?Things are going to get REALLY interesting soon. I can see SO many uses for Virtual AND Augmented Realities as an accommodation. Best, Joshua Hori Accessible Technology Analyst Student Disability Center 54 Cowell Building Davis, CA 95616 From: athen-list [mailto:athen-list-bounces@mailman13.u.washington.edu] On Behalf Of Samantha Johns Sent: Thursday, June 30, 2016 4:15 PM To: Ganga Harrison ; Access Technology Higher Education Network Subject: [Athen] UDL Blog Hello Everyone, I'm excited to share my first Accessibility Blog post on Universal Design for Learning! I look forward to exploring and writing more! [https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/329486/OAI_SigPic.png] Samantha Johns Accessibility & Course Support Specialist Portland State University 1825 SW Broadway Smith Memorial Student Union, Mezzanine 209 Portland OR 97201 (503) 725-2754 "Tell me and I'll forget, Teach me and I'll remember, Involve me and I'll learn" -Ben Franklin -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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I need to update my list of iOS and Android apps that I recommend to students. The list is more than 2 years old. Does anyone have a list they are using that is current? Thanks in advance!! Susan Kelmer Alternate Format Access Coordinator Disability Services University of Colorado Boulder 303-735-4836 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From a.engle at csuohio.edu Wed Jul 6 12:34:45 2016 From: a.engle at csuohio.edu (Andrea J Engle) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:33:28 2018 Subject: [Athen] facilitated communication Message-ID: We were wondering if anyone has any experience with facilitated communication at the college level? There is a student who would like to attend the university who uses facilitated communication. We are unsure of the student's diagnosis (documentation has not been provided). However, it does not appear that the student has motor control in any meaningful way. From the research we have done facilitated communication is not an accepted or reliable source of communication. Can anyone please help in providing us any feedback on your experiences with this communication method? Is there better technology that could assist a student with communicating? Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thank you, Andrea Engle Alternative Media Specialist Cleveland State University 419.280.3795 a.engle@csuohio.edu -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From JElmer at vcccd.edu Wed Jul 6 12:42:27 2016 From: JElmer at vcccd.edu (John Elmer) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:33:29 2018 Subject: [Athen] facilitated communication In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: Anecdotal: the person being facilitated is shown an illustration or picture of a common object or thing. The facilitator is not allowed to see it. In these cases, the person facilitated cannot identify the object/thing using f.c. On Jul 6, 2016, at 12:36 PM, Andrea J Engle > wrote: We were wondering if anyone has any experience with facilitated communication at the college level? There is a student who would like to attend the university who uses facilitated communication. We are unsure of the student's diagnosis (documentation has not been provided). However, it does not appear that the student has motor control in any meaningful way. From the research we have done facilitated communication is not an accepted or reliable source of communication. Can anyone please help in providing us any feedback on your experiences with this communication method? Is there better technology that could assist a student with communicating? Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thank you, Andrea Engle Alternative Media Specialist Cleveland State University 419.280.3795 a.engle@csuohio.edu _______________________________________________ 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 JElmer at vcccd.edu Wed Jul 6 12:47:48 2016 From: JElmer at vcccd.edu (John Elmer) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:33:29 2018 Subject: [Athen] facilitated communication In-Reply-To: References: , Message-ID: <0F0F524D-E37F-465A-BF5F-C3F9E9B05438@vcccd.edu> Similarly, if the person being facilitated is asked a question through a head set that the facilitator cannot hear, the person facilitated has great difficulty responding, if they respond at all. Again, anecdotal. On Jul 6, 2016, at 12:42 PM, John Elmer > wrote: Anecdotal: the person being facilitated is shown an illustration or picture of a common object or thing. The facilitator is not allowed to see it. In these cases, the person facilitated cannot identify the object/thing using f.c. On Jul 6, 2016, at 12:36 PM, Andrea J Engle > wrote: We were wondering if anyone has any experience with facilitated communication at the college level? There is a student who would like to attend the university who uses facilitated communication. We are unsure of the student's diagnosis (documentation has not been provided). However, it does not appear that the student has motor control in any meaningful way. From the research we have done facilitated communication is not an accepted or reliable source of communication. Can anyone please help in providing us any feedback on your experiences with this communication method? Is there better technology that could assist a student with communicating? Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thank you, Andrea Engle Alternative Media Specialist Cleveland State University 419.280.3795 a.engle@csuohio.edu _______________________________________________ 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 girwin2 at hccfl.edu Wed Jul 6 12:54:29 2016 From: girwin2 at hccfl.edu (Irwin, George) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:33:29 2018 Subject: [Athen] facilitated communication In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: Good Afternoon Andrea, In my past life, I worked a Syracuse University where two education professor worked on creating Facilitated Communication. I will start by saying it is slow where we speak at 145 to 165 words per minute, the facilitated communication user may be communicating at 5 to 6 words a minute or less depending on the disability. Some users have a talking keyboard which letters are typed and words formed. I understand now with word prediction if you can get two or three letters a possible word bank pops s and the student can choose the word Now for the more controversial is when an aide guides the students hands to the letters on the key board. The question is "is it the student or is it the aide speaking, The aide needs to go through special training to do this. Yet some students use flip charts (real low Tech) which means the instructor needs to keep an eye out for a possible response/question from the student. The more the student can do, the easier will be the buy in with the instructor, I wish you well on this. From: athen-list [mailto:athen-list-bounces@mailman13.u.washington.edu] On Behalf Of Andrea J Engle Sent: Wednesday, July 06, 2016 3:35 PM To: athen-list@u.washington.edu Subject: [Athen] facilitated communication We were wondering if anyone has any experience with facilitated communication at the college level? There is a student who would like to attend the university who uses facilitated communication. We are unsure of the student's diagnosis (documentation has not been provided). However, it does not appear that the student has motor control in any meaningful way. From the research we have done facilitated communication is not an accepted or reliable source of communication. Can anyone please help in providing us any feedback on your experiences with this communication method? Is there better technology that could assist a student with communicating? Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thank you, Andrea Engle Alternative Media Specialist Cleveland State University 419.280.3795 a.engle@csuohio.edu Please Note: Due to Florida's very broad public records law, most written communications to or from College employees regarding College business are public records, available to the public and media upon request. Therefore, this email communication may be subject to public disclosure. 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Thanks and regards, Carmen Schafer Business Technology Analyst-Specialist Division of IT, University of Missouri schafercg@missouri.edu Office (573) 882-8838 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From jhori at ucdavis.edu Tue Jul 5 10:18:47 2016 From: jhori at ucdavis.edu (Joshua Hori) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:33:29 2018 Subject: [Athen] FW: [Blindmath] [Blind math] SAS, Plus and SPSS accessibility In-Reply-To: References: <003501d1d616$fcfabb50$f6f031f0$@msstate.edu> Message-ID: Another share for stats, this time with additional resources. Hi all, Can I just quickly remind the list about the my webpages at http://r-resources.massey.ac.nz Where there is a reasonably up to date set of notes about statistical software (and lots more). Zac: I often see students use software because it is the preference of their supervisors. In my opinion, the sins of the supervisor need not be visited on the student. I would argue that the best outcome for the supervisor is that their student use the most appropriate tool on offer, and that they see the use of alternative software as an opportunity to learn something. Of course, you can't go ramming that down the throats of most supervisors, but that's why I say it to supervisors on the behalf of students I support, both inside my university, and if necessary in writing to a supervisor of blind students in need. Cheers, Jonathan -----Original Message----- From: Blindmath [mailto:blindmath-bounces@nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Zach via Blindmath Sent: Tuesday, 5 July 2016 5:11 a.m. To: 'Blind Math list for those interested in mathematics' Cc: Zach Subject: Re: [Blindmath] [Blind math] SAS, Plus and SPSS accessibility I think you may find a lot of discussion addressing your question in the archives of this mailing list. As a user of SAS and a neighbor of someone who tried to use SPSS, SAS seems to be second only in accessibility to R. SPSS has a lot of issues according to my friend and is not easy for sighted folks to teach blind folk-for that matter so was SAS, but SAS was easy enough to find resources on the web for. Others on this list more knowledgeable may disagree with me, and I beg your pardon. I've heard too many horror stories about other software's to ever consider anything other than SAS and R though. I only use SAS and Excel because it is what my advisor knows; but after this Masters I'm looking to make the switch to R. Zachary Mason M.S. Student Animal and Dairy Sciences Mississippi State University -----Original Message----- From: Blindmath [mailto:blindmath-bounces@nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Victorious via Blindmath Sent: Monday, July 04, 2016 10:19 AM To: 'Blind Math list for those interested in mathematics' Cc: Victorious Subject: [Blindmath] SAS, Splus and SPSS accessibility Hi, How accessible are SAS, Splus and SPSS? I'm trying to decide if I should take a module that uses all 3. Its description follows. This module introduces students to the statistical computer packages, with main focus on SAS, Splus and SPSS, that provide the computational tools for performing statistical data analysis using the methodology covered in the prerequisite modules. Topics include data access, transformations, estimation, testing hypotheses, ANOVA, performing resampling methods and simulations. It also equips students with basic computational techniques for maximum likelihood estimation. -Vic From lorraine at erols.com Tue Jul 5 14:07:37 2016 From: lorraine at erols.com (Lorraine) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:33:29 2018 Subject: [Athen] Seeing the black board Message-ID: <01FB2B36-9ACA-4759-B93A-BFB9FD1031D3@erols.com> Hi We have 5 freshman students who have visual impairments and can not see the board in a regular classroom. The boards are all different. If we have a prof using a blackboard do you have any suggestions on how a student can see the board in a large and small classroom Thanks Lorraine Sent from my iPhone From acummings at niagaracc.suny.edu Thu Jul 7 07:25:49 2016 From: acummings at niagaracc.suny.edu (Alissa Shugats-Cummings) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:33:29 2018 Subject: [Athen] Seeing the black board In-Reply-To: <01FB2B36-9ACA-4759-B93A-BFB9FD1031D3@erols.com> References: <01FB2B36-9ACA-4759-B93A-BFB9FD1031D3@erols.com> Message-ID: <0711ED8CB6495C48A3B70F492957C29511B98F2D@EXCHANGE2.nccc-admin.niagaracc.suny.edu> If the student can see on an iPad or computer screen, you could have a camera with a live feed to an iPad or computer screen on the students' desks. We have also used a live feed from an Elmo to a laptop. ______________________________________ Alissa J. Shugats-Cummings, Ed.M. Program Administrator, Student Development Niagara County Community College ('95) 3111 Saunders Settlement Road, A-131 Sanborn, New York 14132 716.614.6293 ? "Shall we make this the new rule of life...? Be kinder than necessary, for everyone you meet is fighting some kind of battle." - James M. Barrie -----Original Message----- From: athen-list [mailto:athen-list-bounces@mailman13.u.washington.edu] On Behalf Of Lorraine Sent: Tuesday, July 05, 2016 5:08 PM To: athen-list@mailman13.u.washington.edu Subject: [Athen] Seeing the black board Hi We have 5 freshman students who have visual impairments and can not see the board in a regular classroom. The boards are all different. If we have a prof using a blackboard do you have any suggestions on how a student can see the board in a large and small classroom Thanks Lorraine Sent from my iPhone _______________________________________________ athen-list mailing list athen-list@mailman13.u.washington.edu http://mailman13.u.washington.edu/mailman/listinfo/athen-list From acummings at niagaracc.suny.edu Thu Jul 7 07:25:49 2016 From: acummings at niagaracc.suny.edu (Alissa Shugats-Cummings) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:33:29 2018 Subject: [Athen] Seeing the black board In-Reply-To: <01FB2B36-9ACA-4759-B93A-BFB9FD1031D3@erols.com> References: <01FB2B36-9ACA-4759-B93A-BFB9FD1031D3@erols.com> Message-ID: <0711ED8CB6495C48A3B70F492957C29511B98F2D@EXCHANGE2.nccc-admin.niagaracc.suny.edu> If the student can see on an iPad or computer screen, you could have a camera with a live feed to an iPad or computer screen on the students' desks. We have also used a live feed from an Elmo to a laptop. ______________________________________ Alissa J. Shugats-Cummings, Ed.M. Program Administrator, Student Development Niagara County Community College ('95) 3111 Saunders Settlement Road, A-131 Sanborn, New York 14132 716.614.6293 ? "Shall we make this the new rule of life...? Be kinder than necessary, for everyone you meet is fighting some kind of battle." - James M. Barrie -----Original Message----- From: athen-list [mailto:athen-list-bounces@mailman13.u.washington.edu] On Behalf Of Lorraine Sent: Tuesday, July 05, 2016 5:08 PM To: athen-list@mailman13.u.washington.edu Subject: [Athen] Seeing the black board Hi We have 5 freshman students who have visual impairments and can not see the board in a regular classroom. The boards are all different. If we have a prof using a blackboard do you have any suggestions on how a student can see the board in a large and small classroom Thanks Lorraine Sent from my iPhone _______________________________________________ athen-list mailing list athen-list@mailman13.u.washington.edu http://mailman13.u.washington.edu/mailman/listinfo/athen-list From terriscofield at cwidaho.cc Thu Jul 7 07:37:46 2016 From: terriscofield at cwidaho.cc (Terri Scofield) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:33:29 2018 Subject: [Athen] Seeing the black board In-Reply-To: <01FB2B36-9ACA-4759-B93A-BFB9FD1031D3@erols.com> References: <01FB2B36-9ACA-4759-B93A-BFB9FD1031D3@erols.com> Message-ID: Placement, note takers, or pre-printed PowerPoints, a post-picture of the blackboard, etc... Sometimes our students also bring in tape recorders to record the lecture. -----Original Message----- From: athen-list [mailto:athen-list-bounces@mailman13.u.washington.edu] On Behalf Of Lorraine Sent: Tuesday, July 05, 2016 3:08 PM To: athen-list@mailman13.u.washington.edu Subject: [Athen] Seeing the black board Hi We have 5 freshman students who have visual impairments and can not see the board in a regular classroom. The boards are all different. If we have a prof using a blackboard do you have any suggestions on how a student can see the board in a large and small classroom Thanks Lorraine Sent from my iPhone _______________________________________________ athen-list mailing list athen-list@mailman13.u.washington.edu http://mailman13.u.washington.edu/mailman/listinfo/athen-list From terriscofield at cwidaho.cc Thu Jul 7 07:37:46 2016 From: terriscofield at cwidaho.cc (Terri Scofield) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:33:29 2018 Subject: [Athen] Seeing the black board In-Reply-To: <01FB2B36-9ACA-4759-B93A-BFB9FD1031D3@erols.com> References: <01FB2B36-9ACA-4759-B93A-BFB9FD1031D3@erols.com> Message-ID: Placement, note takers, or pre-printed PowerPoints, a post-picture of the blackboard, etc... Sometimes our students also bring in tape recorders to record the lecture. -----Original Message----- From: athen-list [mailto:athen-list-bounces@mailman13.u.washington.edu] On Behalf Of Lorraine Sent: Tuesday, July 05, 2016 3:08 PM To: athen-list@mailman13.u.washington.edu Subject: [Athen] Seeing the black board Hi We have 5 freshman students who have visual impairments and can not see the board in a regular classroom. The boards are all different. If we have a prof using a blackboard do you have any suggestions on how a student can see the board in a large and small classroom Thanks Lorraine Sent from my iPhone _______________________________________________ athen-list mailing list athen-list@mailman13.u.washington.edu http://mailman13.u.washington.edu/mailman/listinfo/athen-list From kcahill at mit.edu Thu Jul 7 07:39:47 2016 From: kcahill at mit.edu (Kathleen Cahill) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:33:29 2018 Subject: [Athen] Seeing the black board In-Reply-To: <01FB2B36-9ACA-4759-B93A-BFB9FD1031D3@erols.com> References: <01FB2B36-9ACA-4759-B93A-BFB9FD1031D3@erols.com> Message-ID: Hi Lorraine, I?d recommend either the Magnilink camera which connects via USB port to a monitor or laptop display (http://www.lviamerica.com/products/video_magnifier/magnilink-s-premium ) or a Note Taker device by Essistive (http://www.essistive.com/ ). Kathy Kathy Cahill Associate Dean, Accessibility and Usability MIT Dept. of Undergraduate Education 77 Mass. Ave. 7-143 Cambridge MA 02139 (617) 253-5111 kcahill@mit.edu http://ux.mit.edu/ On 7/5/16, 5:07 PM, "athen-list on behalf of Lorraine" wrote: >Hi >We have 5 freshman students who have visual impairments and can not see >the board in a regular classroom. The boards are all different. If we >have a prof using a blackboard do you have any suggestions on how a >student can see the board in a large and small classroom > >Thanks > >Lorraine > >Sent from my iPhone >_______________________________________________ >athen-list mailing list >athen-list@mailman13.u.washington.edu >http://mailman13.u.washington.edu/mailman/listinfo/athen-list From jongund at illinois.edu Thu Jul 7 07:39:20 2016 From: jongund at illinois.edu (Gunderson, Jon R) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:33:29 2018 Subject: [Athen] Training plan Message-ID: Carmen, Here is a new tutorial from TeachAccessibility: https://teachaccess.github.io/tutorial Illinois has also developed open source tools to help people learn and inspect the accessibility of web resources: Functional Accessibility Evaluator 2.0 Spiders a website for WCAG 2.0 Level A and AA requirements and generates a summary report https://fae.disability.illinois.edu/ AInspector Sidebar (for Firefox) An Firefox Add-on to evaluate the current DOM of a web page for WCAG 2.0 Level A and AA requirements http://ainspector.github.io/ Accessibility Bookmarklets Browser add-ons that help make hidden accessibility information visible to sighted developers https://accessibility-bookmarklets.org Jon From: "athen-list edu>" > on behalf of "Schafer, Carmen" > Reply-To: Access Network > Date: Thursday, July 7, 2016 at 8:10 AM To: Access Network >, ITAccess Educause listserv > Subject: [Athen] Training plan Hi all, I have a small team of Graduate Research Assistants that assist with conducting web accessibility testing. I would like to provide new hires with a consistent training plan. I was reaching out to see if anyone has an existing training plan they would be willing to share so I don?t have to reinvent the wheel. Thanks and regards, Carmen Schafer Business Technology Analyst-Specialist Division of IT, University of Missouri schafercg@missouri.edu Office (573) 882-8838 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From jongund at illinois.edu Thu Jul 7 07:49:43 2016 From: jongund at illinois.edu (Gunderson, Jon R) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:33:29 2018 Subject: [Athen] Training plan Message-ID: <68834203-27EE-4388-9265-B72B486C1257@illinois.edu> Another training resource is from the W3C Web Accessibility Initiative: https://www.w3.org/WAI/tutorials/ I would also recommend the web accessibiltity resources at Penn State: http://accessibility.psu.edu/webpagetools/ Jon From: "athen-list edu>" > on behalf of "Schafer, Carmen" > Reply-To: Access Network > Date: Thursday, July 7, 2016 at 8:10 AM To: Access Network >, ITAccess Educause listserv > Subject: [Athen] Training plan Hi all, I have a small team of Graduate Research Assistants that assist with conducting web accessibility testing. I would like to provide new hires with a consistent training plan. I was reaching out to see if anyone has an existing training plan they would be willing to share so I don?t have to reinvent the wheel. Thanks and regards, Carmen Schafer Business Technology Analyst-Specialist Division of IT, University of Missouri schafercg@missouri.edu Office (573) 882-8838 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From skeegan at ccctechcenter.org Thu Jul 7 08:12:58 2016 From: skeegan at ccctechcenter.org (Sean Keegan) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:33:29 2018 Subject: [Athen] Seeing the black board In-Reply-To: References: <01FB2B36-9ACA-4759-B93A-BFB9FD1031D3@erols.com> Message-ID: I'd like to second the use of the MagniLink cameras - when I was working with students these were always checked out and were very popular. Lightweight, easy to setup, and a few different connection options (some students had large-screen monitors in their dorm rooms that they would connect to as well). Not cheap, but the students took very good care of the cameras when they realized the quality. The cameras fit in a briefcase sized case that is well-padded and there is a "travel" case that a student can use to transport the camera to/from class. Students tended to prefer the 1080HD version. There are a few other devices that I remember researching: SceneEye 500 - http://www.sightenhancement.com/index.php/products/sceneeye Readit Scholar HD - http://www.visionaid.com/phpincludes/en/products/readit_scholar_hd/readit_scholar_hd_desc.php Mars HD - http://www.zoomax.co/low-vision-products/lightest-portable-video-magnifier-Mars-HD-HDMI-USB-computer.html Take care, Sean On Thu, Jul 7, 2016 at 7:39 AM, Kathleen Cahill wrote: > Hi Lorraine, > > I?d recommend either the Magnilink camera which connects via USB port to a > monitor or laptop display > (http://www.lviamerica.com/products/video_magnifier/magnilink-s-premium ) > or a Note Taker device by Essistive (http://www.essistive.com/ ). > > Kathy > > Kathy Cahill > Associate Dean, Accessibility and Usability > MIT > Dept. of Undergraduate Education > 77 Mass. Ave. 7-143 > Cambridge MA 02139 > (617) 253-5111 > kcahill@mit.edu > http://ux.mit.edu/ > > > > > > On 7/5/16, 5:07 PM, "athen-list on behalf of Lorraine" > lorraine@erols.com> wrote: > > >Hi > >We have 5 freshman students who have visual impairments and can not see > >the board in a regular classroom. The boards are all different. If we > >have a prof using a blackboard do you have any suggestions on how a > >student can see the board in a large and small classroom > > > >Thanks > > > >Lorraine > > > >Sent from my iPhone > >_______________________________________________ > >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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Jennifer Developing Web Accessibility Presentations and Training Overview http://www.w3.org/WAI/training/ Before and After Demonstration Overview http://www.w3.org/WAI/demos/bad/ Easy Checks - A First Review of Web Accessibility http://www.w3.org/WAI/eval/preliminary Accessible University 3.0 http://www.washington.edu/accesscomputing/AU/ The Stanford Online Accessibility Program Site (that I re-launched a year ago when I worked there): http://soap.stanford.edu From rbeach at KCKCC.EDU Thu Jul 7 08:35:44 2016 From: rbeach at KCKCC.EDU (Robert Beach) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:33:29 2018 Subject: [Athen] Seeing the black board In-Reply-To: References: <01FB2B36-9ACA-4759-B93A-BFB9FD1031D3@erols.com> Message-ID: <34D068EC55A9914494617A37B8D8FA84011E1BA76F@EROS.EMPLOYEES.KCKCC.LOCAL> This is on the cheap, but I had a student who used a basic webcam to magnify things on his laptop. Unfortunately I don?t know what software he used, but he managed to look at things at a distance with the setup. Robert Lee Beach Assistive Technology Specialist Kansas City Kansas Community College 7250 State Avenue Kansas City, KS 66112 Phone: 913-288-7671 Email: rbeach@kckcc.edu From: athen-list [mailto:athen-list-bounces@mailman13.u.washington.edu] On Behalf Of Sean Keegan Sent: Thursday, July 7, 2016 10:13 AM To: Access Technology Higher Education Network Subject: Re: [Athen] Seeing the black board I'd like to second the use of the MagniLink cameras - when I was working with students these were always checked out and were very popular. Lightweight, easy to setup, and a few different connection options (some students had large-screen monitors in their dorm rooms that they would connect to as well). Not cheap, but the students took very good care of the cameras when they realized the quality. The cameras fit in a briefcase sized case that is well-padded and there is a "travel" case that a student can use to transport the camera to/from class. Students tended to prefer the 1080HD version. There are a few other devices that I remember researching: SceneEye 500 - http://www.sightenhancement.com/index.php/products/sceneeye Readit Scholar HD - http://www.visionaid.com/phpincludes/en/products/readit_scholar_hd/readit_scholar_hd_desc.php Mars HD - http://www.zoomax.co/low-vision-products/lightest-portable-video-magnifier-Mars-HD-HDMI-USB-computer.html Take care, Sean On Thu, Jul 7, 2016 at 7:39 AM, Kathleen Cahill > wrote: Hi Lorraine, I?d recommend either the Magnilink camera which connects via USB port to a monitor or laptop display (http://www.lviamerica.com/products/video_magnifier/magnilink-s-premium ) or a Note Taker device by Essistive (http://www.essistive.com/ ). Kathy Kathy Cahill Associate Dean, Accessibility and Usability MIT Dept. of Undergraduate Education 77 Mass. Ave. 7-143 Cambridge MA 02139 (617) 253-5111 kcahill@mit.edu http://ux.mit.edu/ On 7/5/16, 5:07 PM, "athen-list on behalf of Lorraine" on behalf of lorraine@erols.com> wrote: >Hi >We have 5 freshman students who have visual impairments and can not see >the board in a regular classroom. The boards are all different. If we >have a prof using a blackboard do you have any suggestions on how a >student can see the board in a large and small classroom > >Thanks > >Lorraine > >Sent from my iPhone >_______________________________________________ >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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Barrie From: athen-list [mailto:athen-list-bounces@mailman13.u.washington.edu] On Behalf Of Robert Beach Sent: Thursday, July 07, 2016 11:36 AM To: Access Technology Higher Education Network Subject: Re: [Athen] Seeing the black board This is on the cheap, but I had a student who used a basic webcam to magnify things on his laptop. Unfortunately I don?t know what software he used, but he managed to look at things at a distance with the setup. Robert Lee Beach Assistive Technology Specialist Kansas City Kansas Community College 7250 State Avenue Kansas City, KS 66112 Phone: 913-288-7671 Email: rbeach@kckcc.edu From: athen-list [mailto:athen-list-bounces@mailman13.u.washington.edu] On Behalf Of Sean Keegan Sent: Thursday, July 7, 2016 10:13 AM To: Access Technology Higher Education Network > Subject: Re: [Athen] Seeing the black board I'd like to second the use of the MagniLink cameras - when I was working with students these were always checked out and were very popular. Lightweight, easy to setup, and a few different connection options (some students had large-screen monitors in their dorm rooms that they would connect to as well). Not cheap, but the students took very good care of the cameras when they realized the quality. The cameras fit in a briefcase sized case that is well-padded and there is a "travel" case that a student can use to transport the camera to/from class. Students tended to prefer the 1080HD version. There are a few other devices that I remember researching: SceneEye 500 - http://www.sightenhancement.com/index.php/products/sceneeye Readit Scholar HD - http://www.visionaid.com/phpincludes/en/products/readit_scholar_hd/readit_scholar_hd_desc.php Mars HD - http://www.zoomax.co/low-vision-products/lightest-portable-video-magnifier-Mars-HD-HDMI-USB-computer.html Take care, Sean On Thu, Jul 7, 2016 at 7:39 AM, Kathleen Cahill > wrote: Hi Lorraine, I?d recommend either the Magnilink camera which connects via USB port to a monitor or laptop display (http://www.lviamerica.com/products/video_magnifier/magnilink-s-premium ) or a Note Taker device by Essistive (http://www.essistive.com/ ). Kathy Kathy Cahill Associate Dean, Accessibility and Usability MIT Dept. of Undergraduate Education 77 Mass. Ave. 7-143 Cambridge MA 02139 (617) 253-5111 kcahill@mit.edu http://ux.mit.edu/ On 7/5/16, 5:07 PM, "athen-list on behalf of Lorraine" on behalf of lorraine@erols.com> wrote: >Hi >We have 5 freshman students who have visual impairments and can not see >the board in a regular classroom. The boards are all different. If we >have a prof using a blackboard do you have any suggestions on how a >student can see the board in a large and small classroom > >Thanks > >Lorraine > >Sent from my iPhone >_______________________________________________ >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 jsuttondc at gmail.com Thu Jul 7 08:51:42 2016 From: jsuttondc at gmail.com (Jennifer Sutton) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:33:29 2018 Subject: [Athen] Why You Can't Discuss Online Learning Without Discussing Video,Accessibility; But What's Really Required? Message-ID: <2cb55f22-67b7-35d0-27e4-e268cf2a80df@gmail.com> ATHENites: In case folks miss this and would find it helpful. Jennifer Why You Can't Discuss Online Learning Without Discussing Video Accessibility; But What's Really Required? By Justin Beck. http://www.ecampusnews.com/technologies/video-accessibility-online/ From jhori at ucdavis.edu Thu Jul 7 09:08:12 2016 From: jhori at ucdavis.edu (Joshua Hori) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:33:29 2018 Subject: [Athen] Seeing the black board In-Reply-To: <01FB2B36-9ACA-4759-B93A-BFB9FD1031D3@erols.com> References: <01FB2B36-9ACA-4759-B93A-BFB9FD1031D3@erols.com> Message-ID: Hello Lorraine, Have a student assistant in the classroom with them. Using sewing wheels, paper, and a pen; they can redraw what the professor draws on paper and trace over it with a sewing wheel to make a tactile image for the student. Get different wheels with small needles: https://www.amazon.com/Dritz-745-Serrated-Tracing-Wheel/dp/B000Y3GSYU/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1467906942&sr=8-1&keywords=sewing+wheels And avoid the large needles as it's hard to follow the lines since all the points are far apart: https://www.amazon.com/Perfect-Leather-Paper-ClothSewing-Overstitch/dp/B00PLKIH5E/ref=sr_1_13?ie=UTF8&qid=1467906942&sr=8-13&keywords=sewing+wheels Construction paper works great, but so does regular paper. These tactile images don't last long but can be recreated with a PIAF after class if it's needed. Another suggestion would be to discuss all the changing points within the graph as they are changing. At what points are they crossing the X and Y axis? What information is changing in the bar graphs? If it's a plot points, it may be better for them to just have the data. If it's just writing occurring on the boards, maybe an instant messenger (Skype?) would do for the student? Or a Google Doc? Google Doc may be better as you can share that with multiple students on the fly, with one student entering the information, and the other students interacting with the content. Students can use mobile or desktops with Google Docs (but laptops are preferred). Hopefully covered all areas... Best, Joshua Hori Accessible Technology Analyst Student Disability Center 54 Cowell Building Davis, CA 95616 530-752-3184 -----Original Message----- From: athen-list [mailto:athen-list-bounces@mailman13.u.washington.edu] On Behalf Of Lorraine Sent: Tuesday, July 5, 2016 2:08 PM To: athen-list@mailman13.u.washington.edu Subject: [Athen] Seeing the black board Hi We have 5 freshman students who have visual impairments and can not see the board in a regular classroom. The boards are all different. If we have a prof using a blackboard do you have any suggestions on how a student can see the board in a large and small classroom Thanks Lorraine Sent from my iPhone _______________________________________________ athen-list mailing list athen-list@mailman13.u.washington.edu http://mailman13.u.washington.edu/mailman/listinfo/athen-list From jhori at ucdavis.edu Thu Jul 7 09:08:12 2016 From: jhori at ucdavis.edu (Joshua Hori) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:33:29 2018 Subject: [Athen] Seeing the black board In-Reply-To: <01FB2B36-9ACA-4759-B93A-BFB9FD1031D3@erols.com> References: <01FB2B36-9ACA-4759-B93A-BFB9FD1031D3@erols.com> Message-ID: Hello Lorraine, Have a student assistant in the classroom with them. Using sewing wheels, paper, and a pen; they can redraw what the professor draws on paper and trace over it with a sewing wheel to make a tactile image for the student. Get different wheels with small needles: https://www.amazon.com/Dritz-745-Serrated-Tracing-Wheel/dp/B000Y3GSYU/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1467906942&sr=8-1&keywords=sewing+wheels And avoid the large needles as it's hard to follow the lines since all the points are far apart: https://www.amazon.com/Perfect-Leather-Paper-ClothSewing-Overstitch/dp/B00PLKIH5E/ref=sr_1_13?ie=UTF8&qid=1467906942&sr=8-13&keywords=sewing+wheels Construction paper works great, but so does regular paper. These tactile images don't last long but can be recreated with a PIAF after class if it's needed. Another suggestion would be to discuss all the changing points within the graph as they are changing. At what points are they crossing the X and Y axis? What information is changing in the bar graphs? If it's a plot points, it may be better for them to just have the data. If it's just writing occurring on the boards, maybe an instant messenger (Skype?) would do for the student? Or a Google Doc? Google Doc may be better as you can share that with multiple students on the fly, with one student entering the information, and the other students interacting with the content. Students can use mobile or desktops with Google Docs (but laptops are preferred). Hopefully covered all areas... Best, Joshua Hori Accessible Technology Analyst Student Disability Center 54 Cowell Building Davis, CA 95616 530-752-3184 -----Original Message----- From: athen-list [mailto:athen-list-bounces@mailman13.u.washington.edu] On Behalf Of Lorraine Sent: Tuesday, July 5, 2016 2:08 PM To: athen-list@mailman13.u.washington.edu Subject: [Athen] Seeing the black board Hi We have 5 freshman students who have visual impairments and can not see the board in a regular classroom. The boards are all different. If we have a prof using a blackboard do you have any suggestions on how a student can see the board in a large and small classroom Thanks Lorraine Sent from my iPhone _______________________________________________ athen-list mailing list athen-list@mailman13.u.washington.edu http://mailman13.u.washington.edu/mailman/listinfo/athen-list From schafercg at missouri.edu Thu Jul 7 09:11:03 2016 From: schafercg at missouri.edu (Schafer, Carmen) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:33:29 2018 Subject: [Athen] [ITACCESS] Training plan In-Reply-To: References: <9839CF788879F546B52E216072EE470FBE3BBDAB@UM-MBX-N03.um.umsystem.edu> Message-ID: <9839CF788879F546B52E216072EE470FBE3BC171@UM-MBX-N03.um.umsystem.edu> Thanks to all who have responded and provided web accessibility training resources. I should?ve mentioned that we?re looking for *free* training plans. Carmen From: The EDUCAUSE IT Accessibility Constituent Group Listserv [mailto:ITACCESS@LISTSERV.EDUCAUSE.EDU] On Behalf Of George Joeckel Sent: Thursday, July 07, 2016 11:06 AM To: ITACCESS@LISTSERV.EDUCAUSE.EDU Subject: Re: [ITACCESS] Training plan FYI: a training need for a team of grad student web a11y testers. George On Thu, Jul 7, 2016 at 7:10 AM, Schafer, Carmen > wrote: Hi all, I have a small team of Graduate Research Assistants that assist with conducting web accessibility testing. I would like to provide new hires with a consistent training plan. I was reaching out to see if anyone has an existing training plan they would be willing to share so I don?t have to reinvent the wheel. Thanks and regards, Carmen Schafer Business Technology Analyst-Specialist Division of IT, University of Missouri schafercg@missouri.edu Office (573) 882-8838 ********** Participation and subscription information for this EDUCAUSE Constituent Group discussion list can be found at http://www.educause.edu/groups/. ********** Participation and subscription information for this EDUCAUSE Constituent Group discussion list can be found at http://www.educause.edu/groups/. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From jeffreydell99 at gmail.com Thu Jul 7 10:49:31 2016 From: jeffreydell99 at gmail.com (Jeffrey Dell) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:33:29 2018 Subject: [Athen] Seeing the black board In-Reply-To: <01FB2B36-9ACA-4759-B93A-BFB9FD1031D3@erols.com> References: <01FB2B36-9ACA-4759-B93A-BFB9FD1031D3@erols.com> Message-ID: <0579267C-A2DF-46BD-BB82-740CCDE83A2C@gmail.com> Are all the students low vision or are there some that are blind? The Magnilink Student is an awesome option. When connected to a laptop it gives the student option to take snapshots and also to record video streams to review the content later. We have a unit that our students can borrow on campus. We also have onyx deskset 17 inch magnifiers that our students can take the class. They give a high-quality picture plus they are a dedicated unit for magnification. It's better for the students to need a less complicated option than the magnilink. If a student is using a video magnifier in the classroom where they need to set up a laptop or a portable unit on the desktop you may need to provide a sturdier desk than the standard tutor desk used in many classrooms. We also have some handheld magnifiers with distance viewing capabilities that are easier for a student to transport. If using a WebCam to do magnification and the student uses zoomtext then zoomtext has a built in option for controlling magnification level of the picture. If these are new students coming in to your school then you might want to encourage them to talk with their vocational counselor about purchasing such Devices for them. Many state rehabilitation agencies will purchase these types of items for students as part of their vocational training plan. Jeff Sent from my iPhone. please excuse errors from using Apple's dictation feature. > On Jul 5, 2016, at 5:07 PM, Lorraine wrote: > > Hi > We have 5 freshman students who have visual impairments and can not see the board in a regular classroom. The boards are all different. If we have a prof using a blackboard do you have any suggestions on how a student can see the board in a large and small classroom > > Thanks > > Lorraine > > Sent from my iPhone > _______________________________________________ > athen-list mailing list > athen-list@mailman13.u.washington.edu > http://mailman13.u.washington.edu/mailman/listinfo/athen-list From rbeach at KCKCC.EDU Thu Jul 7 11:09:56 2016 From: rbeach at KCKCC.EDU (Robert Beach) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:33:29 2018 Subject: [Athen] seeking Android app Message-ID: <34D068EC55A9914494617A37B8D8FA84011E1BA8AA@EROS.EMPLOYEES.KCKCC.LOCAL> Hey all, I hope you are having a wonderful short week. I'm looking for an Android app similar to Noteability on the IOS side. Any recommendations? Thanks. Robert Lee Beach Assistive Technology Specialist Kansas City Kansas Community College 7250 State Avenue Kansas City, KS 66112 Phone: 913-288-7671 Email: rbeach@kckcc.edu -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From am2621 at hunter.cuny.edu Thu Jul 7 13:09:39 2016 From: am2621 at hunter.cuny.edu (Adina Mulliken) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:33:29 2018 Subject: [Athen] facilitated communication Message-ID: <53C9E4531F8C3242952C26904E099603D3FC8000@h-mem1> Hi Andrea, I also worked at Syracuse University (hi George!) and I attended masters level courses in the Disability Studies program with students who use facilitated communication (aka typing to talk). I also met several other people who use typing to talk who were not in my classes. There was a VERY wide variety among the different people I met. Some had used typing to talk in the past and now they speak aloud verbally. My understanding is that the controversy about typing to talk/ facilitated communication was mostly a thing of the past. There was a 60 minutes episode a few decades ago that highlighted some problematic situations where facilitators probably weren't properly trained. However, now it's documented that there are people who have moved from typing to talk into speaking aloud verbally. As George said below, the helper has to know what they are doing. In my class, it was clear that the student who was typing to talk was controlling her own hand. The helper's hand was nowhere near the student's hand. Faculty at Syracuse University work with facilitated communication and I think they offer some support to schools that are working with it. If you want, I'd be happy to "introduce" you via email to some of them, and there's info about it here http://soe.syr.edu/centers_institutes/institute_communication_inclusion/default.aspx . Good luck with it! Adina Adina Mulliken Assistant Professor, Librarian Social Work and Public Health Library Hunter College, CUNY Phone: 212-396-7665 Message: 4 Date: Wed, 6 Jul 2016 19:54:29 +0000 From: "Irwin, George" > To: Access Technology Higher Education Network > Subject: Re: [Athen] facilitated communication Message-ID: > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Good Afternoon Andrea, In my past life, I worked a Syracuse University where two education professor worked on creating Facilitated Communication. I will start by saying it is slow where we speak at 145 to 165 words per minute, the facilitated communication user may be communicating at 5 to 6 words a minute or less depending on the disability. Some users have a talking keyboard which letters are typed and words formed. I understand now with word prediction if you can get two or three letters a possible word bank pops s and the student can choose the word Now for the more controversial is when an aide guides the students hands to the letters on the key board. The question is "is it the student or is it the aide speaking, The aide needs to go through special training to do this. Yet some students use flip charts (real low Tech) which means the instructor needs to keep an eye out for a possible response/question from the student. The more the student can do, the easier will be the buy in with the instructor, I wish you well on this. From: athen-list [mailto:athen-list-bounces@mailman13.u.washington.edu] On Behalf Of Andrea J Engle Sent: Wednesday, July 06, 2016 3:35 PM To: athen-list@u.washington.edu Subject: [Athen] facilitated communication We were wondering if anyone has any experience with facilitated communication at the college level? There is a student who would like to attend the university who uses facilitated communication. We are unsure of the student's diagnosis (documentation has not been provided). However, it does not appear that the student has motor control in any meaningful way. From the research we have done facilitated communication is not an accepted or reliable source of communication. Can anyone please help in providing us any feedback on your experiences with this communication method? Is there better technology that could assist a student with communicating? Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thank you, Andrea Engle Alternative Media Specialist Cleveland State University 419.280.3795 a.engle@csuohio.edu> -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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URL: From jiatyan at stanford.edu Tue Jul 12 09:12:48 2016 From: jiatyan at stanford.edu (Jiatyan Chen) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:33:29 2018 Subject: [Athen] Sending signed PDFs In-Reply-To: <3c4b186f-5168-4b6c-b310-090da3d3fc47@email.android.com> References: <3c4b186f-5168-4b6c-b310-090da3d3fc47@email.android.com> Message-ID: <988F66A1-EE20-4BD8-8677-72462430FF8A@stanford.edu> Unless you have extra staff or mechanical way to convert files, the simplest way for the central office is to post the Word (unsigned, with correct structure) and the PDF (signed and scanned) together. Least amount of work those folks have to learn/do = easiest way to convince them to do it. -- Jiatyan Chen On 2016 Jul 12, at 08:34, Joseph Sherman > wrote: Our central office has a habit of sending out signed memos generated in Word, signed, scanned as PDF, and emailed or posted. What is best practice for accessibility? Should they run make accessible on the scan to OCR and auto tag the PDF? Or have two PDF versions, one not signed but generated from Word with tags? Or is there a better option? Joseph -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From sreavis at ncsu.edu Tue Jul 12 09:53:54 2016 From: sreavis at ncsu.edu (Serena Reavis) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:33:29 2018 Subject: [Athen] Insight Appreciated for Online Course for Faculty Message-ID: Good afternoon! I am in the planning stage of a project to create an online accessibility course for faculty, and my intern has just created a needs assessment survey for accessibility folks to get a sense of how we should structure the course, etc., and I was wondering if you make take a minute to complete it. Your insight would be much appreciated! The information about the survey is below: Hello, I am emailing you in an attempt to gain valuable information about your familiarity with accessibility issues. I am currently working in the OIT department to create an online course on accessibility of resources for students that will be offered to all UNC faculty. We are starting the project off by surveying our target audience ? and accessibility folks? . I have created a brief survey in Qualtrics that is being distributed to multiple audiences today. At your convenience, if you would please complete the following 3-4 minute survey on accessibility issues through the following link. Thank you for your time, Jonah Winkler https://ncsu.qualtrics.com//SE/?SID=SV_2rjT1990YYc8e9f -- *Serena Reavis* University IT Accessibility Coordinator Office of Information Technology E: sreavis@ncsu.edu P: 919.513.4087 https://accessibility.ncsu.edu/ NC State University Campus Box 7109 Hillsborough Building Raleigh, NC 27695 ***************************************** All electronic mail messages sent to or received by this account are subject to the NC Public Records Law and may be disclosed to third parties. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From Kathleen.Bastedo at ucf.edu Tue Jul 12 10:23:29 2016 From: Kathleen.Bastedo at ucf.edu (Kathleen Bastedo) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:33:29 2018 Subject: [Athen] Insight Appreciated for Online Course for Faculty In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: Hi Jonah, I think it would be helpful if you could make some of the choices multiple selection (check all that apply) unless you only care about the top item for these types of questions: What do you think motivates instructors the most to make course resources accessible? Also, speaking from experience, be wary about how many fill-in-the blank questions you include as participants may be less likely to complete some of those types of questions or worse, leave the questionnaire completely. Hope this helps and good luck! Kathleen Bastedo Instructional Designer (407) 823-3399 Center for Distributed Learning University of Central Florida John C. Hitt Library 12701 Pegasus Drive Orlando, Florida 32816-2810 http://online.ucf.edu/ ________________________________ From: athen-list [athen-list-bounces@mailman13.u.washington.edu] on behalf of Serena Reavis [sreavis@ncsu.edu] Sent: Tuesday, July 12, 2016 12:53 PM To: athen-list@u.washington.edu Subject: [Athen] Insight Appreciated for Online Course for Faculty Good afternoon! I am in the planning stage of a project to create an online accessibility course for faculty, and my intern has just created a needs assessment survey for accessibility folks to get a sense of how we should structure the course, etc., and I was wondering if you make take a minute to complete it. Your insight would be much appreciated! The information about the survey is below: Hello, I am emailing you in an attempt to gain valuable information about your familiarity with accessibility issues. I am currently working in the OIT department to create an online course on accessibility of resources for students that will be offered to all UNC faculty. We are starting the project off by surveying our target audience ? and accessibility folks? . I have created a brief survey in Qualtrics that is being distributed to multiple audiences today. At your convenience, if you would please complete the following 3-4 minute survey on accessibility issues through the following link. Thank you for your time, Jonah Winkler https://ncsu.qualtrics.com//SE/?SID=SV_2rjT1990YYc8e9f -- Serena Reavis University IT Accessibility Coordinator Office of Information Technology E: sreavis@ncsu.edu P: 919.513.4087 https://accessibility.ncsu.edu/ NC State University Campus Box 7109 Hillsborough Building Raleigh, NC 27695 [https://docs.google.com/uc?export=download&id=0B5AmPQB5KxrLUkRBT0VvNzhRSVk&revid=0B5AmPQB5KxrLSFo5cTdGdDVUbXZXeHdnYWo4dnFjL095ajJVPQ] ***************************************** All electronic mail messages sent to or received by this account are subject to the NC Public Records Law and may be disclosed to third parties. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From bossley.5 at osu.edu Tue Jul 12 12:31:21 2016 From: bossley.5 at osu.edu (Bossley, Pete) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:33:29 2018 Subject: [Athen] Sending signed PDFs In-Reply-To: <988F66A1-EE20-4BD8-8677-72462430FF8A@stanford.edu> References: <3c4b186f-5168-4b6c-b310-090da3d3fc47@email.android.com> <988F66A1-EE20-4BD8-8677-72462430FF8A@stanford.edu> Message-ID: <006B5C8325EEDA44A1A7D3955F5431CD80911D54@CIO-KRC-D1MBX04.osuad.osu.edu> Ideally the PDF with the signature would be accessible, tagged, with good structure; and the signature would be an image with appropriate alt text. E.g. Peter Bossley's signature. From: athen-list [mailto:athen-list-bounces@mailman13.u.washington.edu] On Behalf Of Jiatyan Chen Sent: Tuesday, July 12, 2016 12:13 PM To: Access Technology Higher Education Network Subject: Re: [Athen] Sending signed PDFs Unless you have extra staff or mechanical way to convert files, the simplest way for the central office is to post the Word (unsigned, with correct structure) and the PDF (signed and scanned) together. Least amount of work those folks have to learn/do = easiest way to convince them to do it. -- Jiatyan Chen On 2016 Jul 12, at 08:34, Joseph Sherman > wrote: Our central office has a habit of sending out signed memos generated in Word, signed, scanned as PDF, and emailed or posted. What is best practice for accessibility? Should they run make accessible on the scan to OCR and auto tag the PDF? Or have two PDF versions, one not signed but generated from Word with tags? Or is there a better option? 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Best, Karen Karen M. Sorensen Accessibility Advocate for Online Courses www.pcc.edu/access Portland Community College 971-722-4720 Twitter: @ksorensun -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From jhori at ucdavis.edu Tue Jul 12 17:47:12 2016 From: jhori at ucdavis.edu (Joshua Hori) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:33:29 2018 Subject: [Athen] Sending signed PDFs In-Reply-To: <006B5C8325EEDA44A1A7D3955F5431CD80911D54@CIO-KRC-D1MBX04.osuad.osu.edu> References: <3c4b186f-5168-4b6c-b310-090da3d3fc47@email.android.com> <988F66A1-EE20-4BD8-8677-72462430FF8A@stanford.edu> <006B5C8325EEDA44A1A7D3955F5431CD80911D54@CIO-KRC-D1MBX04.osuad.osu.edu> Message-ID: Not sure the alt text is needed for the signature as their name will be posted on the bottom anyways. A blank alt would work as it's a decorative item to those with screenreaders. Word and PDF is probably best as most visually disabled users toss PDF attachments in the trash. I can't get my users to use the OCR built into JAWS due to the issues present with image PDF's, searchable PDF's, and tagged PDFs. JAWS reads image PDF's but doesn't do anything for the searchable and tagged, even if they're messed up with spacing between characters. The best possible practice would be to make a memo site and post them all there with an automated email notifying users of memo updates and quick search capabilities. Memos get lost too easily in emails. Joshua From: athen-list [mailto:athen-list-bounces@mailman13.u.washington.edu] On Behalf Of Bossley, Pete Sent: Tuesday, July 12, 2016 12:31 PM To: Access Technology Higher Education Network Subject: Re: [Athen] Sending signed PDFs Ideally the PDF with the signature would be accessible, tagged, with good structure; and the signature would be an image with appropriate alt text. E.g. Peter Bossley's signature. From: athen-list [mailto:athen-list-bounces@mailman13.u.washington.edu] On Behalf Of Jiatyan Chen Sent: Tuesday, July 12, 2016 12:13 PM To: Access Technology Higher Education Network > Subject: Re: [Athen] Sending signed PDFs Unless you have extra staff or mechanical way to convert files, the simplest way for the central office is to post the Word (unsigned, with correct structure) and the PDF (signed and scanned) together. Least amount of work those folks have to learn/do = easiest way to convince them to do it. -- Jiatyan Chen On 2016 Jul 12, at 08:34, Joseph Sherman > wrote: Our central office has a habit of sending out signed memos generated in Word, signed, scanned as PDF, and emailed or posted. What is best practice for accessibility? Should they run make accessible on the scan to OCR and auto tag the PDF? Or have two PDF versions, one not signed but generated from Word with tags? Or is there a better option? Joseph -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From bossley.5 at osu.edu Wed Jul 13 11:31:29 2016 From: bossley.5 at osu.edu (Bossley, Pete) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:33:29 2018 Subject: [Athen] Sending signed PDFs In-Reply-To: References: <3c4b186f-5168-4b6c-b310-090da3d3fc47@email.android.com> <988F66A1-EE20-4BD8-8677-72462430FF8A@stanford.edu> <006B5C8325EEDA44A1A7D3955F5431CD80911D54@CIO-KRC-D1MBX04.osuad.osu.edu> Message-ID: <006B5C8325EEDA44A1A7D3955F5431CD80912AB8@CIO-KRC-D1MBX04.osuad.osu.edu> A properly tagged and remediated PDF should have no spacing issues in play since the tag structure would have been remediated to eliminate these kinds of issues. JAWS and NVDA can read these just fine, and even the latest version of Adobe Reader on OSX and Voice Over now respects tag structure. Users really shouldn't want to use the JAWS OCR feature, it should be something of a last resort. My argument both as an accessibility professional and a blind user again is that documents should be tagged and structured accessibly so I should have no need to use an OCR feature. A valid argument could certainly be made for the signature being decorative although I would in turn argue as a screen reader user that knowing that an image of a physical signature is useful information to have [The Ohio State University] Peter Bossley Accessibility Analyst Office of the CIO 017 Telecommunications Network Center, 320 W. 8th Ave, Columbus, OH 43201 614-292-8571 Office bossley.5@osu.edu ocio.osu.edu ________________________________ From: athen-list [mailto:athen-list-bounces@mailman13.u.washington.edu] On Behalf Of Joshua Hori Sent: Tuesday, July 12, 2016 8:47 PM To: Access Technology Higher Education Network Subject: Re: [Athen] Sending signed PDFs Not sure the alt text is needed for the signature as their name will be posted on the bottom anyways. A blank alt would work as it's a decorative item to those with screenreaders. Word and PDF is probably best as most visually disabled users toss PDF attachments in the trash. I can't get my users to use the OCR built into JAWS due to the issues present with image PDF's, searchable PDF's, and tagged PDFs. JAWS reads image PDF's but doesn't do anything for the searchable and tagged, even if they're messed up with spacing between characters. The best possible practice would be to make a memo site and post them all there with an automated email notifying users of memo updates and quick search capabilities. Memos get lost too easily in emails. Joshua From: athen-list [mailto:athen-list-bounces@mailman13.u.washington.edu] On Behalf Of Bossley, Pete Sent: Tuesday, July 12, 2016 12:31 PM To: Access Technology Higher Education Network > Subject: Re: [Athen] Sending signed PDFs Ideally the PDF with the signature would be accessible, tagged, with good structure; and the signature would be an image with appropriate alt text. E.g. Peter Bossley's signature. From: athen-list [mailto:athen-list-bounces@mailman13.u.washington.edu] On Behalf Of Jiatyan Chen Sent: Tuesday, July 12, 2016 12:13 PM To: Access Technology Higher Education Network > Subject: Re: [Athen] Sending signed PDFs Unless you have extra staff or mechanical way to convert files, the simplest way for the central office is to post the Word (unsigned, with correct structure) and the PDF (signed and scanned) together. Least amount of work those folks have to learn/do = easiest way to convince them to do it. -- Jiatyan Chen On 2016 Jul 12, at 08:34, Joseph Sherman > wrote: Our central office has a habit of sending out signed memos generated in Word, signed, scanned as PDF, and emailed or posted. What is best practice for accessibility? Should they run make accessible on the scan to OCR and auto tag the PDF? Or have two PDF versions, one not signed but generated from Word with tags? Or is there a better option? Joseph -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: image001.png Type: image/png Size: 11800 bytes Desc: image001.png URL: From Elizabeth.Prickett at victoriacollege.edu Wed Jul 13 13:02:07 2016 From: Elizabeth.Prickett at victoriacollege.edu (Prickett, Elizabeth) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:33:29 2018 Subject: [Athen] DynamicForms Message-ID: Good afternoon! Our Student Services area recently purchased DynamicForms with Next Gen Web Solutions. They provided some accessibility information to me previously. I just sat through a training with them and tried testing some sample forms with some auto checkers and JAWS. The forms aren't awful, but they recommend building everything in tables so that the visual and PDF/print layout works properly. I'm wondering if anyone has already created best practices for creating accessible forms with this product? It looks like forms can be built accessibility (e.g. alt text and form field labeling options are available), but I'd rather not try to reinvent the wheel for training. Also, has anyone been able to create a mobile-friendly form using this product? It appears to be non-responsive. Thanks for any insight you may have! Liz Prickett Alternative Media Specialist Center for Academic & Professional Excellence (CAPE) Victoria College 2200 E. 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URL: From vasquez at sbcc.edu Wed Jul 13 13:35:03 2016 From: vasquez at sbcc.edu (Laurie Vasquez) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:33:29 2018 Subject: [Athen] Interesting times - DOJ and accessibility Message-ID: The Disability Rights Section, which is part of the Justice Department?s Civil Rights Division, has two employment opportunities available for qualified individuals interested in technical assistance activities that implement civil rights laws designed to protect persons with disabilities from illegal discrimination in employment, public services, and public accommodations and services operated by private entities. One position is a job-share opening for GS-13/14 Web Content Manager. The position is half-time (40 hours per two week pay period). The application period for this position closes on July 22nd. The other position is for a full-time technical assistance writer (GS-13 Accessibility Specialist) and the application period for this position closes on July 25th. Information about the openings and application instructions are at the links below. *Web Content Manager * The person selected will share duties directing and managing web-related activities, including the popular Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) website, www.ADA.gov , and supporting content development as the Section uses the web and mobile apps for ongoing technical assistance activities. The ADA website is one of the Section's major technical assistance activities hosting more than one hundred thousand user sessions per week. The position will share directing the development of sections of the ADA website and migration of the website to Drupal, working closely with other staff that possesses extensive experience with the ADA and technical assistance. Information about the position and the application process are at USAJobs: DEU (United States Citizens) https://www.usajobs.gov/GetJob/ViewDetails/443069800 MPP https://www.usajobs.gov/GetJob/ViewDetails/441260300 *Technical Assistance Writer* (Accessibility Specialist) The person selected for this position will be responsible for writing technically authoritative technical assistance documents to explain the Department's ADA regulations to a wide variety of nationwide audiences; writing technical assistance content suitable for dissemination using various technologies, including the web, mobile devices, and social media; writes speeches, talking points, and briefing/background materials for Section managers, the Office of the Assistant Attorney General, and other Department officials; and representing the Department at meetings or conferences to deliver speeches and/or training workshops to explain the Department's interpretation of the ADA. Information about the position and the application process are at USAJobs: DEU (United States Citizens) https://www.usajobs.gov/GetJob/ViewDetails/443955000/ MPP https://www.usajobs.gov/GetJob/ViewDetails/443942800/ -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From dmsmi100 at syr.edu Thu Jul 14 06:07:23 2016 From: dmsmi100 at syr.edu (Danielle Marie Smith) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:33:29 2018 Subject: [Athen] Economics graphs Message-ID: <9866fe34e91041da832860f3d109cd39@EX13-MBX-06.ad.syr.edu> Hi All, We have a blind student enrolled in an economics class for this upcoming Fall semester and the professor has reached out to describe the complexity of the graphs within the course. For example, the lines on the graphs move and he will be explaining this in class via PowerPoint. Can anyone give me suggestions for making these graphs accessible for the PowerPoint, textbook, and other assignments that I can share with the professor and the student? Thanks! 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Then we begin the process of creating alternative methods for the student to learn. It's a big task but everyone participates and it gets done joyfully! The student succeeded last semester with this assistance. Leyna Bencomo Assistive Technology Specialist Information Technology University of Colorado Colorado Springs 1420 Austin Bluffs Parkway, EPC 215 Colorado Springs, CO 80918 (719) 255-4202 / lbencomo@uccs.edu http://www.uccs.edu/~it/ [uccs-signature-email] From: athen-list [mailto:athen-list-bounces@mailman13.u.washington.edu] On Behalf Of Danielle Marie Smith Sent: Thursday, July 14, 2016 7:07 AM To: 'athen-list@u.washington.edu' Subject: [Athen] Economics graphs Hi All, We have a blind student enrolled in an economics class for this upcoming Fall semester and the professor has reached out to describe the complexity of the graphs within the course. For example, the lines on the graphs move and he will be explaining this in class via PowerPoint. Can anyone give me suggestions for making these graphs accessible for the PowerPoint, textbook, and other assignments that I can share with the professor and the student? Thanks! Danielle Danielle Smith | Assistant Coordinator Office of Disability Services 804 University Ave, Suite 303 Syracuse, New York 13244 disabilityservices.syr.edu SYRACUSE UNIVERSITY syr.edu -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: image001.gif Type: image/gif Size: 3598 bytes Desc: image001.gif URL: From sdunn at southeast.edu Thu Jul 14 07:57:39 2016 From: sdunn at southeast.edu (Susie Dunn) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:33:29 2018 Subject: [Athen] Economics graphs In-Reply-To: References: <9866fe34e91041da832860f3d109cd39@EX13-MBX-06.ad.syr.edu> Message-ID: Stories with good outcomes and successes are such a joy to hear! From: athen-list [mailto:athen-list-bounces@mailman13.u.washington.edu] On Behalf Of Leyna Bencomo Sent: Thursday, July 14, 2016 9:44 AM To: Access Technology Higher Education Network Subject: Re: [Athen] Economics graphs I have some creative student workers, wonderful faculty members, a 3D printer, Wikki Stix, a Braille printer and a thermoform printer which I used last semester to create manipulatives for one of our blind students who takes some challenging classes. I meet with the faculty member before the start of the semester and we go through what homework assignments and tests look like. Then we begin the process of creating alternative methods for the student to learn. It's a big task but everyone participates and it gets done joyfully! The student succeeded last semester with this assistance. Leyna Bencomo Assistive Technology Specialist Information Technology University of Colorado Colorado Springs 1420 Austin Bluffs Parkway, EPC 215 Colorado Springs, CO 80918 (719) 255-4202 / lbencomo@uccs.edu http://www.uccs.edu/~it/ [uccs-signature-email] From: athen-list [mailto:athen-list-bounces@mailman13.u.washington.edu] On Behalf Of Danielle Marie Smith Sent: Thursday, July 14, 2016 7:07 AM To: 'athen-list@u.washington.edu' > Subject: [Athen] Economics graphs Hi All, We have a blind student enrolled in an economics class for this upcoming Fall semester and the professor has reached out to describe the complexity of the graphs within the course. For example, the lines on the graphs move and he will be explaining this in class via PowerPoint. Can anyone give me suggestions for making these graphs accessible for the PowerPoint, textbook, and other assignments that I can share with the professor and the student? Thanks! 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Paire) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:33:29 2018 Subject: [Athen] Showcase Technology pay to print solution In-Reply-To: <1FE29D2D-E4E7-4CC9-B83A-E0DD8C419506@smc.edu> References: <1FE29D2D-E4E7-4CC9-B83A-E0DD8C419506@smc.edu> Message-ID: We don't use that technology so I can't speak to its accessibility. We use Pharos for pay to print, and have been able to hook it up to a PC with NVDA running so that visually impaired students can still get their print jobs. -Paul -----Original Message----- From: athen-list [mailto:athen-list-bounces@mailman13.u.washington.edu] On Behalf Of PETERS_THOMAS Sent: Saturday, July 16, 2016 10:08 AM To: athen-list@u.washington.edu Cc: HUNT_STEVE; LAILLE_NATHALIE Subject: [Athen] Showcase Technology pay to print solution We looking into using a pay to print service to work with new Xerox machines. A software company called Showcase Technology makes a Windows based solution but doesn't appear to have an audio component to make it accessible to students with visual impairments. Has anyone out there using this pay to print technology? If yes, is it accessible. If no, what are you presently using that is accessible? Tom Peters High Tech Training Center Santa Monica College 310-434-8706 Sent from my iPad Sent from my iPad _______________________________________________ athen-list mailing list athen-list@mailman13.u.washington.edu http://mailman13.u.washington.edu/mailman/listinfo/athen-list From Amy.Perron at state.mn.us Mon Jul 18 06:12:07 2016 From: Amy.Perron at state.mn.us (Perron, Amy (ADM)) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:33:30 2018 Subject: [Athen] Communication via Telephone Message-ID: <536C68DFEFFC6D49ACAB656B27830C710C7A6628@055-CH1MPN1-011.055d.mgd.msft.net> I am looking for a recommendation for an individual with a severe speech impairment. He is in need of assisitance communicating via the telephone. I have been researching the Dynawrite, Lightwriter and Allora. Currently I am not convinced they will be effective with landlines? Thank you, Amy Perron Assistive Technology Specialist Department of Administration, STAR Program |358 COB, 658 Cedar Street | St Paul MN 55155 651-201-2295 direct dial | Amy.Perron@state.mn.us| Website: http://www.mn.gov/star Device Exchange: http://www.mnstarte.org The content of this email message is educational in nature. It should not be assumed that the identification of any product, individual, or agency implies endorsement by the State of Minnesota, STAR, or the Administration for Community Living. Subscribe, unsubscribe, or manage your STAR Point email list preferences at https://webmail.mnet.state.mn.us/mailman/listinfo/starpoint -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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To learn more, visit About Mason. Responsibilities: * Work with ATI Manager to develop and maintain university guidelines for electronic and information technology (EIT) conformance with requirements specified in Section 508 and Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) 2.0; * Work with Architectural Standards Review Board (ASRB) to review software and Web application purchases for accessibility and conformance with accessibility standards and guidelines specified in Section 508 and WCAG 2.0; * Identify, implement and oversee tools for monitoring Web site accessibility; * Perform regular accessibility audits of institutional Web sites, Web applications and Web-based documents; * Collaborate with ITS and Communications and Marketing to develop accessible templates and tools for Web production; * When applicable, chair the Web Accessibility subcommittees under IT Accessibility Working Group; * Provide training and technical assistance on Section 508 and WCAG 2.0, as well as the faculty/staff roles and responsibilities in the development of accessible Web-based content; * Keep current on local, state and federal regulations regarding EIT accessibility for individuals with disabilities; * Work with ATI/CDE to promote an accessible, inclusive academic environment; and * Stay up-to-date with training for Microsoft Office, Adobe and assistive technology software applications. For more information about this position, the positing is listed here -- https://jobs.gmu.edu/postings/38242. Please forward and share if you know of anyone that might be a good fit! Thanks, 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 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From dori_lloyd at davidsonccc.edu Mon Jul 18 11:37:58 2016 From: dori_lloyd at davidsonccc.edu (Dori Lloyd) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:33:30 2018 Subject: [Athen] Biology image Message-ID: I am working with a Biology instructor to add appropriate alternate text to images. We are not re-mediating a course for a particular student, but rather working on a summer project to try and get this course to meet WCAG 2.0 Level AA guidelines. We were hoping that giving this a trial run with a few courses would give us some insight into time and resources needed for others. So, we have a Biology instructor who uses images of models - let's use the example of a model of a brain. The image has several areas of the brain numbered and labeled. I am looking for guidance on how one would approach alternate text for this image whether it was used as a learning guide where students are first introduced to the content or also if this image was part of a quiz question where the student had to identify a particular number that represented a section of the brain. We have thought over several approaches but would like to hear from the experts as none of us specialize in accessibility. Also, if anyone can direct me to resources that can help as it pertains to STEM diagrams/images, that would be great. Thanks in advance for your help! -- *Dori Lloyd* Director, Distance Education and Instructional Technology Reich Bldg Rm 101A Davidson County Community College P.O. Box 1287 | Lexington, NC 27293-1287 336.224.4518 www.davidsonccc.edu *Storm Toward Success* -- --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- E-mail correspondence to and from this address may be subject to the North Carolina Public Records Law and shall be disclosed to third parties when required by the statutes. (NCGS.Ch.132) --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From samanj at pdx.edu Mon Jul 18 11:52:00 2016 From: samanj at pdx.edu (Samantha Johns) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:33:30 2018 Subject: [Athen] Biology image In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: Hello, There is a great book for free download from the Diagram Center on how to caption complex images. Hope this helps * * *Samantha Johns* *Accessibility & **Course Support Specialist* Portland State University 1825 SW Broadway Smith Memorial Student Union, Mezzanine 209 Portland OR 97201 (503) 725-2754 Caption Badge: Universal Design for learning 2016 "Tell me and I'll forget, Teach me and I'll remember, Involve me and I'll learn" -Ben Franklin On Mon, Jul 18, 2016 at 11:37 AM, Dori Lloyd wrote: > I am working with a Biology instructor to add appropriate alternate text > to images. We are not re-mediating a course for a particular student, but > rather working on a summer project to try and get this course to meet WCAG > 2.0 Level AA guidelines. We were hoping that giving this a trial run with > a few courses would give us some insight into time and resources needed for > others. > > So, we have a Biology instructor who uses images of models - let's use the > example of a model of a brain. The image has several areas of the brain > numbered and labeled. I am looking for guidance on how one would approach > alternate text for this image whether it was used as a learning guide where > students are first introduced to the content or also if this image was part > of a quiz question where the student had to identify a particular number > that represented a section of the brain. We have thought over several > approaches but would like to hear from the experts as none of us specialize > in accessibility. Also, if anyone can direct me to resources that can > help as it pertains to STEM diagrams/images, that would be great. > > Thanks in advance for your help! > > > -- > *Dori Lloyd* > Director, Distance Education and Instructional Technology > Reich Bldg Rm 101A > > Davidson County Community College > P.O. Box 1287 | Lexington, NC 27293-1287 > 336.224.4518 > www.davidsonccc.edu > > *Storm Toward Success* > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > E-mail correspondence to and from this address may be subject > to the North Carolina Public Records Law and shall be disclosed > to third parties when required by the statutes. 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We are changing our cards and I do plan to use them again. Hope this helps. Kathleen Bastedo Instructional Designer (407) 823-3399 Center for Distributed Learning University of Central Florida John C. Hitt Library 12701 Pegasus Drive Orlando, Florida 32816-2810 http://online.ucf.edu/ ________________________________________ From: athen-list [athen-list-bounces@mailman13.u.washington.edu] on behalf of Jiatyan Chen [jiatyan@stanford.edu] Sent: Monday, July 18, 2016 5:39 PM To: Access Technology Higher Education Network Subject: [Athen] braille'd business cards Hi all, Does anyone have a vendor recommendation for printing business cards with Braille embossing? -- Jiatyan Chen _______________________________________________ athen-list mailing list athen-list@mailman13.u.washington.edu http://mailman13.u.washington.edu/mailman/listinfo/athen-list From sherylb at uw.edu Tue Jul 19 05:32:03 2016 From: sherylb at uw.edu (Sheryl Burgstahler) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:33:30 2018 Subject: [Athen] IT Accessibility Specialist position open at UW in Seattle Message-ID: <3E7A8459-C435-40A6-89EC-E24EA638198F@uw.edu> Spread the word about this employment opportunity within Accessible Technology Services at the University of Washington. IT Accessibility Specialist https://uwhires.admin.washington.edu/eng/candidates/default.cfm?szCategory=jobprofile&szOrderID=134741&szCandidateID=0&szSearchWords=&szReturnToSearch=1 ------------------------------------------------------------ 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 From ckarthur at sandburg.edu Tue Jul 19 08:28:25 2016 From: ckarthur at sandburg.edu (Cindy K Arthur) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:33:30 2018 Subject: [Athen] event attendees with disabilities Message-ID: I welcome any suggestion on policy/guidelines used to provide event attendees with disabilities the accommodations needed. Cindy K. Arthur ckarthur@sandburg.edu Instructional Technology Assistant Faculty Teaching Learning Center ftlc@sandburg.edu Carl Sandburg College 2400 Tom L. Wilson Blvd. Galesburg, IL 61401 309-341-5438 http://sandburg.edu/academics/faculty-teaching-learning-center http://www.sandburg.net/ Building: E233A @ftlc_233 @sandburgnet [cid:image001.png@01D1E1A8.46A9BF20] -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: image001.png Type: image/png Size: 32170 bytes Desc: image001.png URL: From girwin2 at hccfl.edu Tue Jul 19 08:50:04 2016 From: girwin2 at hccfl.edu (Irwin, George) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:33:30 2018 Subject: [Athen] event attendees with disabilities In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: Good morning Cindy! You might want to look at this, http://sudcc.syr.edu/_documents/InclusiveEventsSeminarsGuide.pdf It is a guide to planning Inclusive Events, Seminars, and activities at Syracuse University. It covers everything. Good luck From: athen-list [mailto:athen-list-bounces@mailman13.u.washington.edu] On Behalf Of Cindy K Arthur Sent: Tuesday, July 19, 2016 11:28 AM To: athen-list@u.washington.edu Subject: [Athen] event attendees with disabilities I welcome any suggestion on policy/guidelines used to provide event attendees with disabilities the accommodations needed. Cindy K. Arthur ckarthur@sandburg.edu Instructional Technology Assistant Faculty Teaching Learning Center ftlc@sandburg.edu Carl Sandburg College 2400 Tom L. Wilson Blvd. Galesburg, IL 61401 309-341-5438 http://sandburg.edu/academics/faculty-teaching-learning-center http://www.sandburg.net/ Building: E233A @ftlc_233 @sandburgnet [cid:image001.png@01D1E1B3.B01DE5C0] Please Note: Due to Florida's very broad public records law, most written communications to or from College employees regarding College business are public records, available to the public and media upon request. 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It is undergoing revisions, but I don't know the timeline since I am not at SU anymore. Also, SU has a shorter checklist that provides some of the same information: http://www.syr.edu/accessiblesu/eventplanning.html (George, thanks for sharing!) Alex On 7/19/16 11:50 AM, Irwin, George wrote: > > Good morning Cindy! > > You might want to look at this, > > http://sudcc.syr.edu/_documents/InclusiveEventsSeminarsGuide.pdf > > It is a guide to planning Inclusive Events, Seminars, and activities > at Syracuse University. > > It covers everything. > > Good luck > > *From:* athen-list > [mailto:athen-list-bounces@mailman13.u.washington.edu] *On Behalf Of > *Cindy K Arthur > *Sent:* Tuesday, July 19, 2016 11:28 AM > *To:* athen-list@u.washington.edu > *Subject:* [Athen] event attendees with disabilities > > I welcome any suggestion on policy/guidelines used to provide event > attendees with disabilities the accommodations needed. > > Cindy K. Arthur > > ckarthur@sandburg.edu > > Instructional Technology Assistant > > Faculty Teaching Learning Center > > ftlc@sandburg.edu > > Carl Sandburg College > > 2400 Tom L. Wilson Blvd. > > Galesburg, IL 61401 > > 309-341-5438 > > http://sandburg.edu/academics/faculty-teaching-learning-center > > http://www.sandburg.net/ > > Building: E233A > > @ftlc_233 > > @sandburgnet > > Please Note: Due to Florida's very broad public records law, most > written communications to or from College employees regarding College > business are public records, available to the public and media upon > request. Therefore, this email communication may be subject to public > disclosure. This message is the property of Hillsborough Community > College or its affiliates. It may be legally privileged and/or > confidential and is intended only for the use of the addressee(s). 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Request for proposals will be announced at the beginning of March. Complete program information and registration is open for our full line-up of webinars, *AHEADtoYOU! * And the *Technology Access Series *. Site capacities for all webinar events is limited; please register at your earliest convenience for the largest selection. Not yet a member of AHEAD? *We welcome you to join AHEAD now. * -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From ronrstewart at gmail.com Tue Jul 19 18:26:08 2016 From: ronrstewart at gmail.com (Ron Stewart) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:33:30 2018 Subject: [Athen] Antivirus In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <05f601d1e225$b2391dd0$16ab5970$@gmail.com> Thanks Howard living with the grand critters has its down side. From: athen-list [mailto:athen-list-bounces@mailman13.u.washington.edu] On Behalf Of Howard Kramer Sent: Tuesday, July 19, 2016 6:05 PM To: Access Technology Higher Education Network Subject: Re: [Athen] Antivirus Ron, Don't know about a pen drive boot but Kaspersky worked best for me when I've had to remove viruses. The removal tool is available for download for free - I believe. -Howard On Tue, Jul 19, 2016 at 6:23 PM, Ron wrote: Afternoon all, seems I have acquired a virus from an email. Any recommendations on something I can boot from a pen drive. Ron _______________________________________________ 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 Join us for the Accessing Higher Ground Conference in Denver, Colorado, Nov 14-18, 2016. Request for proposals will be announced at the beginning of March. Complete program information and registration is open for our full line-up of webinars, AHEADtoYOU! And the Technology Access Series. Site capacities for all webinar events is limited; please register at your earliest convenience for the largest selection. Not yet a member of AHEAD? We welcome you to join AHEAD now. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From rsthompson2 at ua.edu Wed Jul 20 07:42:08 2016 From: rsthompson2 at ua.edu (Thompson, Rachel) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:33:30 2018 Subject: [Athen] FW: Press Release: G3ict to Acquire IAAP In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: FYI. I don?t know anything about G3ICT except what is included in this message. If you have experiences with either org that you?d be willing to share, I?d like to hear them. Rachel Dr. Rachel S. Thompson Director, Emerging Technology and Accessibility Center for Instructional Technology The University of Alabama 123 Russell Hall Box 870248 Tuscaloosa, AL 35487 Phone 205-348-0216 rsthompson2@ua.edu | http://accessibility.ua.edu From: G3ict - The Global Initiative for Inclusive ICTs > Reply-To: G3ict - The Global Initiative for Inclusive ICTs > Date: Wednesday, July 20, 2016 at 9:39 AM To: Rachel Thompson > Subject: Press Release: G3ict to Acquire IAAP [http://img-ak.verticalresponse.com/social_sharing/social_sharing.placeholder.facebook.png] [http://img-ak.verticalresponse.com/social_sharing/social_sharing.placeholder.twitter.png] [http://img-ak.verticalresponse.com/social_sharing/social_sharing.placeholder.linkedin.png] Click to view this email in a browser [release-top.gif] [G3ict Logo] [IAAP-Logo] G3ICT TO ACQUIRE IAAP AND ACCELERATE GROWTH OF THE GLOBAL COMMUNITY OF ACCESSIBILITY PROFESSIONALS ATLANTA, GA (July 20, 2016) -- IAAP, the International Association of Accessibility Professionals and G3ict, the Global Initiative for Inclusive Information and Communication Technologies, announced today that G3ict will be acquiring IAAP in a merger aimed at promoting the accessibility profession on a more global scale. Under this agreement, IAAP will become part of G3ict, effective immediately, but will continue its mission to define, promote and improve the accessibility profession globally through networking, education and certification in order to enable the creation of accessible products, content and services. This joint decision by the Boards of IAAP and G3ict reflects the strategic alignment of these organizations and a shared need to respond to rapidly growing, unmet worldwide demand for IT professionals, developers, educators, business leaders, and content creators knowledgeable in accessibility. Under the agreement, IAAP programs (including online communities, professional education, certification, membership and events) will be operated as a new division of G3ict. All existing IAAP membership benefits and services will remain unchanged, and IAAP certification programs will be further enhanced with new tracks and content to address the needs of international markets and more specialized areas of expertise, such as web accessibility. This critical global need for accessibility professionals is driven by four key factors: (1) Increasing compliance requirements in countries with existing accessibility legislation; (2) Ratification of the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD) by 166 countries, which obligates those governments to ensure information and communication technologies are accessible to persons with disabilities; (3) Aging demographics in major markets, which greatly increases the population needing accessible solutions; and (4) Intense competition in the IT industry to provide superior digital experiences to consumers of digital content, products and services. ?The G3ict and IAAP missions have always been very well aligned. So, this opportunity to directly align our investments and programs is a major step forward that will enable IAAP and its members to continue doing the same great work ? but with greater efficiency and broader impact. By aligning our day-to-day operations with G3ict, we will expand IAAP?s global footprint, help more professionals around the world develop important accessibility skills, make it easier to achieve the goals of the CRPD, and ultimately improve the lives of millions of people with disabilities around the world,? said Rob Sinclair, President of the IAAP Board of Directors. The merger leverages the strengths of both organizations: IAAP?s large, multi-national membership, training resources, and industry-leading certification program; and the G3ict?s global reach and trusted consultation with governments, corporations, academic institutions, and advocacy organizations around the world. It represents a natural step for both organizations that are well-known among constituents dedicated to promoting the accessibility of information and communication technologies. Sharon Spencer, whose role was instrumental in developing IAAP from its inception, will serve as Director of IAAP for G3ict and lead the immediate transition of IAAP operations to G3ict. Members of the current IAAP Board have been appointed to the IAAP Global Leadership Team and will be responsible for overseeing all current and future developments of IAAP programs. The technical, academic and logistics aspects of the IAAP training and certification programs will be managed in partnership with the Alternate Media Access Center (AMAC) at the Georgia Institute of Technology. AMAC will also help ensure all IAAP programs and web sites are fully accessible. Ambassador Luis Gallegos, Chair of the Board of G3ict, and former Chair of the United Nations General Assembly Ad hoc Preparatory Committee for the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, highlighted: ?We are extremely pleased to see this merger formed at a time when the lack of skilled accessibility professionals constitutes a major roadblock to fully realize the promises of the Convention. We look forward to making a real difference in promoting the IAAP programs around the world.? ?It is a very timely opportunity for G3ict to work closely with the IAAP leadership to promote the association?s training and certification programs worldwide. Those activities and the global footprint of IAAP testing centers will directly complement our work since ten years in promoting CRPD compliant accessibility policies and programs around the world. IAAP?s networking tools will enable professionals working in accessibility to help learn from each other and spread ICT accessibility even more broadly. It will allow us to offer practical resources for governments, corporations and academia to rapidly build their capacity to develop and maintain accessible digital content and services. The IAAP programs will considerably enhance G3ict?s ability to fulfill its mission of promoting the rights of persons with disabilities in the digital age,? said Axel Leblois, Founder and President of G3ict. # # # About IAAP The International Association of Accessibility Professionals (IAAP) is a membership-based organization for individuals and organizations that are focused on accessibility or are in the process of building their accessibility skills and strategies. The objective of this association is to help accessibility professionals develop and advance their careers and to help organizations integrate accessibility into their products and infrastructure. The IAAP will provide a place for accessibility professionals around the world to gather, share experiences and enrich their knowledge of accessibility. Visit: www.accessibilityassociation.org. About G3ict G3ict - the Global Initiative for Inclusive ICTs is an advocacy initiative launched in December 2006 by the United Nations Global Alliance for ICT and Development, in cooperation with the Secretariat for the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities at UN DESA. Its mission is to facilitate and support the implementation of the dispositions of the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities on the accessibility of Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs) and assistive technologies. G3ict relies on an international network of ICT accessibility experts to develop and promote good practices, technical resources and benchmarks for ICT accessibility advocates around the world. It is incorporated as a non-profit organization in the State of Georgia, USA, and headquartered in Atlanta. Visit www.g3ict.org. For more information, please contact: IAAP Sharon Spencer Email: sspencer@accessibilityassociation.org G3ict Francesca Cesa Bianchi Email: fcesabianchi@g3ict.org ________________________________ If you no longer wish to receive these emails, please reply to this message with "Unsubscribe" in the subject line or simply click on the following link: Unsubscribe Click here to forward this email to a friend G3ict - The Global Initiative for Inclusive ICTs 6300 Powers Ferry Road Suite 600-300 Atlanta, Georgia 30339 USA Read the VerticalResponse marketing policy. [Non-Profits Email Free with VerticalResponse!] [http://cts.vresp.com/o.gif?c43c3411e6/6eca2018c2/mlpftw] [http://er.prod.verticalresponse.com/ERMO/E/1910/7dd32/ecfe0e3d7ffb0d7975592ca6917db04b/pixel.gif] -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From sarah.bourne at state.ma.us Wed Jul 20 08:20:33 2016 From: sarah.bourne at state.ma.us (Bourne, Sarah (ITD)) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:33:30 2018 Subject: [Athen] Press Release: G3ict to Acquire IAAP In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <20683bf0d56a48668d6830b87455f987@ES-CHL-EMR-06.es.govt.state.ma.us> G3ICT runs the annual M-Enabling Summit and created the e-Accessibility Policy Toolkit for Persons with Disabilities. They have been working on creating a reliable repository of accessibility information, which is something the IAAP was thinking of doing. It makes sense to me that they would merge: there is currently little overlap of efforts, and a lot they can do to support each other. Sarah E. Bourne Director of IT Accessibility, MassIT Commonwealth of Massachusetts 1 Ashburton Pl. rm 811 Boston MA 02108 617-626-4502 sarah.bourne@state.ma.us http://www.mass.gov/MassIT From: athen-list [mailto:athen-list-bounces@mailman13.u.washington.edu] On Behalf Of Thompson, Rachel Sent: Wednesday, July 20, 2016 10:42 AM To: athen-list@u.washington.edu Subject: [Athen] FW: Press Release: G3ict to Acquire IAAP FYI. I don't know anything about G3ICT except what is included in this message. If you have experiences with either org that you'd be willing to share, I'd like to hear them. Rachel Dr. Rachel S. Thompson Director, Emerging Technology and Accessibility Center for Instructional Technology The University of Alabama 123 Russell Hall Box 870248 Tuscaloosa, AL 35487 Phone 205-348-0216 rsthompson2@ua.edu | http://accessibility.ua.edu From: G3ict - The Global Initiative for Inclusive ICTs > Reply-To: G3ict - The Global Initiative for Inclusive ICTs > Date: Wednesday, July 20, 2016 at 9:39 AM To: Rachel Thompson > Subject: Press Release: G3ict to Acquire IAAP [Image removed by sender.] [Image removed by sender.] [Image removed by sender.] Click to view this email in a browser [Image removed by sender. release-top.gif] [Image removed by sender. G3ict Logo] [Image removed by sender. IAAP-Logo] G3ICT TO ACQUIRE IAAP AND ACCELERATE GROWTH OF THE GLOBAL COMMUNITY OF ACCESSIBILITY PROFESSIONALS ATLANTA, GA (July 20, 2016) -- IAAP, the International Association of Accessibility Professionals and G3ict, the Global Initiative for Inclusive Information and Communication Technologies, announced today that G3ict will be acquiring IAAP in a merger aimed at promoting the accessibility profession on a more global scale. Under this agreement, IAAP will become part of G3ict, effective immediately, but will continue its mission to define, promote and improve the accessibility profession globally through networking, education and certification in order to enable the creation of accessible products, content and services. This joint decision by the Boards of IAAP and G3ict reflects the strategic alignment of these organizations and a shared need to respond to rapidly growing, unmet worldwide demand for IT professionals, developers, educators, business leaders, and content creators knowledgeable in accessibility. Under the agreement, IAAP programs (including online communities, professional education, certification, membership and events) will be operated as a new division of G3ict. All existing IAAP membership benefits and services will remain unchanged, and IAAP certification programs will be further enhanced with new tracks and content to address the needs of international markets and more specialized areas of expertise, such as web accessibility. This critical global need for accessibility professionals is driven by four key factors: (1) Increasing compliance requirements in countries with existing accessibility legislation; (2) Ratification of the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD) by 166 countries, which obligates those governments to ensure information and communication technologies are accessible to persons with disabilities; (3) Aging demographics in major markets, which greatly increases the population needing accessible solutions; and (4) Intense competition in the IT industry to provide superior digital experiences to consumers of digital content, products and services. "The G3ict and IAAP missions have always been very well aligned. So, this opportunity to directly align our investments and programs is a major step forward that will enable IAAP and its members to continue doing the same great work - but with greater efficiency and broader impact. By aligning our day-to-day operations with G3ict, we will expand IAAP's global footprint, help more professionals around the world develop important accessibility skills, make it easier to achieve the goals of the CRPD, and ultimately improve the lives of millions of people with disabilities around the world," said Rob Sinclair, President of the IAAP Board of Directors. The merger leverages the strengths of both organizations: IAAP's large, multi-national membership, training resources, and industry-leading certification program; and the G3ict's global reach and trusted consultation with governments, corporations, academic institutions, and advocacy organizations around the world. It represents a natural step for both organizations that are well-known among constituents dedicated to promoting the accessibility of information and communication technologies. Sharon Spencer, whose role was instrumental in developing IAAP from its inception, will serve as Director of IAAP for G3ict and lead the immediate transition of IAAP operations to G3ict. Members of the current IAAP Board have been appointed to the IAAP Global Leadership Team and will be responsible for overseeing all current and future developments of IAAP programs. The technical, academic and logistics aspects of the IAAP training and certification programs will be managed in partnership with the Alternate Media Access Center (AMAC) at the Georgia Institute of Technology. AMAC will also help ensure all IAAP programs and web sites are fully accessible. Ambassador Luis Gallegos, Chair of the Board of G3ict, and former Chair of the United Nations General Assembly Ad hoc Preparatory Committee for the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, highlighted: "We are extremely pleased to see this merger formed at a time when the lack of skilled accessibility professionals constitutes a major roadblock to fully realize the promises of the Convention. We look forward to making a real difference in promoting the IAAP programs around the world." "It is a very timely opportunity for G3ict to work closely with the IAAP leadership to promote the association's training and certification programs worldwide. Those activities and the global footprint of IAAP testing centers will directly complement our work since ten years in promoting CRPD compliant accessibility policies and programs around the world. IAAP's networking tools will enable professionals working in accessibility to help learn from each other and spread ICT accessibility even more broadly. It will allow us to offer practical resources for governments, corporations and academia to rapidly build their capacity to develop and maintain accessible digital content and services. The IAAP programs will considerably enhance G3ict's ability to fulfill its mission of promoting the rights of persons with disabilities in the digital age," said Axel Leblois, Founder and President of G3ict. # # # About IAAP The International Association of Accessibility Professionals (IAAP) is a membership-based organization for individuals and organizations that are focused on accessibility or are in the process of building their accessibility skills and strategies. The objective of this association is to help accessibility professionals develop and advance their careers and to help organizations integrate accessibility into their products and infrastructure. The IAAP will provide a place for accessibility professionals around the world to gather, share experiences and enrich their knowledge of accessibility. Visit: www.accessibilityassociation.org. About G3ict G3ict - the Global Initiative for Inclusive ICTs is an advocacy initiative launched in December 2006 by the United Nations Global Alliance for ICT and Development, in cooperation with the Secretariat for the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities at UN DESA. Its mission is to facilitate and support the implementation of the dispositions of the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities on the accessibility of Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs) and assistive technologies. G3ict relies on an international network of ICT accessibility experts to develop and promote good practices, technical resources and benchmarks for ICT accessibility advocates around the world. It is incorporated as a non-profit organization in the State of Georgia, USA, and headquartered in Atlanta. Visit www.g3ict.org. For more information, please contact: IAAP Sharon Spencer Email: sspencer@accessibilityassociation.org G3ict Francesca Cesa Bianchi Email: fcesabianchi@g3ict.org ________________________________ If you no longer wish to receive these emails, please reply to this message with "Unsubscribe" in the subject line or simply click on the following link: Unsubscribe Click here to forward this email to a friend G3ict - The Global Initiative for Inclusive ICTs 6300 Powers Ferry Road Suite 600-300 Atlanta, Georgia 30339 USA Read the VerticalResponse marketing policy. [Image removed by sender. 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While the vendor integrations are good options, there isn't a way for us to monitor the requests and, when one course has over 300 VoiceThread submissions, I'd like to do a little more research before we open that door! 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 Cindy.Poore-Pariseau at bristolcc.edu Wed Jul 20 12:26:21 2016 From: Cindy.Poore-Pariseau at bristolcc.edu (Poore-Pariseau, Cindy) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:33:30 2018 Subject: [Athen] VoiceThread Captioning Process In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: I am interested in this as well. "At the core, none of us were meant to be common. We were born to be comets, darting across space and time - leaving our mark as we crash into everything." ~~Donovan Livingston Cindy Poore-Pariseau, Ph. D. Coordinator of Disability Services Office of Disability Services, L115 Bristol Community College Fall River, MA 02720 NASPA Chair-elect Disabilities Knowledge Communities Autism Spectrum Blog/ ods-as.blogspot.com * Email: cindy.poore-pariseau@bristolcc.edu * Phone: (508) 678-2811 x 2470 ? Fax: (508) 730-3297 http://www.bristolcc.edu/students/disabilityservices/ From: athen-list [mailto:athen-list-bounces@mailman13.u.washington.edu] On Behalf Of Hunziker, Dawn A - (hunziker) Sent: Wednesday, July 20, 2016 2:12 PM To: 'Access Technology Higher Education Network' Subject: [Athen] VoiceThread Captioning Process Hi all, As with many campuses, VoiceThread is rapidly expanding in use at the University of Arizona. I'm wondering if you'd be willing to share your process and what tools you use to caption the VoiceThread audio components. Currently, we download the entire VoiceThread stream, crop the video so we get accurate timestamps. Once we request caption files, we upload the caption file to the VoiceThread components since we've been successful in having instructors add us as editors to their VoiceThread course component. While the vendor integrations are good options, there isn't a way for us to monitor the requests and, when one course has over 300 VoiceThread submissions, I'd like to do a little more research before we open that door! 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 swims at umich.edu Wed Jul 20 13:58:31 2016 From: swims at umich.edu (Scott Williams) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:33:30 2018 Subject: [Athen] FW: Press Release: G3ict to Acquire IAAP In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: Huh ... On Wednesday, July 20, 2016, Thompson, Rachel wrote: > FYI. I don?t know anything about G3ICT except what is included in this > message. If you have experiences with either org that you?d be willing to > share, I?d like to hear them. > > Rachel > > Dr. Rachel S. Thompson > Director, Emerging Technology and Accessibility > Center for Instructional Technology > The University of Alabama > 123 Russell Hall > Box 870248 > Tuscaloosa, AL 35487 > Phone 205-348-0216 > rsthompson2@ua.edu | > http://accessibility.ua.edu > > From: G3ict - The Global Initiative for Inclusive ICTs < > G3ict_The_Global_Initiative_for_@mail.vresp.com > > > > Reply-To: G3ict - The Global Initiative for Inclusive ICTs < > reply-c43c3411e6-6eca2018c2-69d0@u.cts.vresp.com > > > > Date: Wednesday, July 20, 2016 at 9:39 AM > To: Rachel Thompson > > Subject: Press Release: G3ict to Acquire IAAP > > > > > > > Click to view this email in a browser > > [image: release-top.gif] > > *[image: G3ict Logo] *[image: IAAP-Logo] > > > > *G3ICT TO ACQUIRE IAAP AND ACCELERATE GROWTH OF THE GLOBAL COMMUNITY OF > ACCESSIBILITY PROFESSIONALS * > > > > *ATLANTA, GA (July 20, 2016) *-- IAAP, the International Association of > Accessibility Professionals and G3ict, the Global Initiative for Inclusive > Information and Communication Technologies, announced today that G3ict will > be acquiring IAAP in a merger aimed at promoting the accessibility > profession on a more global scale. Under this agreement, IAAP will become > part of G3ict, effective immediately, but will continue its mission to > define, promote and improve the accessibility profession globally through > networking, education and certification in order to enable the creation of > accessible products, content and services. This joint decision by the > Boards of IAAP and G3ict reflects the strategic alignment of these > organizations and a shared need to respond to rapidly growing, unmet > worldwide demand for IT professionals, developers, educators, business > leaders, and content creators knowledgeable in accessibility. > Under the agreement, IAAP programs (including online communities, > professional education, certification, membership and events) will be > operated as a new division of G3ict. All existing IAAP membership benefits > and services will remain unchanged, and IAAP certification programs will be > further enhanced with new tracks and content to address the needs of > international markets and more specialized areas of expertise, such as web > accessibility. > > This critical global need for accessibility professionals is driven by > four key factors: (1) Increasing compliance requirements in countries with > existing accessibility legislation; (2) Ratification of the Convention on > the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD) by 166 countries, which > obligates those governments to ensure information and communication > technologies are accessible to persons with disabilities; (3) Aging > demographics in major markets, which greatly increases the population > needing accessible solutions; and (4) Intense competition in the IT > industry to provide superior digital experiences to consumers of digital > content, products and services. > > ?The G3ict and IAAP missions have always been very well aligned. So, this > opportunity to directly align our investments and programs is a major step > forward that will enable IAAP and its members to continue doing the same > great work ? but with greater efficiency and broader impact. By aligning > our day-to-day operations with G3ict, we will expand IAAP?s global > footprint, help more professionals around the world develop important > accessibility skills, make it easier to achieve the goals of the CRPD, and > ultimately improve the lives of millions of people with disabilities around > the world,? said Rob Sinclair, President of the IAAP Board of Directors. > > The merger leverages the strengths of both organizations: IAAP?s large, > multi-national membership, training resources, and industry-leading > certification program; and the G3ict?s global reach and trusted > consultation with governments, corporations, academic institutions, and > advocacy organizations around the world. It represents a natural step for > both organizations that are well-known among constituents dedicated to > promoting the accessibility of information and communication technologies. > > Sharon Spencer, whose role was instrumental in developing IAAP from its > inception, will serve as Director of IAAP for G3ict and lead the immediate > transition of IAAP operations to G3ict. Members of the current IAAP Board > have been appointed to the IAAP Global Leadership Team and will be > responsible for overseeing all current and future developments of IAAP > programs. The technical, academic and logistics aspects of the IAAP > training and certification programs will be managed in partnership with the > Alternate Media Access Center (AMAC) at the Georgia Institute of > Technology. AMAC will also help ensure all IAAP programs and web sites are > fully accessible. > > Ambassador Luis Gallegos, Chair of the Board of G3ict, and former Chair of > the United Nations General Assembly Ad hoc Preparatory Committee for the > Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, highlighted: ?We are > extremely pleased to see this merger formed at a time when the lack of > skilled accessibility professionals constitutes a major roadblock to fully > realize the promises of the Convention. We look forward to making a real > difference in promoting the IAAP programs around the world.? > > ?It is a very timely opportunity for G3ict to work closely with the IAAP > leadership to promote the association?s training and certification programs > worldwide. Those activities and the global footprint of IAAP testing > centers will directly complement our work since ten years in promoting CRPD > compliant accessibility policies and programs around the world. IAAP?s > networking tools will enable professionals working in accessibility to help > learn from each other and spread ICT accessibility even more broadly. It > will allow us to offer practical resources for governments, corporations > and academia to rapidly build their capacity to develop and maintain > accessible digital content and services. The IAAP programs will > considerably enhance G3ict?s ability to fulfill its mission of promoting > the rights of persons with disabilities in the digital age,? said Axel > Leblois, Founder and President of G3ict. > > *# # #* > > *About IAAP* > The International Association of Accessibility Professionals (IAAP) is a > membership-based organization for individuals and organizations that are > focused on accessibility or are in the process of building their > accessibility skills and strategies. The objective of this association is > to help accessibility professionals develop and advance their careers and > to help organizations integrate accessibility into their products and > infrastructure. The IAAP will provide a place for accessibility > professionals around the world to gather, share experiences and enrich > their knowledge of accessibility. Visit: www.accessibilityassociation > > .org > > . > > *About G3ict* > G3ict - the Global Initiative for Inclusive ICTs is an advocacy initiative > launched in December 2006 by the United Nations Global Alliance for ICT and > Development, in cooperation with the Secretariat for the Convention on the > Rights of Persons with Disabilities at UN DESA. Its mission is to > facilitate and support the implementation of the dispositions of the > Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities on the accessibility > of Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs) and assistive > technologies. G3ict relies on an international network of ICT accessibility > experts to develop and promote good practices, technical resources and > benchmarks for ICT accessibility advocates around the world. It is > incorporated as a non-profit organization in the State of Georgia, USA, and > headquartered in Atlanta. Visit www.g3ict.org > > . > > For more information, please contact: > > *IAAP* > Sharon Spencer > Email: sspencer@accessibilityassociation.org > > > *G3ict* > Francesca Cesa Bianchi > Email: fcesabianchi@g3ict.org > > > > ------------------------------ > If you no longer wish to receive these emails, please reply to this > message with "Unsubscribe" in the subject line or simply click on the > following link: Unsubscribe > > Click here > > to forward this email to a friend > G3ict - The Global Initiative for Inclusive ICTs > 6300 Powers Ferry Road > Suite 600-300 > Atlanta, Georgia 30339 > USA > > Read the > VerticalResponse marketing policy. > [image: Non-Profits Email Free with VerticalResponse!] > > -- Scott Williams Web Accessibility Coordinator Office for Institutional Equity University of Michigan 734.764.0051 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From sherylb at uw.edu Thu Jul 21 06:25:15 2016 From: sherylb at uw.edu (Sheryl E. Burgstahler) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:33:30 2018 Subject: [Athen] Fwd: DO-IT featured in Seattle Times today References: Message-ID: Page 1, NW Thursday of the 7/21/16 Seattle Times: "Paving a path to college for students with disabilities" www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/education/high-schoolers-with-disabilities-excel-at-uw-summer-program/ ------------------------------------------------------------ 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 From ronrstewart at gmail.com Thu Jul 21 06:55:48 2016 From: ronrstewart at gmail.com (Ron) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:33:30 2018 Subject: [Athen] Fwd: DO-IT featured in Seattle Times today In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: Wish it was duplicated in every state! On Thursday, July 21, 2016, Sheryl E. Burgstahler wrote: > > Page 1, NW Thursday of the 7/21/16 Seattle Times: > > "Paving a path to college for students with disabilities" > > www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/education/high-schoolers-with-disabilities-excel-at-uw-summer-program/ > > ------------------------------------------------------------ > 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 > > > > > _______________________________________________ > 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 sherylb at uw.edu Thu Jul 21 07:11:19 2016 From: sherylb at uw.edu (Sheryl E. 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Burgstahler > wrote: Page 1, NW Thursday of the 7/21/16 Seattle Times: "Paving a path to college for students with disabilities" www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/education/high-schoolers-with-disabilities-excel-at-uw-summer-program/ ------------------------------------------------------------ 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 _______________________________________________ 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 normajean.brand at hccs.edu Thu Jul 21 11:31:53 2016 From: normajean.brand at hccs.edu (Normajean.Brand) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:33:30 2018 Subject: [Athen] Fwd: DO-IT featured in Seattle Times today In-Reply-To: <7993088D-56CD-4616-86B7-6175AE94C097@uw.edu> References: <7993088D-56CD-4616-86B7-6175AE94C097@uw.edu> Message-ID: I'm sure I can say for all of us... we all wish it were so! From: athen-list [mailto:athen-list-bounces@mailman13.u.washington.edu] On Behalf Of Sheryl E. Burgstahler Sent: Thursday, July 21, 2016 9:11 AM To: Access Technology Higher Education Network Cc: EASI@LISTSERV.ICORS.ORG; WAPED Subject: Re: [Athen] Fwd: DO-IT featured in Seattle Times today Me too, Ron! Sheryl On Jul 21, 2016, at 6:55 AM, Ron > wrote: Wish it was duplicated in every state! On Thursday, July 21, 2016, Sheryl E. Burgstahler > wrote: Page 1, NW Thursday of the 7/21/16 Seattle Times: "Paving a path to college for students with disabilities" www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/education/high-schoolers-with-disabilities-excel-at-uw-summer-program/ ------------------------------------------------------------ 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 _______________________________________________ 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 WHITEPH15 at ECU.EDU Thu Jul 21 12:45:23 2016 From: WHITEPH15 at ECU.EDU (White, Phillip Burton) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:33:30 2018 Subject: [Athen] [BULK] athen-list Digest, Vol 126, Issue 14 In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <2D1029A7F746CB45A999537EA3E191330F8D12B9@Curly.intra.ecu.edu> Voicethread Captioning Funny how I'm testing the application Voicethread. This type of app really helps to show the inherent difficulties of making content accessible to all. Captioning Voicethread isn't as simple as captioning a video, as the idea is to open content to the class so that peers and faculty can make comments, and those comments that are video or audio based would need captioning as well as the presenter original content. In testing, the application has many flaws at this point for providing access, but they look to be moving in the right direction. If you have seen such content here are two versions of content to review. The first is for the general application: https://voicethread.com/share/8039134/ The second is for their access solution: https://voicethread.com/universal/thread/8039134/ As far as integrating captioning into a workflow here is the information I've gathered: https://voicethread.com/howto/closed-captioning/ The universal app does not allow for sharing and audio commenting failed our testing Some simple accessibility techniques include: For each oral or video comment, type in a text comment For images, describe orally the relevant details that are the subject matter for those who are blind or have specific learning disabilities. We are still testing this application, but we hope this adds to the conversation. Phillip White ITCS Accessibility Coordinator East Carolina University -----Original Message----- From: athen-list [mailto:athen-list-bounces@mailman13.u.washington.edu] On Behalf Of athen-list-request@mailman13.u.washington.edu Sent: Thursday, July 21, 2016 3:01 PM To: athen-list@u.washington.edu Subject: [BULK] athen-list Digest, Vol 126, Issue 14 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. Re: VoiceThread Captioning Process (Poore-Pariseau, Cindy) 2. Re: FW: Press Release: G3ict to Acquire IAAP (Scott Williams) 3. Fwd: DO-IT featured in Seattle Times today (Sheryl E. Burgstahler) 4. Re: Fwd: DO-IT featured in Seattle Times today (Ron) 5. Re: Fwd: DO-IT featured in Seattle Times today (Sheryl E. Burgstahler) 6. Re: Fwd: DO-IT featured in Seattle Times today (Normajean.Brand) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Message: 1 Date: Wed, 20 Jul 2016 19:26:21 +0000 From: "Poore-Pariseau, Cindy" To: "'Access Technology Higher Education Network'" Subject: Re: [Athen] VoiceThread Captioning Process Message-ID: Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" I am interested in this as well. "At the core, none of us were meant to be common. We were born to be comets, darting across space and time - leaving our mark as we crash into everything." ~~Donovan Livingston Cindy Poore-Pariseau, Ph. D. Coordinator of Disability Services Office of Disability Services, L115 Bristol Community College Fall River, MA 02720 NASPA Chair-elect Disabilities Knowledge Communities Autism Spectrum Blog/ ods-as.blogspot.com * Email: cindy.poore-pariseau@bristolcc.edu * Phone: (508) 678-2811 x 2470 ? Fax: (508) 730-3297 http://www.bristolcc.edu/students/disabilityservices/ From: athen-list [mailto:athen-list-bounces@mailman13.u.washington.edu] On Behalf Of Hunziker, Dawn A - (hunziker) Sent: Wednesday, July 20, 2016 2:12 PM To: 'Access Technology Higher Education Network' Subject: [Athen] VoiceThread Captioning Process Hi all, As with many campuses, VoiceThread is rapidly expanding in use at the University of Arizona. I'm wondering if you'd be willing to share your process and what tools you use to caption the VoiceThread audio components. Currently, we download the entire VoiceThread stream, crop the video so we get accurate timestamps. Once we request caption files, we upload the caption file to the VoiceThread components since we've been successful in having instructors add us as editors to their VoiceThread course component. While the vendor integrations are good options, there isn't a way for us to monitor the requests and, when one course has over 300 VoiceThread submissions, I'd like to do a little more research before we open that door! 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: ------------------------------ Message: 2 Date: Wed, 20 Jul 2016 16:58:31 -0400 From: Scott Williams To: Access Technology Higher Education Network Subject: Re: [Athen] FW: Press Release: G3ict to Acquire IAAP Message-ID: Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" Huh ... On Wednesday, July 20, 2016, Thompson, Rachel wrote: > FYI. I don?t know anything about G3ICT except what is included in this > message. If you have experiences with either org that you?d be willing > to share, I?d like to hear them. > > Rachel > > Dr. Rachel S. Thompson > Director, Emerging Technology and Accessibility Center for > Instructional Technology The University of Alabama > 123 Russell Hall > Box 870248 > Tuscaloosa, AL 35487 > Phone 205-348-0216 > rsthompson2@ua.edu > | > http://accessibility.ua.edu > > From: G3ict - The Global Initiative for Inclusive ICTs < > G3ict_The_Global_Initiative_for_@mail.vresp.com > esp.com');> > > > Reply-To: G3ict - The Global Initiative for Inclusive ICTs < > reply-c43c3411e6-6eca2018c2-69d0@u.cts.vresp.com > resp.com');> > > > Date: Wednesday, July 20, 2016 at 9:39 AM > To: Rachel Thompson > > Subject: Press Release: G3ict to Acquire IAAP > > > .vresp.com%2F606411%2Fc43c3411e6%2FARCHIVE%23like> > s.com%2Foexchange%2F0.8%2Fforward%2Ftwitter%2Foffer%3Ftemplate%3D%257B > %257Btitle%257D%257D%2B%257B%257Burl%257D%257D%26url%3Dhttp%253A%252F% > 252Fhosted-p0.vresp.com%252F606411%252Fc43c3411e6%252FARCHIVE%26shorte > ner%3Dbitly%26title%3DPress%2BRelease%253A%2BG3ict%2Bto%2BAcquire%2BIA > AP> > s.com%2Foexchange%2F0.8%2Fforward%2Flinkedin%2Foffer%3Ftemplate%3D%257 > B%257Btitle%257D%257D%2B%257B%257Burl%257D%257D%26url%3Dhttp%253A%252F > %252Fhosted-p0.vresp.com%252F606411%252Fc43c3411e6%252FARCHIVE%26short > ener%3Dbitly%26title%3DPress%2BRelease%253A%2BG3ict%2Bto%2BAcquire%2BI > AAP> > > Click to view this email in a browser > 18c2/> > [image: release-top.gif] > > *[image: G3ict Logo] *[image: IAAP-Logo] > > > > *G3ICT TO ACQUIRE IAAP AND ACCELERATE GROWTH OF THE GLOBAL COMMUNITY > OF ACCESSIBILITY PROFESSIONALS * > > > > *ATLANTA, GA (July 20, 2016) *-- IAAP, the International Association > of Accessibility Professionals and G3ict, the Global Initiative for > Inclusive Information and Communication Technologies, announced today > that G3ict will be acquiring IAAP in a merger aimed at promoting the > accessibility profession on a more global scale. Under this agreement, > IAAP will become part of G3ict, effective immediately, but will > continue its mission to define, promote and improve the accessibility > profession globally through networking, education and certification in > order to enable the creation of accessible products, content and > services. This joint decision by the Boards of IAAP and G3ict reflects > the strategic alignment of these organizations and a shared need to > respond to rapidly growing, unmet worldwide demand for IT > professionals, developers, educators, business leaders, and content creators knowledgeable in accessibility. > Under the agreement, IAAP programs (including online communities, > professional education, certification, membership and events) will be > operated as a new division of G3ict. All existing IAAP membership > benefits and services will remain unchanged, and IAAP certification > programs will be further enhanced with new tracks and content to > address the needs of international markets and more specialized areas > of expertise, such as web accessibility. > > This critical global need for accessibility professionals is driven by > four key factors: (1) Increasing compliance requirements in countries > with existing accessibility legislation; (2) Ratification of the > Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD) by 166 > countries, which obligates those governments to ensure information and > communication technologies are accessible to persons with > disabilities; (3) Aging demographics in major markets, which greatly > increases the population needing accessible solutions; and (4) Intense > competition in the IT industry to provide superior digital experiences > to consumers of digital content, products and services. > > ?The G3ict and IAAP missions have always been very well aligned. So, > this opportunity to directly align our investments and programs is a > major step forward that will enable IAAP and its members to continue > doing the same great work ? but with greater efficiency and broader > impact. By aligning our day-to-day operations with G3ict, we will > expand IAAP?s global footprint, help more professionals around the > world develop important accessibility skills, make it easier to > achieve the goals of the CRPD, and ultimately improve the lives of > millions of people with disabilities around the world,? said Rob Sinclair, President of the IAAP Board of Directors. > > The merger leverages the strengths of both organizations: IAAP?s > large, multi-national membership, training resources, and > industry-leading certification program; and the G3ict?s global reach > and trusted consultation with governments, corporations, academic > institutions, and advocacy organizations around the world. It > represents a natural step for both organizations that are well-known > among constituents dedicated to promoting the accessibility of information and communication technologies. > > Sharon Spencer, whose role was instrumental in developing IAAP from > its inception, will serve as Director of IAAP for G3ict and lead the > immediate transition of IAAP operations to G3ict. Members of the > current IAAP Board have been appointed to the IAAP Global Leadership > Team and will be responsible for overseeing all current and future > developments of IAAP programs. The technical, academic and logistics > aspects of the IAAP training and certification programs will be > managed in partnership with the Alternate Media Access Center (AMAC) > at the Georgia Institute of Technology. AMAC will also help ensure all > IAAP programs and web sites are fully accessible. > > Ambassador Luis Gallegos, Chair of the Board of G3ict, and former > Chair of the United Nations General Assembly Ad hoc Preparatory > Committee for the Convention on the Rights of Persons with > Disabilities, highlighted: ?We are extremely pleased to see this > merger formed at a time when the lack of skilled accessibility > professionals constitutes a major roadblock to fully realize the > promises of the Convention. We look forward to making a real difference in promoting the IAAP programs around the world.? > > ?It is a very timely opportunity for G3ict to work closely with the > IAAP leadership to promote the association?s training and > certification programs worldwide. Those activities and the global > footprint of IAAP testing centers will directly complement our work > since ten years in promoting CRPD compliant accessibility policies and > programs around the world. IAAP?s networking tools will enable > professionals working in accessibility to help learn from each other > and spread ICT accessibility even more broadly. It will allow us to > offer practical resources for governments, corporations and academia > to rapidly build their capacity to develop and maintain accessible > digital content and services. The IAAP programs will considerably > enhance G3ict?s ability to fulfill its mission of promoting the rights > of persons with disabilities in the digital age,? said Axel Leblois, Founder and President of G3ict. > > *# # #* > > *About IAAP* > The International Association of Accessibility Professionals (IAAP) is > a membership-based organization for individuals and organizations that > are focused on accessibility or are in the process of building their > accessibility skills and strategies. The objective of this association > is to help accessibility professionals develop and advance their > careers and to help organizations integrate accessibility into their > products and infrastructure. The IAAP will provide a place for > accessibility professionals around the world to gather, share > experiences and enrich their knowledge of accessibility. Visit: > www.accessibilityassociation > 763bc281> > .org > 4c808fa8> > . > > *About G3ict* > G3ict - the Global Initiative for Inclusive ICTs is an advocacy > initiative launched in December 2006 by the United Nations Global > Alliance for ICT and Development, in cooperation with the Secretariat > for the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities at UN > DESA. Its mission is to facilitate and support the implementation of > the dispositions of the Convention on the Rights of Persons with > Disabilities on the accessibility of Information and Communication > Technologies (ICTs) and assistive technologies. G3ict relies on an > international network of ICT accessibility experts to develop and > promote good practices, technical resources and benchmarks for ICT > accessibility advocates around the world. It is incorporated as a > non-profit organization in the State of Georgia, USA, and > headquartered in Atlanta. Visit www.g3ict.org > c704495a> > . > > For more information, please contact: > > *IAAP* > Sharon Spencer > Email: sspencer@accessibilityassociation.org > > > > *G3ict* > Francesca Cesa Bianchi > Email: fcesabianchi@g3ict.org > > > > ------------------------------ > If you no longer wish to receive these emails, please reply to this > message with "Unsubscribe" in the subject line or simply click on the > following link: Unsubscribe > > Click here > 552261&ldh=6eca2018c2> > to forward this email to a friend > G3ict - The Global Initiative for Inclusive ICTs > 6300 Powers Ferry Road > Suite 600-300 > Atlanta, Georgia 30339 > USA > > Read the > VerticalResponse marketing policy. > [image: Non-Profits Email Free with VerticalResponse!] > n=footer&utm_medium=referral&utm_source=footer> > -- Scott Williams Web Accessibility Coordinator Office for Institutional Equity University of Michigan 734.764.0051 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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Burgstahler" To: WAPED , Access Technology Higher Education Network , "EASI@LISTSERV.ICORS.ORG" Subject: [Athen] Fwd: DO-IT featured in Seattle Times today Message-ID: Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Page 1, NW Thursday of the 7/21/16 Seattle Times: "Paving a path to college for students with disabilities" www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/education/high-schoolers-with-disabilities-excel-at-uw-summer-program/ ------------------------------------------------------------ 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 ------------------------------ Message: 4 Date: Thu, 21 Jul 2016 08:55:48 -0500 From: Ron To: Access Technology Higher Education Network Cc: "EASI@LISTSERV.ICORS.ORG" , WAPED Subject: Re: [Athen] Fwd: DO-IT featured in Seattle Times today Message-ID: Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" Wish it was duplicated in every state! On Thursday, July 21, 2016, Sheryl E. Burgstahler wrote: > > Page 1, NW Thursday of the 7/21/16 Seattle Times: > > "Paving a path to college for students with disabilities" > > www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/education/high-schoolers-with-disabi > lities-excel-at-uw-summer-program/ > > ------------------------------------------------------------ > 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 > > > > > _______________________________________________ > 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: Thu, 21 Jul 2016 14:11:19 +0000 From: "Sheryl E. Burgstahler" To: Access Technology Higher Education Network Cc: "EASI@LISTSERV.ICORS.ORG" , WAPED Subject: Re: [Athen] Fwd: DO-IT featured in Seattle Times today Message-ID: <7993088D-56CD-4616-86B7-6175AE94C097@uw.edu> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Me too, Ron! Sheryl On Jul 21, 2016, at 6:55 AM, Ron > wrote: Wish it was duplicated in every state! On Thursday, July 21, 2016, Sheryl E. Burgstahler > wrote: Page 1, NW Thursday of the 7/21/16 Seattle Times: "Paving a path to college for students with disabilities" www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/education/high-schoolers-with-disabilities-excel-at-uw-summer-program/ ------------------------------------------------------------ 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 _______________________________________________ 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: ------------------------------ Message: 6 Date: Thu, 21 Jul 2016 18:31:53 +0000 From: "Normajean.Brand" To: Access Technology Higher Education Network Subject: Re: [Athen] Fwd: DO-IT featured in Seattle Times today Message-ID: Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" I'm sure I can say for all of us... we all wish it were so! From: athen-list [mailto:athen-list-bounces@mailman13.u.washington.edu] On Behalf Of Sheryl E. Burgstahler Sent: Thursday, July 21, 2016 9:11 AM To: Access Technology Higher Education Network Cc: EASI@LISTSERV.ICORS.ORG; WAPED Subject: Re: [Athen] Fwd: DO-IT featured in Seattle Times today Me too, Ron! Sheryl On Jul 21, 2016, at 6:55 AM, Ron > wrote: Wish it was duplicated in every state! On Thursday, July 21, 2016, Sheryl E. Burgstahler > wrote: Page 1, NW Thursday of the 7/21/16 Seattle Times: "Paving a path to college for students with disabilities" www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/education/high-schoolers-with-disabilities-excel-at-uw-summer-program/ ------------------------------------------------------------ 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 _______________________________________________ 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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While we've discussed this process with instructors on several occasions, we invariably get a system set up for ensuring access and the student drops the course - whether it's due to the multimedia aspect of the class or for other reasons, I'm not sure. Something else you should be aware of for the Universal Mode: You are unable to edit existing VoiceThread Conversations. We have instructors who start the conversation and then want their students to find a slide to upload and discuss, thus creating a whole conversation around the main topic. So, I'm sure we'll cross this bridge very, very soon however I'm still thinking about different options we can offer for classes where the universal mode of VoiceThread is needed (https://wp.voicethread.com/howto/voicethread-universal/) Additionally - we are currently discussing the participation of deaf students in this video conversation mode. Options we have so far: 1) Allow all students to choose whether they type or video a response 2) have the deaf student sign their response and we will get an Interpreter to create a "voiceover" for that response, which then we will caption. Cool tools that are pushing the academic boundaries and fun challenges to figure out! Dawn ~~ Dawn Hunziker IT Accessibility Consultant Disability Resource Center 520-626-9409 hunziker@email.arizona.edu -----Original Message----- From: athen-list [mailto:athen-list-bounces@mailman13.u.washington.edu] On Behalf Of White, Phillip Burton Sent: Thursday, July 21, 2016 12:45 PM To: athen-list@u.washington.edu Subject: Re: [Athen] [BULK] athen-list Digest, Vol 126, Issue 14 Voicethread Captioning Funny how I'm testing the application Voicethread. This type of app really helps to show the inherent difficulties of making content accessible to all. Captioning Voicethread isn't as simple as captioning a video, as the idea is to open content to the class so that peers and faculty can make comments, and those comments that are video or audio based would need captioning as well as the presenter original content. In testing, the application has many flaws at this point for providing access, but they look to be moving in the right direction. If you have seen such content here are two versions of content to review. The first is for the general application: https://voicethread.com/share/8039134/ The second is for their access solution: https://voicethread.com/universal/thread/8039134/ As far as integrating captioning into a workflow here is the information I've gathered: https://voicethread.com/howto/closed-captioning/ The universal app does not allow for sharing and audio commenting failed our testing Some simple accessibility techniques include: For each oral or video comment, type in a text comment For images, describe orally the relevant details that are the subject matter for those who are blind or have specific learning disabilities. We are still testing this application, but we hope this adds to the conversation. Phillip White ITCS Accessibility Coordinator East Carolina University -----Original Message----- From: athen-list [mailto:athen-list-bounces@mailman13.u.washington.edu] On Behalf Of athen-list-request@mailman13.u.washington.edu Sent: Thursday, July 21, 2016 3:01 PM To: athen-list@u.washington.edu Subject: [BULK] athen-list Digest, Vol 126, Issue 14 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. Re: VoiceThread Captioning Process (Poore-Pariseau, Cindy) 2. Re: FW: Press Release: G3ict to Acquire IAAP (Scott Williams) 3. Fwd: DO-IT featured in Seattle Times today (Sheryl E. Burgstahler) 4. Re: Fwd: DO-IT featured in Seattle Times today (Ron) 5. Re: Fwd: DO-IT featured in Seattle Times today (Sheryl E. Burgstahler) 6. Re: Fwd: DO-IT featured in Seattle Times today (Normajean.Brand) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Message: 1 Date: Wed, 20 Jul 2016 19:26:21 +0000 From: "Poore-Pariseau, Cindy" To: "'Access Technology Higher Education Network'" Subject: Re: [Athen] VoiceThread Captioning Process Message-ID: Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" I am interested in this as well. "At the core, none of us were meant to be common. We were born to be comets, darting across space and time - leaving our mark as we crash into everything." ~~Donovan Livingston Cindy Poore-Pariseau, Ph. D. Coordinator of Disability Services Office of Disability Services, L115 Bristol Community College Fall River, MA 02720 NASPA Chair-elect Disabilities Knowledge Communities Autism Spectrum Blog/ ods-as.blogspot.com * Email: cindy.poore-pariseau@bristolcc.edu * Phone: (508) 678-2811 x 2470 ? Fax: (508) 730-3297 http://www.bristolcc.edu/students/disabilityservices/ From: athen-list [mailto:athen-list-bounces@mailman13.u.washington.edu] On Behalf Of Hunziker, Dawn A - (hunziker) Sent: Wednesday, July 20, 2016 2:12 PM To: 'Access Technology Higher Education Network' Subject: [Athen] VoiceThread Captioning Process Hi all, As with many campuses, VoiceThread is rapidly expanding in use at the University of Arizona. I'm wondering if you'd be willing to share your process and what tools you use to caption the VoiceThread audio components. Currently, we download the entire VoiceThread stream, crop the video so we get accurate timestamps. Once we request caption files, we upload the caption file to the VoiceThread components since we've been successful in having instructors add us as editors to their VoiceThread course component. While the vendor integrations are good options, there isn't a way for us to monitor the requests and, when one course has over 300 VoiceThread submissions, I'd like to do a little more research before we open that door! 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: ------------------------------ Message: 2 Date: Wed, 20 Jul 2016 16:58:31 -0400 From: Scott Williams To: Access Technology Higher Education Network Subject: Re: [Athen] FW: Press Release: G3ict to Acquire IAAP Message-ID: Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" Huh ... On Wednesday, July 20, 2016, Thompson, Rachel wrote: > FYI. I don?t know anything about G3ICT except what is included in this > message. If you have experiences with either org that you?d be willing > to share, I?d like to hear them. > > Rachel > > Dr. Rachel S. Thompson > Director, Emerging Technology and Accessibility Center for > Instructional Technology The University of Alabama > 123 Russell Hall > Box 870248 > Tuscaloosa, AL 35487 > Phone 205-348-0216 > rsthompson2@ua.edu > | > http://accessibility.ua.edu > > From: G3ict - The Global Initiative for Inclusive ICTs < > G3ict_The_Global_Initiative_for_@mail.vresp.com > esp.com');> > > > Reply-To: G3ict - The Global Initiative for Inclusive ICTs < > reply-c43c3411e6-6eca2018c2-69d0@u.cts.vresp.com > resp.com');> > > > Date: Wednesday, July 20, 2016 at 9:39 AM > To: Rachel Thompson > > Subject: Press Release: G3ict to Acquire IAAP > > > .vresp.com%2F606411%2Fc43c3411e6%2FARCHIVE%23like> > s.com%2Foexchange%2F0.8%2Fforward%2Ftwitter%2Foffer%3Ftemplate%3D%257B > %257Btitle%257D%257D%2B%257B%257Burl%257D%257D%26url%3Dhttp%253A%252F% > 252Fhosted-p0.vresp.com%252F606411%252Fc43c3411e6%252FARCHIVE%26shorte > ner%3Dbitly%26title%3DPress%2BRelease%253A%2BG3ict%2Bto%2BAcquire%2BIA > AP> > s.com%2Foexchange%2F0.8%2Fforward%2Flinkedin%2Foffer%3Ftemplate%3D%257 > B%257Btitle%257D%257D%2B%257B%257Burl%257D%257D%26url%3Dhttp%253A%252F > %252Fhosted-p0.vresp.com%252F606411%252Fc43c3411e6%252FARCHIVE%26short > ener%3Dbitly%26title%3DPress%2BRelease%253A%2BG3ict%2Bto%2BAcquire%2BI > AAP> > > Click to view this email in a browser > 18c2/> > [image: release-top.gif] > > *[image: G3ict Logo] *[image: IAAP-Logo] > > > > *G3ICT TO ACQUIRE IAAP AND ACCELERATE GROWTH OF THE GLOBAL COMMUNITY > OF ACCESSIBILITY PROFESSIONALS * > > > > *ATLANTA, GA (July 20, 2016) *-- IAAP, the International Association > of Accessibility Professionals and G3ict, the Global Initiative for > Inclusive Information and Communication Technologies, announced today > that G3ict will be acquiring IAAP in a merger aimed at promoting the > accessibility profession on a more global scale. Under this agreement, > IAAP will become part of G3ict, effective immediately, but will > continue its mission to define, promote and improve the accessibility > profession globally through networking, education and certification in > order to enable the creation of accessible products, content and > services. This joint decision by the Boards of IAAP and G3ict reflects > the strategic alignment of these organizations and a shared need to > respond to rapidly growing, unmet worldwide demand for IT > professionals, developers, educators, business leaders, and content creators knowledgeable in accessibility. > Under the agreement, IAAP programs (including online communities, > professional education, certification, membership and events) will be > operated as a new division of G3ict. All existing IAAP membership > benefits and services will remain unchanged, and IAAP certification > programs will be further enhanced with new tracks and content to > address the needs of international markets and more specialized areas > of expertise, such as web accessibility. > > This critical global need for accessibility professionals is driven by > four key factors: (1) Increasing compliance requirements in countries > with existing accessibility legislation; (2) Ratification of the > Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD) by 166 > countries, which obligates those governments to ensure information and > communication technologies are accessible to persons with > disabilities; (3) Aging demographics in major markets, which greatly > increases the population needing accessible solutions; and (4) Intense > competition in the IT industry to provide superior digital experiences > to consumers of digital content, products and services. > > ?The G3ict and IAAP missions have always been very well aligned. So, > this opportunity to directly align our investments and programs is a > major step forward that will enable IAAP and its members to continue > doing the same great work ? but with greater efficiency and broader > impact. By aligning our day-to-day operations with G3ict, we will > expand IAAP?s global footprint, help more professionals around the > world develop important accessibility skills, make it easier to > achieve the goals of the CRPD, and ultimately improve the lives of > millions of people with disabilities around the world,? said Rob Sinclair, President of the IAAP Board of Directors. > > The merger leverages the strengths of both organizations: IAAP?s > large, multi-national membership, training resources, and > industry-leading certification program; and the G3ict?s global reach > and trusted consultation with governments, corporations, academic > institutions, and advocacy organizations around the world. It > represents a natural step for both organizations that are well-known > among constituents dedicated to promoting the accessibility of information and communication technologies. > > Sharon Spencer, whose role was instrumental in developing IAAP from > its inception, will serve as Director of IAAP for G3ict and lead the > immediate transition of IAAP operations to G3ict. Members of the > current IAAP Board have been appointed to the IAAP Global Leadership > Team and will be responsible for overseeing all current and future > developments of IAAP programs. The technical, academic and logistics > aspects of the IAAP training and certification programs will be > managed in partnership with the Alternate Media Access Center (AMAC) > at the Georgia Institute of Technology. AMAC will also help ensure all > IAAP programs and web sites are fully accessible. > > Ambassador Luis Gallegos, Chair of the Board of G3ict, and former > Chair of the United Nations General Assembly Ad hoc Preparatory > Committee for the Convention on the Rights of Persons with > Disabilities, highlighted: ?We are extremely pleased to see this > merger formed at a time when the lack of skilled accessibility > professionals constitutes a major roadblock to fully realize the > promises of the Convention. We look forward to making a real difference in promoting the IAAP programs around the world.? > > ?It is a very timely opportunity for G3ict to work closely with the > IAAP leadership to promote the association?s training and > certification programs worldwide. Those activities and the global > footprint of IAAP testing centers will directly complement our work > since ten years in promoting CRPD compliant accessibility policies and > programs around the world. IAAP?s networking tools will enable > professionals working in accessibility to help learn from each other > and spread ICT accessibility even more broadly. It will allow us to > offer practical resources for governments, corporations and academia > to rapidly build their capacity to develop and maintain accessible > digital content and services. The IAAP programs will considerably > enhance G3ict?s ability to fulfill its mission of promoting the rights > of persons with disabilities in the digital age,? said Axel Leblois, Founder and President of G3ict. > > *# # #* > > *About IAAP* > The International Association of Accessibility Professionals (IAAP) is > a membership-based organization for individuals and organizations that > are focused on accessibility or are in the process of building their > accessibility skills and strategies. The objective of this association > is to help accessibility professionals develop and advance their > careers and to help organizations integrate accessibility into their > products and infrastructure. The IAAP will provide a place for > accessibility professionals around the world to gather, share > experiences and enrich their knowledge of accessibility. Visit: > www.accessibilityassociation > 763bc281> > .org > 4c808fa8> > . > > *About G3ict* > G3ict - the Global Initiative for Inclusive ICTs is an advocacy > initiative launched in December 2006 by the United Nations Global > Alliance for ICT and Development, in cooperation with the Secretariat > for the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities at UN > DESA. Its mission is to facilitate and support the implementation of > the dispositions of the Convention on the Rights of Persons with > Disabilities on the accessibility of Information and Communication > Technologies (ICTs) and assistive technologies. G3ict relies on an > international network of ICT accessibility experts to develop and > promote good practices, technical resources and benchmarks for ICT > accessibility advocates around the world. It is incorporated as a > non-profit organization in the State of Georgia, USA, and > headquartered in Atlanta. 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Burgstahler" To: WAPED , Access Technology Higher Education Network , "EASI@LISTSERV.ICORS.ORG" Subject: [Athen] Fwd: DO-IT featured in Seattle Times today Message-ID: Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Page 1, NW Thursday of the 7/21/16 Seattle Times: "Paving a path to college for students with disabilities" www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/education/high-schoolers-with-disabilities-excel-at-uw-summer-program/ ------------------------------------------------------------ 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 ------------------------------ Message: 4 Date: Thu, 21 Jul 2016 08:55:48 -0500 From: Ron To: Access Technology Higher Education Network Cc: "EASI@LISTSERV.ICORS.ORG" , WAPED Subject: Re: [Athen] Fwd: DO-IT featured in Seattle Times today Message-ID: Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" Wish it was duplicated in every state! On Thursday, July 21, 2016, Sheryl E. Burgstahler wrote: > > Page 1, NW Thursday of the 7/21/16 Seattle Times: > > "Paving a path to college for students with disabilities" > > www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/education/high-schoolers-with-disabi > lities-excel-at-uw-summer-program/ > > ------------------------------------------------------------ > 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 > > > > > _______________________________________________ > 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: Thu, 21 Jul 2016 14:11:19 +0000 From: "Sheryl E. Burgstahler" To: Access Technology Higher Education Network Cc: "EASI@LISTSERV.ICORS.ORG" , WAPED Subject: Re: [Athen] Fwd: DO-IT featured in Seattle Times today Message-ID: <7993088D-56CD-4616-86B7-6175AE94C097@uw.edu> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Me too, Ron! Sheryl On Jul 21, 2016, at 6:55 AM, Ron > wrote: Wish it was duplicated in every state! On Thursday, July 21, 2016, Sheryl E. Burgstahler > wrote: Page 1, NW Thursday of the 7/21/16 Seattle Times: "Paving a path to college for students with disabilities" www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/education/high-schoolers-with-disabilities-excel-at-uw-summer-program/ ------------------------------------------------------------ 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 _______________________________________________ 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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Burgstahler > wrote: Page 1, NW Thursday of the 7/21/16 Seattle Times: "Paving a path to college for students with disabilities" www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/education/high-schoolers-with-disabilities-excel-at-uw-summer-program/ ------------------------------------------------------------ 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 _______________________________________________ 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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Caption Studies conference, August 1 and 2 (to be held online): http://captionstudies.wou.edu/conference-schedule/ Best, Jennifer From info at karlencommunications.com Mon Jul 25 04:31:54 2016 From: info at karlencommunications.com (Karlen Communications) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:33:30 2018 Subject: [Athen] SWAY Accessibility Message-ID: <007301d1e668$28a58b20$79f0a160$@karlencommunications.com> This was published last week and I thought some would be interested. https://blogs.office.com/2016/07/21/sway-accessibility-milestones/ Cheers, Karen -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From hirschma at uwm.edu Mon Jul 25 13:54:18 2016 From: hirschma at uwm.edu (Aura Mollick Hirschman) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:33:31 2018 Subject: [Athen] Assistive Technology Specialist Recruitment - Accessibility Resource Center at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee Message-ID: We are currently recruiting for a new full-time, 12 month position here at the Accessibility Resource Center (www.uwm.edu/arc) at the University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee, main campus. The Adaptive Technology Specialist (Student Services Program Manager II) will be responsible for managing the adaptive technological accommodation needs for over 700 registered students with disabilities, their instructors and campus staff.Applications are due August 21, 2016 Accessibility Resource Center (ARC) - uwm.edu www.uwm.edu Welcome to the Accessibility Resource Center. The Accessibility Resource Center at the University of Wisconsin Milwaukee is dedicated to providing equal access for ... Summary of main responsibilities: The Adaptive Technology Specialist is responsible for assessing adaptive technology needs and recommends appropriate and cost effective systems to enhance access in the classroom and on campus. * Works closely with ARC Counselors and Captioned Media Specialist in providing technical expertise and recommendations. * Trains and supervises student workers and volunteers to ensure timely delivery of adaptive course material. * Possesses knowledge of programs and technology such as captioned media, document conversion, electronic text conversion, braille systems, notetaking technology, speech-to-text software and hardware, assistive listening devices and remote delivery of accommodation services. * Manages ARC office technology needs, including knowledge and management of disability office data management systems, ARC website maintenance and maintenance of all ARC hardware/software and AT Lab. For more information about additional job duties, qualifications and where to apply, please go to https://jobs.uwm.edu/postings/25428 (or jobs.uwm.edu, then search by position number 02146338). Any additional questions should be directed to Barb Simon, Interim Director at 414-229-5822 or barbaras@uwm.edu. Aura M. Hirschman, M.S., C.R.C. Senior Counselor B/VI & 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. 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Best, Joshua From: athen-list [mailto:athen-list-bounces@mailman13.u.washington.edu] On Behalf Of Ron Stewart Sent: Tuesday, July 19, 2016 6:26 PM To: 'Access Technology Higher Education Network' Subject: Re: [Athen] Antivirus Thanks Howard living with the grand critters has its down side. From: athen-list [mailto:athen-list-bounces@mailman13.u.washington.edu] On Behalf Of Howard Kramer Sent: Tuesday, July 19, 2016 6:05 PM To: Access Technology Higher Education Network Subject: Re: [Athen] Antivirus Ron, Don't know about a pen drive boot but Kaspersky worked best for me when I've had to remove viruses. The removal tool is available for download for free - I believe. -Howard On Tue, Jul 19, 2016 at 6:23 PM, Ron > wrote: Afternoon all, seems I have acquired a virus from an email. Any recommendations on something I can boot from a pen drive. Ron _______________________________________________ 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 Join us for the Accessing Higher Ground Conference in Denver, Colorado, Nov 14-18, 2016. Request for proposals will be announced at the beginning of March. Complete program information and registration is open for our full line-up of webinars, AHEADtoYOU! And the Technology Access Series. Site capacities for all webinar events is limited; please register at your earliest convenience for the largest selection. Not yet a member of AHEAD? We welcome you to join AHEAD now. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: This is a concern I have struggled with. Ultimately, I don't feel it is my responsibility to monitor use or potential use of electronic/printed textbooks. My job is to provide reasonable academic accommodations and to do my best to minimize copyright issues. I have students sign an agreement saying they will use the files appropriately for their own academic use or else they are subject to university conduct/copyright law. And I have consulted with my director and our disability lawyer regarding this issue as well as buying books from friends, borrowing from library or obtaining through other means. Yes, I have provided PDFs for rental books. Krista From: athen-list [mailto:athen-list-bounces@mailman13.u.washington.edu] On Behalf Of Adam Kosakowski Sent: Tuesday, July 26, 2016 8:25 AM To: athen-list@u.washington.edu Subject: [Athen] Alternate Text for book rentals? Hello ATHEN! For students who rent their books for a semester and need alternate texts, have you given PDF files to them as per their accommodations? I feel there is the worry that they could steal the book by copying and pasting it the digital book file while they are renting the physical book during any given semester. How have you handled this in the past? Regards, A new Director Adam Kosakowski Director of Student Accessibility Services Clark University AKosakowski@clarku.edu 508-798-4368 Student Accessibility Services website -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From rbeach at KCKCC.EDU Tue Jul 26 08:41:09 2016 From: rbeach at KCKCC.EDU (Robert Beach) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:33:31 2018 Subject: [Athen] Alternate Text for book rentals? In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <34D068EC55A9914494617A37B8D8FA84011E1BD14D@EROS.EMPLOYEES.KCKCC.LOCAL> Remember that you are not the copyright police. You have to do your best to inform the student of their responsibilities, but it is ultimately their responsibility not to violate the law. It would be the same if the student checks a book out of the library then makes copies of the book before returning it. The library is not responsible for the student's actions. Robert Lee Beach Assistive Technology Specialist Kansas City Kansas Community College 7250 State Avenue Kansas City, KS 66112 Phone: 913-288-7671 Email: rbeach@kckcc.edu From: athen-list [mailto:athen-list-bounces@mailman13.u.washington.edu] On Behalf Of Adam Kosakowski Sent: Tuesday, July 26, 2016 10:25 AM To: athen-list@u.washington.edu Subject: [Athen] Alternate Text for book rentals? Hello ATHEN! For students who rent their books for a semester and need alternate texts, have you given PDF files to them as per their accommodations? I feel there is the worry that they could steal the book by copying and pasting it the digital book file while they are renting the physical book during any given semester. How have you handled this in the past? Regards, A new Director Adam Kosakowski Director of Student Accessibility Services Clark University AKosakowski@clarku.edu 508-798-4368 Student Accessibility Services website -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From hunziker at email.arizona.edu Tue Jul 26 09:25:23 2016 From: hunziker at email.arizona.edu (Hunziker, Dawn A - (hunziker)) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:33:31 2018 Subject: [Athen] Alternate Text for book rentals? In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: Hi all, We ask for proof of ownership (a receipt, a picture of the front few pages of the book, etc). When we provide the electronic version of the text, our email includes a statement about not sharing the content due to copyright restrictions. As much as we work towards following copyright, there's also nothing stopping the student from buying the book, showing us the receipt/book and then promptly returning the book... And, like Robert stated, we aren't the copyright police, our job is to ensure access. We also provide electronic files for rented textbooks and library books as long as they are related to the student's research. Have a great day! Dawn ~~ Dawn Hunziker IT Accessibility Consultant Disability Resource Center 520-626-9409 hunziker@email.arizona.edu From: athen-list [mailto:athen-list-bounces@mailman13.u.washington.edu] On Behalf Of KRISTA L. GREEAR Sent: Tuesday, July 26, 2016 8:36 AM To: Access Technology Higher Education Network Subject: Re: [Athen] Alternate Text for book rentals? This is a concern I have struggled with. Ultimately, I don't feel it is my responsibility to monitor use or potential use of electronic/printed textbooks. My job is to provide reasonable academic accommodations and to do my best to minimize copyright issues. I have students sign an agreement saying they will use the files appropriately for their own academic use or else they are subject to university conduct/copyright law. And I have consulted with my director and our disability lawyer regarding this issue as well as buying books from friends, borrowing from library or obtaining through other means. Yes, I have provided PDFs for rental books. Krista From: athen-list [mailto:athen-list-bounces@mailman13.u.washington.edu] On Behalf Of Adam Kosakowski Sent: Tuesday, July 26, 2016 8:25 AM To: athen-list@u.washington.edu Subject: [Athen] Alternate Text for book rentals? Hello ATHEN! For students who rent their books for a semester and need alternate texts, have you given PDF files to them as per their accommodations? I feel there is the worry that they could steal the book by copying and pasting it the digital book file while they are renting the physical book during any given semester. How have you handled this in the past? Regards, A new Director Adam Kosakowski Director of Student Accessibility Services Clark University AKosakowski@clarku.edu 508-798-4368 Student Accessibility Services website -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From vanessa.preast at dmu.edu Tue Jul 26 09:35:45 2016 From: vanessa.preast at dmu.edu (Preast, Vanessa) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:33:31 2018 Subject: [Athen] Employees using accessible internal communications Message-ID: Greetings ATHEN list, I?m interested in the practices institutions are using to encourage employees to make their internal communications (print or digital) accessible. For example, does your intuition require (or recommend) making large print versions of handouts available at all employee meetings? Do they require certain font sizes or type for emails? Does the institution explicitly state that email signatures must have alt text for the logo image? If your institution has standardized guidelines or rules focused on making internal communications accessible, would you mind sharing your documentation or experiences? Thanks, Vanessa Vanessa Preast, Ph.D. DVM Digital Accessibility & Instructional Specialist Des Moines University Center for Teaching and Learning 3200 Grand Avenue Des Moines, IA 50312 515.271.1535 vanessa.preast@dmu.edu -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From AKosakowski at clarku.edu Tue Jul 26 12:26:34 2016 From: AKosakowski at clarku.edu (Adam Kosakowski) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:33:31 2018 Subject: [Athen] Alternate Text for book rentals? Message-ID: Thank you Dawn, Robert, and Krista! That is exactly what I needed to hear. Adam Kosakowski Director of Student Accessibility Services Clark University AKosakowski@clarku.edu 508-798-4368 Student Accessibility Services website From smartin at necc.mass.edu Tue Jul 26 12:39:30 2016 From: smartin at necc.mass.edu (Martin, Susan) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:33:31 2018 Subject: [Athen] Blackboard Discussion Board with JAWS software Message-ID: Hi Everyone, Does anyone have materials or information about accessibility issues with the Blackboard Discussion Board? Are there any guides or "work arounds" regarding this issue that any one is aware of? Thank you, Susan Susan J Martin M.Ed - Director The Learning Accommodations Center Northern Essex Community College Behrakis One- Stop Student Services Center SC111B 100 Elliot Street, Haverhill, MA 01830 Tel# 978-556-3647 Email: smartin@necc.mass.edu Strategic Maximizer Arranger Individualization Relator 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 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From rsthompson2 at ua.edu Tue Jul 26 13:04:20 2016 From: rsthompson2 at ua.edu (Thompson, Rachel) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:33:31 2018 Subject: [Athen] Blackboard Discussion Board with JAWS software Message-ID: Susan, I asked Blackboard?s accessibility lead, JoAnna Hunt, about this. She says, ?We are in the process of creating some documentation around how to use Bb Discussion boards with JAWS. Should be ready next week. I?ll share back then.? Have a good day, Rachel Dr. Rachel S. Thompson Director, Emerging Technology and Accessibility Center for Instructional Technology The University of Alabama 123 Russell Hall Box 870248 Tuscaloosa, AL 35487 Phone 205-348-0216 rsthompson2@ua.edu | http://accessibility.ua.edu From: athen-list > on behalf of "Martin, Susan" > Reply-To: "athen-list@u.washington.edu" > Date: Tuesday, July 26, 2016 at 2:39 PM To: "athen-list@mailman13.u.washington.edu" > Subject: [Athen] Blackboard Discussion Board with JAWS software Hi Everyone, Does anyone have materials or information about accessibility issues with the Blackboard Discussion Board? Are there any guides or ?work arounds? regarding this issue that any one is aware of? Thank you, Susan Susan J Martin M.Ed ? Director The Learning Accommodations Center Northern Essex Community College Behrakis One- Stop Student Services Center SC111B 100 Elliot Street, Haverhill, MA 01830 Tel# 978-556-3647 Email: smartin@necc.mass.edu Strategic Maximizer Arranger Individualization Relator 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 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From Cindy.Poore-Pariseau at bristolcc.edu Tue Jul 26 13:13:51 2016 From: Cindy.Poore-Pariseau at bristolcc.edu (Poore-Pariseau, Cindy) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:33:31 2018 Subject: [Athen] Blackboard Discussion Board with JAWS software In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: Hi Susan, what is the issue you are having? "You cannot get through a single day without having an impact on the world around you. What you do makes a difference, and you have to decide what kind of difference you want to make." -Jane Goodall Cindy Poore-Pariseau, Ph. D. Coordinator of Disability Services Office of Disability Services, L115 Bristol Community College Fall River, MA 02720 NASPA Chair-elect Disabilities Knowledge Communities Autism Spectrum Blog/ ods-as.blogspot.com * Email: cindy.poore-pariseau@bristolcc.edu * Phone: (508) 678-2811 x 2470 ? Fax: (508) 730-3297 http://www.bristolcc.edu/students/disabilityservices/ From: athen-list [mailto:athen-list-bounces@mailman13.u.washington.edu] On Behalf Of Martin, Susan Sent: Tuesday, July 26, 2016 3:40 PM To: athen-list@mailman13.u.washington.edu Subject: [Athen] Blackboard Discussion Board with JAWS software Hi Everyone, Does anyone have materials or information about accessibility issues with the Blackboard Discussion Board? Are there any guides or "work arounds" regarding this issue that any one is aware of? Thank you, Susan Susan J Martin M.Ed - Director The Learning Accommodations Center Northern Essex Community College Behrakis One- Stop Student Services Center SC111B 100 Elliot Street, Haverhill, MA 01830 Tel# 978-556-3647 Email: smartin@necc.mass.edu Strategic Maximizer Arranger Individualization Relator 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 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From awumstead at gmail.com Tue Jul 26 13:47:50 2016 From: awumstead at gmail.com (Alex Umstead) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:33:31 2018 Subject: [Athen] Employees using accessible internal communications In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: Syracuse U has a style guide (interim): styleguide.syr.edu -- this includes accessibility guidelines. Sent from my iPhone On Jul 26, 2016, at 12:35 PM, Preast, Vanessa wrote: Greetings ATHEN list, I?m interested in the practices institutions are using to encourage employees to make their internal communications (print or digital) accessible. For example, does your intuition require (or recommend) making large print versions of handouts available at all employee meetings? Do they require certain font sizes or type for emails? Does the institution explicitly state that email signatures must have alt text for the logo image? If your institution has standardized guidelines or rules focused on making internal communications accessible, would you mind sharing your documentation or experiences? Thanks, Vanessa Vanessa Preast, Ph.D. DVM Digital Accessibility & Instructional Specialist Des Moines University Center for Teaching and Learning 3200 Grand Avenue Des Moines, IA 50312 515.271.1535 vanessa.preast@dmu.edu _______________________________________________ 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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Thank you From: athen-list [mailto:athen-list-bounces@mailman13.u.washington.edu] On Behalf Of Thompson, Rachel Sent: Tuesday, July 26, 2016 4:04 PM To: Access Technology Higher Education Network Subject: Re: [Athen] Blackboard Discussion Board with JAWS software Susan, I asked Blackboard's accessibility lead, JoAnna Hunt, about this. She says, "We are in the process of creating some documentation around how to use Bb Discussion boards with JAWS. Should be ready next week. I'll share back then." Have a good day, Rachel Dr. Rachel S. Thompson Director, Emerging Technology and Accessibility Center for Instructional Technology The University of Alabama 123 Russell Hall Box 870248 Tuscaloosa, AL 35487 Phone 205-348-0216 rsthompson2@ua.edu | http://accessibility.ua.edu From: athen-list > on behalf of "Martin, Susan" > Reply-To: "athen-list@u.washington.edu" > Date: Tuesday, July 26, 2016 at 2:39 PM To: "athen-list@mailman13.u.washington.edu" > Subject: [Athen] Blackboard Discussion Board with JAWS software Hi Everyone, Does anyone have materials or information about accessibility issues with the Blackboard Discussion Board? Are there any guides or "work arounds" regarding this issue that any one is aware of? Thank you, Susan Susan J Martin M.Ed - Director The Learning Accommodations Center Northern Essex Community College Behrakis One- Stop Student Services Center SC111B 100 Elliot Street, Haverhill, MA 01830 Tel# 978-556-3647 Email: smartin@necc.mass.edu Strategic Maximizer Arranger Individualization Relator 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 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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Thank you, Susan Susan J Martin M.Ed - Director The Learning Accommodations Center Northern Essex Community College Behrakis One- Stop Student Services Center SC111B 100 Elliot Street, Haverhill, MA 01830 Tel# 978-556-3647 Email: smartin@necc.mass.edu Strategic Maximizer Arranger Individualization Relator 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 Poore-Pariseau, Cindy Sent: Tuesday, July 26, 2016 4:14 PM To: 'Access Technology Higher Education Network' Subject: Re: [Athen] Blackboard Discussion Board with JAWS software Hi Susan, what is the issue you are having? "You cannot get through a single day without having an impact on the world around you. What you do makes a difference, and you have to decide what kind of difference you want to make." -Jane Goodall Cindy Poore-Pariseau, Ph. D. Coordinator of Disability Services Office of Disability Services, L115 Bristol Community College Fall River, MA 02720 NASPA Chair-elect Disabilities Knowledge Communities Autism Spectrum Blog/ ods-as.blogspot.com * Email: cindy.poore-pariseau@bristolcc.edu * Phone: (508) 678-2811 x 2470 ? Fax: (508) 730-3297 http://www.bristolcc.edu/students/disabilityservices/ From: athen-list [mailto:athen-list-bounces@mailman13.u.washington.edu] On Behalf Of Martin, Susan Sent: Tuesday, July 26, 2016 3:40 PM To: athen-list@mailman13.u.washington.edu Subject: [Athen] Blackboard Discussion Board with JAWS software Hi Everyone, Does anyone have materials or information about accessibility issues with the Blackboard Discussion Board? Are there any guides or "work arounds" regarding this issue that any one is aware of? Thank you, Susan Susan J Martin M.Ed - Director The Learning Accommodations Center Northern Essex Community College Behrakis One- Stop Student Services Center SC111B 100 Elliot Street, Haverhill, MA 01830 Tel# 978-556-3647 Email: smartin@necc.mass.edu Strategic Maximizer Arranger Individualization Relator This e-mail and any files transmitted with it may be confidential and may contain student information covered under FERPA. 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Thompson Director, Emerging Technology and Accessibility Center for Instructional Technology The University of Alabama 123 Russell Hall Box 870248 Tuscaloosa, AL 35487 Phone 205-348-0216 rsthompson2@ua.edu | http://accessibility.ua.edu From: athen-list > on behalf of "Martin, Susan" > Reply-To: "athen-list@u.washington.edu" > Date: Wednesday, July 27, 2016 at 8:31 AM To: "athen-list@u.washington.edu" > Subject: Re: [Athen] Blackboard Discussion Board with JAWS software Hi Cindy- I am doing research on the issue since I have a student in the fall who is blind and may be enrolling in a course that uses the discussion board in Blackboard. I knew there were some issues with discussion board messages and one of the resources said that it?s likely a JAWS user will require training to be successful- so I was looking for training materials or work-arounds to share in advance with the student. For example, I read that intermittent JAWS lock-ups can occur when users post to the discussion board, a work-around is to ?refresh? the focus. I also would like to know which browser works best, since I read Safari has been problematic when creating new Blackboard discussion threads. Thank you, Susan Susan J Martin M.Ed ? Director The Learning Accommodations Center Northern Essex Community College Behrakis One- Stop Student Services Center SC111B 100 Elliot Street, Haverhill, MA 01830 Tel# 978-556-3647 Email: smartin@necc.mass.edu Strategic Maximizer Arranger Individualization Relator 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 Poore-Pariseau, Cindy Sent: Tuesday, July 26, 2016 4:14 PM To: 'Access Technology Higher Education Network' > Subject: Re: [Athen] Blackboard Discussion Board with JAWS software Hi Susan, what is the issue you are having? ?You cannot get through a single day without having an impact on the world around you. What you do makes a difference, and you have to decide what kind of difference you want to make.? -Jane Goodall Cindy Poore-Pariseau, Ph. D. Coordinator of Disability Services Office of Disability Services, L115 Bristol Community College Fall River, MA 02720 NASPA Chair-elect Disabilities Knowledge Communities Autism Spectrum Blog/ ods-as.blogspot.com ?Email: cindy.poore-pariseau@bristolcc.edu ? Phone: (508) 678-2811 x 2470 ? Fax: (508) 730-3297 http://www.bristolcc.edu/students/disabilityservices/ From: athen-list [mailto:athen-list-bounces@mailman13.u.washington.edu] On Behalf Of Martin, Susan Sent: Tuesday, July 26, 2016 3:40 PM To: athen-list@mailman13.u.washington.edu Subject: [Athen] Blackboard Discussion Board with JAWS software Hi Everyone, Does anyone have materials or information about accessibility issues with the Blackboard Discussion Board? Are there any guides or ?work arounds? regarding this issue that any one is aware of? Thank you, Susan Susan J Martin M.Ed ? Director The Learning Accommodations Center Northern Essex Community College Behrakis One- Stop Student Services Center SC111B 100 Elliot Street, Haverhill, MA 01830 Tel# 978-556-3647 Email: smartin@necc.mass.edu Strategic Maximizer Arranger Individualization Relator This e-mail and any files transmitted with it may be confidential and may contain student information covered under FERPA. 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Director The Learning Accommodations Center Northern Essex Community College Behrakis One- Stop Student Services Center SC111B 100 Elliot Street, Haverhill, MA 01830 Tel# 978-556-3647 Email: smartin@necc.mass.edu Strategic Maximizer Arranger Individualization Relator 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 Thompson, Rachel Sent: Wednesday, July 27, 2016 9:46 AM To: Access Technology Higher Education Network Subject: Re: [Athen] Blackboard Discussion Board with JAWS software Susan, I did some searching through my old files this morning and found the attached tutorial from Blackboard on using Learn with a screenreader (JAWS). It is from an older version of Blackboard Learn, but given how little has changed in that product for our institution, it may still be useful for you. I hope so. If you have any issues with the attachment, let me know and I can send off-list. Rachel Dr. Rachel S. Thompson Director, Emerging Technology and Accessibility Center for Instructional Technology The University of Alabama 123 Russell Hall Box 870248 Tuscaloosa, AL 35487 Phone 205-348-0216 rsthompson2@ua.edu | http://accessibility.ua.edu From: athen-list > on behalf of "Martin, Susan" > Reply-To: "athen-list@u.washington.edu" > Date: Wednesday, July 27, 2016 at 8:31 AM To: "athen-list@u.washington.edu" > Subject: Re: [Athen] Blackboard Discussion Board with JAWS software Hi Cindy- I am doing research on the issue since I have a student in the fall who is blind and may be enrolling in a course that uses the discussion board in Blackboard. I knew there were some issues with discussion board messages and one of the resources said that it?s likely a JAWS user will require training to be successful- so I was looking for training materials or work-arounds to share in advance with the student. For example, I read that intermittent JAWS lock-ups can occur when users post to the discussion board, a work-around is to ?refresh? the focus. I also would like to know which browser works best, since I read Safari has been problematic when creating new Blackboard discussion threads. Thank you, Susan Susan J Martin M.Ed ? Director The Learning Accommodations Center Northern Essex Community College Behrakis One- Stop Student Services Center SC111B 100 Elliot Street, Haverhill, MA 01830 Tel# 978-556-3647 Email: smartin@necc.mass.edu Strategic Maximizer Arranger Individualization Relator 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 Poore-Pariseau, Cindy Sent: Tuesday, July 26, 2016 4:14 PM To: 'Access Technology Higher Education Network' > Subject: Re: [Athen] Blackboard Discussion Board with JAWS software Hi Susan, what is the issue you are having? ?You cannot get through a single day without having an impact on the world around you. What you do makes a difference, and you have to decide what kind of difference you want to make.? -Jane Goodall Cindy Poore-Pariseau, Ph. D. Coordinator of Disability Services Office of Disability Services, L115 Bristol Community College Fall River, MA 02720 NASPA Chair-elect Disabilities Knowledge Communities Autism Spectrum Blog/ ods-as.blogspot.com ?Email: cindy.poore-pariseau@bristolcc.edu ? Phone: (508) 678-2811 x 2470 ? Fax: (508) 730-3297 http://www.bristolcc.edu/students/disabilityservices/ From: athen-list [mailto:athen-list-bounces@mailman13.u.washington.edu] On Behalf Of Martin, Susan Sent: Tuesday, July 26, 2016 3:40 PM To: athen-list@mailman13.u.washington.edu Subject: [Athen] Blackboard Discussion Board with JAWS software Hi Everyone, Does anyone have materials or information about accessibility issues with the Blackboard Discussion Board? Are there any guides or ?work arounds? regarding this issue that any one is aware of? Thank you, Susan Susan J Martin M.Ed ? Director The Learning Accommodations Center Northern Essex Community College Behrakis One- Stop Student Services Center SC111B 100 Elliot Street, Haverhill, MA 01830 Tel# 978-556-3647 Email: smartin@necc.mass.edu Strategic Maximizer Arranger Individualization Relator 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 ?? -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From lbencomo at uccs.edu Wed Jul 27 07:44:11 2016 From: lbencomo at uccs.edu (Leyna Bencomo) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:33:31 2018 Subject: [Athen] Alternate Text for book rentals? In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: Sorry I'm late to the discussion but I wanted to chime in as well. We just had our legal department review the legal implications of loaning digital copies of library books. They agreed that the library could actually create and/or obtain and maintain a digital (accessible) copy of their books and loan them out provided the book was being borrowed for the purposes of a class requirement and that the library "should use fully-accessible commercial sources if available" and that the library "should implement control mechanisms to prevent accessible work from being widely disseminated by a user." We will have our students sign an agreement to that effect. Then it's beyond our control. Leyna Bencomo Assistive Technology Specialist Information Technology University of Colorado Colorado Springs 1420 Austin Bluffs Parkway, EPC 215 Colorado Springs, CO 80918 (719) 255-4202 / lbencomo@uccs.edu http://www.uccs.edu/~it/ -----Original Message----- From: athen-list [mailto:athen-list-bounces@mailman13.u.washington.edu] On Behalf Of Adam Kosakowski Sent: Tuesday, July 26, 2016 1:27 PM To: 'athen-list@u.washington.edu' Subject: Re: [Athen] Alternate Text for book rentals? Thank you Dawn, Robert, and Krista! That is exactly what I needed to hear. Adam Kosakowski Director of Student Accessibility Services Clark University AKosakowski@clarku.edu 508-798-4368 Student Accessibility Services website _______________________________________________ athen-list mailing list athen-list@mailman13.u.washington.edu http://mailman13.u.washington.edu/mailman/listinfo/athen-list From Cindy.Poore-Pariseau at bristolcc.edu Wed Jul 27 08:46:28 2016 From: Cindy.Poore-Pariseau at bristolcc.edu (Poore-Pariseau, Cindy) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:33:31 2018 Subject: [Athen] Blackboard Discussion Board with JAWS software In-Reply-To: <6bb680bbd9ed43dcb56dadb50b93331d@hav-mbx.necc.mass.edu> References: <6bb680bbd9ed43dcb56dadb50b93331d@hav-mbx.necc.mass.edu> Message-ID: Ok, thank you. The reason I asked is that I have had two students successfully use BBLearn (including discussion board participation) with JAWS and have not yet heard any issues (they both completed their degrees and have moved on). One issue we did come across, though, come up when instructors began using Voice Thread. I have a meeting in a couple of weeks to understand VT?s work around (it seems cumbersome and unreasonable to me, but I?ll know more in a couple of weeks) ?You cannot get through a single day without having an impact on the world around you. What you do makes a difference, and you have to decide what kind of difference you want to make.? -Jane Goodall Cindy Poore-Pariseau, Ph. D. Coordinator of Disability Services Office of Disability Services, L115 Bristol Community College Fall River, MA 02720 NASPA Chair-elect Disabilities Knowledge Communities Autism Spectrum Blog/ ods-as.blogspot.com ? Email: cindy.poore-pariseau@bristolcc.edu ? Phone: (508) 678-2811 x 2470 ? Fax: (508) 730-3297 http://www.bristolcc.edu/students/disabilityservices/ From: athen-list [mailto:athen-list-bounces@mailman13.u.washington.edu] On Behalf Of Martin, Susan Sent: Wednesday, July 27, 2016 10:04 AM To: Access Technology Higher Education Network Subject: Re: [Athen] Blackboard Discussion Board with JAWS software Thank you Rachel. This will be a good place to start with this student who I have known for a while and has been a bit reluctant to take a course with a blackboard component. Susan Susan J Martin M.Ed ? Director The Learning Accommodations Center Northern Essex Community College Behrakis One- Stop Student Services Center SC111B 100 Elliot Street, Haverhill, MA 01830 Tel# 978-556-3647 Email: smartin@necc.mass.edu Strategic Maximizer Arranger Individualization Relator 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 Thompson, Rachel Sent: Wednesday, July 27, 2016 9:46 AM To: Access Technology Higher Education Network > Subject: Re: [Athen] Blackboard Discussion Board with JAWS software Susan, I did some searching through my old files this morning and found the attached tutorial from Blackboard on using Learn with a screenreader (JAWS). It is from an older version of Blackboard Learn, but given how little has changed in that product for our institution, it may still be useful for you. I hope so. If you have any issues with the attachment, let me know and I can send off-list. Rachel Dr. Rachel S. Thompson Director, Emerging Technology and Accessibility Center for Instructional Technology The University of Alabama 123 Russell Hall Box 870248 Tuscaloosa, AL 35487 Phone 205-348-0216 rsthompson2@ua.edu | http://accessibility.ua.edu From: athen-list > on behalf of "Martin, Susan" > Reply-To: "athen-list@u.washington.edu" > Date: Wednesday, July 27, 2016 at 8:31 AM To: "athen-list@u.washington.edu" > Subject: Re: [Athen] Blackboard Discussion Board with JAWS software Hi Cindy- I am doing research on the issue since I have a student in the fall who is blind and may be enrolling in a course that uses the discussion board in Blackboard. I knew there were some issues with discussion board messages and one of the resources said that it?s likely a JAWS user will require training to be successful- so I was looking for training materials or work-arounds to share in advance with the student. For example, I read that intermittent JAWS lock-ups can occur when users post to the discussion board, a work-around is to ?refresh? the focus. I also would like to know which browser works best, since I read Safari has been problematic when creating new Blackboard discussion threads. Thank you, Susan Susan J Martin M.Ed ? Director The Learning Accommodations Center Northern Essex Community College Behrakis One- Stop Student Services Center SC111B 100 Elliot Street, Haverhill, MA 01830 Tel# 978-556-3647 Email: smartin@necc.mass.edu Strategic Maximizer Arranger Individualization Relator 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 Poore-Pariseau, Cindy Sent: Tuesday, July 26, 2016 4:14 PM To: 'Access Technology Higher Education Network' > Subject: Re: [Athen] Blackboard Discussion Board with JAWS software Hi Susan, what is the issue you are having? ?You cannot get through a single day without having an impact on the world around you. What you do makes a difference, and you have to decide what kind of difference you want to make.? -Jane Goodall Cindy Poore-Pariseau, Ph. D. Coordinator of Disability Services Office of Disability Services, L115 Bristol Community College Fall River, MA 02720 NASPA Chair-elect Disabilities Knowledge Communities Autism Spectrum Blog/ ods-as.blogspot.com ?Email: cindy.poore-pariseau@bristolcc.edu ? Phone: (508) 678-2811 x 2470 ? Fax: (508) 730-3297 http://www.bristolcc.edu/students/disabilityservices/ From: athen-list [mailto:athen-list-bounces@mailman13.u.washington.edu] On Behalf Of Martin, Susan Sent: Tuesday, July 26, 2016 3:40 PM To: athen-list@mailman13.u.washington.edu Subject: [Athen] Blackboard Discussion Board with JAWS software Hi Everyone, Does anyone have materials or information about accessibility issues with the Blackboard Discussion Board? Are there any guides or ?work arounds? regarding this issue that any one is aware of? Thank you, Susan Susan J Martin M.Ed ? Director The Learning Accommodations Center Northern Essex Community College Behrakis One- Stop Student Services Center SC111B 100 Elliot Street, Haverhill, MA 01830 Tel# 978-556-3647 Email: smartin@necc.mass.edu Strategic Maximizer Arranger Individualization Relator 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 ?? -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From samanj at pdx.edu Wed Jul 27 09:17:28 2016 From: samanj at pdx.edu (Samantha Johns) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:33:31 2018 Subject: [Athen] Blackboard Discussion Board with JAWS software In-Reply-To: References: <6bb680bbd9ed43dcb56dadb50b93331d@hav-mbx.necc.mass.edu> Message-ID: Hello, I submitted a ticket to Blackboard Collaborate about some testing I performed with a native blind screen reader user using Jaws. There are issues in all the browsers with allowing access to the user's camera and mic. A message appears but the screen reader does not announce this alert to share camera, mic. This unfortunately needs to be done by a sighted person, however once you are in the application Jaws does access all of the button for actions. "Another things to note if sharing a Power Point in BB it does not read with JAWS or alert the user of when to change PP slides." Strangely the ticket I submitted to BB does not contain my original message, only their response.: ---Please do not edit this ---%#02297636%#Need More Info%#----- *Case ID:* 02297636 *Product:* Collaborate *Subject:* Accessibility with Screen Reader Some additional information is needed from you to help us resolve your issue. Please see our request below and provide the information as soon as possible. Hello Samantha, My name is Sharayah and I'm with Blackboard Collaborate Tier 2 support, and I primarily handle all accessibility concerns. Your Case has been escalated to me for further review. At this time, we recommend that anyone who is using a screen reader with Blackboard Collaborate Ultra use Internet Explorer and JAWS (Windows) or Safari and VoiceOver (Mac). Though other browsers can ultimately work (for example, Firefox), there are a few bugs or performance degradations that have been reported. We recognize that there is still plenty of room for improvement, and as such are continuing to test and release updates to Blackboard Collaborate Ultra as a whole, including increased accessibility support. That being said, I'm more than happy to work with you and our Ultra Development and Accessibility teams to relay any findings you have. According to the Case notes, I see that you and your users have been having issues with screen readers not picking up on some of the microphone alerts, is this correct? If you'd like to elaborate on the behavior you've seen (be sure to include the specific versions of each browser, Operating System, and screen readers being used in each case), I'll be happy to try and replicate. If I can replicate using the same versions, it's clearly something to take to Development to look into further. If we can't replicate, we can go ahead and take steps to troubleshoot with the user(s) to make sure everything is working as designed. I'll be happy to discuss this further over the phone as well, if you'd like. Just let me know a good time to reach out to you on Wednesday, Thursday, or Friday of this week (including your time zone, please!) and we can arrange for me to call you. *A few additional resources concerning Blackboard Collaborate Ultra and Accessibility that may be helpful:* About Collaborate Ultra and Accessibility: https://en-us.help.blackboard .com/Collaborate/Ultra/Administrator/Accessibility VPAT (Voluntary Product Accessibility Template) for Collaborate Ultra: https://en-us.help.blackboard .com/@api/deki/files/12864/Blackboard_Collaborate_VPAT_(10-2015).pdf Warm Regards, Sharayah S. Blackboard Collaborate - Tier 2 * * *Samantha Johns* *Accessibility & **Course Support Specialist* Portland State University 1825 SW Broadway Smith Memorial Student Union, Mezzanine 209 Portland OR 97201 (503) 725-2754 Caption Badge: Universal Design for learning 2016 "Tell me and I'll forget, Teach me and I'll remember, Involve me and I'll learn" -Ben Franklin On Wed, Jul 27, 2016 at 8:46 AM, Poore-Pariseau, Cindy < Cindy.Poore-Pariseau@bristolcc.edu> wrote: > Ok, thank you. The reason I asked is that I have had two students > successfully use BBLearn (including discussion board participation) with > JAWS and have not yet heard any issues (they both completed their degrees > and have moved on). > > > > One issue we did come across, though, come up when instructors began using > Voice Thread. I have a meeting in a couple of weeks to understand VT?s > work around (it seems cumbersome and unreasonable to me, but I?ll know more > in a couple of weeks) > > > > ?You cannot get through a single day without having an impact on the world > around you. What you do makes a difference, and you have to decide what > kind of difference you want to make.? > > -Jane Goodall > > > > Cindy Poore-Pariseau, Ph. D. > > Coordinator of Disability Services > > Office of Disability Services, L115 > > Bristol Community College > > Fall River, MA 02720 > > NASPA Chair-elect Disabilities Knowledge Communities > > > > > > Autism Spectrum Blog/ ods-as.blogspot.com > > > > > > + Email: cindy.poore-pariseau@bristolcc.edu > > ( Phone: (508) 678-2811 x 2470 > ? Fax: (508) 730-3297 > > > > http://www.bristolcc.edu/students/disabilityservices/ > > > > > > *From:* athen-list [mailto:athen-list-bounces@mailman13.u.washington.edu] *On > Behalf Of *Martin, Susan > *Sent:* Wednesday, July 27, 2016 10:04 AM > > *To:* Access Technology Higher Education Network < > athen-list@u.washington.edu> > *Subject:* Re: [Athen] Blackboard Discussion Board with JAWS software > > > > Thank you Rachel. This will be a good place to start with this student who > I have known for a while and has been a bit reluctant to take a course with > a blackboard component. > > Susan > > > > *Susan J Martin M.Ed ? Director* > > > > *The Learning Accommodations Center * > > Northern Essex Community College > > Behrakis One- Stop Student Services Center SC111B > > 100 Elliot Street, Haverhill, MA 01830 > > Tel# 978-556-3647 > > Email: smartin@necc.mass.edu > > *Strategic Maximizer Arranger Individualization Relator* > > > > 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 *Thompson, > Rachel > *Sent:* Wednesday, July 27, 2016 9:46 AM > *To:* Access Technology Higher Education Network < > athen-list@u.washington.edu> > *Subject:* Re: [Athen] Blackboard Discussion Board with JAWS software > > > > Susan, > > > > I did some searching through my old files this morning and found the > attached tutorial from Blackboard on using Learn with a screenreader > (JAWS). It is from an older version of Blackboard Learn, but given how > little has changed in that product for our institution, it may still be > useful for you. I hope so. If you have any issues with the attachment, let > me know and I can send off-list. > > > > Rachel > > > > Dr. Rachel S. Thompson > > Director, Emerging Technology and Accessibility > Center for Instructional Technology > The University of Alabama > 123 Russell Hall > Box 870248 > Tuscaloosa, AL 35487 > Phone 205-348-0216 > rsthompson2@ua.edu | http://accessibility.ua.edu > > > > *From: *athen-list on > behalf of "Martin, Susan" > *Reply-To: *"athen-list@u.washington.edu" > *Date: *Wednesday, July 27, 2016 at 8:31 AM > *To: *"athen-list@u.washington.edu" > *Subject: *Re: [Athen] Blackboard Discussion Board with JAWS software > > > > Hi Cindy- > > I am doing research on the issue since I have a student in the fall who is > blind and may be enrolling in a course that uses the discussion board in > Blackboard. I knew there were some issues with discussion board messages > and one of the resources said that it?s likely a JAWS user will require > training to be successful- so I was looking for training materials or > work-arounds to share in advance with the student. For example, I read > that intermittent JAWS lock-ups can occur when users post to the discussion > board, a work-around is to ?refresh? the focus. I also would like to know > which browser works best, since I read Safari has been problematic when > creating new Blackboard discussion threads. > > > > Thank you, > > Susan > > *Susan J Martin M.Ed ? Director* > > > > *The Learning Accommodations Center * > > Northern Essex Community College > > Behrakis One- Stop Student Services Center SC111B > > 100 Elliot Street, Haverhill, MA 01830 > > Tel# 978-556-3647 > > Email: smartin@necc.mass.edu > > *Strategic Maximizer Arranger Individualization Relator* > > > > 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 *Poore-Pariseau, > Cindy > *Sent:* Tuesday, July 26, 2016 4:14 PM > *To:* 'Access Technology Higher Education Network' < > athen-list@u.washington.edu> > *Subject:* Re: [Athen] Blackboard Discussion Board with JAWS software > > > > Hi Susan, what is the issue you are having? > > > > ?You cannot get through a single day without having an impact on the world > around you. What you do makes a difference, and you have to decide what > kind of difference you want to make.? > > -Jane Goodall > > > > Cindy Poore-Pariseau, Ph. D. > > Coordinator of Disability Services > > Office of Disability Services, L115 > > Bristol Community College > > Fall River, MA 02720 > > NASPA Chair-elect Disabilities Knowledge Communities > > > > > > Autism Spectrum Blog/ ods-as.blogspot.com > > > > > > +Email: cindy.poore-pariseau@bristolcc.edu > > ( Phone: (508) 678-2811 x 2470 > ? Fax: (508) 730-3297 > > > > http://www.bristolcc.edu/students/disabilityservices/ > > > > > > *From:* athen-list [mailto:athen-list-bounces@mailman13.u.washington.edu > ] *On Behalf Of *Martin, > Susan > *Sent:* Tuesday, July 26, 2016 3:40 PM > *To:* athen-list@mailman13.u.washington.edu > *Subject:* [Athen] Blackboard Discussion Board with JAWS software > > > > Hi Everyone, > > Does anyone have materials or information about accessibility issues with > the Blackboard Discussion Board? Are there any guides or ?work arounds? > regarding this issue that any one is aware of? > > Thank you, > > Susan > > *Susan J Martin M.Ed ? Director* > > > > *The Learning Accommodations Center * > > Northern Essex Community College > > Behrakis One- Stop Student Services Center SC111B > > 100 Elliot Street, Haverhill, MA 01830 > > Tel# 978-556-3647 > > Email: smartin@necc.mass.edu > > *Strategic Maximizer Arranger Individualization Relator* > > > > 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 > > > > > > > > > > > ?? > > ?? > > _______________________________________________ > 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 fosters at sou.edu Wed Jul 27 09:55:47 2016 From: fosters at sou.edu (Shawn Foster) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:33:31 2018 Subject: [Athen] NVDA on the network Message-ID: Colleagues: Passing on a help request from our IT staff. We're trying to push NVDA out to all of our campus labs and running into this issue. Any help you can provide would be...well, super helpful. Thanks in advance! "NVDA appears very easy to deploy silently over the network. The issue I am running in to is that the default config for the software enables the screen reader at the log in screen. I need this to be disabled by default. (I did this as part of the image last time). Could you ask what is the best way to deploy a custom default system configuration during a silent install? I found a little bit of info in section 14 of the user guide that says I can use an install switch: -c CONFIGPATH --config-path=CONFIGPATH The path where all settings for NVDA are stored I'm not sure if this is what I am looking for but I'm thinking its not." sf *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... URL: From smartin at necc.mass.edu Wed Jul 27 11:20:12 2016 From: smartin at necc.mass.edu (Martin, Susan) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:33:31 2018 Subject: [Athen] Blackboard Discussion Board with JAWS software In-Reply-To: References: <6bb680bbd9ed43dcb56dadb50b93331d@hav-mbx.necc.mass.edu> Message-ID: Thank you Cindy. That is good to hear. Do you happen to know what version of JAWS they use and what version of Blackboard? Susan Susan J Martin M.Ed ? Director The Learning Accommodations Center Northern Essex Community College Behrakis One- Stop Student Services Center SC111B 100 Elliot Street, Haverhill, MA 01830 Tel# 978-556-3647 Email: smartin@necc.mass.edu Strategic Maximizer Arranger Individualization Relator 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 Poore-Pariseau, Cindy Sent: Wednesday, July 27, 2016 11:46 AM To: 'Access Technology Higher Education Network' Subject: Re: [Athen] Blackboard Discussion Board with JAWS software Ok, thank you. The reason I asked is that I have had two students successfully use BBLearn (including discussion board participation) with JAWS and have not yet heard any issues (they both completed their degrees and have moved on). One issue we did come across, though, come up when instructors began using Voice Thread. I have a meeting in a couple of weeks to understand VT?s work around (it seems cumbersome and unreasonable to me, but I?ll know more in a couple of weeks) ?You cannot get through a single day without having an impact on the world around you. What you do makes a difference, and you have to decide what kind of difference you want to make.? -Jane Goodall Cindy Poore-Pariseau, Ph. D. Coordinator of Disability Services Office of Disability Services, L115 Bristol Community College Fall River, MA 02720 NASPA Chair-elect Disabilities Knowledge Communities Autism Spectrum Blog/ ods-as.blogspot.com ? Email: cindy.poore-pariseau@bristolcc.edu ? Phone: (508) 678-2811 x 2470 ? Fax: (508) 730-3297 http://www.bristolcc.edu/students/disabilityservices/ From: athen-list [mailto:athen-list-bounces@mailman13.u.washington.edu] On Behalf Of Martin, Susan Sent: Wednesday, July 27, 2016 10:04 AM To: Access Technology Higher Education Network > Subject: Re: [Athen] Blackboard Discussion Board with JAWS software Thank you Rachel. This will be a good place to start with this student who I have known for a while and has been a bit reluctant to take a course with a blackboard component. Susan Susan J Martin M.Ed ? Director The Learning Accommodations Center Northern Essex Community College Behrakis One- Stop Student Services Center SC111B 100 Elliot Street, Haverhill, MA 01830 Tel# 978-556-3647 Email: smartin@necc.mass.edu Strategic Maximizer Arranger Individualization Relator 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 Thompson, Rachel Sent: Wednesday, July 27, 2016 9:46 AM To: Access Technology Higher Education Network > Subject: Re: [Athen] Blackboard Discussion Board with JAWS software Susan, I did some searching through my old files this morning and found the attached tutorial from Blackboard on using Learn with a screenreader (JAWS). It is from an older version of Blackboard Learn, but given how little has changed in that product for our institution, it may still be useful for you. I hope so. If you have any issues with the attachment, let me know and I can send off-list. Rachel Dr. Rachel S. Thompson Director, Emerging Technology and Accessibility Center for Instructional Technology The University of Alabama 123 Russell Hall Box 870248 Tuscaloosa, AL 35487 Phone 205-348-0216 rsthompson2@ua.edu | http://accessibility.ua.edu From: athen-list > on behalf of "Martin, Susan" > Reply-To: "athen-list@u.washington.edu" > Date: Wednesday, July 27, 2016 at 8:31 AM To: "athen-list@u.washington.edu" > Subject: Re: [Athen] Blackboard Discussion Board with JAWS software Hi Cindy- I am doing research on the issue since I have a student in the fall who is blind and may be enrolling in a course that uses the discussion board in Blackboard. I knew there were some issues with discussion board messages and one of the resources said that it?s likely a JAWS user will require training to be successful- so I was looking for training materials or work-arounds to share in advance with the student. For example, I read that intermittent JAWS lock-ups can occur when users post to the discussion board, a work-around is to ?refresh? the focus. I also would like to know which browser works best, since I read Safari has been problematic when creating new Blackboard discussion threads. Thank you, Susan Susan J Martin M.Ed ? Director The Learning Accommodations Center Northern Essex Community College Behrakis One- Stop Student Services Center SC111B 100 Elliot Street, Haverhill, MA 01830 Tel# 978-556-3647 Email: smartin@necc.mass.edu Strategic Maximizer Arranger Individualization Relator 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 Poore-Pariseau, Cindy Sent: Tuesday, July 26, 2016 4:14 PM To: 'Access Technology Higher Education Network' > Subject: Re: [Athen] Blackboard Discussion Board with JAWS software Hi Susan, what is the issue you are having? ?You cannot get through a single day without having an impact on the world around you. What you do makes a difference, and you have to decide what kind of difference you want to make.? -Jane Goodall Cindy Poore-Pariseau, Ph. D. Coordinator of Disability Services Office of Disability Services, L115 Bristol Community College Fall River, MA 02720 NASPA Chair-elect Disabilities Knowledge Communities Autism Spectrum Blog/ ods-as.blogspot.com ?Email: cindy.poore-pariseau@bristolcc.edu ? Phone: (508) 678-2811 x 2470 ? Fax: (508) 730-3297 http://www.bristolcc.edu/students/disabilityservices/ From: athen-list [mailto:athen-list-bounces@mailman13.u.washington.edu] On Behalf Of Martin, Susan Sent: Tuesday, July 26, 2016 3:40 PM To: athen-list@mailman13.u.washington.edu Subject: [Athen] Blackboard Discussion Board with JAWS software Hi Everyone, Does anyone have materials or information about accessibility issues with the Blackboard Discussion Board? Are there any guides or ?work arounds? regarding this issue that any one is aware of? Thank you, Susan Susan J Martin M.Ed ? Director The Learning Accommodations Center Northern Essex Community College Behrakis One- Stop Student Services Center SC111B 100 Elliot Street, Haverhill, MA 01830 Tel# 978-556-3647 Email: smartin@necc.mass.edu Strategic Maximizer Arranger Individualization Relator 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 ?? ?? -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From rsthompson2 at ua.edu Wed Jul 27 11:34:19 2016 From: rsthompson2 at ua.edu (Thompson, Rachel) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:33:31 2018 Subject: [Athen] Blackboard Discussion Board with JAWS software In-Reply-To: References: <6bb680bbd9ed43dcb56dadb50b93331d@hav-mbx.necc.mass.edu> , Message-ID: Samantha, Here is a response from Bb's JoAnna Hunt. Hope it helps. The collaborate team has been made aware of this issue already through our support escalation processes. Many times what we?ve been seeing is that the issues people are having with this are actually with the BROWSER UI for allowing access, not the Collaborate UI. We?ve authored some documentation that can help a screen reader user properly enable audio and video. Please share the below with the group. 1. Audio set up with JAWS 2. Audio set up with VoiceOver Please send me any feedback they may have on this documentation so we can continue to improve it. Thanks! JoAnna -- Blackboard | JoAnna Hunt ? Accessibility Manager ? 202.303.9097 ? Skype: johunt0311 Dr. Rachel S. Thompson Director, Emerging Technology and Accessibility Center for Instructional Technology University of Alabama On Jul 27, 2016, at 11:22 AM, "Samantha Johns" > wrote: Hello, I submitted a ticket to Blackboard Collaborate about some testing I performed with a native blind screen reader user using Jaws. There are issues in all the browsers with allowing access to the user's camera and mic. A message appears but the screen reader does not announce this alert to share camera, mic. This unfortunately needs to be done by a sighted person, however once you are in the application Jaws does access all of the button for actions. "Another things to note if sharing a Power Point in BB it does not read with JAWS or alert the user of when to change PP slides." Strangely the ticket I submitted to BB does not contain my original message, only their response.: ---Please do not edit this ---%#02297636%#Need More Info%#----- Case ID: 02297636 Product: Collaborate Subject: Accessibility with Screen Reader Some additional information is needed from you to help us resolve your issue. Please see our request below and provide the information as soon as possible. Hello Samantha, My name is Sharayah and I'm with Blackboard Collaborate Tier 2 support, and I primarily handle all accessibility concerns. Your Case has been escalated to me for further review. At this time, we recommend that anyone who is using a screen reader with Blackboard Collaborate Ultra use Internet Explorer and JAWS (Windows) or Safari and VoiceOver (Mac). Though other browsers can ultimately work (for example, Firefox), there are a few bugs or performance degradations that have been reported. We recognize that there is still plenty of room for improvement, and as such are continuing to test and release updates toBlackboard Collaborate Ultra as a whole, including increased accessibility support. That being said, I'm more than happy to work with you and our Ultra Development and Accessibility teams to relay any findings you have. According to the Case notes, I see that you and your users have been having issues with screen readers not picking up on some of the microphone alerts, is this correct? If you'd like to elaborate on the behavior you've seen (be sure to include the specific versions of each browser, Operating System, and screen readers being used in each case), I'll be happy to try and replicate. If I can replicate using the same versions, it's clearly something to take to Development to look into further. If we can't replicate, we can go ahead and take steps to troubleshoot with the user(s) to make sure everything is working as designed. I'll be happy to discuss this further over the phone as well, if you'd like. Just let me know a good time to reach out to you on Wednesday, Thursday, or Friday of this week (including your time zone, please!) and we can arrange for me to call you. A few additional resources concerning Blackboard Collaborate Ultra and Accessibility that may be helpful: About Collaborate Ultra and Accessibility: https://en-us.help.blackboard.com/Collaborate/Ultra/Administrator/Accessibility VPAT (Voluntary Product Accessibility Template) for Collaborate Ultra: https://en-us.help.blackboard.com/@api/deki/files/12864/Blackboard_Collaborate_VPAT_(10-2015).pdf Warm Regards, Sharayah S. Blackboard Collaborate - Tier 2 [https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/329486/OAI_SigPic.png] Samantha Johns Accessibility & Course Support Specialist Portland State University 1825 SW Broadway Smith Memorial Student Union, Mezzanine 209 Portland OR 97201 (503) 725-2754 [https://docs.google.com/uc?export=download&id=0B5rT_cYNvyAzYWxVdDFKSGxKZDg&revid=0B5rT_cYNvyAzak42WDBqQ0lTMlFBTHJLSmpvakJteVBmMHNVPQ] Caption Badge: Universal Design for learning 2016 "Tell me and I'll forget, Teach me and I'll remember, Involve me and I'll learn" -Ben Franklin On Wed, Jul 27, 2016 at 8:46 AM, Poore-Pariseau, Cindy > wrote: Ok, thank you. The reason I asked is that I have had two students successfully use BBLearn (including discussion board participation) with JAWS and have not yet heard any issues (they both completed their degrees and have moved on). One issue we did come across, though, come up when instructors began using Voice Thread. I have a meeting in a couple of weeks to understand VT?s work around (it seems cumbersome and unreasonable to me, but I?ll know more in a couple of weeks) ?You cannot get through a single day without having an impact on the world around you. What you do makes a difference, and you have to decide what kind of difference you want to make.? -Jane Goodall Cindy Poore-Pariseau, Ph. D. Coordinator of Disability Services Office of Disability Services, L115 Bristol Community College Fall River, MA 02720 NASPA Chair-elect Disabilities Knowledge Communities Autism Spectrum Blog/ ods-as.blogspot.com ? Email: cindy.poore-pariseau@bristolcc.edu ? Phone: (508) 678-2811 x 2470 ? Fax: (508) 730-3297 http://www.bristolcc.edu/students/disabilityservices/ From: athen-list [mailto:athen-list-bounces@mailman13.u.washington.edu] On Behalf Of Martin, Susan Sent: Wednesday, July 27, 2016 10:04 AM To: Access Technology Higher Education Network > Subject: Re: [Athen] Blackboard Discussion Board with JAWS software Thank you Rachel. This will be a good place to start with this student who I have known for a while and has been a bit reluctant to take a course with a blackboard component. Susan Susan J Martin M.Ed ? Director The Learning Accommodations Center Northern Essex Community College Behrakis One- Stop Student Services Center SC111B 100 Elliot Street, Haverhill, MA 01830 Tel# 978-556-3647 Email: smartin@necc.mass.edu Strategic Maximizer Arranger Individualization Relator 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 Thompson, Rachel Sent: Wednesday, July 27, 2016 9:46 AM To: Access Technology Higher Education Network > Subject: Re: [Athen] Blackboard Discussion Board with JAWS software Susan, I did some searching through my old files this morning and found the attached tutorial from Blackboard on using Learn with a screenreader (JAWS). It is from an older version of Blackboard Learn, but given how little has changed in that product for our institution, it may still be useful for you. I hope so. If you have any issues with the attachment, let me know and I can send off-list. Rachel Dr. Rachel S. Thompson Director, Emerging Technology and Accessibility Center for Instructional Technology The University of Alabama 123 Russell Hall Box 870248 Tuscaloosa, AL 35487 Phone 205-348-0216 rsthompson2@ua.edu | http://accessibility.ua.edu From: athen-list > on behalf of "Martin, Susan" > Reply-To: "athen-list@u.washington.edu" > Date: Wednesday, July 27, 2016 at 8:31 AM To: "athen-list@u.washington.edu" > Subject: Re: [Athen] Blackboard Discussion Board with JAWS software Hi Cindy- I am doing research on the issue since I have a student in the fall who is blind and may be enrolling in a course that uses the discussion board in Blackboard. I knew there were some issues with discussion board messages and one of the resources said that it?s likely a JAWS user will require training to be successful- so I was looking for training materials or work-arounds to share in advance with the student. For example, I read that intermittent JAWS lock-ups can occur when users post to the discussion board, a work-around is to ?refresh? the focus. I also would like to know which browser works best, since I read Safari has been problematic when creating new Blackboard discussion threads. Thank you, Susan Susan J Martin M.Ed ? Director The Learning Accommodations Center Northern Essex Community College Behrakis One- Stop Student Services Center SC111B 100 Elliot Street, Haverhill, MA 01830 Tel# 978-556-3647 Email: smartin@necc.mass.edu Strategic Maximizer Arranger Individualization Relator 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 Poore-Pariseau, Cindy Sent: Tuesday, July 26, 2016 4:14 PM To: 'Access Technology Higher Education Network' > Subject: Re: [Athen] Blackboard Discussion Board with JAWS software Hi Susan, what is the issue you are having? ?You cannot get through a single day without having an impact on the world around you. What you do makes a difference, and you have to decide what kind of difference you want to make.? -Jane Goodall Cindy Poore-Pariseau, Ph. D. Coordinator of Disability Services Office of Disability Services, L115 Bristol Community College Fall River, MA 02720 NASPA Chair-elect Disabilities Knowledge Communities Autism Spectrum Blog/ ods-as.blogspot.com ?Email: cindy.poore-pariseau@bristolcc.edu ? Phone: (508) 678-2811 x 2470 ? 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URL: From jsuttondc at gmail.com Wed Jul 27 19:26:59 2016 From: jsuttondc at gmail.com (Jennifer Sutton) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:33:31 2018 Subject: [Athen] Build Accessible Websites with CAST Figuration Message-ID: <297d61e8-1f31-07cc-cf35-2f2d1d10d797@gmail.com> Greetings, ATHENites, and others who are bcc-ed: I thought some of you might find this of interest. For those of you who've been around a while, you may remember CAST as the "Bobby" people, at least as far as I recall. Note that I have not tested this framework; I'm providing information. Jennifer Build Accessible Websites with CAST Figuration http://www.cast.org/whats-new/news/2016/build-accessible-websites-cast-figuration.html From greeark at uw.edu Thu Jul 28 09:04:31 2016 From: greeark at uw.edu (KRISTA L. GREEAR) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:33:31 2018 Subject: [Athen] who understands learning theory? Message-ID: I'm in a graduate program in Educational Technology and am currently in a Multimedia course. This class is based on the Cognitive Theory of Multimedia. I am having an intellectual crisis because this theory makes the following assumptions: * that humans have a channel for processing visual/pictorial representations and a separate channel for processing auditory/verbal representations * each channel has a limited capacity and * active learning occurs when learner engages in cognitive processing (Moreno & Mayer, 2002). But in our work (serving students with disabilities), I don't think assumption #1 holds up. I am not confident that someone with a TBI has both channels. Or if they do, the channels may interact at different capacities. For example, a blind student may not be utilizing their visual/pictorial channel because it has been "replaced" by a tactile channel (tactile is not mentioned at all in this course). I am struggling because this theory is widely popular in the Educational Tech/Instructional Design field and I don't want future professionals to be taught how to create media for only those who don't have disabilities. I have no research to back up this gut feeling (yet). But I am itching for more. Can anyone shed light? Or point me to resources the focus specifically on disability and Cognitive Theory of Multimedia? Reference Moreno, R., & Mayer, R. E. (2002). Animation as an aid to multimedia learning. Educational Psychology Review. 14(1). 87-99. Best, Krista Greear Accessible Text & Technology Manager UW Disability Resources for Students greeark@uw.edu | disability.uw.edu/ [ada-banner] -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: image001.png Type: image/png Size: 29831 bytes Desc: image001.png URL: From jiatyan at stanford.edu Thu Jul 28 09:48:54 2016 From: jiatyan at stanford.edu (Jiatyan Chen) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:33:32 2018 Subject: [Athen] who understands learning theory? In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <5CF0AA25-7F34-4316-BEFA-CD85809B2BA1@stanford.edu> Hi Krista, The theory sounds very much like the hypothesis(?) about separate learning styles, which has circulated (without sources) in many instructional resources, but I've not come across a good citation that these pathways are separate. The more current theories lean towards learning with all senses to reinforce each other. You might be able to find research in Education, Psychology and Cognitive Science. The scientific status of learning styles theories DT Willingham, EM Hughes? - Teaching of Psychology, 2015 http://top.sagepub.com/content/42/3/266.full Effective teaching: Sensory learning styles versus general memory processes KD Arbuthnott, GP Kr?tzig - Comprehensive Psychology, 2015 http://cop.sagepub.com/content/4/06.IT.4.2.full -- Jiatyan Chen Stanford Online Accessibility Program (SOAP) Manager On 2016 Jul 28, at 09:04, KRISTA L. GREEAR > wrote: I?m in a graduate program in Educational Technology and am currently in a Multimedia course. This class is based on the Cognitive Theory of Multimedia. I am having an intellectual crisis because this theory makes the following assumptions: ? that humans have a channel for processing visual/pictorial representations and a separate channel for processing auditory/verbal representations ? each channel has a limited capacity and ? active learning occurs when learner engages in cognitive processing (Moreno & Mayer, 2002). But in our work (serving students with disabilities), I don?t think assumption #1 holds up. I am not confident that someone with a TBI has both channels. Or if they do, the channels may interact at different capacities. For example, a blind student may not be utilizing their visual/pictorial channel because it has been ?replaced? by a tactile channel (tactile is not mentioned at all in this course). I am struggling because this theory is widely popular in the Educational Tech/Instructional Design field and I don?t want future professionals to be taught how to create media for only those who don?t have disabilities. I have no research to back up this gut feeling (yet). But I am itching for more. Can anyone shed light? Or point me to resources the focus specifically on disability and Cognitive Theory of Multimedia? Reference Moreno, R., & Mayer, R. E. (2002). Animation as an aid to multimedia learning. Educational Psychology Review. 14(1). 87-99. Best, Krista Greear Accessible Text & Technology Manager UW Disability Resources for Students greeark@uw.edu | disability.uw.edu/ _______________________________________________ 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 vasquez at sbcc.edu Fri Jul 29 09:28:09 2016 From: vasquez at sbcc.edu (Laurie Vasquez) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:33:32 2018 Subject: [Athen] Web access SANPRM Message-ID: This week, Principal Deputy Assistant Attorney General Vanita Gupta approved an extension of the public comment period for the Supplemental Advance Notice of Proposed Rulemaking on Accessibility of Web Information and Services of State and Local Government Entities. The public comment period will be extended for 60 days. The public comment period will now close on October 7, 2016. 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