From rford at schoolcraft.edu Wed Mar 1 08:26:13 2017 From: rford at schoolcraft.edu (Rachel Ford) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:34:00 2018 Subject: [Athen] Physics & astronomy resources Message-ID: Hello, Does anyone know of accessible Physics and Astronomy resources? I'm working on a Physics class, and the solar system simulations that this instructor is finding seem to all be built in Flash. Rachel Ford Learning Options Associate Distance Learning Schoolcraft College 734-462-4481 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From mbohn at bergen.edu Wed Mar 1 12:06:17 2017 From: mbohn at bergen.edu (Maria Bohn) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:34:00 2018 Subject: [Athen] Using J-Say with JAWs and Dragon Message-ID: <53362E1D-6B83-4038-B4C5-9530938B2EA3@bergen.edu> I do not recall seeing anything about this program. I have a student who has CP, and is visually impaired. She only recently started using JAWS and has been training on it with her technology specialist ? she already is proficient using Dragon for dictation for papers etc ? I met with her today and she is having a horrible time using JAWS with her text books and after digging deeper she said she is using J-SAY ? I haven?t discovered what the exact problem is because shes a HS student attending classes at the college level and habitually uses her technology specialist and commission for the blind tech specialist ? anyway she said its been frustrating trying to use JAWS and that J-SAY is ?glitchy? my question is does anyone have any experience using this combination and or any tips to make it less glitch? Here is the link in case its new: http://www.hartgen.org/j-say Maria Bohn Senior Resource Accommodations Specialist Assistive Technology Office of Specialized Services Bergen Community College From justinr at disability.tamu.edu Wed Mar 1 14:02:08 2017 From: justinr at disability.tamu.edu (Justin Romack) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:34:00 2018 Subject: [Athen] Using J-Say with JAWs and Dragon In-Reply-To: <53362E1D-6B83-4038-B4C5-9530938B2EA3@bergen.edu> References: <53362E1D-6B83-4038-B4C5-9530938B2EA3@bergen.edu> Message-ID: Howdy Maria! I'm not sure what "glitch" means exactly, but I'll say that this program has a very particular way it requires the user to set up and configure Dragon. I would have your student review the setup, installation and configuration instructions *very* carefully to make sure that all necessary Dragon settings have been adjusted to accommodate for J-Say. I remember when working with J-Dictate (similar product), I had to make adjustments to settings for the dictation window... It's pretty particular, to say the least. When all else fails, Bryan Hartgen (the app's developer) is quite communicative. He's in the UK and was willing to find a mutually agreeable time to work through support issues, as we needed the help. Best of luck! (Hope you're doing well, BTW.) --- Justin Romack |?Assistive Technology Coordinator Disability Services | Texas?A&M University 1224 TAMU | College Station, TX?77843-1224 ph: 979.845.1637 |?justinr@disability.tamu.edu | disability.tamu.edu - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -? DIVISION OF STUDENT AFFAIRS | One Division. One Mission. -----Original Message----- From: athen-list [mailto:athen-list-bounces@mailman13.u.washington.edu] On Behalf Of Maria Bohn Sent: Wednesday, March 01, 2017 2:06 PM To: Access Technology Higher Education Network Subject: [Athen] Using J-Say with JAWs and Dragon I do not recall seeing anything about this program. I have a student who has CP, and is visually impaired. She only recently started using JAWS and has been training on it with her technology specialist ? she already is proficient using Dragon for dictation for papers etc ? I met with her today and she is having a horrible time using JAWS with her text books and after digging deeper she said she is using J-SAY ? I haven?t discovered what the exact problem is because shes a HS student attending classes at the college level and habitually uses her technology specialist and commission for the blind tech specialist ? anyway she said its been frustrating trying to use JAWS and that J-SAY is ?glitchy? my question is does anyone have any experience using this combination and or any tips to make it less glitch? Here is the link in case its new: http://www.hartgen.org/j-say Maria Bohn Senior Resource Accommodations Specialist Assistive Technology Office of Specialized Services Bergen Community College _______________________________________________ athen-list mailing list athen-list@mailman13.u.washington.edu http://mailman13.u.washington.edu/mailman/listinfo/athen-list From karen.sorensen at pcc.edu Wed Mar 1 14:31:31 2017 From: karen.sorensen at pcc.edu (Karen Sorensen) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:34:00 2018 Subject: [Athen] astronomy resources Message-ID: Hi Rachel, I presented with an Astronomy instructor at the national QM conference. There are an amazing number of accessible resources available for free. Here's a link to the accessible astronomy resource list I shared at the QM conference. Hope it helps. Best, Karen Karen M. 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Best, Michele *Michele Joy Bromley* Adaptive Technology Specialist Alternative Formats Coordinator Disability Resource Center Diversity & Multicultural Student Services Portland State University Office: 116K SMSU Phone: (503) 725-8395 Fax: (503) 725-4103 Email: michele.bromley@pdx.edu Website: www.pdx.edu/drc *"Shame on us if we let the wonders of educational technology and broadband lead to more inequality as opposed to less." ~ Eugene Sperling* -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From Kathleen.Bastedo at ucf.edu Thu Mar 2 05:40:52 2017 From: Kathleen.Bastedo at ucf.edu (Kathleen Bastedo) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:34:00 2018 Subject: [Athen] astronomy resources In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: I just want to say - You Rock! This is a great resource! Kathleen 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 on behalf of Karen Sorensen Sent: Wednesday, March 1, 2017 5:31:31 PM To: athen-list@u.washington.edu Subject: [Athen] astronomy resources Hi Rachel, I presented with an Astronomy instructor at the national QM conference. There are an amazing number of accessible resources available for free. Here's a link to the accessible astronomy resource list I shared at the QM conference. Hope it helps. 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 hkramer at ahead.org Thu Mar 2 10:22:07 2017 From: hkramer at ahead.org (Howard Kramer) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:34:00 2018 Subject: [Athen] ATHEN/AHG dinner meeting at CSUN - slight change of time In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: Hello All: Just a reminder that we'll meet at 5:30 to 6:30 p.m. at the west side of the Hyatt (Grand Lobby restaurant/bar area) for those who want to discuss the NEA grant on *Promoting the Integration of Universal Design into University Curricula (UDUC) ? Focus on National Dissemination. * The AHG/ATHEN meeting and dinner will take place at 7:15 p.m. at the Harbor House. If you haven't already rsvp -ed for the dinner please do so so I can reserve space accordingly. My cell is 720-351-8668 if anyone needs to reach me. Thanks, Howard On Fri, Feb 24, 2017 at 3:21 PM, Howard Kramer wrote: > Ok - so let's plan to meet at 7:15 p.m. at the Harbor House for the AHG > meeting. > > We'll meet at 5:30 to 6:30 p.m. at the west side of the Hyatt by the > coffee/bar area of the lobby for those who want to discuss the NEA grant on *Promoting > the Integration of Universal Design into University Curricula (UDUC) ? > Focus on National Dissemination. * > > After the first meeting we can walk over to the Harbor House (for those > attending both meetings). Let me know if this works for everyone. I'll send > out reminders to anyone who confirmed their attendance. > > BTW - my cell is 720-351-8668 <(720)%20351-8668> for anyone who gets lost > or has questions. > > Thanks, > Howard > > > > On Thu, Feb 23, 2017 at 11:00 AM, Howard Kramer wrote: > >> Dear Colleagues: >> >> As per previous years, I'd like to hold a dinner/meeting at the Harbor >> House (behind the Grand Hyatt) on Thursday evening (7:30 p.m.), March 2, at >> CSUN (International Technology and Persons with Disabilities Conference) >> for dinner and for ATHEN members (or others) to provide their input on this >> year's Accessing Higher Ground conference. Please let me know if you plan >> to attend so I can guestimate the right size table. >> >> *Note about dinner/meeting time:* I know in past years there's been a >> Tweet-up event in the evening on Thursday. As a result we've met a little >> later - about 8:15 in the past. I don't see anything in the schedule (about >> any evening events except the Tuesday keynote). Anyway, we can always move >> the meeting time back a bit if there's a conflicting event. >> >> *NEA grant on Promoting the Integration of Universal Design into >> University Curricula (UDUC) ? Focus on National Dissemination* >> >> I don't know how many of you remember the UDUC project from a few years >> ago but a nationally directed version of the project was funded for 2017 - >> 2018. I'd like to get your input on strategies for carrying out the >> objective of the project - increasing the teaching of UD and accessibility >> related content in design and tech classes. I.e. what's the best way to >> reach faculty and what training/resources would most contribute to >> achieving the goal of the project. >> >> I'll probably schedule this meeting at around Thursday6:30, before the >> ATHEN/AHG meeting, either at the hotel cafe or at the Harbor House. Let me >> know if you're interested in participating. I may schedule some other times >> for this during the week. >> >> See you next week. >> >> Regards, >> Howard >> >> >> -- >> Howard Kramer >> Conference Coordinator >> Accessing Higher Ground >> 303-492-8672 <(303)%20492-8672> >> cell: 720-351-8668 <(720)%20351-8668> >> >> Join us for the *Accessing Higher Ground Conference >> * in Denver, Colorado, Nov 13-17, >> 2017. 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. >> * >> >> > > > -- > Howard Kramer > Conference Coordinator > Accessing Higher Ground > 303-492-8672 <(303)%20492-8672> > cell: 720-351-8668 <(720)%20351-8668> > > Join us for the *Accessing Higher Ground Conference > * in Denver, Colorado, Nov 13-17, 2017. > 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. > * > > -- 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 13-17, 2017. 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 samanj at pdx.edu Thu Mar 2 11:40:25 2017 From: samanj at pdx.edu (Samantha Johns) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:34:00 2018 Subject: [Athen] ATHEN/AHG dinner meeting at CSUN - slight change of time In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: Hello, Great meeting you yesterday I'd love to join at 5:30 and for dinner. On Thursday, March 2, 2017, Howard Kramer wrote: > Hello All: > > Just a reminder that we'll meet at 5:30 to 6:30 p.m. at the west side of > the Hyatt (Grand Lobby restaurant/bar area) for those who want to discuss > the NEA grant on *Promoting the Integration of Universal Design into > University Curricula (UDUC) ? Focus on National Dissemination. * > > The AHG/ATHEN meeting and dinner will take place at 7:15 p.m. at the > Harbor House. If you haven't already rsvp -ed for the dinner please do so > so I can reserve space accordingly. > > My cell is 720-351-8668 if anyone needs to reach me. > > Thanks, > Howard > > On Fri, Feb 24, 2017 at 3:21 PM, Howard Kramer > wrote: > >> Ok - so let's plan to meet at 7:15 p.m. at the Harbor House for the AHG >> meeting. >> >> We'll meet at 5:30 to 6:30 p.m. at the west side of the Hyatt by the >> coffee/bar area of the lobby for those who want to discuss the NEA grant on *Promoting >> the Integration of Universal Design into University Curricula (UDUC) ? >> Focus on National Dissemination. * >> >> After the first meeting we can walk over to the Harbor House (for those >> attending both meetings). Let me know if this works for everyone. I'll send >> out reminders to anyone who confirmed their attendance. >> >> BTW - my cell is 720-351-8668 <(720)%20351-8668> for anyone who gets >> lost or has questions. >> >> Thanks, >> Howard >> >> >> >> On Thu, Feb 23, 2017 at 11:00 AM, Howard Kramer > > wrote: >> >>> Dear Colleagues: >>> >>> As per previous years, I'd like to hold a dinner/meeting at the Harbor >>> House (behind the Grand Hyatt) on Thursday evening (7:30 p.m.), March 2, at >>> CSUN (International Technology and Persons with Disabilities Conference) >>> for dinner and for ATHEN members (or others) to provide their input on this >>> year's Accessing Higher Ground conference. Please let me know if you plan >>> to attend so I can guestimate the right size table. >>> >>> *Note about dinner/meeting time:* I know in past years there's been a >>> Tweet-up event in the evening on Thursday. As a result we've met a little >>> later - about 8:15 in the past. I don't see anything in the schedule (about >>> any evening events except the Tuesday keynote). Anyway, we can always move >>> the meeting time back a bit if there's a conflicting event. >>> >>> *NEA grant on Promoting the Integration of Universal Design into >>> University Curricula (UDUC) ? Focus on National Dissemination* >>> >>> I don't know how many of you remember the UDUC project from a few years >>> ago but a nationally directed version of the project was funded for 2017 - >>> 2018. I'd like to get your input on strategies for carrying out the >>> objective of the project - increasing the teaching of UD and accessibility >>> related content in design and tech classes. I.e. what's the best way to >>> reach faculty and what training/resources would most contribute to >>> achieving the goal of the project. >>> >>> I'll probably schedule this meeting at around Thursday6:30, before the >>> ATHEN/AHG meeting, either at the hotel cafe or at the Harbor House. Let me >>> know if you're interested in participating. I may schedule some other times >>> for this during the week. >>> >>> See you next week. >>> >>> Regards, >>> Howard >>> >>> >>> -- >>> Howard Kramer >>> Conference Coordinator >>> Accessing Higher Ground >>> 303-492-8672 <(303)%20492-8672> >>> cell: 720-351-8668 <(720)%20351-8668> >>> >>> Join us for the *Accessing Higher Ground Conference >>> * in Denver, Colorado, Nov 13-17, >>> 2017. 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. >>> * >>> >>> >> >> >> -- >> Howard Kramer >> Conference Coordinator >> Accessing Higher Ground >> 303-492-8672 <(303)%20492-8672> >> cell: 720-351-8668 <(720)%20351-8668> >> >> Join us for the *Accessing Higher Ground Conference >> * in Denver, Colorado, Nov 13-17, >> 2017. 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. >> * >> >> > > > -- > 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 13-17, 2017. > 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. > * > > -- Warm Regards, * * *Samantha Johns* *Accessible Media Coordinator* 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 ?The one argument for accessibility that doesn?t get made nearly often enough is how extraordinarily better it makes some people?s lives. How many opportunities do we have to dramatically improve people?s lives just by doing our job a little better?? ? Steve Krug -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From hkramer at ahead.org Thu Mar 2 12:07:25 2017 From: hkramer at ahead.org (Howard Kramer) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:34:00 2018 Subject: [Athen] ATHEN/AHG dinner meeting at CSUN - slight change of time In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: I'll mark you down. See you then. Regards, Howard On Thu, Mar 2, 2017 at 12:40 PM, Samantha Johns wrote: > Hello, > > Great meeting you yesterday I'd love to join at 5:30 and for dinner. > > > On Thursday, March 2, 2017, Howard Kramer wrote: > >> Hello All: >> >> Just a reminder that we'll meet at 5:30 to 6:30 p.m. at the west side of >> the Hyatt (Grand Lobby restaurant/bar area) for those who want to discuss >> the NEA grant on *Promoting the Integration of Universal Design into >> University Curricula (UDUC) ? Focus on National Dissemination. * >> >> The AHG/ATHEN meeting and dinner will take place at 7:15 p.m. at the >> Harbor House. If you haven't already rsvp -ed for the dinner please do so >> so I can reserve space accordingly. >> >> My cell is 720-351-8668 <(720)%20351-8668> if anyone needs to reach me. >> >> Thanks, >> Howard >> >> On Fri, Feb 24, 2017 at 3:21 PM, Howard Kramer wrote: >> >>> Ok - so let's plan to meet at 7:15 p.m. at the Harbor House for the AHG >>> meeting. >>> >>> We'll meet at 5:30 to 6:30 p.m. at the west side of the Hyatt by the >>> coffee/bar area of the lobby for those who want to discuss the NEA grant on *Promoting >>> the Integration of Universal Design into University Curricula (UDUC) ? >>> Focus on National Dissemination. * >>> >>> After the first meeting we can walk over to the Harbor House (for those >>> attending both meetings). Let me know if this works for everyone. I'll send >>> out reminders to anyone who confirmed their attendance. >>> >>> BTW - my cell is 720-351-8668 <(720)%20351-8668> for anyone who gets >>> lost or has questions. >>> >>> Thanks, >>> Howard >>> >>> >>> >>> On Thu, Feb 23, 2017 at 11:00 AM, Howard Kramer >>> wrote: >>> >>>> Dear Colleagues: >>>> >>>> As per previous years, I'd like to hold a dinner/meeting at the Harbor >>>> House (behind the Grand Hyatt) on Thursday evening (7:30 p.m.), March 2, at >>>> CSUN (International Technology and Persons with Disabilities Conference) >>>> for dinner and for ATHEN members (or others) to provide their input on this >>>> year's Accessing Higher Ground conference. Please let me know if you plan >>>> to attend so I can guestimate the right size table. >>>> >>>> *Note about dinner/meeting time:* I know in past years there's been a >>>> Tweet-up event in the evening on Thursday. As a result we've met a little >>>> later - about 8:15 in the past. I don't see anything in the schedule (about >>>> any evening events except the Tuesday keynote). Anyway, we can always move >>>> the meeting time back a bit if there's a conflicting event. >>>> >>>> *NEA grant on Promoting the Integration of Universal Design into >>>> University Curricula (UDUC) ? Focus on National Dissemination* >>>> >>>> I don't know how many of you remember the UDUC project from a few years >>>> ago but a nationally directed version of the project was funded for 2017 - >>>> 2018. I'd like to get your input on strategies for carrying out the >>>> objective of the project - increasing the teaching of UD and accessibility >>>> related content in design and tech classes. I.e. what's the best way to >>>> reach faculty and what training/resources would most contribute to >>>> achieving the goal of the project. >>>> >>>> I'll probably schedule this meeting at around Thursday6:30, before the >>>> ATHEN/AHG meeting, either at the hotel cafe or at the Harbor House. Let me >>>> know if you're interested in participating. I may schedule some other times >>>> for this during the week. >>>> >>>> See you next week. >>>> >>>> Regards, >>>> Howard >>>> >>>> >>>> -- >>>> Howard Kramer >>>> Conference Coordinator >>>> Accessing Higher Ground >>>> 303-492-8672 <(303)%20492-8672> >>>> cell: 720-351-8668 <(720)%20351-8668> >>>> >>>> Join us for the *Accessing Higher Ground Conference >>>> * in Denver, Colorado, Nov 13-17, >>>> 2017. 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. >>>> * >>>> >>>> >>> >>> >>> -- >>> Howard Kramer >>> Conference Coordinator >>> Accessing Higher Ground >>> 303-492-8672 <(303)%20492-8672> >>> cell: 720-351-8668 <(720)%20351-8668> >>> >>> Join us for the *Accessing Higher Ground Conference >>> * in Denver, Colorado, Nov 13-17, >>> 2017. 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. >>> * >>> >>> >> >> >> -- >> Howard Kramer >> Conference Coordinator >> Accessing Higher Ground >> 303-492-8672 <(303)%20492-8672> >> cell: 720-351-8668 <(720)%20351-8668> >> >> Join us for the *Accessing Higher Ground Conference >> * in Denver, Colorado, Nov 13-17, >> 2017. 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. >> * >> >> > > -- > > Warm Regards, > > > > * * > > *Samantha Johns* > > *Accessible Media Coordinator* > > 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 > > ?The one argument for accessibility that doesn?t get made nearly often > enough is how extraordinarily better it makes some people?s lives. How many > opportunities do we have to dramatically improve people?s lives just by > doing our job a little better?? ? 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Posting overview and job application: https://cmsweb.sfsu.edu/psp/HSFPRDF/EMPLOYEE/HRMS/c/HRS_HRAM.HRS_CE.GBL?Page=HRS_CE_JOB_DTL&Action=A&JobOpeningId=6392&SiteId=1&PostingSeq=1 List of essential job functions: https://sfsu.box.com/s/8z9224dot0ygkrps4vfe6r24ukisysje Thanks, Avi Chandiramani ATI Program Manager & IT Consultant Disability Programs and Resource Center San Francisco State University 1600 Holloway Ave, SSB 110 San Francisco, CA 94132 415-338-6436 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From hadir at uw.edu Thu Mar 2 17:04:17 2017 From: hadir at uw.edu (Hadi Rangin) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:34:00 2018 Subject: [Athen] ATHEN/AHG dinner meeting at CSUN - slight change of time In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: Hi Howard, I didn?t know about the NEA meeting but I would like to join you for the dinner. Thanks, Hadi From: athen-list [mailto:athen-list-bounces@mailman13.u.washington.edu] On Behalf Of Howard Kramer Sent: Thursday, March 2, 2017 10:22 AM To: Access Technology Higher Education Network Subject: Re: [Athen] ATHEN/AHG dinner meeting at CSUN - slight change of time Hello All: Just a reminder that we'll meet at 5:30 to 6:30 p.m. at the west side of the Hyatt (Grand Lobby restaurant/bar area) for those who want to discuss the NEA grant on Promoting the Integration of Universal Design into University Curricula (UDUC) ? Focus on National Dissemination. The AHG/ATHEN meeting and dinner will take place at 7:15 p.m. at the Harbor House. If you haven't already rsvp -ed for the dinner please do so so I can reserve space accordingly. My cell is 720-351-8668 if anyone needs to reach me. Thanks, Howard On Fri, Feb 24, 2017 at 3:21 PM, Howard Kramer > wrote: Ok - so let's plan to meet at 7:15 p.m. at the Harbor House for the AHG meeting. We'll meet at 5:30 to 6:30 p.m. at the west side of the Hyatt by the coffee/bar area of the lobby for those who want to discuss the NEA grant on Promoting the Integration of Universal Design into University Curricula (UDUC) ? Focus on National Dissemination. After the first meeting we can walk over to the Harbor House (for those attending both meetings). Let me know if this works for everyone. I'll send out reminders to anyone who confirmed their attendance. BTW - my cell is 720-351-8668 for anyone who gets lost or has questions. Thanks, Howard On Thu, Feb 23, 2017 at 11:00 AM, Howard Kramer > wrote: Dear Colleagues: As per previous years, I'd like to hold a dinner/meeting at the Harbor House (behind the Grand Hyatt) on Thursday evening (7:30 p.m.), March 2, at CSUN (International Technology and Persons with Disabilities Conference) for dinner and for ATHEN members (or others) to provide their input on this year's Accessing Higher Ground conference. Please let me know if you plan to attend so I can guestimate the right size table. Note about dinner/meeting time: I know in past years there's been a Tweet-up event in the evening on Thursday. As a result we've met a little later - about 8:15 in the past. I don't see anything in the schedule (about any evening events except the Tuesday keynote). Anyway, we can always move the meeting time back a bit if there's a conflicting event. NEA grant on Promoting the Integration of Universal Design into University Curricula (UDUC) ? Focus on National Dissemination I don't know how many of you remember the UDUC project from a few years ago but a nationally directed version of the project was funded for 2017 - 2018. I'd like to get your input on strategies for carrying out the objective of the project - increasing the teaching of UD and accessibility related content in design and tech classes. I.e. what's the best way to reach faculty and what training/resources would most contribute to achieving the goal of the project. I'll probably schedule this meeting at around Thursday6:30, before the ATHEN/AHG meeting, either at the hotel cafe or at the Harbor House. Let me know if you're interested in participating. I may schedule some other times for this during the week. See you next week. Regards, Howard -- 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 13-17, 2017. 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. -- 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 13-17, 2017. 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. -- 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 13-17, 2017. 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. 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Thank you, Joseph > On Mar 2, 2017, at 5:04 PM, Hadi Rangin wrote: > > Hi Howard, > > I didn?t know about the NEA meeting but I would like to join you for the dinner. > > Thanks, > Hadi > > From: athen-list [mailto:athen-list-bounces@mailman13.u.washington.edu] On Behalf Of Howard Kramer > Sent: Thursday, March 2, 2017 10:22 AM > To: Access Technology Higher Education Network > Subject: Re: [Athen] ATHEN/AHG dinner meeting at CSUN - slight change of time > > Hello All: > > Just a reminder that we'll meet at 5:30 to 6:30 p.m. at the west side of the Hyatt (Grand Lobby restaurant/bar area) for those who want to discuss the NEA grant on Promoting the Integration of Universal Design into University Curricula (UDUC) ? Focus on National Dissemination. > > The AHG/ATHEN meeting and dinner will take place at 7:15 p.m. at the Harbor House. If you haven't already rsvp -ed for the dinner please do so so I can reserve space accordingly. > > My cell is 720-351-8668 if anyone needs to reach me. > > Thanks, > Howard > > On Fri, Feb 24, 2017 at 3:21 PM, Howard Kramer > wrote: > Ok - so let's plan to meet at 7:15 p.m. at the Harbor House for the AHG meeting. > > We'll meet at 5:30 to 6:30 p.m. at the west side of the Hyatt by the coffee/bar area of the lobby for those who want to discuss the NEA grant on Promoting the Integration of Universal Design into University Curricula (UDUC) ? Focus on National Dissemination. > > After the first meeting we can walk over to the Harbor House (for those attending both meetings). Let me know if this works for everyone. I'll send out reminders to anyone who confirmed their attendance. > > BTW - my cell is 720-351-8668 for anyone who gets lost or has questions. > > Thanks, > Howard > > > > On Thu, Feb 23, 2017 at 11:00 AM, Howard Kramer > wrote: > Dear Colleagues: > > As per previous years, I'd like to hold a dinner/meeting at the Harbor House (behind the Grand Hyatt) on Thursday evening (7:30 p.m.), March 2, at CSUN (International Technology and Persons with Disabilities Conference) for dinner and for ATHEN members (or others) to provide their input on this year's Accessing Higher Ground conference. Please let me know if you plan to attend so I can guestimate the right size table. > > Note about dinner/meeting time: I know in past years there's been a Tweet-up event in the evening on Thursday. As a result we've met a little later - about 8:15 in the past. I don't see anything in the schedule (about any evening events except the Tuesday keynote). Anyway, we can always move the meeting time back a bit if there's a conflicting event. > > NEA grant on Promoting the Integration of Universal Design into University Curricula (UDUC) ? Focus on National Dissemination > > I don't know how many of you remember the UDUC project from a few years ago but a nationally directed version of the project was funded for 2017 - 2018. I'd like to get your input on strategies for carrying out the objective of the project - increasing the teaching of UD and accessibility related content in design and tech classes. I.e. what's the best way to reach faculty and what training/resources would most contribute to achieving the goal of the project. > > I'll probably schedule this meeting at around Thursday6:30, before the ATHEN/AHG meeting, either at the hotel cafe or at the Harbor House. Let me know if you're interested in participating. I may schedule some other times for this during the week. > > See you next week. > > Regards, > Howard > > > -- > 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 13-17, 2017. 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. > > > > > -- > 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 13-17, 2017. 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. > > > > > -- > 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 13-17, 2017. 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? 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See you then. > > Regards, > Howard > > On Thu, Mar 2, 2017 at 12:40 PM, Samantha Johns wrote: > >> Hello, >> >> Great meeting you yesterday I'd love to join at 5:30 and for dinner. >> >> >> On Thursday, March 2, 2017, Howard Kramer wrote: >> >>> Hello All: >>> >>> Just a reminder that we'll meet at 5:30 to 6:30 p.m. at the west side >>> of the Hyatt (Grand Lobby restaurant/bar area) for those who want to >>> discuss the NEA grant on *Promoting the Integration of Universal Design >>> into University Curricula (UDUC) ? Focus on National Dissemination. * >>> >>> The AHG/ATHEN meeting and dinner will take place at 7:15 p.m. at the >>> Harbor House. If you haven't already rsvp -ed for the dinner please do so >>> so I can reserve space accordingly. >>> >>> My cell is 720-351-8668 <(720)%20351-8668> if anyone needs to reach me. >>> >>> Thanks, >>> Howard >>> >>> On Fri, Feb 24, 2017 at 3:21 PM, Howard Kramer >>> wrote: >>> >>>> Ok - so let's plan to meet at 7:15 p.m. at the Harbor House for the AHG >>>> meeting. >>>> >>>> We'll meet at 5:30 to 6:30 p.m. at the west side of the Hyatt by the >>>> coffee/bar area of the lobby for those who want to discuss the NEA grant on *Promoting >>>> the Integration of Universal Design into University Curricula (UDUC) ? >>>> Focus on National Dissemination. * >>>> >>>> After the first meeting we can walk over to the Harbor House (for those >>>> attending both meetings). Let me know if this works for everyone. I'll send >>>> out reminders to anyone who confirmed their attendance. >>>> >>>> BTW - my cell is 720-351-8668 <(720)%20351-8668> for anyone who gets >>>> lost or has questions. >>>> >>>> Thanks, >>>> Howard >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> On Thu, Feb 23, 2017 at 11:00 AM, Howard Kramer >>>> wrote: >>>> >>>>> Dear Colleagues: >>>>> >>>>> As per previous years, I'd like to hold a dinner/meeting at the Harbor >>>>> House (behind the Grand Hyatt) on Thursday evening (7:30 p.m.), March 2, at >>>>> CSUN (International Technology and Persons with Disabilities Conference) >>>>> for dinner and for ATHEN members (or others) to provide their input on this >>>>> year's Accessing Higher Ground conference. Please let me know if you plan >>>>> to attend so I can guestimate the right size table. >>>>> >>>>> *Note about dinner/meeting time:* I know in past years there's been a >>>>> Tweet-up event in the evening on Thursday. As a result we've met a little >>>>> later - about 8:15 in the past. I don't see anything in the schedule (about >>>>> any evening events except the Tuesday keynote). Anyway, we can always move >>>>> the meeting time back a bit if there's a conflicting event. >>>>> >>>>> *NEA grant on Promoting the Integration of Universal Design into >>>>> University Curricula (UDUC) ? Focus on National Dissemination* >>>>> >>>>> I don't know how many of you remember the UDUC project from a few >>>>> years ago but a nationally directed version of the project was funded for >>>>> 2017 - 2018. I'd like to get your input on strategies for carrying out the >>>>> objective of the project - increasing the teaching of UD and accessibility >>>>> related content in design and tech classes. I.e. what's the best way to >>>>> reach faculty and what training/resources would most contribute to >>>>> achieving the goal of the project. >>>>> >>>>> I'll probably schedule this meeting at around Thursday6:30, before the >>>>> ATHEN/AHG meeting, either at the hotel cafe or at the Harbor House. Let me >>>>> know if you're interested in participating. I may schedule some other times >>>>> for this during the week. >>>>> >>>>> See you next week. >>>>> >>>>> Regards, >>>>> Howard >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> -- >>>>> Howard Kramer >>>>> Conference Coordinator >>>>> Accessing Higher Ground >>>>> 303-492-8672 <(303)%20492-8672> >>>>> cell: 720-351-8668 <(720)%20351-8668> >>>>> >>>>> Join us for the *Accessing Higher Ground Conference >>>>> * in Denver, Colorado, Nov 13-17, >>>>> 2017. 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. >>>>> * >>>>> >>>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> -- >>>> Howard Kramer >>>> Conference Coordinator >>>> Accessing Higher Ground >>>> 303-492-8672 <(303)%20492-8672> >>>> cell: 720-351-8668 <(720)%20351-8668> >>>> >>>> Join us for the *Accessing Higher Ground Conference >>>> * in Denver, Colorado, Nov 13-17, >>>> 2017. 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. >>>> * >>>> >>>> >>> >>> >>> -- >>> Howard Kramer >>> Conference Coordinator >>> Accessing Higher Ground >>> 303-492-8672 <(303)%20492-8672> >>> cell: 720-351-8668 <(720)%20351-8668> >>> >>> Join us for the *Accessing Higher Ground Conference >>> * in Denver, Colorado, Nov 13-17, >>> 2017. 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. >>> * >>> >>> >> >> -- >> >> Warm Regards, >> >> >> >> * * >> >> *Samantha Johns* >> >> *Accessible Media Coordinator* >> >> 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 >> >> ?The one argument for accessibility that doesn?t get made nearly often >> enough is how extraordinarily better it makes some people?s lives. How many >> opportunities do we have to dramatically improve people?s lives just by >> doing our job a little better?? ? Steve Krug >> >> >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> 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 <(303)%20492-8672> > cell: 720-351-8668 <(720)%20351-8668> > > Join us for the *Accessing Higher Ground Conference > * in Denver, Colorado, Nov 13-17, 2017. > 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. > * > > > _______________________________________________ > 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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Serena Serena Johnson, MSW,LCSWA Director of Disability Services Central Campus, Terrell 200 704-330-2722 x3461 704-330-6230 fax serena.johnson@cpcc.edu Disability Services Blog: http://blogs.cpcc.edu/disability-services/ http://www.cpcc.edu/disabilities www.cpcc.edu ________________________________ This e-mail, including any attachments, is intended only for the addressee's use and may contain confidential and proprietary information. If you are not the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any retention, dissemination, reproduction, or use of the information contained in this e-mail is strictly prohibited. If you have received this e-mail by error, please delete it and immediately notify the sender. Thank you for your cooperation. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... 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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 Serena Johnson Sent: Friday, March 3, 2017 8:20 AM To: Athen list serve (athen-list@u.washington.edu) Subject: [Athen] Digital Book Reader Player Good Morning, My department is having difficulty converting a MP3 or PDF files for Digital Book Reader player. We've provided the files to the student on a flashdrive but the device is reporting "no book on cartridge". The student is reporting that PDF's were converted to an audio file that was accessible for him at a prior institution but of course the person who assisted him is no longer working there. Has anyone experienced this situation before, or better yet know how to address the issue. Feel free to respond to me directly at serena.johnson@cpcc.edu . Thank you in advance. 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Any disclosure, copying, distribution or action taken or omitted to be taken by an unintended recipient in reliance on this message is prohibited and may be unlawful. From: athen-list on behalf of Tristen Breitenfeldt Reply-To: ATHEN Date: Friday, February 24, 2017 at 1:52 PM To: ATHEN Subject: Re: [Athen] [WebAIM] Interactive Accessibility is looking for an Accessibility Specialist Hello, Does anyone know where this position is located? Thanks, Tristen Breitenfeldt tristenbreitenfeldt@gmail.com -----Original Message----- From: athen-list [mailto:athen-list-bounces@mailman13.u.washington.edu] On Behalf Of athen-list-request@mailman13.u.washington.edu Sent: Friday, February 24, 2017 12:00 PM To: athen-list@u.washington.edu Subject: athen-list Digest, Vol 133, Issue 22 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. FW: Interactive Accessibility is looking for an Accessibility Specialist (ATHEN President) 2. Re: ATHEN/AHG dinner meeting at CSUN - Thursday, March 2, 7:30 pm (Leyna Bencomo) 3. Re: ATHEN/AHG dinner meeting at CSUN - Thursday, March 2, 7:30 pm (Howard Kramer) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Message: 1 Date: Thu, 23 Feb 2017 15:26:53 -0800 From: ATHEN President > To: athen-list@u.washington.edu Subject: [Athen] FW: Interactive Accessibility is looking for an Accessibility Specialist Message-ID: > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" Job opportunity as Accessibility Specialists at Interactive Accessibility. Please see below. Take care, Sean ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Jeremy Curry > Date: Thu, 23 Feb 2017 16:01:38 +0000 Subject: [WebAIM] Interactive Accessibility is looking for an Accessibility Specialist Hi Everyone, We are looking to hire an Accessibility Specialist. If you or someone you know is interested, please check out the info below. 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Please let me know if you plan to attend so I can guestimate the right size table. Note about dinner/meeting time: I know in past years there's been a Tweet-up event in the evening on Thursday. As a result we've met a little later - about 8:15 in the past. I don't see anything in the schedule (about any evening events except the Tuesday keynote). Anyway, we can always move the meeting time back a bit if there's a conflicting event. NEA grant on Promoting the Integration of Universal Design into University Curricula (UDUC) ? Focus on National Dissemination I don't know how many of you remember the UDUC project from a few years ago but a nationally directed version of the project was funded for 2017 - 2018. I'd like to get your input on strategies for carrying out the objective of the project - increasing the teaching of UD and accessibility related content in design and tech classes. I.e. what's the best way to reach faculty and what training/resources would most contribute to achieving the goal of the project. I'll probably schedule this meeting at around Thursday6:30, before the ATHEN/AHG meeting, either at the hotel cafe or at the Harbor House. Let me know if you're interested in participating. I may schedule some other times for this during the week. See you next week. Regards, Howard -- 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 13-17, 2017. 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? 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URL: ------------------------------ Message: 3 Date: Fri, 24 Feb 2017 09:12:59 -0700 From: Howard Kramer > To: Access Technology Higher Education Network > Subject: Re: [Athen] ATHEN/AHG dinner meeting at CSUN - Thursday, March 2, 7:30 pm Message-ID: > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" Great - I'll note you as attending. -Howard On Fri, Feb 24, 2017 at 8:11 AM, Leyna Bencomo > wrote: Howard, I would like to attend. *From:* athen-list [mailto:athen-list-bounces@mailman13.u.washington.edu] *On Behalf Of *Howard Kramer *Sent:* Thursday, February 23, 2017 11:00 AM *To:* Access Technology Higher Education Network < athen-list@u.washington.edu> *Subject:* [Athen] ATHEN/AHG dinner meeting at CSUN - Thursday, March 2, 7:30 pm Dear Colleagues: As per previous years, I'd like to hold a dinner/meeting at the Harbor House (behind the Grand Hyatt) on Thursday evening (7:30 p.m.), March 2, at CSUN (International Technology and Persons with Disabilities Conference) for dinner and for ATHEN members (or others) to provide their input on this year's Accessing Higher Ground conference. Please let me know if you plan to attend so I can guestimate the right size table. *Note about dinner/meeting time:* I know in past years there's been a Tweet-up event in the evening on Thursday. As a result we've met a little later - about 8:15 in the past. I don't see anything in the schedule (about any evening events except the Tuesday keynote). Anyway, we can always move the meeting time back a bit if there's a conflicting event. *NEA grant on Promoting the Integration of Universal Design into University Curricula (UDUC) ? Focus on National Dissemination* I don't know how many of you remember the UDUC project from a few years ago but a nationally directed version of the project was funded for 2017 - 2018. I'd like to get your input on strategies for carrying out the objective of the project - increasing the teaching of UD and accessibility related content in design and tech classes. I.e. what's the best way to reach faculty and what training/resources would most contribute to achieving the goal of the project. I'll probably schedule this meeting at around Thursday6:30, before the ATHEN/AHG meeting, either at the hotel cafe or at the Harbor House. Let me know if you're interested in participating. I may schedule some other times for this during the week. See you next week. Regards, Howard -- Howard Kramer Conference Coordinator Accessing Higher Ground 303-492-8672 <(303)%20492-8672> cell: 720-351-8668 <(720)%20351-8668> Join us for the *Accessing Higher Ground Conference * in Denver, Colorado, Nov 13-17, 2017. 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. 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The Universal Design Coordinator is a full-time, tenure-track, faculty position. This person will be working with faculty to assist them in creating culturally responsive and equitable learning environments for courses and programs offered online. Please share this job posting with those who have an expertise in UDL - https://jobs.losrios.edu/postings/3863. Closing date is 04/10/2017. For more information, please contact Marsha Reske, Dean of Distance Education, Virtual Education Center (916) 484-8493. Good luck! Alice ........................ Alice L. Dieli Instructional Development Coordinator Instructional Technology Center American River College 4700 College Oak Drive, Sacramento, CA 95841 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From sherylb at uw.edu Sat Mar 4 06:33:49 2017 From: sherylb at uw.edu (Sheryl Burgstahler) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:34:00 2018 Subject: [Athen] Beginning 4/3: Online course on accessible design of online instruction References: <7A080FC1-E64B-46B9-A1E7-0988700EEB4C@uw.edu> Message-ID: ACCESSIBILITY AND COMPLIANCE IN ONLINE EDUCATION This asynchronous course introduces to online learning educators basic concepts, issues, approaches, strategies, beneficiaries, and resources with regard to the creation and delivery of online courses that are accessible to all students, including those with disabilities. This course is one of a four-course series that can be taken to earn an Online Teaching Certificate from Rutgers University. Instructor: Sheryl Burgstahler April 3 - May 14, 2017 Register at https://onlinelearning.rutgers.edu/online-teaching-certificate-program $100 for Rutgers community; $300 for Non-Rutgers individuals ------------------------------------------------------------ Sheryl Burgstahler, Ph.D. Director, UW Accessible Technology & DO-IT, UW-IT Affiliate Professor, Education University of Washington, Box 354842 Seattle, WA 98195 206-543-0622 FAX 206-221-4171 http://staff.washington.edu/sherylb sherylb@uw.edu From zm290 at msstate.edu Sat Mar 4 08:45:24 2017 From: zm290 at msstate.edu (Zach) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:34:00 2018 Subject: [Athen] Beginning 4/3: Online course on accessible design of online instruction In-Reply-To: References: <7A080FC1-E64B-46B9-A1E7-0988700EEB4C@uw.edu> Message-ID: <014d01d29506$b907e350$2b17a9f0$@msstate.edu> How useful would this course be to someone looking to enter the industry of post-secondary education accessibility who hasn't obtained an appointment in said field yet? Thanks, Zac Zachary Mason M.S. Student Animal and Dairy Sciences Mississippi State University -----Original Message----- From: athen-list [mailto:athen-list-bounces@mailman13.u.washington.edu] On Behalf Of Sheryl Burgstahler Sent: Saturday, March 04, 2017 8:34 AM To: Access Technology Higher Education Network Subject: [Athen] Beginning 4/3: Online course on accessible design of online instruction ACCESSIBILITY AND COMPLIANCE IN ONLINE EDUCATION This asynchronous course introduces to online learning educators basic concepts, issues, approaches, strategies, beneficiaries, and resources with regard to the creation and delivery of online courses that are accessible to all students, including those with disabilities. This course is one of a four-course series that can be taken to earn an Online Teaching Certificate from Rutgers University. Instructor: Sheryl Burgstahler April 3 - May 14, 2017 Register at https://onlinelearning.rutgers.edu/online-teaching-certificate-program $100 for Rutgers community; $300 for Non-Rutgers individuals ------------------------------------------------------------ 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 From rbeach at KCKCC.EDU Sat Mar 4 09:23:47 2017 From: rbeach at KCKCC.EDU (Robert Beach) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:34:00 2018 Subject: [Athen] accessible design presentation Message-ID: <34D068EC55A9914494617A37B8D8FA84011F8E8BC2@EROS2.EMPLOYEES.KCKCC.LOCAL> Hello all, I've been asked to give a presentation on accessible design and relevant laws to a company that designs websites and web apps. I've not given a presentation exactly like this, especially not to corporate America. I am very excited that they are wanting to move their products to a more accessible design. I want to make sure I give them plenty of resources. If you have any resources, links, tips, tricks, suggestions, etc. that you can share, I would be happy to blend them in. I'm of the mind set that if the designers are asking for help, let's give them all we can. It can only benefit everybody in the long run. Thanks! Robert From lissner.2 at osu.edu Fri Mar 3 08:41:44 2017 From: lissner.2 at osu.edu (Lissner, Scott) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:34:00 2018 Subject: [Athen] A good time to remember the upcoming Anniversary of The Civil Rights Restoration Act In-Reply-To: <4830EF0EFB9399409CDB1BE8F294B063AA832BE1@CIO-KRC-D1MBX03.osuad.osu.edu> References: , <4830EF0EFB9399409CDB1BE8F294B063AA832BE1@CIO-KRC-D1MBX03.osuad.osu.edu> Message-ID: <03FF61AC-9D65-4A42-8941-C2F04BD4CF47@osu.edu> It seems like a good time to remember that twenty-nine years ago later this month (March 22, 1988) Congress overrode President Regan?s veto to pass The Civil Rights Restoration Act to, according to the Senate Report, ?overturn Supreme Court?s 1984 decision in Grove City College v. Bell, . . . and to restore the effectiveness and vitality of the four major civil rights statutes [Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972, Sections 504 of the 1973 Rehabilitation Act, Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, and the Age Discrimination in Employment Act of 1975] that prohibit discrimination in federally assisted programs.? This Act clarified Congress? intent, assuring the broad application of federal protections based on race, sex, age and disability, striking a decisive blow to discrimination. Grove City College v. Bell, 465 U.S. 555 was decided by the Supreme Court in February of 1984. The Court ruled that the prohibition of sex discrimination in Title IX of the Higher Education Act extended only to the specific program or activity receiving federal funds; not to the entire institution. Supporting Grove City College?s argument that since the only federal funds they received were student financial aid monies; only their financial aid programs had to operate in a non-discriminatory manor. Since Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972, Sections 504 of the 1973 Rehabilitation Act, Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, and the Age Discrimination in Employment Act use the same language to describe coverage, the decision significantly narrowed the scope of laws prohibiting federal fund recipients from discrimination based on sex, race, disability and age. This sad state of affairs that lasted just over four years when, on March 22, 1988, Congress affirmed its intent and overrode Reagan's veto to restoring four critical civil rights statutes; clarifying that sex, race, disability and age discrimination are prohibited throughout entire institution if any part receives any federal financial assistance. 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There are an amazing number of accessible resources available for free. Here's a link to the accessible astronomy resource list I shared at the QM conference. Hope it helps. 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 arovner at shoreline.edu Sun Mar 5 15:26:06 2017 From: arovner at shoreline.edu (Rovner, Amy) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:34:00 2018 Subject: [Athen] Costs of DOJ Actions? Message-ID: Hello, Please excuse any cross-posting... I?m currently applying for funds to support our IT accessibility efforts on our campus. Beyond the compelling legal, ethical and social justice reasons for taking action, I think it would be helpful to have concrete examples of the high costs of waiting and having to make changes based upon a lawsuit/agreement with the DOJ and paying fines, etc. Does anyone know a good source for such numbers? Or have any of your schools gone through such a remediation process and are willing to share (even ball park numbers) with me? We are a medium sized community college with about 5000 annual FTE?s. Thanks in advance! Amy Amy Rovner, MPH RD Instructional Designer Accessible IT Coordinator eLearning Services Shoreline Community College -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From kcahill at mit.edu Mon Mar 6 06:55:34 2017 From: kcahill at mit.edu (Kathleen Cahill) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:34:00 2018 Subject: [Athen] astronomy resources In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <7555324B-F086-4287-B7AA-A09D2B37C87F@mit.edu> Karen, This is fantastic resource. Thank you so much for sharing it! 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/ From: athen-list on behalf of "karen.sorensen@pcc.edu" Reply-To: Access Network Date: Wednesday, March 1, 2017 at 5:31 PM To: Access Network Subject: [Athen] astronomy resources Hi Rachel, I presented with an Astronomy instructor at the national QM conference. There are an amazing number of accessible resources available for free. Here's a link to the accessible astronomy resource list I shared at the QM conference. Hope it helps. Best, Karen Karen M. 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Assistive Technology Specialist, Pasadena City College Phone: 626.585.7242 -----Original Message----- From: athen-list [mailto:athen-list-bounces@mailman13.u.washington.edu] On Behalf Of Robert Beach Sent: Saturday, March 04, 2017 9:24 AM To: athen-list@u.washington.edu Subject: [Athen] accessible design presentation Hello all, I've been asked to give a presentation on accessible design and relevant laws to a company that designs websites and web apps. I've not given a presentation exactly like this, especially not to corporate America. I am very excited that they are wanting to move their products to a more accessible design. I want to make sure I give them plenty of resources. If you have any resources, links, tips, tricks, suggestions, etc. that you can share, I would be happy to blend them in. I'm of the mind set that if the designers are asking for help, let's give them all we can. It can only benefit everybody in the long run. Thanks! Robert _______________________________________________ athen-list mailing list athen-list@mailman13.u.washington.edu http://mailman13.u.washington.edu/mailman/listinfo/athen-list From jiatyan at stanford.edu Mon Mar 6 09:28:10 2017 From: jiatyan at stanford.edu (Jiatyan Chen) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:34:01 2018 Subject: [Athen] Berkeley removes public access to open education resources Message-ID: https://www.insidehighered.com/news/2017/03/06/u-california-berkeley-delete-publicly-available-educational-content From rbeach at KCKCC.EDU Mon Mar 6 09:36:54 2017 From: rbeach at KCKCC.EDU (Robert Beach) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:34:01 2018 Subject: [Athen] accessible design presentation In-Reply-To: <9135BCF8DD26794492F2E2ABBFF11E095CB3C9B0@ExchangeC> References: <34D068EC55A9914494617A37B8D8FA84011F8E8BC2@EROS2.EMPLOYEES.KCKCC.LOCAL> <9135BCF8DD26794492F2E2ABBFF11E095CB3C9B0@ExchangeC> Message-ID: <34D068EC55A9914494617A37B8D8FA84011F8E9C69@EROS2.EMPLOYEES.KCKCC.LOCAL> That would be great. I'll happily steal anything I can from it. Thanks for sharing. 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 -----Original Message----- From: athen-list [mailto:athen-list-bounces@mailman13.u.washington.edu] On Behalf Of S A. Marositz Sent: Monday, March 6, 2017 11:25 AM To: Access Technology Higher Education Network Subject: Re: [Athen] accessible design presentation Hi Robert I'm giving a presentation on UDL on Thursday. It's not exactly the same topic but, happy to share. Alex Stephen Alexander Marositz J.D. Assistive Technology Specialist, Pasadena City College Phone: 626.585.7242 -----Original Message----- From: athen-list [mailto:athen-list-bounces@mailman13.u.washington.edu] On Behalf Of Robert Beach Sent: Saturday, March 04, 2017 9:24 AM To: athen-list@u.washington.edu Subject: [Athen] accessible design presentation Hello all, I've been asked to give a presentation on accessible design and relevant laws to a company that designs websites and web apps. I've not given a presentation exactly like this, especially not to corporate America. I am very excited that they are wanting to move their products to a more accessible design. I want to make sure I give them plenty of resources. If you have any resources, links, tips, tricks, suggestions, etc. that you can share, I would be happy to blend them in. I'm of the mind set that if the designers are asking for help, let's give them all we can. It can only benefit everybody in the long run. Thanks! Robert _______________________________________________ athen-list mailing list athen-list@mailman13.u.washington.edu http://mailman13.u.washington.edu/mailman/listinfo/athen-list _______________________________________________ athen-list mailing list athen-list@mailman13.u.washington.edu http://mailman13.u.washington.edu/mailman/listinfo/athen-list From jiatyan at stanford.edu Mon Mar 6 09:42:06 2017 From: jiatyan at stanford.edu (Jiatyan Chen) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:34:01 2018 Subject: [Athen] accessible design presentation In-Reply-To: <34D068EC55A9914494617A37B8D8FA84011F8E8BC2@EROS2.EMPLOYEES.KCKCC.LOCAL> References: <34D068EC55A9914494617A37B8D8FA84011F8E8BC2@EROS2.EMPLOYEES.KCKCC.LOCAL> Message-ID: <5E3C5129-F6FF-434F-9EF3-FB38ED859E00@stanford.edu> Hi Robert, I'd start the designers out with https://uxmag.com/articles/book-excerpt-a-web-for-everyone (get their book! http://rosenfeldmedia.com/books/a-web-for-everyone/) https://medium.com/salesforce-ux/7-things-every-designer-needs-to-know-about-accessibility-64f105f0881b#.ts7o79skr http://webaim.org/resources/designers/ https://www.viget.com/articles/a-designers-guide-to-accessibility-and-508-compliance And the developers with https://www.w3.org/TR/wai-aria-practices-1.1/ http://ianmcburnie.github.io/mindpatterns/index.html http://heydonworks.com/practical_aria_examples/ (get his book, too. https://www.smashingmagazine.com/inclusive-design-patterns/) -- Jiatyan Chen > On 2017 Mar 04, at 09:23, Robert Beach wrote: > > Hello all, > > I've been asked to give a presentation on accessible design and relevant laws to a company that designs websites and web apps. I've not given a presentation exactly like this, especially not to corporate America. I am very excited that they are wanting to move their products to a more accessible design. I want to make sure I give them plenty of resources. > > If you have any resources, links, tips, tricks, suggestions, etc. that you can share, I would be happy to blend them in. I'm of the mind set that if the designers are asking for help, let's give them all we can. It can only benefit everybody in the long run. > > Thanks! > > Robert > _______________________________________________ > athen-list mailing list > athen-list@mailman13.u.washington.edu > http://mailman13.u.washington.edu/mailman/listinfo/athen-list From rbeach at KCKCC.EDU Mon Mar 6 09:46:13 2017 From: rbeach at KCKCC.EDU (Robert Beach) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:34:01 2018 Subject: [Athen] accessible design presentation In-Reply-To: <5E3C5129-F6FF-434F-9EF3-FB38ED859E00@stanford.edu> References: <34D068EC55A9914494617A37B8D8FA84011F8E8BC2@EROS2.EMPLOYEES.KCKCC.LOCAL> <5E3C5129-F6FF-434F-9EF3-FB38ED859E00@stanford.edu> Message-ID: <34D068EC55A9914494617A37B8D8FA84011F8E9CA9@EROS2.EMPLOYEES.KCKCC.LOCAL> Cool! There are certainly some here I didn't have. Thanks for sharing. 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 -----Original Message----- From: athen-list [mailto:athen-list-bounces@mailman13.u.washington.edu] On Behalf Of Jiatyan Chen Sent: Monday, March 6, 2017 11:42 AM To: Access Technology Higher Education Network Subject: Re: [Athen] accessible design presentation Hi Robert, I'd start the designers out with https://uxmag.com/articles/book-excerpt-a-web-for-everyone (get their book! http://rosenfeldmedia.com/books/a-web-for-everyone/) https://medium.com/salesforce-ux/7-things-every-designer-needs-to-know-about-accessibility-64f105f0881b#.ts7o79skr http://webaim.org/resources/designers/ https://www.viget.com/articles/a-designers-guide-to-accessibility-and-508-compliance And the developers with https://www.w3.org/TR/wai-aria-practices-1.1/ http://ianmcburnie.github.io/mindpatterns/index.html http://heydonworks.com/practical_aria_examples/ (get his book, too. https://www.smashingmagazine.com/inclusive-design-patterns/) -- Jiatyan Chen > On 2017 Mar 04, at 09:23, Robert Beach wrote: > > Hello all, > > I've been asked to give a presentation on accessible design and relevant laws to a company that designs websites and web apps. I've not given a presentation exactly like this, especially not to corporate America. I am very excited that they are wanting to move their products to a more accessible design. I want to make sure I give them plenty of resources. > > If you have any resources, links, tips, tricks, suggestions, etc. that you can share, I would be happy to blend them in. I'm of the mind set that if the designers are asking for help, let's give them all we can. It can only benefit everybody in the long run. > > Thanks! > > Robert > _______________________________________________ > athen-list mailing list > athen-list@mailman13.u.washington.edu > http://mailman13.u.washington.edu/mailman/listinfo/athen-list _______________________________________________ athen-list mailing list athen-list@mailman13.u.washington.edu http://mailman13.u.washington.edu/mailman/listinfo/athen-list From gdietrich at htctu.net Mon Mar 6 14:06:51 2017 From: gdietrich at htctu.net (Gaeir Dietrich) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:34:01 2018 Subject: [Athen] Quieter Braille Embosser for a Public Space In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <055001d296c5$f5f95e90$e1ec1bb0$@htctu.net> The small Tiger embossers from ViewPlus are about the quietest I?ve heard. ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ Gaeir (rhymes with "fire") Dietrich HTCTU Director 408-996-6047 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ From: athen-list [mailto:athen-list-bounces@mailman13.u.washington.edu] On Behalf Of Michele Bromley Sent: Wednesday, March 01, 2017 2:50 PM To: DSSHE-L@LISTSERV.BUFFALO.EDU; blindmath-request@nfbnet.org; athen-list@u.washington.edu; orahead@googlegroups.com Subject: [Athen] Quieter Braille Embosser for a Public Space Greetings! Our department is looking into the possibility of obtaining an embosser for one of the main lab spaces in our library. We want to ensure that folks are able to emboss materials autonomously (rather than requesting materials through our office). Most of the braillers I've encountered, however, are pretty loud. Is anyone aware of smaller embossers that might be a bit quieter? Any feedback would be appreciated. Thank you! Best, Michele Michele Joy Bromley Adaptive Technology Specialist Alternative Formats Coordinator Disability Resource Center Diversity & Multicultural Student Services Portland State University Office: 116K SMSU Phone: (503) 725-8395 Fax: (503) 725-4103 Email: michele.bromley@pdx.edu Website: www.pdx.edu/drc "Shame on us if we let the wonders of educational technology and broadband lead to more inequality as opposed to less." ~ Eugene Sperling -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From john.gardner at viewplus.com Mon Mar 6 14:45:43 2017 From: john.gardner at viewplus.com (John Gardner) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:34:01 2018 Subject: [Athen] Quieter Braille Embosser for a Public Space In-Reply-To: <055001d296c5$f5f95e90$e1ec1bb0$@htctu.net> References: <055001d296c5$f5f95e90$e1ec1bb0$@htctu.net> Message-ID: Hi, Gaeir is right. The Tiger embossers are intrinsically quieter than ?standard? embossers because the paper is held tightly to the Tiger roller ? so it doesn?t vibrate like a big speaker. Even so, if you put this into a library, patrons will appreciate it if you also have a simple sound enclosure. I should point out that the new 100 cps interpoint ViewPlus Columbia does not use Tiger technology but is designed to be not much noisier than the Tiger embossers. If your embosser is primarily for braille it is the best (and by far the most affordable at that speed) choice. Of course it also embosses excellent tactile graphics ? it is a ViewPlus product after all. John (Full disclosure ? I am president of ViewPlus) From: athen-list [mailto:athen-list-bounces@mailman13.u.washington.edu] On Behalf Of Gaeir Dietrich Sent: Monday, March 6, 2017 2:07 PM To: 'Access Technology Higher Education Network' Subject: Re: [Athen] Quieter Braille Embosser for a Public Space The small Tiger embossers from ViewPlus are about the quietest I?ve heard. ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ Gaeir (rhymes with "fire") Dietrich HTCTU Director 408-996-6047 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ From: athen-list [mailto:athen-list-bounces@mailman13.u.washington.edu] On Behalf Of Michele Bromley Sent: Wednesday, March 01, 2017 2:50 PM To: DSSHE-L@LISTSERV.BUFFALO.EDU; blindmath-request@nfbnet.org; athen-list@u.washington.edu; orahead@googlegroups.com Subject: [Athen] Quieter Braille Embosser for a Public Space Greetings! Our department is looking into the possibility of obtaining an embosser for one of the main lab spaces in our library. We want to ensure that folks are able to emboss materials autonomously (rather than requesting materials through our office). Most of the braillers I've encountered, however, are pretty loud. Is anyone aware of smaller embossers that might be a bit quieter? Any feedback would be appreciated. Thank you! Best, Michele Michele Joy Bromley Adaptive Technology Specialist Alternative Formats Coordinator Disability Resource Center Diversity & Multicultural Student Services Portland State University Office: 116K SMSU Phone: (503) 725-8395 Fax: (503) 725-4103 Email: michele.bromley@pdx.edu Website: www.pdx.edu/drc "Shame on us if we let the wonders of educational technology and broadband lead to more inequality as opposed to less." ~ Eugene Sperling -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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Thanks, April DSPS Program Assistant Cerritos College From gdietrich at htctu.net Tue Mar 7 15:20:47 2017 From: gdietrich at htctu.net (Gaeir Dietrich) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:34:01 2018 Subject: [Athen] FW: Skyline College is hiring tenure track, Assistive Tech Specialist In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <029d01d29799$74449d90$5ccdd8b0$@htctu.net> Subject: FW: Skyline College is hiring tenure track, Assistive Tech Specialist Skyline College is hiring a full time, tenure track AT Specialist. Please feel free to share if you know anyone who might be interested! https://jobs.smccd.edu/postings/2416 Thanks! Melissa N. Matthews Disability Resource Center Counselor/Coordinator Skyline College Ph: 650.738.4279 F: 650.738.4228 Skyline's Mission: To empower and transform a global community of learners -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From gdietrich at htctu.net Tue Mar 7 16:35:51 2017 From: gdietrich at htctu.net (Gaeir Dietrich) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:34:01 2018 Subject: [Athen] Costs of DOJ Actions? In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <036201d297a3$f0e1d0c0$d2a57240$@htctu.net> I overheard someone from the campus that was involved in the original "Kindle complaint" say that they had spent $14 million so far in correcting issues. One of my campuses won an OCR complaint, but while OCR was on campus, they discovered $2.5 million in architectural barriers that needed removal. Another of my campuses had to take down their learning management system (yup, you read that right) because it was not accessible. They also had to remove ALL inaccessible online courses at the end of the term. How much did that cost? Well, clearly the cost was expensive in terms of dollars, but even higher in lost revenue, faculty time to retrofit courses, loss of FTE, and the list goes on. I can't even imagine how much it cost Michigan State to tear their newly completed and fully renovated stadium down because they had ignored repeated warnings that they had to follow ADA architectural standards-the cost had to be more along the $100 million line. In addition to the actual, measurable costs, a cost that is generally not recorded is the amount of extra time that staff have to spend. The office of the president and the disability services office in particular end up putting in a lot of extra hours and foregoing their regular work in order to provide everything OCR needs, help arrange interviews, etc. I'm not sure where you can find this information compiled, but for any public institution, there should be some sort of public record. ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ Gaeir (rhymes with "fire") Dietrich HTCTU Director 408-996-6047 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ From: athen-list [mailto:athen-list-bounces@mailman13.u.washington.edu] On Behalf Of Rovner, Amy Sent: Sunday, March 05, 2017 3:26 PM To: Access Technology Higher Education Network Subject: [Athen] Costs of DOJ Actions? Hello, Please excuse any cross-posting... I'm currently applying for funds to support our IT accessibility efforts on our campus. Beyond the compelling legal, ethical and social justice reasons for taking action, I think it would be helpful to have concrete examples of the high costs of waiting and having to make changes based upon a lawsuit/agreement with the DOJ and paying fines, etc. Does anyone know a good source for such numbers? Or have any of your schools gone through such a remediation process and are willing to share (even ball park numbers) with me? We are a medium sized community college with about 5000 annual FTE's. Thanks in advance! Amy Amy Rovner, MPH RD Instructional Designer Accessible IT Coordinator eLearning Services Shoreline Community College -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From gdietrich at htctu.net Tue Mar 7 18:32:00 2017 From: gdietrich at htctu.net (Gaeir Dietrich) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:34:01 2018 Subject: [Athen] Job Announcement Southwestern Message-ID: <044501d297b4$2a93c340$7fbb49c0$@htctu.net> Southwestern Community College is looking for a Technology Specialist for Accessibility and Compliance The position is 12 months, classified, and here is a link to the job posting, https://jobs.swccd.edu/postings/2264 Below is an excerpt from the position: RESPONSIBILITIES: Under the direction of the Chief Information Systems Officer, perform a variety of specialized duties involved in identifying and recommending potential solutions for accessibility barriers based on the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) Web Content Accessibility Guideline (WCAG) 2.0 Level AA standards as well as compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), Section 508, and other accessibility related laws for Electronic and Information Technology (EIT). REPRESENTATIVE DUTIES: 1. Provide advice on the development and implementation of processes to meet institutional compliance with laws, regulations, and established technical standards related to access technology, including but not limited to, Section 508, W3C WCAG 2.0 Level AA standards, and ADA. 2. Assist campus departments, divisions, and/or administrative units in identifying and incorporating access needs and regulatory compliance in their comprehensive planning process. 3. Audit current EIT on campus, including Higher Education Center (HEC) sites, and make recommendations for compliance with accessibility laws, regulations, and standards. 4. Audit online, hybrid, and web-enhanced courses for compliance with accessibility laws and regulations such as Section 508 and WCAG 2.0 Level AA accessibility standards; make recommendations for compliance. 5. Audit Publisher and other propriety websites and materials for compliance with accessibility standards as established in laws and regulations such as Section 508 and WCAG 2.0 Level AA; make recommendations to ensure compliance with these and related laws, regulations and standards. 6. Review new Distance Education (DE) course proposals for accessibility and compliance with Section 508 and related laws and regulations; provide originating instructors with a checklist and resources to bring course into compliance. 7. Develop and offer educational opportunities for faculty and staff in the use of universal design and accessibility techniques. 8. Provide training, resources, and support for faculty to ensure accessible course design, instructional materials, and EIT; may provide other technology training as needed. 9. Provide training, resources, and support to faculty and staff to ensure websites and webpages meet accessibility compliance standards. 10. Coordinate captioning services in conjunction with Disability Support Services (DSS) including advertising service to faculty, integrating captioning services into faculty multimedia accounts, managing captioning requests, and maintaining records. 11. Review and test third-party electronic and information technology Voluntary Product Accessibility Template (VPAT) for accessibility compliance including publisher websites requiring an access code. 12. Recommend accessibility standards for software, equipment, and components. 13. Create and maintain a list of approved third party applications, websites, and vendors for use by faculty, staff, Curriculum Committee, and the Bookstore. 14. Recommend installation and configuration of approved access technology equipment and software across campus. 15. Participate in installing and configuring upgrades to existing access technology that enhances continuous operation, desired performance, and services. 16. Provide statistical reports based on service delivery, problem resolution, and trends in EIT. 17. Assist in performing research and development with new technology that may be suitable for implementation within the District; participate in all aspects of implementation including developing and providing training. 18. Participate on college committees/organizational units to make recommendations on accessibility compliance; may participate on other technology committees as directed. 19. Maintain current knowledge of industry advances and changes to related laws and regulations; research and evaluate accessibility changes on multiplatform computer operating systems, software applications, and emerging software applications; monitor and advise on new or changing laws and technical standards related to accessibility of EIT and online course content. 20. Design and provide training, training materials, training exercises, job aids and support for multi-platform computer operating systems, general software applications, web-authoring software applications, instructional technologies, and institutionally supported specialized applications (operational and administrative). 21. Assess and set priorities for user training needs for web accessibility, media content, and other technology related topics such as Smart Classrooms and labs; learn software accessibility applications to teach and support users; plan, coordinate, schedule and promote training. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From skeegan at ccctechcenter.org Tue Mar 7 20:21:24 2017 From: skeegan at ccctechcenter.org (Sean Keegan) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:34:01 2018 Subject: [Athen] Costs of DOJ Actions? In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: Hi Amy, Here is one example of the costs involved: http://www.pressofatlanticcity.com/education/atlantic-cape- allocates-for-ada-settlement/article_9f607c7a-dcd1-11e5- 81dc-53323f09c06f.html I also found a public document for Seattle Public Schools that lists the amount to address accessibility issues as part of their Consent Decree to be in the range of $665,000 to $815,000 (warning PDF): http://www.seattleschools.org/UserFiles/Servers/Server_543/File/District/Departments/School%20Board/15-16agendas/092315agenda/Action_Report_ADAWebsite_Consent%20Decree.pdf These cost projections are over a 3.5 year period, but I personally feel several of them are a bit low. A hidden cost that is usually not tracked is the cost to providing training to all faculty and staff at an institution. That can be an expensive solution and is something that requires budget for every year. The big upfront numbers can usually be offset by an institution's emergency funds, but it is the on-going staffing, associated resources, and training that can add-up over time. I like to use the funding and staffing for the institution's information security program (if there is one) as a reference point. At larger institutions, I have observed at least one full-time administrator/manager and at least 2 part-time individuals who support the information security program. I think that can be a starting point for an IT accessibility program. Take care, Sean On Sun, Mar 5, 2017 at 3:26 PM, Rovner, Amy wrote: > Hello, > > Please excuse any cross-posting... > > I?m currently applying for funds to support our IT accessibility efforts > on our campus. Beyond the compelling legal, ethical and social justice > reasons for taking action, I think it would be helpful to have concrete > examples of the high costs of waiting and having to make changes based upon > a lawsuit/agreement with the DOJ and paying fines, etc. > > Does anyone know a good source for such numbers? Or have any of your > schools gone through such a remediation process and are willing to share > (even ball park numbers) with me? > > We are a medium sized community college with about 5000 annual FTE?s. > > Thanks in advance! > > Amy > > > Amy Rovner, MPH RD > Instructional Designer > Accessible IT Coordinator > eLearning Services > Shoreline Community College > > > > > _______________________________________________ > 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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With much appreciation, Joe Feria-Galicia On Wed, Mar 8, 2017 at 7:45 AM, Karlen Communications < info@karlencommunications.com> wrote: > Hello Everyone: > > > > I just completed a series of three webinars on: for AMAC > > > > Accessing PDF Forms 101: Webinar 1 of 3 > > Accessible Form Template Design: Webinar 2 of 3 > > The Basics of PDF Form Controls: Webinar 3 of 3 > > > > There are other webinars on topics that might be of interest to the list > on this page: > > http://accessga.org/wiki/Webinars_and_Presentations > > > > Cheers, Karen > > > > _______________________________________________ > athen-list mailing list > athen-list@mailman13.u.washington.edu > http://mailman13.u.washington.edu/mailman/listinfo/athen-list > > -- *Accessibility Team Lead / Instructional Designer* Berkeley Resource Center for Online Education (BRCOE) Suite 453C 1995 University Avenue Berkeley, CA 94710 Phone: 1 510 664-4017 http://online.berkeley.edu -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From arovner at shoreline.edu Wed Mar 8 09:33:34 2017 From: arovner at shoreline.edu (Rovner, Amy) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:34:01 2018 Subject: [Athen] Costs of DOJ Actions? In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: Thank you everyone! This is great. I will put together a summary document and share out when it?s complete. Keep the info coming! Best, Amy From: athen-list [mailto:athen-list-bounces@mailman13.u.washington.edu] On Behalf Of Sean Keegan Sent: Tuesday, March 7, 2017 8:21 PM To: Access Technology Higher Education Network Subject: Re: [Athen] Costs of DOJ Actions? Hi Amy, Here is one example of the costs involved: http://www.pressofatlanticcity.com/education/atlantic-cape-allocates-for-ada-settlement/article_9f607c7a-dcd1-11e5-81dc-53323f09c06f.html I also found a public document for Seattle Public Schools that lists the amount to address accessibility issues as part of their Consent Decree to be in the range of $665,000 to $815,000 (warning PDF): http://www.seattleschools.org/UserFiles/Servers/Server_543/File/District/Departments/School%20Board/15-16agendas/092315agenda/Action_Report_ADAWebsite_Consent%20Decree.pdf These cost projections are over a 3.5 year period, but I personally feel several of them are a bit low. A hidden cost that is usually not tracked is the cost to providing training to all faculty and staff at an institution. That can be an expensive solution and is something that requires budget for every year. The big upfront numbers can usually be offset by an institution's emergency funds, but it is the on-going staffing, associated resources, and training that can add-up over time. I like to use the funding and staffing for the institution's information security program (if there is one) as a reference point. At larger institutions, I have observed at least one full-time administrator/manager and at least 2 part-time individuals who support the information security program. I think that can be a starting point for an IT accessibility program. Take care, Sean On Sun, Mar 5, 2017 at 3:26 PM, Rovner, Amy > wrote: Hello, Please excuse any cross-posting... I?m currently applying for funds to support our IT accessibility efforts on our campus. Beyond the compelling legal, ethical and social justice reasons for taking action, I think it would be helpful to have concrete examples of the high costs of waiting and having to make changes based upon a lawsuit/agreement with the DOJ and paying fines, etc. Does anyone know a good source for such numbers? Or have any of your schools gone through such a remediation process and are willing to share (even ball park numbers) with me? We are a medium sized community college with about 5000 annual FTE?s. Thanks in advance! Amy Amy Rovner, MPH RD Instructional Designer Accessible IT Coordinator eLearning Services Shoreline Community College _______________________________________________ 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 ead at ecs.soton.ac.uk Wed Mar 8 10:24:32 2017 From: ead at ecs.soton.ac.uk (EA Draffan) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:34:01 2018 Subject: [Athen] WCAG 2.1 feedback please Message-ID: <7181A95B72F5B04C94BEF10CEC91E7963EB06B12@SRV00047.soton.ac.uk> Dear All The new draft of WCAG - WCAG 2.1 has been published. We have all worked really hard to get some accommodation for people living with learning and cognitive disabilities. The Accessibility Guidelines Working Group and the task force for learning and cognitive disabilities particularly seeks feedback. The task force would specifically like feedback on the following: * How important are the proposed Success Criteria for users? Note that many of our success criteria are likely to get removed in the next version. (You might notice red boxes next to them reading). So feedback that they are useful and shy, is as important as any other feedback. * Do they fully address current user needs for web content accessibility? * What do you think needs to be changed to added to include more people? How completely does the set of new and proposed Success Criteria address current user needs. * Do you know of methods that help to achieve these success criteria? For the criteria to apply to all website, the solutions need to be reasonable to apply to all websites. * Some of our recommendations are not in the new draft. Which ones do you think are most important to put in the next draft? The new success criteria proposed by the task force for cognitive and learning disabilities are: * Support Personalization (minimum) * Plain Language (Minimum) * Manageable Blocks * Extra Symbols * Familiar Design (Minimum) * Change of Content * Minimize user errors * Undo * Provide Support * Interruptions (minimum) To comment on each one you can, file an issue in the W3C WCAG 2.1 GitHub repository or you can send email to public-agwg-comments@w3.org (comment archive). Comments are requested by 31 March 2017. In-progress updates to the document may be viewed in the publicly visible editors' draft. Feel free to look at our COGA-FAQ or Wiki or email our facilitator with any questions. Thanks so much for all your help Cognitive and Learning Disabilities Accessibility Task Force (COGA) From bossley.5 at osu.edu Wed Mar 8 10:36:35 2017 From: bossley.5 at osu.edu (Bossley, Peter A.) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:34:01 2018 Subject: [Athen] Costs of DOJ Actions? In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <006B5C8325EEDA44A1A7D3955F5431CD8BA13C3D@CIO-KRC-D1MBX05.osuad.osu.edu> Our enterprise security team has ~65 people in it. Wish we had that many people working on accessibility ;-) From: athen-list [mailto:athen-list-bounces@mailman13.u.washington.edu] On Behalf Of Sean Keegan Sent: Tuesday, March 7, 2017 11:21 PM To: Access Technology Higher Education Network Subject: Re: [Athen] Costs of DOJ Actions? Hi Amy, Here is one example of the costs involved: http://www.pressofatlanticcity.com/education/atlantic-cape-allocates-for-ada-settlement/article_9f607c7a-dcd1-11e5-81dc-53323f09c06f.html I also found a public document for Seattle Public Schools that lists the amount to address accessibility issues as part of their Consent Decree to be in the range of $665,000 to $815,000 (warning PDF): http://www.seattleschools.org/UserFiles/Servers/Server_543/File/District/Departments/School%20Board/15-16agendas/092315agenda/Action_Report_ADAWebsite_Consent%20Decree.pdf These cost projections are over a 3.5 year period, but I personally feel several of them are a bit low. A hidden cost that is usually not tracked is the cost to providing training to all faculty and staff at an institution. That can be an expensive solution and is something that requires budget for every year. The big upfront numbers can usually be offset by an institution's emergency funds, but it is the on-going staffing, associated resources, and training that can add-up over time. I like to use the funding and staffing for the institution's information security program (if there is one) as a reference point. At larger institutions, I have observed at least one full-time administrator/manager and at least 2 part-time individuals who support the information security program. I think that can be a starting point for an IT accessibility program. Take care, Sean On Sun, Mar 5, 2017 at 3:26 PM, Rovner, Amy > wrote: Hello, Please excuse any cross-posting... I?m currently applying for funds to support our IT accessibility efforts on our campus. Beyond the compelling legal, ethical and social justice reasons for taking action, I think it would be helpful to have concrete examples of the high costs of waiting and having to make changes based upon a lawsuit/agreement with the DOJ and paying fines, etc. Does anyone know a good source for such numbers? Or have any of your schools gone through such a remediation process and are willing to share (even ball park numbers) with me? We are a medium sized community college with about 5000 annual FTE?s. Thanks in advance! Amy Amy Rovner, MPH RD Instructional Designer Accessible IT Coordinator eLearning Services Shoreline Community College _______________________________________________ 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 cid:5e1906d1-43d7-49a2-9de4-87ebd6f93367 Dr. Jennifer Alt Dean of Student Services phone (916) 660-7395 jalt@sierracollege.edu www.sierracollege.edu -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: image001.png Type: image/png Size: 27611 bytes Desc: not available URL: -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: DSPS Coordinator 1617-50.pdf Type: application/pdf Size: 44188 bytes Desc: not available URL: From zm290 at msstate.edu Wed Mar 8 15:28:49 2017 From: zm290 at msstate.edu (Zachary Mason) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:34:01 2018 Subject: [Athen] Anatomy & Physiology and Blind Students In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <4454095008305786186@unknownmsgid> I am a blind student who completed a bachelors in animal science and I'm presently working on my masters in the same subject. Feel free to contact me off list. zm290@msstate.edu Sent from my iPhone On Mar 8, 2017, at 3:00 PM, aswans15 wrote: Hello All, I was wondering if anyone had resources to share about blind students taking Anatomy & Physiology courses. What are other institutions doing to support these students in labs and the classroom since these courses tend to be highly visual. Cheers, Andy *Andrew S.J. Swanson* *Accessibility Technology Specialist* *Access Center* *Plaza 122* *Metropolitan State University of Denver* *aswans15@msudenver.edu * *Phone#303-556-8387* *Fax#303-556-6852* *This e-mail message, including any attachments, is for the sole use of the intended recipient(s) and may contain confidential information. Any unauthorized review, use, disclosure or distribution is prohibited. If you are not the intended recipient, please contact the sender immediately by reply e-mail and destroy all copies of the original message.* _______________________________________________ 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 john.gardner at viewplus.com Wed Mar 8 16:42:32 2017 From: john.gardner at viewplus.com (John Gardner) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:34:01 2018 Subject: [Athen] FW: [Nfbnet-members-list] STEM Tutorials for blind students to be offered at the 2017 NFB National Convention In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: I am sure that you will find the STEM Tutorial announcement pasted below to be interesting. It would be great if some of you will attend the NFB convention and participate. Several of you have expertise that would be very helpful if you would volunteer to join the list of tutors. -----Original Message----- From: NFBNet-Members-List [mailto:nfbnet-members-list-bounces@nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Brian Buhrow via NFBNet-Members-List Sent: Wednesday, March 8, 2017 3:29 PM To: nfbnet-members-list@nfbnet.org Subject: [Nfbnet-members-list] STEM Tutorials for blind students to be offered at the 2017 NFB National Convention STEM Tutorials for blind students to be offered at the 2017 NFB National Convention Are you a blind student interested in studying Science, Engineering or Math? Do you feel daunted by the prospect of doing lab work in a chemistry class or producing visually readable results in a math class? Perhaps you're a professional in a technical field who finds it challenging to produce graphs and charts for sighted colleagues? If so, then come to the Convention of the National Federation of the Blind and plan to arrive in time for Seminar Day, July 10, 2017. On that day, the NFB in Computer Science, the NFB Science & Engineering Division and the Student division will host the STEM tutorial workshop. STEM educators and technologists will come from around the world to help blind students and professionals learn to use a variety of tools to help them excel in their chosen technical field. Best of all, individual tutoring sessions will be offered throughout the week for those folks who want one-on-one training from experts who are familiar with the access technology they're teaching, as well as the technical field it's being used for. The topics to be discussed and for which tutoring will be available include: * access math in electronic materials directly or to convert it to braille, * write math in formats directly accessible to sighted people, * read STEM graphs, charts, and diagrams, and create simple graphics, * Participate in chemistry, biology, physics, and engineering labs. There is no charge to attend either the seminar on Monday or the tutoring sessions throughout the week. The seminar on Monday will give an overview of the technologies to be taught, as well as an introduction to the tutors themselves. It is strongly recommended that folks who are interested in participating in this invaluable opportunity plan to arrive at the Convention in time to begin participating in events on the morning of July 10, 2017. For more information, contact: John Gardner, STEM Tutorial coordinator at: john.Gardner@oregonstate.edu From zm290 at msstate.edu Wed Mar 8 17:09:40 2017 From: zm290 at msstate.edu (Zach) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:34:01 2018 Subject: [Athen] FW: [Nfbnet-members-list] STEM Tutorials for blind students to be offered at the 2017 NFB National Convention In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <00ff01d29871$d44d5550$7ce7fff0$@msstate.edu> Hello President Gardner, I wondered if your mentioning that some of us might make applicable candidates for tutors might be an invitation of an application? If of interest, I might be able to be convinced to provide a session in animal biology/animal agriculture that aspiring veterinarians might find useful. Do you know who I might talk to run this idea by? Thanks, Zac Zachary Mason M.S. Student Animal and Dairy Sciences Mississippi State University -----Original Message----- From: athen-list [mailto:athen-list-bounces@mailman13.u.washington.edu] On Behalf Of John Gardner Sent: Wednesday, March 08, 2017 6:43 PM To: Access Technology Higher Education Network Subject: [Athen] FW: [Nfbnet-members-list] STEM Tutorials for blind students to be offered at the 2017 NFB National Convention I am sure that you will find the STEM Tutorial announcement pasted below to be interesting. It would be great if some of you will attend the NFB convention and participate. Several of you have expertise that would be very helpful if you would volunteer to join the list of tutors. -----Original Message----- From: NFBNet-Members-List [mailto:nfbnet-members-list-bounces@nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Brian Buhrow via NFBNet-Members-List Sent: Wednesday, March 8, 2017 3:29 PM To: nfbnet-members-list@nfbnet.org Subject: [Nfbnet-members-list] STEM Tutorials for blind students to be offered at the 2017 NFB National Convention STEM Tutorials for blind students to be offered at the 2017 NFB National Convention Are you a blind student interested in studying Science, Engineering or Math? Do you feel daunted by the prospect of doing lab work in a chemistry class or producing visually readable results in a math class? Perhaps you're a professional in a technical field who finds it challenging to produce graphs and charts for sighted colleagues? If so, then come to the Convention of the National Federation of the Blind and plan to arrive in time for Seminar Day, July 10, 2017. On that day, the NFB in Computer Science, the NFB Science & Engineering Division and the Student division will host the STEM tutorial workshop. STEM educators and technologists will come from around the world to help blind students and professionals learn to use a variety of tools to help them excel in their chosen technical field. Best of all, individual tutoring sessions will be offered throughout the week for those folks who want one-on-one training from experts who are familiar with the access technolog! y they're teaching, as well as the technical field it's being used for. The topics to be discussed and for which tutoring will be available include: * access math in electronic materials directly or to convert it to braille, * write math in formats directly accessible to sighted people, * read STEM graphs, charts, and diagrams, and create simple graphics, * Participate in chemistry, biology, physics, and engineering labs. There is no charge to attend either the seminar on Monday or the tutoring sessions throughout the week. The seminar on Monday will give an overview of the technologies to be taught, as well as an introduction to the tutors themselves. It is strongly recommended that folks who are interested in participating in this invaluable opportunity plan to arrive at the Convention in time to begin participating in events on the morning of July 10, 2017. For more information, contact: John Gardner, STEM Tutorial coordinator at: john.Gardner@oregonstate.edu _______________________________________________ athen-list mailing list athen-list@mailman13.u.washington.edu http://mailman13.u.washington.edu/mailman/listinfo/athen-list From john.gardner at viewplus.com Wed Mar 8 17:18:51 2017 From: john.gardner at viewplus.com (John Gardner) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:34:01 2018 Subject: [Athen] FW: [Nfbnet-members-list] STEM Tutorials for blind students to be offered at the 2017 NFB National Convention In-Reply-To: <00ff01d29871$d44d5550$7ce7fff0$@msstate.edu> References: <00ff01d29871$d44d5550$7ce7fff0$@msstate.edu> Message-ID: Zach, how about something broader on accessing biology information? Humans are animals too. And I know you've had challenges! So you certainly know quite a bit on this subject. I'm beginning to worry that we will need more space for tutorials! Not a bad problem to have though. John -----Original Message----- From: athen-list [mailto:athen-list-bounces@mailman13.u.washington.edu] On Behalf Of Zach Sent: Wednesday, March 8, 2017 5:10 PM To: 'Access Technology Higher Education Network' Subject: Re: [Athen] FW: [Nfbnet-members-list] STEM Tutorials for blind students to be offered at the 2017 NFB National Convention Hello President Gardner, I wondered if your mentioning that some of us might make applicable candidates for tutors might be an invitation of an application? If of interest, I might be able to be convinced to provide a session in animal biology/animal agriculture that aspiring veterinarians might find useful. Do you know who I might talk to run this idea by? Thanks, Zac Zachary Mason M.S. Student Animal and Dairy Sciences Mississippi State University -----Original Message----- From: athen-list [mailto:athen-list-bounces@mailman13.u.washington.edu] On Behalf Of John Gardner Sent: Wednesday, March 08, 2017 6:43 PM To: Access Technology Higher Education Network Subject: [Athen] FW: [Nfbnet-members-list] STEM Tutorials for blind students to be offered at the 2017 NFB National Convention I am sure that you will find the STEM Tutorial announcement pasted below to be interesting. It would be great if some of you will attend the NFB convention and participate. Several of you have expertise that would be very helpful if you would volunteer to join the list of tutors. -----Original Message----- From: NFBNet-Members-List [mailto:nfbnet-members-list-bounces@nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Brian Buhrow via NFBNet-Members-List Sent: Wednesday, March 8, 2017 3:29 PM To: nfbnet-members-list@nfbnet.org Subject: [Nfbnet-members-list] STEM Tutorials for blind students to be offered at the 2017 NFB National Convention STEM Tutorials for blind students to be offered at the 2017 NFB National Convention Are you a blind student interested in studying Science, Engineering or Math? Do you feel daunted by the prospect of doing lab work in a chemistry class or producing visually readable results in a math class? Perhaps you're a professional in a technical field who finds it challenging to produce graphs and charts for sighted colleagues? If so, then come to the Convention of the National Federation of the Blind and plan to arrive in time for Seminar Day, July 10, 2017. On that day, the NFB in Computer Science, the NFB Science & Engineering Division and the Student division will host the STEM tutorial workshop. STEM educators and technologists will come from around the world to help blind students and professionals learn to use a variety of tools to help them excel in their chosen technical field. Best of all, individual tutoring sessions will be offered throughout the week for those folks who want one-on-one training from experts who are familiar with the access technolog! y they're teaching, as well as the technical field it's being used for. The topics to be discussed and for which tutoring will be available include: * access math in electronic materials directly or to convert it to braille, * write math in formats directly accessible to sighted people, * read STEM graphs, charts, and diagrams, and create simple graphics, * Participate in chemistry, biology, physics, and engineering labs. There is no charge to attend either the seminar on Monday or the tutoring sessions throughout the week. The seminar on Monday will give an overview of the technologies to be taught, as well as an introduction to the tutors themselves. It is strongly recommended that folks who are interested in participating in this invaluable opportunity plan to arrive at the Convention in time to begin participating in events on the morning of July 10, 2017. For more information, contact: John Gardner, STEM Tutorial coordinator at: john.Gardner@oregonstate.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 From jsuttondc at gmail.com Fri Mar 10 09:48:11 2017 From: jsuttondc at gmail.com (Jennifer Sutton) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:34:01 2018 Subject: [Athen] NFB and 2 Blind Students File Suit Against Los Angeles Community College District Message-ID: Greetings, ATHENites: Apologies if this has already been posted, and I missed it. Best, Jennifer NFB and 2 Blind Students File Suit Against Los Angeles Community College District http://bit.ly/2m5zRPf From jsuttondc at gmail.com Fri Mar 10 09:58:28 2017 From: jsuttondc at gmail.com (Jennifer Sutton) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:34:01 2018 Subject: [Athen] New WebAIM blog post: UC Berkeley Decision Results in Universal Inaccessibility Message-ID: Greetings, ATHENites: While I've tracked issues of captioning for years, I particularly found the citation of the 2010 memorandum of interest. Perhaps other public and private universities will, too. Best, Jennifer New WebAIM blog post: UC Berkeley Decision Results in Universal Inaccessibility - http://webaim.org/blog/uc-berkeley-inaccessibility/ From lissner.2 at osu.edu Wed Mar 8 18:23:58 2017 From: lissner.2 at osu.edu (Lissner, Scott) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:34:01 2018 Subject: [Athen] 2017 Multiple Perspectives Conference Registration Now Open In-Reply-To: <3e939c47-f5d8-4841-9f9b-1ba31706a768-0lrb@cvent-planner.com> References: <3e939c47-f5d8-4841-9f9b-1ba31706a768-0lrb@cvent-planner.com> Message-ID: <13758070-A510-4399-B2F6-16F0167E7E7E@osu.edu> Registration is now open for the 17th Annual Multiple Perspectives on April 12 ? 13, 2017. The conference will be held at the Blackwell Hotel & Conference Center on The Ohio State University Columbus campus. Click here to register. A Pre-Conference with six informative breakout sessions designed to help students with interview strategies, resume writing, job hunting, and more is presented on April 11, 2017. 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Message-ID: <53C9E4531F8C3242952C26904E0996030139F91EA3@h-mem1> This question came up from a librarian on another listserv and I wanted to see if anyone here could answer- "Publishers sometimes provide a PDF to a student, provided they've bought a physical copy. Do any of you know if this usually applies to libraries as well? If we buy a physical copy, can we then request a PDF for a student with a documented disability?" Does anyone know of libraries that did this, or tried? What are the names of (or numbers of or links to) laws or regulations that require publishers to provide electronic versions to students? Thanks! Adina Adina Mulliken Assistant Professor, Librarian Social Work and Public Health Library Hunter College, CUNY Phone: 212-396-7665 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From foreigntype at gmail.com Sat Mar 11 12:42:56 2017 From: foreigntype at gmail.com (Wink Harner) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:34:01 2018 Subject: [Athen] can libraries get electronic copies of physical books from publishers for swd? In-Reply-To: <53C9E4531F8C3242952C26904E0996030139F91EA3@h-mem1> References: <53C9E4531F8C3242952C26904E0996030139F91EA3@h-mem1> Message-ID: If the library has a hard copy, the SWD can check it out. Then DSS orders the PDF from the publishers. They have fulfilled the "in possession of" clause of the copyright. Does this help? Wink Harner Foreigntype@gmail.com On Mar 11, 2017 12:06 PM, "Adina Mulliken" wrote: > This question came up from a librarian on another listserv and I wanted to > see if anyone here could answer- > > "Publishers sometimes provide a PDF to a student, provided they've bought > a physical copy. Do any of you know if this usually applies to libraries as > well? If we buy a physical copy, can we then request a PDF for a student > with a documented disability?" > > Does anyone know of libraries that did this, or tried? > > What are the names of (or numbers of or links to) laws or regulations that > require publishers to provide electronic versions to students? > > Thanks! > > Adina > > Adina Mulliken > > Assistant Professor, Librarian > > Social Work and Public Health Library > > Hunter College, CUNY > > Phone: 212-396-7665 <(212)%20396-7665> > > _______________________________________________ > 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 am2621 at hunter.cuny.edu Mon Mar 13 08:15:50 2017 From: am2621 at hunter.cuny.edu (Adina Mulliken) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:34:01 2018 Subject: [Athen] can libraries get electronic copies of physical books from publishers for swd? Message-ID: <53C9E4531F8C3242952C26904E0996030139F921F5@h-mem1> Thank you, Wink! Now I'm wondering why the disability office has to request the pdf instead of the library. Could anyone help me understand if there is a legal reason for that? Thanks again! Adina Subject: Re: [Athen] can libraries get electronic copies of physical books from publishers for swd? If the library has a hard copy, the SWD can check it out. Then DSS orders the PDF from the publishers. They have fulfilled the "in possession of" clause of the copyright. Does this help? Wink Harner Foreigntype@gmail.com On Mar 11, 2017 12:06 PM, "Adina Mulliken" > wrote: > This question came up from a librarian on another listserv and I > wanted to see if anyone here could answer- > > "Publishers sometimes provide a PDF to a student, provided they've > bought a physical copy. Do any of you know if this usually applies to > libraries as well? If we buy a physical copy, can we then request a > PDF for a student with a documented disability?" > > Does anyone know of libraries that did this, or tried? > > What are the names of (or numbers of or links to) laws or regulations > that require publishers to provide electronic versions to students? > > Thanks! > > Adina > > Adina Mulliken > > Assistant Professor, Librarian > > Social Work and Public Health Library > > Hunter College, CUNY > > Phone: 212-396-7665 <(212)%20396-7665> > > _______________________________________________ > 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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URL: From davew at brandeis.edu Mon Mar 13 13:02:17 2017 From: davew at brandeis.edu (David Wisniewski) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:34:01 2018 Subject: [Athen] applications using Slate [As well as: Re: Accessibility of The Common Application] In-Reply-To: <4C32F225-FCBE-4F63-8CED-940AD60247AD@amherst.edu> References: <4C32F225-FCBE-4F63-8CED-940AD60247AD@amherst.edu> Message-ID: <7471B252-CEBE-40A9-A1E3-1529B9BE8975@brandeis.edu> Hello Asha et. al. - This is a great question and timely considering where we are in our process. We are in the process of reviewing our application process but have chosen to start with our in-house online application. So while this topic is being discussed - does anyone have experience with working with Slate?s (a product by Technolutions) forms and accessibility? I?d love to chat more about this off-list (and happy to report back to the list afterward). With regard to The Common App - I?d like to hear what is going on and could help if there are tasks needing attention. Please include me on any off-list communication. Many thanks! David Wisniewski Information Design Accessibility Specialist Brandeis University > On Mar 13, 2017, at 3:27 PM, Asha Kinney wrote: > > Have any of you evaluated or had students report accessibility issues with The Common Application-http://www.commonapp.org/ ? -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From gdietrich at htctu.net Mon Mar 13 14:19:00 2017 From: gdietrich at htctu.net (Gaeir Dietrich) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:34:01 2018 Subject: [Athen] can libraries get electronic copies of physical books from publishers for swd? In-Reply-To: <53C9E4531F8C3242952C26904E0996030139F921F5@h-mem1> References: <53C9E4531F8C3242952C26904E0996030139F921F5@h-mem1> Message-ID: <01ea01d29c3f$6f36f0f0$4da4d2d0$@htctu.net> As the representative for the college, the library could request a book for the student with a disability, but it is doubtful that most libraries would have the resources needed to convert the file into the format needed by the student. Also, there would not generally be a reason for the library to know the identity of students with disabilities. Publishers are used to working with disability services offices, and there might be some concerns that a library would put the electronic copy into general circulation-which they would not be entitled to do, unless the publisher gave specific permission. ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ Gaeir (rhymes with "fire") Dietrich HTCTU Director 408-996-6047 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ From: athen-list [mailto:athen-list-bounces@mailman13.u.washington.edu] On Behalf Of Adina Mulliken Sent: Monday, March 13, 2017 8:16 AM To: athen-list@u.washington.edu Subject: [Athen] can libraries get electronic copies of physical books from publishers for swd? Thank you, Wink! Now I'm wondering why the disability office has to request the pdf instead of the library. Could anyone help me understand if there is a legal reason for that? Thanks again! Adina Subject: Re: [Athen] can libraries get electronic copies of physical books from publishers for swd? If the library has a hard copy, the SWD can check it out. Then DSS orders the PDF from the publishers. They have fulfilled the "in possession of" clause of the copyright. Does this help? Wink Harner Foreigntype@gmail.com On Mar 11, 2017 12:06 PM, "Adina Mulliken" < am2621@hunter.cuny.edu> wrote: > This question came up from a librarian on another listserv and I > wanted to see if anyone here could answer- > > "Publishers sometimes provide a PDF to a student, provided they've > bought a physical copy. Do any of you know if this usually applies to > libraries as well? If we buy a physical copy, can we then request a > PDF for a student with a documented disability?" > > Does anyone know of libraries that did this, or tried? > > What are the names of (or numbers of or links to) laws or regulations > that require publishers to provide electronic versions to students? > > Thanks! > > Adina > > Adina Mulliken > > Assistant Professor, Librarian > > Social Work and Public Health Library > > Hunter College, CUNY > > Phone: 212-396-7665 <(212)%20396-7665> > > _______________________________________________ > 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 gdietrich at htctu.net Mon Mar 13 14:41:45 2017 From: gdietrich at htctu.net (Gaeir Dietrich) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:34:01 2018 Subject: [Athen] can libraries get electronic copies of physical books from publishers for swd? In-Reply-To: <53C9E4531F8C3242952C26904E0996030139F91EA3@h-mem1> References: <53C9E4531F8C3242952C26904E0996030139F91EA3@h-mem1> Message-ID: <021301d29c42$9cce3520$d66a9f60$@htctu.net> ? What are the names of (or numbers of or links to) laws or regulations that require publishers to provide electronic versions to students? It is state laws that require publishers to provide electronic files to students who have purchased books. Although fewer than half the states have such laws, the publishers have chosen to provide electronic text to students with disabilities, regardless of which state the student is in. Below is a list of the first few states who adopted laws, but there are at least twice that many now: l California ? AB 422 (1999) l Arkansas ? SB 537 (2001) l Kentucky ? SB 85 (2003) l New Mexico ? SB 305 (2003) l Nevada ? SB 62 (2003) l New York ? Chapter 219 (2003) (Implementation Guidelines (July 2004, rev Nov 30, 2004) l Washington ? SSB 6501 (2004) ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ Gaeir (rhymes with "fire") Dietrich HTCTU Director 408-996-6047 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ From: athen-list [mailto:athen-list-bounces@mailman13.u.washington.edu] On Behalf Of Adina Mulliken Sent: Saturday, March 11, 2017 12:06 PM To: athen-list@u.washington.edu Subject: [Athen] can libraries get electronic copies of physical books from publishers for swd? This question came up from a librarian on another listserv and I wanted to see if anyone here could answer- "Publishers sometimes provide a PDF to a student, provided they've bought a physical copy. Do any of you know if this usually applies to libraries as well? If we buy a physical copy, can we then request a PDF for a student with a documented disability?" Does anyone know of libraries that did this, or tried? What are the names of (or numbers of or links to) laws or regulations that require publishers to provide electronic versions to students? Thanks! Adina Adina Mulliken Assistant Professor, Librarian Social Work and Public Health Library Hunter College, CUNY Phone: 212-396-7665 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From rbeach at KCKCC.EDU Tue Mar 14 07:19:28 2017 From: rbeach at KCKCC.EDU (Robert Beach) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:34:01 2018 Subject: [Athen] Android app similar to Guided Access? Message-ID: <34D068EC55A9914494617A37B8D8FA84011F8EE590@EROS2.EMPLOYEES.KCKCC.LOCAL> Hello all, I'm just now dipping my toe into the Android waters, hoping I don't get it bit off. I just this morning had a new tablet put into my hands. Yes, I'm excited! My question is, does Android have a tool similar to Guided Access on IOS? We need to administer a test for a student who is suspected of cheating, or as Sean calls it, "using alternative help." In the classroom, the tests are administered on iPads using Guided Access. I do not have a college provided iPad and really don't want to use my personal device to administer the test. However, since I do have this new toy, I hope we can use it instead. Thanks for any help. 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 zm290 at msstate.edu Tue Mar 14 07:33:10 2017 From: zm290 at msstate.edu (Zach) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:34:01 2018 Subject: [Athen] Braille Proof Reading Message-ID: <016a01d29ccf$e7f397b0$b7dac710$@msstate.edu> Hello: As an aspiring contract Braille transcriptionist and proofreader, I was wondering if some of us on this list might have some estimates for going rates, or ideas where I could see what going rates are for proofreading? Are there general rules for proofing documents? Thanks, Zachary Mason M.S. 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Assistant Director Disability Resources for Students 011 Mary Gates Hall Box 352808 Seattle, WA 98195-2808 Direct: 206.221.4136 / Main: 206.543.8924 greeark@uw.edu/ http://disability.uw.edu From zirklek at miamioh.edu Tue Mar 14 09:10:18 2017 From: zirklek at miamioh.edu (Zirkle, Kara) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:34:01 2018 Subject: [Athen] Job Announcement - AccessMU Coordinator Message-ID: Miami University, Ohio Accessible Technology Team's AccessMU Center is seeking a Coordinator . Do you enjoy working in assistive technology? Are you looking to do more than just AT? We are seeking a motivated individual who can develop, document and implement policies, procedures and best practices relating to services and delivery of accessible text production and alternative media. We'll begin reviewing applicants as early as March 20th if possible. The direct link to the specific public posting is: https://miamioh.hiretouch.com/job-details?jobID=3933 Please share and I apologize in advance for duplicate posts via listservs. Regards, Kara Zirkle Accessible Technology Specialist Information Technology Services Hoyt Hall, 312V Oxford, OH 45056 Phone: 513-529-9006 Email: zirklek@miamioh.edu -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From rbeach at KCKCC.EDU Tue Mar 14 09:14:00 2017 From: rbeach at KCKCC.EDU (Robert Beach) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:34:01 2018 Subject: [Athen] Android app similar to Guided Access? In-Reply-To: References: <34D068EC55A9914494617A37B8D8FA84011F8EE590@EROS2.EMPLOYEES.KCKCC.LOCAL> Message-ID: <34D068EC55A9914494617A37B8D8FA84011F8EE73B@EROS2.EMPLOYEES.KCKCC.LOCAL> Thanks. I?ll check it out. 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 Wink Harner Sent: Tuesday, March 14, 2017 10:32 AM To: Access Technology Higher Education Network Subject: Re: [Athen] Android app similar to Guided Access? Robert et al ATHENites Would something like SURELOCK work? It is a kiosk type app similar to the Guided Access on iOS. This particular one requires a monthly fee ($1.99). I'm sure there are others. Here's a link to check out more info: https://www.42gears.com/products/surelock/surelock-android/ Wink -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From jhori at ucdavis.edu Tue Mar 14 12:01:20 2017 From: jhori at ucdavis.edu (Joshua Hori) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:34:01 2018 Subject: [Athen] verification that a course is accessible In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: Hello Krista! We're finally piloting Ally for Canvas in the UC system due to this reason. The quarterly accessibility reports are nice, but need to test out their "EVERYTHING IS AUTOMAGICALLY ACCESSIBLE" claims. But if they REALLY want a checklist... http://webaim.org/standards/wcag/checklist http://webaim.org/standards/508/checklist There are no accessibility badges that I'm aware of. Best, Joshua -----Original Message----- From: athen-list [mailto:athen-list-bounces@mailman13.u.washington.edu] On Behalf Of Krista Greear Sent: Tuesday, March 14, 2017 9:00 AM To: Access Technology Higher Education Network Subject: [Athen] verification that a course is accessible In one of my recent presentations to academic groups, instructors were curious if there's anyway system for identifying if a course has been reviewed/remediated to be made accessible? Like a sticker, certification or badge? I didn't know so I thought I'd ask. Granted though, I think this is a "checklist" way to approach accessibility, which many of us don't buy into. Classes are organic, content can change on a dime, and instructors need to continually ask the question, "is this accessible?" Indicating that a course was accessible in a specific snapshot of time, does not mean it will stay accessible. How do others address this? KRISTA GREEAR Assistant Director Disability Resources for Students 011 Mary Gates Hall Box 352808 Seattle, WA 98195-2808 Direct: 206.221.4136 / Main: 206.543.8924 greeark@uw.edu/ http://disability.uw.edu _______________________________________________ athen-list mailing list athen-list@mailman13.u.washington.edu http://mailman13.u.washington.edu/mailman/listinfo/athen-list From nicolaas at fronteer.io Tue Mar 14 12:15:04 2017 From: nicolaas at fronteer.io (Nicolaas Matthijs) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:34:01 2018 Subject: [Athen] verification that a course is accessible In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <65B901BE-4A97-4BBC-BF56-A1418E5ACA20@fronteer.io> Hi Joshua, Thanks for sharing the reference to the UC Ally pilot. Through its integration with the Learning Management System, Ally will indeed automatically scan items that are added to the LMS for common accessibility issues. I did want to make sure that there are no misunderstandings about what Ally does though. We definitely don?t claim that we will make everything automatically accessible. Ally takes a 3-step approach to helping make course content more accessible. First, Ally does as much as it can in an automated way to generate a more accessible alternative. However, there are certain things we can?t do in an automated way (e.g., image without alternative description). Given that Ally can?t fix everything automatically, it also flags issues and provides feedback to instructors, and provides comprehensive reporting at the course and institutional level. Hope that helps, Nicolaas > On 14 Mar 2017, at 19:01, Joshua Hori wrote: > > Hello Krista! > > We're finally piloting Ally for Canvas in the UC system due to this reason. The quarterly accessibility reports are nice, but need to test out their "EVERYTHING IS AUTOMAGICALLY ACCESSIBLE" claims. > > But if they REALLY want a checklist... > > http://webaim.org/standards/wcag/checklist > http://webaim.org/standards/508/checklist > > There are no accessibility badges that I'm aware of. > > Best, > > Joshua > > > -----Original Message----- > From: athen-list [mailto:athen-list-bounces@mailman13.u.washington.edu] On Behalf Of Krista Greear > Sent: Tuesday, March 14, 2017 9:00 AM > To: Access Technology Higher Education Network > Subject: [Athen] verification that a course is accessible > > In one of my recent presentations to academic groups, instructors were curious if there's anyway system for identifying if a course has been reviewed/remediated to be made accessible? Like a sticker, certification or badge? I didn't know so I thought I'd ask. > > Granted though, I think this is a "checklist" way to approach accessibility, which many of us don't buy into. Classes are organic, content can change on a dime, and instructors need to continually ask the question, "is this accessible?" Indicating that a course was accessible in a specific snapshot of time, does not mean it will stay accessible. > > How do others address this? > > KRISTA GREEAR > Assistant Director > Disability Resources for Students > > 011 Mary Gates Hall > Box 352808 > Seattle, WA 98195-2808 > Direct: 206.221.4136 / Main: 206.543.8924 greeark@uw.edu/ http://disability.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 From lbencomo at uccs.edu Tue Mar 14 15:24:16 2017 From: lbencomo at uccs.edu (Leyna Bencomo) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:34:02 2018 Subject: [Athen] smart classroom guidelines Message-ID: Hello All, Does anyone have a policy on smart classrooms...especially with regards to the technology on a classroom lectern? My IT director wants to know what percentage of lecterns he needs to make accessible. If it is 100% of new ones, then he would like us to create a policy stating that and exactly how accessible they need to be! Temple University has a fantastic website with lots of details and he has started to look at that one. He asked me to find any others so he can compare. Thanks for any help. 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/ From jsuttondc at gmail.com Tue Mar 14 19:43:33 2017 From: jsuttondc at gmail.com (Jennifer Sutton) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:34:02 2018 Subject: [Athen] verification that a course is accessible In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: ATHENites: Slight topic shift: Given recent activity with revising Section 508: https://www.access-board.gov/guidelines-and-standards/communications-and-it/about-the-ict-refresh I'd really recommend folks focus on WCAG 2.0 AA, rather than the old Section 508, referenced below, in terms of updating current online content or rolling out new. Yes, at least as I understand it, it won't take effect until January of next year, so as I see it, it'll be best for academic institutions to be preparing, as needed, for that, starting now. I'm not even going to get into whether academic institutions need to comply with 508; it varies widely, depends on funding *within* an institution (sometimes), and I expect you folks know who you are. There are many many so-called checklists out there. Obviously, it's important to be sure the one(s) you choose are up-to-date; I'm sure WebAIM will update their 508 checklist as they're able. At the moment, I don't see a "last updated" date on it. In the meantime, I believe this set of references has recently been updated. Here's a post from IBM: http://ageandability.com/2016/09/19/ibm-updates-accessibility-checklists-in-preparation-for-section-508-refresh/ Back to online courses ... I'd think that for faculty, using online platforms, a "checklist" tailored to how to improve accessibility *specifically* (step-by-step, with videos and/or screen shots, perhaps) on that platform would be something that'd be more appealing to faculty members. If they're going to do it, at least in my experience, they need accessibility to be as easy and quick for them to implement as possible. Good luck to all. Best, Jennifer On 3/14/2017 12:01 PM, Joshua Hori wrote: > Hello Krista! > > We're finally piloting Ally for Canvas in the UC system due to this reason. The quarterly accessibility reports are nice, but need to test out their "EVERYTHING IS AUTOMAGICALLY ACCESSIBLE" claims. > > But if they REALLY want a checklist... > > http://webaim.org/standards/wcag/checklist > http://webaim.org/standards/508/checklist > > There are no accessibility badges that I'm aware of. > > Best, > > Joshua > > > -----Original Message----- > From: athen-list [mailto:athen-list-bounces@mailman13.u.washington.edu] On Behalf Of Krista Greear > Sent: Tuesday, March 14, 2017 9:00 AM > To: Access Technology Higher Education Network > Subject: [Athen] verification that a course is accessible > > In one of my recent presentations to academic groups, instructors were curious if there's anyway system for identifying if a course has been reviewed/remediated to be made accessible? Like a sticker, certification or badge? I didn't know so I thought I'd ask. > > Granted though, I think this is a "checklist" way to approach accessibility, which many of us don't buy into. Classes are organic, content can change on a dime, and instructors need to continually ask the question, "is this accessible?" Indicating that a course was accessible in a specific snapshot of time, does not mean it will stay accessible. > > How do others address this? > > KRISTA GREEAR > Assistant Director > Disability Resources for Students > > 011 Mary Gates Hall > Box 352808 > Seattle, WA 98195-2808 > Direct: 206.221.4136 / Main: 206.543.8924 greeark@uw.edu/ http://disability.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 From jsuttondc at gmail.com Tue Mar 14 20:02:33 2017 From: jsuttondc at gmail.com (Jennifer Sutton) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:34:02 2018 Subject: [Athen] March issue of Universal Access in the Information Society Message-ID: <5e95f0eb-1a48-2791-4491-59b101ccc8e4@gmail.com> Greetings, ATHENites and others who do accessibility-related research: Thought some of you might find this tweet from Mark (at ETS) of interest. I imagine many of you can get access to this Springer content through libraries. The link below will send you to the Table of contents. Best, Jennifer Tweet from @mhakkinen Mark(ku) H?kkinen @mhakkinen March issue of Universal Access in the Info Society includes special section on New Challenges in Web #a11y https://link.springer.com/journal/10209/16/1/page/1 13 March From marsh058 at umn.edu Wed Mar 15 04:26:39 2017 From: marsh058 at umn.edu (Scott Marshall) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:34:02 2018 Subject: [Athen] verification that a course is accessible In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: Good morning from Minnesota - We're beginning to develop a "seal" of sorts for sites (not courses - but they could be next) where accessibility is a priority. As Krista said, sites can and do change on a dime so there's no guarantee that what was mostly accessible yesterday will remain accessible through the end of the week. But what we CAN do is recognize those sites where accessibility is a priority; where there is commitment to accessibility. So our badge or seal will have an "attitudinal" component to it. One of the criteria we're working on is a reporting and response mechanism that would allow an accessibility issue to be reported and would define a deadline for the fix (or Plan B development) such that the problem doesn't persist. (And there's more that I won't get into here.) It's an imperfect plan. In a decentralized structure like ours, with no accessibility mandate but a lot of interest in doing better, we need to do what we can to encourage accessibility, to bring it out into the light and make it a thing, to build connections around it, to reward it even. scott On Tue, Mar 14, 2017 at 2:01 PM, Joshua Hori wrote: > Hello Krista! > > We're finally piloting Ally for Canvas in the UC system due to this > reason. The quarterly accessibility reports are nice, but need to test out > their "EVERYTHING IS AUTOMAGICALLY ACCESSIBLE" claims. > > But if they REALLY want a checklist... > > http://webaim.org/standards/wcag/checklist > http://webaim.org/standards/508/checklist > > There are no accessibility badges that I'm aware of. > > Best, > > Joshua > > > -----Original Message----- > From: athen-list [mailto:athen-list-bounces@mailman13.u.washington.edu] > On Behalf Of Krista Greear > Sent: Tuesday, March 14, 2017 9:00 AM > To: Access Technology Higher Education Network < > athen-list@u.washington.edu> > Subject: [Athen] verification that a course is accessible > > In one of my recent presentations to academic groups, instructors were > curious if there's anyway system for identifying if a course has been > reviewed/remediated to be made accessible? Like a sticker, certification or > badge? I didn't know so I thought I'd ask. > > Granted though, I think this is a "checklist" way to approach > accessibility, which many of us don't buy into. Classes are organic, > content can change on a dime, and instructors need to continually ask the > question, "is this accessible?" Indicating that a course was accessible in > a specific snapshot of time, does not mean it will stay accessible. > > How do others address this? > > KRISTA GREEAR > Assistant Director > Disability Resources for Students > > 011 Mary Gates Hall > Box 352808 > Seattle, WA 98195-2808 > Direct: 206.221.4136 / Main: 206.543.8924 greeark@uw.edu/ > http://disability.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 > -- Scott Marshall Associate Director University of Minnesota Disability Resource Center o. 612.626.4954 m. 612.245.7632 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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If it doesn't work with JAWS, however, they are probably not sending enough of the right information, or that they have actions that can't be completed by keyboard alone - if you can't get to an object, it can't send information about it and you can't operate it. By the way, Microsoft is replacing MSAA with Microsoft UI Automation. (This is a (fairly technical) comparison article from Microsoft: https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms788733.aspx) I'm not sure that AutoCAD should be proud that they're still using the older and more limited MSAA. sb Sarah E. Bourne Director of IT Accessibility, MassIT Commonwealth of Massachusetts 1 Ashburton Pl. rm 811 Boston MA 02108 617-626-4502 sarah.bourne@mass.gov http://www.mass.gov/MassIT From: athen-list [mailto:athen-list-bounces@mailman13.u.washington.edu] On Behalf Of Despins, Nicole Sent: Wednesday, March 15, 2017 1:28 PM To: athen-list@u.washington.edu Subject: [Athen] AutoCad & Visually Impaired Student Does anyone have any experience working with a blind student using AutoCad? I am working with a blind student who is taking an Intro to Engineering class and having a lot of trouble with AutoCad accessibility. On AutoCad's VPAT it states that the software provides information to the user via the Microsoft Active Accessibility application. The best information that I could find was that the Microsoft Active Accessibility is now the built in Ease of Access Center. AutoCad doesn't work with JAWS and the narrator in the Ease of Access Center doesn't make it very accessible either. 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The results were interesting and led to a bit of an interdepartmental discussion on the wide use of Google products across colleges and universities and how they might approach the particular conundrum I encountered. I tested a simple Google form [http://bit.ly/2nocOnS] with NVDA and JAWS 18 in IE11, Firefox v45.8.0, and Chrome v54.0.2840.59. I could access all parts of the form (including the question text, image alt text, and form fields) with NVDA, but JAWS could not access any text other than the headings when I specifically brought up the Headings dialog box. I could jump to a selected heading, but could not get JAWS to read the text below each heading, and I could not access the image. If I navigated via the Headings dialog box, I could Tab to a form field, but without access to the text above the form field, one doesn't know what to type in the field. In reviewing Freedom Scientific's New Features for JAWS 18 [https://www.freedomscientific.com/downloads/JAWS/JAWSWhatsNew], more functionality in Google Docs and Sheets is mentioned, but Forms is not mentioned. I went back as far as JAWS 16 to see if I could find any documentation on Google Forms, but wasn't able to find anything from Freedom Scientific that specifically addresses it: * New Features in JAWS 17 http://www.freedomscientific.com/Downloads/JAWS/Jaws17Features * New Features in JAWS 16 https://www.freedomscientific.com/Downloads/JAWS/jaws16features I cross referenced this information with a Google Accessibility Group search, and about a year ago, users were indicating that JAWS (16) was no longer working with Google Forms in IE11 [https://groups.google.com/forum/#!topic/accessible/9iZ63skXxMQ]. The Group discussion turned to the inequity of requiring long-time JAWS users to switch to or possibly use NVDA in conjunction with JAWS. So, here's a few questions I'd like to extend to the community: * Technically speaking, in going back to the original request that I was asked to look into, one can add an alternative text to an image in a Google Form. So, as an institution of higher education, we are following that WCAG 2.0 guideline (providing text equivalents); however, how useful is that alt text if a JAWS user is unable to access it? Should it be up to us to make sure products work with both JAWS and NVDA? * Is it fair to ask JAWS users to use NVDA when they need to access a Google Form that's been provided by the institution? Should the institution provide equivalent access by sending screen reader users to another form (at the moment, I'm not sure how or what product would provide that access...)? * I think it would be fair to suggest that there are many institutions using Google Forms. Has this issue come up in your neck of the woods? What are your thoughts? What would you suggest? Thank you so much for your consideration. Amy Netzel, M.A.Ed. Instructional Designer/Web Accessibility Specialist Instructional Technologies netzela@durhamtech.edu 919-536-7213 x5902 [durhamtechmaillogo] Durham Technical Community College 1637 Lawson Street Durham, NC 27703 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... 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These programs are used to create products that are dependent upon how their components come together, intersect, and work with each other and right now, that is all visual information that can't be interpreted by any software. Maybe someday in the future that capability will be developed, somewhat similar to how driverless cars are now being developed and blind passengers will be able to operate them as well as sighted passengers. But for programs like AutoCad and InDesign, we're not there yet in the software industry. I always feel crappy when a blind or low-vision conference attendee is in my accessible InDesign sessions because I have to tell them that we don't have software that's accessible for them. Although people with other disabilities can learn to use this type of visual design software, we're a long way off from having tools that blind people can use to "see" what they are designing. (Although I do encourage everyone to take my class because they'll get a better understanding of the constraints we designers have when creating accessible documents and that in itself is invaluable.) I believe that this is one key reason why this type of design software is usually exempt (or partially exempt) from VPAT requirements. --Bevi Chagnon - - - Bevi Chagnon | www.PubCom.com Technologists, Consultants, Trainers, Designers, and Developers for publishing & communication | Acrobat PDF | Print | EPUBS | Sec. 508 Accessibility | - - - From: athen-list [mailto:athen-list-bounces@mailman13.u.washington.edu] On Behalf Of Despins, Nicole Sent: Wednesday, March 15, 2017 1:28 PM To: athen-list@u.washington.edu Subject: [Athen] AutoCad & Visually Impaired Student Does anyone have any experience working with a blind student using AutoCad? I am working with a blind student who is taking an Intro to Engineering class and having a lot of trouble with AutoCad accessibility. On AutoCad's VPAT it states that the software provides information to the user via the Microsoft Active Accessibility application. The best information that I could find was that the Microsoft Active Accessibility is now the built in Ease of Access Center. AutoCad doesn't work with JAWS and the narrator in the Ease of Access Center doesn't make it very accessible either. Anyone have any experience working with a blind or visually impaired student using AutoCad? Nicole Despins Assistive Technology Specialist/Math Liaison Diablo Valley College 925-969-2186 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From bossley.5 at osu.edu Wed Mar 15 14:24:33 2017 From: bossley.5 at osu.edu (Bossley, Peter A.) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:34:02 2018 Subject: [Athen] textbook scanning without cutting up the book? Message-ID: <006B5C8325EEDA44A1A7D3955F5431CD8BA1BB2D@CIO-KRC-D1MBX05.osuad.osu.edu> Greetings, ATHEN list, Our accessible media creation team is wondering if there are any good solutions for scanning books rapidly that don't require us to cut the binding off a book. There is a push to use student provided textbooks instead of our DS office purchasing the text, but our practice of cutting the binding off the book would seem to be contraindicated in that case. Any information or solutions you can share would be greatly appreciated. Our research indicates that some scanning solutions of this type are on the market but of course we are wondering about their reliability / quality at scale. Best, [The Ohio State University] Peter Bossley Director, Digital Accessibility Center ADA Coordinator's Office | Office of University Compliance and Integrity Student Life Disability Services 098 Baker Hall, 113 W. 12th Ave, Columbus, OH 43210 614-292-1760 Office bossley.5@osu.edu accessibility.osu.edu ________________________________ -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: image001.png Type: image/png Size: 3605 bytes Desc: image001.png URL: From gdietrich at htctu.net Wed Mar 15 15:00:01 2017 From: gdietrich at htctu.net (Gaeir Dietrich) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:34:02 2018 Subject: [Athen] AutoCad & Visually Impaired Student In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <040d01d29dd7$7ee48280$7cad8780$@htctu.net> As was said, AutoCAD by its nature is inaccessible and likely to remain so until we have some sort of paradigm shift around such programs. That being said, you might look at OpenSCAD. I don't think that it will completely replace everything the student needs to learn about AutoCAD, but at least, it provides an experience of a graphic modeling program, and it is accessible. http://www.openscad.org/ ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ Gaeir (rhymes with "fire") Dietrich HTCTU Director 408-996-6047 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ From: athen-list [mailto:athen-list-bounces@mailman13.u.washington.edu] On Behalf Of Despins, Nicole Sent: Wednesday, March 15, 2017 10:28 AM To: athen-list@u.washington.edu Subject: [Athen] AutoCad & Visually Impaired Student Does anyone have any experience working with a blind student using AutoCad? I am working with a blind student who is taking an Intro to Engineering class and having a lot of trouble with AutoCad accessibility. On AutoCad's VPAT it states that the software provides information to the user via the Microsoft Active Accessibility application. The best information that I could find was that the Microsoft Active Accessibility is now the built in Ease of Access Center. AutoCad doesn't work with JAWS and the narrator in the Ease of Access Center doesn't make it very accessible either. Anyone have any experience working with a blind or visually impaired student using AutoCad? Nicole Despins Assistive Technology Specialist/Math Liaison Diablo Valley College 925-969-2186 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From gdietrich at htctu.net Wed Mar 15 15:05:16 2017 From: gdietrich at htctu.net (Gaeir Dietrich) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:34:02 2018 Subject: [Athen] textbook scanning without cutting up the book? In-Reply-To: <006B5C8325EEDA44A1A7D3955F5431CD8BA1BB2D@CIO-KRC-D1MBX05.osuad.osu.edu> References: <006B5C8325EEDA44A1A7D3955F5431CD8BA1BB2D@CIO-KRC-D1MBX05.osuad.osu.edu> Message-ID: <042301d29dd8$3aa786c0$aff69440$@htctu.net> I think maybe someone already answered this question, but check out Fujitsu ScanSnap sv600. You have to turn the pages, but it will scan both pages in one pass. It takes some getting used to, however. ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ Gaeir (rhymes with "fire") Dietrich HTCTU Director 408-996-6047 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ From: athen-list [mailto:athen-list-bounces@mailman13.u.washington.edu] On Behalf Of Bossley, Peter A. Sent: Wednesday, March 15, 2017 2:25 PM To: Access Technology Higher Education Network (athen-list@u.washington.edu) Subject: [Athen] textbook scanning without cutting up the book? Greetings, ATHEN list, Our accessible media creation team is wondering if there are any good solutions for scanning books rapidly that don't require us to cut the binding off a book. There is a push to use student provided textbooks instead of our DS office purchasing the text, but our practice of cutting the binding off the book would seem to be contraindicated in that case. Any information or solutions you can share would be greatly appreciated. Our research indicates that some scanning solutions of this type are on the market but of course we are wondering about their reliability / quality at scale. Best, The Ohio State University Peter Bossley Director, Digital Accessibility Center ADA Coordinator's Office | Office of University Compliance and Integrity Student Life Disability Services 098 Baker Hall, 113 W. 12th Ave, Columbus, OH 43210 614-292-1760 Office bossley.5@osu.edu accessibility.osu.edu _____ -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... 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Web Design: Form Controls and Links April 12, 2017 Web Design: Web Accessibility Evaluation Basics (3-part course) April 17, April 24 and May 1, 2017 Web Design: Introduction to Accessible Web Widgets with ARIA April 26, 2017 Web Design: Video Captioning, Audio Descriptions, and Accessible Media Players May 3, 2017 Web Design: Landmarks, Headings, Page Titles and Navigation May 17, 2017 More information and registration links at: http://go.illinois.edu/a11y-badges -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From alpuzz at msu.edu Thu Mar 16 04:24:03 2017 From: alpuzz at msu.edu (Puzzuoli, Al) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:34:02 2018 Subject: [Athen] Google Forms and JAWS 18 In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: Hello, I believe what we are dealing with here is an unintended regression in the latest build of Jaws 18. I have used prior builds of Jaws with great success to navigate and fill out Google forms. However, in build 18.0.2530, the virtual cursor is being turned off as soon as you open a Google form, making it very difficult to do anything except tab through the fields. Some changes were recently made to the way in which Jaws deals with most web based Google apps. Now by default, it turns off the virtual cursor and enters application mode when opening a document in Sheets, Docks, Numbers, etc. My hypothesis is that it's doing the same thing for Forms, but it really shouldn't be. So for what its worth, I'm almost 100% certain that this is a Jaws bug rather than a Google Forms accessibility issue. HTH, Al Puzzuoli Information Technologist Michigan State University, Resource Center for Persons with Disabilities, 120 Bessey Hall East Lansing, MI 48824-1033 517-884-1915 http://www.rcpd.msu.edu From: athen-list [mailto:athen-list-bounces@mailman13.u.washington.edu] On Behalf Of Amy Beth Netzel Sent: Wednesday, March 15, 2017 3:11 PM To: athen-list@u.washington.edu Subject: [Athen] Google Forms and JAWS 18 Greetings colleagues, I recently fielded a question about whether or not it is possible to add alternative text to an image in a Google form. This is certainly possible, but it got me thinking that it's been awhile since I looked into the accessibility of Google Drive products (Docs, Sheets, Forms, etc.). Generally speaking, a few years ago, my impression was that the accessibility of these products seemed to be somewhat lacking, and I was curious to see if this still held true. I focused on testing Google Forms. The results were interesting and led to a bit of an interdepartmental discussion on the wide use of Google products across colleges and universities and how they might approach the particular conundrum I encountered. I tested a simple Google form [http://bit.ly/2nocOnS] with NVDA and JAWS 18 in IE11, Firefox v45.8.0, and Chrome v54.0.2840.59. I could access all parts of the form (including the question text, image alt text, and form fields) with NVDA, but JAWS could not access any text other than the headings when I specifically brought up the Headings dialog box. I could jump to a selected heading, but could not get JAWS to read the text below each heading, and I could not access the image. If I navigated via the Headings dialog box, I could Tab to a form field, but without access to the text above the form field, one doesn't know what to type in the field. In reviewing Freedom Scientific's New Features for JAWS 18 [https://www.freedomscientific.com/downloads/JAWS/JAWSWhatsNew], more functionality in Google Docs and Sheets is mentioned, but Forms is not mentioned. I went back as far as JAWS 16 to see if I could find any documentation on Google Forms, but wasn't able to find anything from Freedom Scientific that specifically addresses it: * New Features in JAWS 17 http://www.freedomscientific.com/Downloads/JAWS/Jaws17Features * New Features in JAWS 16 https://www.freedomscientific.com/Downloads/JAWS/jaws16features I cross referenced this information with a Google Accessibility Group search, and about a year ago, users were indicating that JAWS (16) was no longer working with Google Forms in IE11 [https://groups.google.com/forum/#!topic/accessible/9iZ63skXxMQ]. The Group discussion turned to the inequity of requiring long-time JAWS users to switch to or possibly use NVDA in conjunction with JAWS. So, here's a few questions I'd like to extend to the community: * Technically speaking, in going back to the original request that I was asked to look into, one can add an alternative text to an image in a Google Form. So, as an institution of higher education, we are following that WCAG 2.0 guideline (providing text equivalents); however, how useful is that alt text if a JAWS user is unable to access it? Should it be up to us to make sure products work with both JAWS and NVDA? * Is it fair to ask JAWS users to use NVDA when they need to access a Google Form that's been provided by the institution? Should the institution provide equivalent access by sending screen reader users to another form (at the moment, I'm not sure how or what product would provide that access...)? * I think it would be fair to suggest that there are many institutions using Google Forms. Has this issue come up in your neck of the woods? What are your thoughts? What would you suggest? Thank you so much for your consideration. Amy Netzel, M.A.Ed. Instructional Designer/Web Accessibility Specialist Instructional Technologies netzela@durhamtech.edu 919-536-7213 x5902 [durhamtechmaillogo] Durham Technical Community College 1637 Lawson Street Durham, NC 27703 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: image001.png Type: image/png Size: 9414 bytes Desc: image001.png URL: From sarah.bourne at mass.gov Thu Mar 16 05:44:53 2017 From: sarah.bourne at mass.gov (Bourne, Sarah (MASSIT)) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:34:02 2018 Subject: [Athen] AutoCad & Visually Impaired Student In-Reply-To: <8d3889b5f2d9481896815b75e62792f6@ES-SDC-EMR-03.es.govt.state.ma.us> References: <8d3889b5f2d9481896815b75e62792f6@ES-SDC-EMR-03.es.govt.state.ma.us> Message-ID: Just in time! Out today in Smashing Magazine: a wonderful and very readable article describing how and why accessibility APIs work. Accessibility APIs: A Key To Web Accessibility, by L?onie Watson & Chaals McCathie Nevile. sb From: athen-list [mailto:athen-list-bounces@mailman13.u.washington.edu] On Behalf Of Bourne, Sarah (MASSIT) Sent: Wednesday, March 15, 2017 2:20 PM To: Access Technology Higher Education Network Subject: Re: [Athen] AutoCad & Visually Impaired Student "Microsoft Active Accessibility" (MSAA) is Window's application programming interface (or API) for communicating accessibility information. AutoCAD is apparently saying that they pass object, name, and state information to the API that can then be used by assistive technologies. If it doesn't work with JAWS, however, they are probably not sending enough of the right information, or that they have actions that can't be completed by keyboard alone - if you can't get to an object, it can't send information about it and you can't operate it. By the way, Microsoft is replacing MSAA with Microsoft UI Automation. (This is a (fairly technical) comparison article from Microsoft: https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms788733.aspx) I'm not sure that AutoCAD should be proud that they're still using the older and more limited MSAA. sb Sarah E. Bourne Director of IT Accessibility, MassIT Commonwealth of Massachusetts 1 Ashburton Pl. rm 811 Boston MA 02108 617-626-4502 sarah.bourne@mass.gov http://www.mass.gov/MassIT -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From SolowoniukR at macewan.ca Thu Mar 16 07:26:52 2017 From: SolowoniukR at macewan.ca (Russell Solowoniuk) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:34:02 2018 Subject: [Athen] Google Forms and JAWS 18 In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <58CA4C4C020000EC0004FC77@gatedom2vs.macewan.ca> Hi Al, I believe you are right. I tried the form yesterday and Jaws didn't read any of the text on the page. I was able to tab to the text field and hear the question being asked, and could type in an answer and tab to the submit button, but that was it. After reading your email message, I went back to the form, pressed Insert + Z to turn on the virtual cursor, and was then able to read all the text on the page. Thanks, Russell From sarah.bourne at mass.gov Thu Mar 16 09:26:15 2017 From: sarah.bourne at mass.gov (Bourne, Sarah (MASSIT)) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:34:02 2018 Subject: [Athen] verification that a course is accessible In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <8cb3aee3e25144c3987721005d648422@ES-SDC-EMR-03.es.govt.state.ma.us> Krista, There's no reason why you couldn't start a program like that. But a "badge" implies a clear-cut pass/fail , and accessibility is a continuum. What you could assert is that it was tested and found acceptable. A program for that would need a few things: - A definition of what testing is to be done. This could include: -- the technical standards you are testing against, -- a representative matrix of operating system/browser/assistive technology combinations you test with -- testing protocols : automated tests, manual testing, and testing with assistive technologies, and -- an evaluation methodology to determine the severity of discovered defects and to define what "passing" is. (For instance, no defects that prevent task completion and no more than two defects that make it difficult to use - or something like that.) - A statement on the course (rather than just a badge) that could include: -- that it passed the testing -- the date it was tested -- link to more information on what was tested and what passing means (see bullets above) -- link to information on known problems and tips for best results or to deal with problems with specific AT, and -- how to report (new) problems. - A process for when problems are reported against tested courses: re-test, fix, improve instructions, etc. I would start with a very simple implementation of this and only add complexity based on feedback from students. If the simple way works, why make it harder? But if it's not meeting their needs, then you'll have a better idea of what you need to do about it. I find it interesting that instructors were asking about this. That implies that earning a badge could be a point of pride and therefore an additional incentive. sb Sarah E. Bourne Director of IT Accessibility, MassIT Commonwealth of Massachusetts 1 Ashburton Pl. rm 811 Boston MA 02108 617-626-4502 sarah.bourne@mass.gov http://www.mass.gov/MassIT -----Original Message----- From: athen-list [mailto:athen-list-bounces@mailman13.u.washington.edu] On Behalf Of Krista Greear Sent: Tuesday, March 14, 2017 12:00 PM To: Access Technology Higher Education Network Subject: [Athen] verification that a course is accessible In one of my recent presentations to academic groups, instructors were curious if there's anyway system for identifying if a course has been reviewed/remediated to be made accessible? Like a sticker, certification or badge? I didn't know so I thought I'd ask. Granted though, I think this is a "checklist" way to approach accessibility, which many of us don't buy into. Classes are organic, content can change on a dime, and instructors need to continually ask the question, "is this accessible?" Indicating that a course was accessible in a specific snapshot of time, does not mean it will stay accessible. How do others address this? KRISTA GREEAR Assistant Director Disability Resources for Students 011 Mary Gates Hall Box 352808 Seattle, WA 98195-2808 Direct: 206.221.4136 / Main: 206.543.8924 greeark@uw.edu/ https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__disability.uw.edu&d=DwIFAw&c=lDF7oMaPKXpkYvev9V-fVahWL0QWnGCCAfCDz1Bns_w&r=rhLenV33VPpmkT7iP0-OkUlRYw9YWn3HMLHZVP2q9y8&m=YAh_aKWQnk8-zdY3NRgr3b2oMhhxZC5hv3_AABaNRdo&s=vUiygl9TUKo_82EDGJ3M-9clrUGIzLzUyES8ONubwbA&e= _______________________________________________ athen-list mailing list athen-list@mailman13.u.washington.edu https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__mailman13.u.washington.edu_mailman_listinfo_athen-2Dlist&d=DwIFAw&c=lDF7oMaPKXpkYvev9V-fVahWL0QWnGCCAfCDz1Bns_w&r=rhLenV33VPpmkT7iP0-OkUlRYw9YWn3HMLHZVP2q9y8&m=YAh_aKWQnk8-zdY3NRgr3b2oMhhxZC5hv3_AABaNRdo&s=oqNEU0TNqSgIgjJFDfy483GRFT6LuEn3k8yw-D8rjMk&e= From jsuttondc at gmail.com Thu Mar 16 09:51:43 2017 From: jsuttondc at gmail.com (Jennifer Sutton) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:34:02 2018 Subject: [Athen] verification that a course is accessible In-Reply-To: <8cb3aee3e25144c3987721005d648422@ES-SDC-EMR-03.es.govt.state.ma.us> References: <8cb3aee3e25144c3987721005d648422@ES-SDC-EMR-03.es.govt.state.ma.us> Message-ID: <3ecc4cb3-1e0b-8fa2-46e4-93f28667dbb4@gmail.com> For those who may not be, it might also be helpful to be aware of this resource, from the W3C, related to WCAG 2.0 Conformance (note that *compliance* is not the word that's used). I believe this distinction actually matters. See: http://www.w3.org/TR/UNDERSTANDING-WCAG20/conformance.html Best, Jennifer From jsuttondc at gmail.com Thu Mar 16 09:58:07 2017 From: jsuttondc at gmail.com (Jennifer Sutton) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:34:02 2018 Subject: [Athen] Understanding the Faculty Role in Digital Accessibility Message-ID: ATHENites: In case anyone missed this. Jennifer Understanding the Faculty Role in Digital Accessibility https://www.insidehighered.com/digital-learning/article/2017/03/15/digital-accessibility-experts-discuss-how-they-approach-faculty From jsuttondc at gmail.com Thu Mar 16 10:12:24 2017 From: jsuttondc at gmail.com (Jennifer Sutton) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:34:02 2018 Subject: [Athen] UC Berkley To Remove More Than 20, 000 Online Videos From Public Access In Response To DOJ Captioning Demand Message-ID: <19a72ce1-6409-d36f-4b8e-394bc19a9727@gmail.com> ATHENites: And here's this legal firm weighing in with its views about Berkeley and captioning. Jennifer UC Berkley To Remove More Than 20,000 Online Videos From Public Access In Response To DOJ Captioning Demand http://www.adatitleiii.com/2017/03/uc-berkley-to-remove-more-than-20000-online-videos-from-public-access-in-response-to-doj-captioning-demand/ From Kristen.Dabney at tufts.edu Thu Mar 16 13:07:33 2017 From: Kristen.Dabney at tufts.edu (Dabney, Kristen) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:34:02 2018 Subject: [Athen] Accessible Test Scheduling Program Message-ID: <3B1D974C247B3B47AB49E0406C95F787825F1B@tabvmexdag1mb04.tufts.ad.tufts.edu> We have a distraction reduced testing space and are looking into moving to an online scheduling system. Right now it is all handled through email, but we would really like a more convenient system for everyone. The first few attempts have not proven to be successful. The limiting factors seem to be accessibility on the student's side and scheduling one room for either a variety of different time lengths. Does anyone currently have a system they like? Thank you for your time. Have a wonderful day, Kristen ______________ Kristen Dabney Assistive Technology Instruction Specialist Student Accessibility Services Tufts University Office email: accessibility@tufts.edu http://students.tufts.edu/student-accessibility-services -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From gdietrich at htctu.net Thu Mar 16 14:17:23 2017 From: gdietrich at htctu.net (Gaeir Dietrich) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:34:02 2018 Subject: [Athen] verification that a course is accessible In-Reply-To: <3ecc4cb3-1e0b-8fa2-46e4-93f28667dbb4@gmail.com> References: <8cb3aee3e25144c3987721005d648422@ES-SDC-EMR-03.es.govt.state.ma.us> <3ecc4cb3-1e0b-8fa2-46e4-93f28667dbb4@gmail.com> Message-ID: <01e901d29e9a$b498a320$1dc9e960$@htctu.net> Thank you for the resource, and you are correct the two terms do matter. David Baquis from the Access Board explains the difference very succinctly: vendors and creators of accessible materials conform to the 508 Standards or WCAG guidelines; those of us to whom Section 508 applies comply with the law. ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ Gaeir (rhymes with "fire") Dietrich HTCTU Director 408-996-6047 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ -----Original Message----- From: athen-list [mailto:athen-list-bounces@mailman13.u.washington.edu] On Behalf Of Jennifer Sutton Sent: Thursday, March 16, 2017 9:52 AM To: Access Technology Higher Education Network Subject: Re: [Athen] verification that a course is accessible For those who may not be, it might also be helpful to be aware of this resource, from the W3C, related to WCAG 2.0 Conformance (note that *compliance* is not the word that's used). I believe this distinction actually matters. See: http://www.w3.org/TR/UNDERSTANDING-WCAG20/conformance.html Best, Jennifer _______________________________________________ athen-list mailing list athen-list@mailman13.u.washington.edu http://mailman13.u.washington.edu/mailman/listinfo/athen-list From Enjie.Hall at utoledo.edu Thu Mar 16 14:44:52 2017 From: Enjie.Hall at utoledo.edu (Hall, Enjie) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:34:02 2018 Subject: [Athen] Accessible Test Scheduling Program In-Reply-To: <3B1D974C247B3B47AB49E0406C95F787825F1B@tabvmexdag1mb04.tufts.ad.tufts.edu> References: <3B1D974C247B3B47AB49E0406C95F787825F1B@tabvmexdag1mb04.tufts.ad.tufts.edu> Message-ID: Hi, We use the exam scheduling module in our online accommodation/management requesting system, which is Accessible Information Management (AIM). We are able to set parameters so that students cannot make requests at the last minute and both the staff and student interfaces are accessible with assistive technology. Yes, we do like the system very much, smiles. Enjie Hall Director, Accessibility and Student Disability Services Americans With Disabilities Act and Section 504 Compliance Officer Office of Internal Audit and Compliance 1820 Rocket Hall, Mail Stop 342 2801 W. Bancroft St. Toledo, Ohio 43606-3339 419.530.4981 enjie.hall@utoledo.edu [Univeristy of Toledo Logo] NOTICE: This email (including attachments) is covered by the Electronic Communications Privacy Act, 18 U.S.C._2510-2521, is confidential, and may be privileged. If you are not the intended recipient, please be aware that any retention, dissemination, distribution or copying of this communication is prohibited. From: athen-list [mailto:athen-list-bounces@mailman13.u.washington.edu] On Behalf Of Dabney, Kristen Sent: Thursday, March 16, 2017 4:08 PM To: athen-list@u.washington.edu Subject: [Athen] Accessible Test Scheduling Program We have a distraction reduced testing space and are looking into moving to an online scheduling system. Right now it is all handled through email, but we would really like a more convenient system for everyone. The first few attempts have not proven to be successful. The limiting factors seem to be accessibility on the student's side and scheduling one room for either a variety of different time lengths. Does anyone currently have a system they like? Thank you for your time. Have a wonderful day, Kristen ______________ Kristen Dabney Assistive Technology Instruction Specialist Student Accessibility Services Tufts University Office email: accessibility@tufts.edu http://students.tufts.edu/student-accessibility-services -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... 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I see a major problem with this approach in that it doesn't address the student's need for access in real time, even as well as other accommodations like ASL and CART. I don't see how this accommodation would enable the student to participate by making comments or asking questions in class because s/he still can't hear what's going on. It makes me wonder what the reason for this is. Do students even ask questions in class anymore? I queried the last student who came to see me. She said she didn't like carrying the FM device to class. She also didn't like having to give the transmitter to the teacher at the beginning of every class. She said that there was a lot of static on the receiver. (Maybe it wasn't charged fully.) >From my experience, a properly functioning FM listening device transmits sound loudly and clearly from a speaker to a listener in a way that no other device can. . Are Assistive Listening Devices no longer being used as an accommodation in higher education? Thanks much in advance for your comments. I would really welcome the thoughts of others on this subject. Best regards, [cid:image001.png@01D29E54.4B8737C0] Steven A. Sullam M.S. Assistant Director of Assistive Technology Center for Student Accessibility College of Staten Island City University of New York 2800 Victory Boulevard Staten Island, NY 10314 [cid:image002.png@01D29E54.4B8737C0] Ph. 718.982.3343 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: image001.png Type: image/png Size: 4221 bytes Desc: image001.png URL: -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: image002.png Type: image/png Size: 11219 bytes Desc: image002.png URL: From jhori at ucdavis.edu Thu Mar 16 18:39:25 2017 From: jhori at ucdavis.edu (Joshua Hori) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:34:02 2018 Subject: [Athen] FM Listening Devices vs. recording devices for Hard of Hearing In-Reply-To: <1489710144247.39109@csi.cuny.edu> References: <1378c6e29e8440dcb1b7b9de5b0656e7@MBOX-01.FLAS.CSI.CUNY.EDU>, <1489710144247.39109@csi.cuny.edu> Message-ID: Hello Steve, Yes, I've seen that here too. I've been handing out less each year, but our interpreters and CART services may be a reason for that. We have a much higher demand for CART services than other accommodation requests. For some of our users with a more recent hearing lose, and refuse to use ALD's, I have been suggesting the Petralex app. Kind of like a hand held audio magnifier, and they keep improving the audio quality with each update. For those wanting the smartpen, I've been moving them over to sonocent where I can. Having them highlight areas of concern and using the noise cancellation (to get rid of the static everyone complains about) and gain controls on the desktop app to produce better audio. I see that we can now import transcripts, but I haven't tried it yet. You can also import smartpen audio into it to reduce the palm rubbing against paper that's picked up. I think other students use technology in others ways to accommodate themselves, and we never hear from them. I was pointed to the AVA app by one of my students. Interesting app, but not sure how well it's working for them since it picks up background speaking sometimes. Questions are usually saved for office hours. Lectures can be fast and furious with little room for interruption, others may have a class discussion which may occur. We do accommodate the student for office hours and course events, usually with interpreters, at the request of the student. We realize that students are going to explore their options and test their limits. We just keep reminding them we're available. I've even had units on hand during finals for students to try out after an exam. They'll probably ignore it, but every now and then I'll get a taker. Best, Joshua Hori Accessible Technology Analyst Student Disability Center 54 Cowell Building Davis, CA 95616 530-304-5482 Sent from my iPhone On Mar 16, 2017, at 5:25 PM, Steven Sullam > wrote: Hello Athen-List, I wonder if anyone else is experiencing the following situation. Disability services advisors are referring students who had used FM ALDs in high school and are now advised to use a smart pen or a digital tape recorder as their accommodation for hearing impairment. The students come to me wanting a recorder instead of the ALD so I reluctantly give it to them. As we all know, it is futile to argue with someone who has made up their mind about what they want. I see a major problem with this approach in that it doesn?t address the student?s need for access in real time, even as well as other accommodations like ASL and CART. I don?t see how this accommodation would enable the student to participate by making comments or asking questions in class because s/he still can?t hear what?s going on. It makes me wonder what the reason for this is. Do students even ask questions in class anymore? I queried the last student who came to see me. She said she didn?t like carrying the FM device to class. She also didn?t like having to give the transmitter to the teacher at the beginning of every class. She said that there was a lot of static on the receiver. (Maybe it wasn?t charged fully.) From my experience, a properly functioning FM listening device transmits sound loudly and clearly from a speaker to a listener in a way that no other device can. . Are Assistive Listening Devices no longer being used as an accommodation in higher education? Thanks much in advance for your comments. I would really welcome the thoughts of others on this subject. Best regards, Steven A. Sullam M.S. Assistant Director of Assistive Technology Center for Student Accessibility College of Staten Island City University of New York 2800 Victory Boulevard Staten Island, NY 10314 Ph. 718.982.3343 _______________________________________________ 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: -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: image001.png Type: image/png Size: 4221 bytes Desc: image001.png URL: -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... 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The Blackwell Inn- The Ohio State University's Columbus Camus Samuel Bagenstos will deliver the 2017 Ken Campbell Lecture on Disability Policy April 13 at 3:30 Samuel Bagenstos, the Frank G. Millard Professor of Law at the University of Michigan's Law School specializes in constitutional and civil litigation. He was appointed as the principal deputy assistant attorney general for civil rights at the Department of Justice from 2009 to 2011 where his accomplishments included the promulgation of the 2010 Americans with Disabilities Act regulations?the first comprehensive update of those regulations since they were first promulgated in 1991?and the reinvigoration of the Civil Rights Division's enforcement of the U.S. Supreme Court's decision in Olmstead v. L.C., which guarantees people with disabilities the right to live and receive services in the most integrated setting appropriate. L. 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URL: From jiatyan at stanford.edu Fri Mar 17 09:19:41 2017 From: jiatyan at stanford.edu (Jiatyan Chen) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:34:02 2018 Subject: [Athen] Research about quality alt text Message-ID: The PI is looking for participants to rate the quality of alt text. ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Carlos Duarte Date: Wed, Mar 1, 2017 at 3:45 AM Subject: Survey about the quality of alternate text To: CHI-WEB@listserv.acm.org Greetings, I would like to invite you to participate in a survey about the quality of the alternate text for images in web pages and how semantic content analysis could improve it. Alternate text is important for people with visual impairments to be able to comprehend what an image represents. It is made available via an attribute to the tag in web pages and is used by assistive technology to describe the image for those that cannot perceive it visually. It is the most common example in the field of web accessibility. Having an alternate text attribute does not immediately guarantee the image is accessible. The content of the alternate must properly describe the image. With this survey we wish to characterize how well current alternate text accomplish this and how semantic analysis can assist in improving the quality of alternate texts. The survey is anonymous and should take less than 15 minutes to complete. Use the following link to participate: https://goo.gl/forms/r9fiWS0JnLscgsaQ2 Thank you for your help! Kind regards, Carlos Duarte -- Carlos Duarte Assistant Professor @ University of Lisbon www.di.fc.ul.pt/~cad @carlosapaduarte From Steven.Sullam at csi.cuny.edu Fri Mar 17 09:42:48 2017 From: Steven.Sullam at csi.cuny.edu (Steven Sullam) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:34:02 2018 Subject: [Athen] FM Listening Devices vs. recordings devices for Hard of Hearing as a classroom conversation Message-ID: <76ab291c21be4fd5bcb650a002487246@MBOX-01.FLAS.CSI.CUNY.EDU> Hi Joshua, Thank you for responding . Here at CUNY/Staten Island there has been a history of providing a very thorough range of accommodations for students with hearing impairments. The students who are advised to use recording device are the students with the mildest hearing impairments who don?t want CART. I still have a problem with the deficiencies in this approach to providing accessibility in the real time classroom environment. It just doesn?t address the issue of the student fully being present in class, which is a central purpose of assistive technology. I hope others will respond to this conundrum of mine. Since you brought it up, I?m still having a hard time seeing the value of the Somnolent recorder over the smart pen. I?m still sold on the smart pen as the best option, because it enables such fine grained personalized navigation through a class lecture. It seems to me that synchronizing pages of written text to a voice file is a more sophisticated system than one that uses a mark or a picture as a means of navigation through the same file. Since the Sonocet seems to be spreading like wild fire, I would like to hear more as to why you choose it over the smart pen. Best, Steve Sullam Hello Steve, Yes, I've seen that here too. I've been handing out less each year, but our interpreters and CART services may be a reason for that. We have a much higher demand for CART services than other accommodation requests. For some of our users with a more recent hearing lose, and refuse to use ALD's, I have been suggesting the Petralex app. Kind of like a hand held audio magnifier, and they keep improving the audio quality with each update. For those wanting the smartpen, I've been moving them over to sonocent where I can. Having them highlight areas of concern and using the noise cancellation (to get rid of the static everyone complains about) and gain controls on the desktop app to produce better audio. I see that we can now import transcripts, but I haven't tried it yet. You can also import smartpen audio into it to reduce the palm rubbing against paper that's picked up. I think other students use technology in others ways to accommodate themselves, and we never hear from them. I was pointed to the AVA app by one of my students. Interesting app, but not sure how well it's working for them since it picks up background speaking sometimes. Questions are usually saved for office hours. Lectures can be fast and furious with little room for interruption, others may have a class discussion which may occur. We do accommodate the student for office hours and course events, usually with interpreters, at the request of the student. We realize that students are going to explore their options and test their limits. We just keep reminding them we're available. I've even had units on hand during finals for students to try out after an exam. They'll probably ignore it, but every now and then I'll get a taker. Best, Joshua Hori Accessible Technology Analyst Student Disability Center 54 Cowell Building Davis, CA 95616 530-304-5482 Sent from my iPhone On Mar 16, 2017, at 5:25 PM, Steven Sullam > wrote: Hello Athen-List, I wonder if anyone else is experiencing the following situation. Disability services advisors are referring students who had used FM ALDs in high school and are now advised to use a smart pen or a digital tape recorder as their accommodation for hearing impairment. The students come to me wanting a recorder instead of the ALD so I reluctantly give it to them. As we all know, it is futile to argue with someone who has made up their mind about what they want. I see a major problem with this approach in that it doesn?t address the student?s need for access in real time, even as well as other accommodations like ASL and CART. I don?t see how this accommodation would enable the student to participate by making comments or asking questions in class because s/he still can?t hear what?s going on. It makes me wonder what the reason for this is. Do students even ask questions in class anymore? I queried the last student who came to see me. She said she didn?t like carrying the FM device to class. She also didn?t like having to give the transmitter to the teacher at the beginning of every class. She said that there was a lot of static on the receiver. (Maybe it wasn?t charged fully.) From my experience, a properly functioning FM listening device transmits sound loudly and clearly from a speaker to a listener in a way that no other device can. . Are Assistive Listening Devices no longer being used as an accommodation in higher education? Thanks much in advance for your comments. I would really welcome the thoughts of others on this subject. Best regards, Steven A. Sullam M.S. Assistant Director of Assistive Technology Center for Student Accessibility College of Staten Island City University of New York 2800 Victory Boulevard Staten Island, NY 10314 Ph. 718.982.3343 _______________________________________________ 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 megan.kissel at cleveland.edu Fri Mar 17 10:44:00 2017 From: megan.kissel at cleveland.edu (Megan Kissel) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:34:02 2018 Subject: [Athen] JAWS 14 vs. JAWS 18 Message-ID: Good afternoon, I have a student who is currently using JAWS version 14. I have limited knowledge in this area - does anyone know how it differs from JAWS version 18? 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I'm not sure of all the differences between Jaws 14 and Jaws 18, but, if you go to the following website, there is a combobox that allows you to choose earlier versions of Jaws and then read the release notes for that version, so that may help you. http://www.freedomscientific.com/Downloads/JAWS/PreviousVersions Hope this helps, Russell Russell Solowoniuk AT Educational Assistant, Services to Students with Disabilities MacEwan University 7-198 D4, 10700-104 Ave. Edmonton, AB T5J 4S2 E: solowoniukr@macewan.ca T: 780-497-5826 F: 780-497-4018 macewan.ca This communication is intended for the use of the recipient to whom it is addressed and may contain confidential, personal, and/or privileged information. Please contact me immediately if you are not the intended recipient of this communication, and do not copy, distribute, or take action relying on it. Any communication received in error, or subsequent reply, should be deleted or destroyed. Please consider the environment before printing this email. >>> Megan Kissel 2017-03-17 11:44 AM >>> Good afternoon, I have a student who is currently using JAWS version 14. I have limited knowledge in this area - does anyone know how it differs from JAWS version 18? She's having a couple of issues and I'm wondering if it is because of the older version or if it's our learning management platform. Thank you for your feedback. Megan Kissel Learning Specialist Cleveland University-Kansas City Chiropractic and Health Sciences From alpuzz at msu.edu Fri Mar 17 11:53:57 2017 From: alpuzz at msu.edu (Puzzuoli, Al) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:34:02 2018 Subject: [Athen] JAWS 14 vs. JAWS 18 In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: Hello Megan, Jaws 14 is several years old, and in the realm of screen readers that really matters a lot. Windows has gone through several major updates, and so has Microsoft Office. Web standards, and screen reader support for those standards are also ever evolving. If for whatever reason, your student is unable to receive an upgrade to the latest version of Jaws, please advise her to switch to the current version of NVDA. NVDA is free, and today, will be far more functional than Jaws 14 with modern versions of Windows and apps. Al Puzzuoli Information Technologist Michigan State University, Resource Center for Persons with Disabilities, 120 Bessey Hall East Lansing, MI 48824-1033 517-884-1915 http://www.rcpd.msu.edu From: athen-list [mailto:athen-list-bounces@mailman13.u.washington.edu] On Behalf Of Megan Kissel Sent: Friday, March 17, 2017 1:44 PM To: athen-list@u.washington.edu Subject: [Athen] JAWS 14 vs. JAWS 18 Good afternoon, I have a student who is currently using JAWS version 14. I have limited knowledge in this area ? does anyone know how it differs from JAWS version 18? She?s having a couple of issues and I?m wondering if it is because of the older version or if it?s our learning management platform. Thank you for your feedback. 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URL: From gdietrich at htctu.net Fri Mar 17 12:26:43 2017 From: gdietrich at htctu.net (Gaeir Dietrich) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:34:02 2018 Subject: [Athen] FW: [braille-n-teach] Windows 10 Users: Important Freedom Scientific (VFO) Software Updates posted for JAWS, MAGic, and ZoomText References: Message-ID: <016801d29f54$69b2a3f0$3d17ebd0$@htctu.net> Repost from Braille-n-Teach list From: Sue Sweetman [mailto:braille-n-teach@mlist.cde.ca.gov] Sent: Friday, March 17, 2017 10:33 AM Subject: [braille-n-teach] Windows 10 Users: Important Freedom Scientific (VFO) Software Updates posted for JAWS, MAGic, and ZoomText This is a little verbose, but stick with me for a few minutes?If you are using Windows 10, here?s some important information :) Freedom Scientific and VFO recently posted updates for the following software releases: JAWS 18 JAWS 17 JAWS 16 MAGic 14 MAGic 13.1 ZoomText 11 When you go to the ?About? box in the JAWS or MAGic Help Menus, you will see the ?build? number of the version that you are running. In order to work properly with the April Windows 10 update, it should say one of the following: JAWS 18.0.2530 JAWS 17.0.2729 JAWS 16.0.4474 MAGic 14.0.110 MAGic 13.1.1217 ZoomText 11.2 If you do not have admin rights on your computers that are running JAWS and MAGic, you probably won?t get the Windows updates, so the issue won?t be apparent right away. However, when the Windows updates *do* install, for example if your IT folks install updates over the summer break, you may see the issues described below if your JAWS, MAGic, and ZoomText are not also up to date. If you have Windows 10?now might be a good time for your students to use their ECC cookie-baking skills to butter up your IT guy (or gal) and see if they wouldn?t mind joining you for a few minutes (or maybe a little longer) to update your JAWS, MAGic, ZoomText, and Windows. There may be negative results if you do not update your JAWS, MAGic, or ZoomText software before updating to the Windows 10 April update. If you do not update your VFO software prior to the Microsoft update, especially JAWS users who rely on speech or Braille, you will either need to use Narrator, another screen reader or have sighted assistance to update your VFO software. These updates were released because FS identified with Microsoft, an issue that impacts our users coming up in the next Windows 10 OS update (scheduled to occur by April 2017 timeframe). It is important that customers who are using Windows 10 and getting all its updates, upgrade our software prior to that major update of Win 10. Please note that if you are using JAWS 18, and are up to date with the February Update, the issue was already addressed. If you still use 17 on that computer, the 17 would still need to be updated even though 18 already was previously. Failing to update, could result with issues on the login screens and reading the start menu with Windows 10. Anyone using Win 7 or 8, can still get the update, but it should only be necessary if they plan to update their OS to 10 in the future, on that machine. Customers of these products who get auto updates, will be notified through our auto process the next time they restart effective last week for JAWS and MAGic users, and yesterday for ZoomText users. Those customers and products without auto updates, will need to download the full build from our public facing download pages and just install over top. No need to remove the earlier builds. Note, I have provided all the direct links below. While we are sorry about any inconvenience this causes our customers, we are pleased and thankful to our developers, testers, and especially the beta testers who use the Windows Insider Builds and help to catch these issues early enough in the process. As a result, they were able to make the changes allowing us to post the solution, before the customers have to run into the problem. In the coming week or two, we will look to get this information via FS Cast and through the various list serves to spread the word on the importance of getting all updates as they become available. If you have questions, please contact your vendor or Freedom Scientific. English (ENU) JAWS 17 Full Version Downloads ftp://ftp.freedomscientific.com/users/hj/private/WebFiles/JAWS/172729PRC798/J17.0.2729enu-x64.exe http://files.freedomscientific.com/WebFiles/JAWS/172729PRC798/J17.0.2729enu-x64.exe ftp://ftp.freedomscientific.com/users/hj/private/WebFiles/JAWS/172729PRC798/J17.0.2729enu-x86.exe http://files.freedomscientific.com/WebFiles/JAWS/172729PRC798/J17.0.2729enu-x86.exe MAGic 14.0.110.400 ENU http://magic14.vfo.digital/0110HYOOPF/M14.0.110enu-x64.exe http://magic14.vfo.digital/0110HYOOPF/M14.0.110enu-x86.exe MAGic 13.1.1217 ENU http://magic13.vfo.digital/1217YUIIOL/M13.1.1217enu-x64.exe http://magic13.vfo.digital/1217YUIIOL/M13.1.1217enu-x86.exe ZoomText 11 To get the 11.2 update, go to the ZoomText 11 toolbar, choose ZoomText (menu) > Manage License > Check for Updates. This will launch the update wizard and walk you through the installation. If you prefer, you can also download the full ZoomText 11.2 installer from the product updates page: https://www.zoomtext.com/help/product-updates/ Sue Sweetman Sweetman Systems (818) 893-5887 Fax: (818) 698-8199 www.sweetmansystems.com --- You are currently subscribed to braille-n-teach as: gdietrich@htctu.net . To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to leave-braille-n-teach@mlist.cde.ca.gov -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From tristenbreitenfeldt at gmail.com Fri Mar 17 14:05:53 2017 From: tristenbreitenfeldt at gmail.com (Tristen Breitenfeldt) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:34:02 2018 Subject: [Athen] JAWS 14 vs. JAWS 18 Message-ID: <001501d29f62$44767130$cd635390$@gmail.com> Hi Megan, While it is possible that the problem is related to the students' version of JAWS, I suspect that the problem might actually be more closely related to either the students' knowledge of how to use your Learning Management System (LMS) or the LMS itself. It would help to know which LMS your institution is using and specifically what problems the student is experiencing. I do not think it is appropriate to tell a student that they have to use a different screen reader when they already have and are used to using a particular screen reader, especially if there might be a more universal solution. Feel free to contact me off-list if you want some help trouble-shooting the problem. I am a JAWS screen reader user myself and my specialty is accessibility testing for e-learning. Tristen Breitenfeldt tristenbreitenfeldt@gmail.com www.tristenb.com Tristen Breitenfeldt tristenbreitenfeldt@gmail.com www.tristenb.com --- This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. https://www.avast.com/antivirus -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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But it only allows the author to input LaTeX into the interactive quizzes (which are built after the conversion to Office Mix), which did not read well with NVDA (and Math Player). *Can any screen reader read math in LaTeX format? * We could convert it to MathType or MathML (I'm not sure which it would need to be since the Mix is published to the Web, but it's not a web page), but Office Mix won't allow us to input anything but LaTeX. Any suggestions? Thank you! 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 jjohnson at ccconlineed.org Mon Mar 20 10:29:22 2017 From: jjohnson at ccconlineed.org (Jayme Johnson) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:34:02 2018 Subject: [Athen] Seeking someone special... Message-ID: Hello everyone, I'm looking for an alternate media specialist who is available to work full time as a contractor with the California Community College Online Education Initiative. You can work remotely, and according to your schedule, and you must play nice with faculty. If you or someone you know is qualified to diagnose and repair digital content for accessibility, or if you have any other questions about this opportunity, please contact me at jjohnson@ccconlineed.org. Thank you! Jayme Johnson -- Jayme Johnson Director of Accessibility and User Experience California Community Colleges Online Education Initiative www.ccconlineed.org -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From jhori at ucdavis.edu Mon Mar 20 10:36:34 2017 From: jhori at ucdavis.edu (Joshua Hori) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:34:02 2018 Subject: [Athen] FM Listening Devices vs. recordings devices for Hard of Hearing as a classroom conversation In-Reply-To: <76ab291c21be4fd5bcb650a002487246@MBOX-01.FLAS.CSI.CUNY.EDU> References: <76ab291c21be4fd5bcb650a002487246@MBOX-01.FLAS.CSI.CUNY.EDU> Message-ID: Hello Steve, Here?s a few? Sonocent Pros: - Software can?t be lost - Proprietary software formats, ?mran? for mobile and ?ran? for desktop, it could be considered the new ?podcast? - Works on mobile device (less likely to forget at home) and takes about 14.4M an hour (2 very high quality songs) - Control access from web browser (loan manager) - Microphone isn?t next to hand, so rubbing of palm on paper isn?t recorded - Noise cancelation and audio enhancement features on desktop client o Gets rid of the hiss which most of my DHOH users complain about in recordings o ?Brighten? the audio to make vocals slightly louder - Gain controls on desktop client o Have the volume turned all the way up? Use the gain controls to make it louder (may distort) - Audio replace capabilities o Sat in the back of the room and recorded poor audio? Is there a podcast? Replace your poor audio with the podcast audio and maintain all your highlight notes at the same time (automagically syncs all, I was amazed) - Record and edit features o Navigate to the end of sections, hit record, and record yourself making a summary of what was discussed in that section, highlighting it as a summary - Extract features o Extract only the highlighted colors you want, such as your summaries - Export features o Export audio as tracks (each row acts as a track), with the image showing as the cover art, and the text appearing as the song title. (Save exports to cloud to playback on mobile devices, laptops, or computer labs) - Share features o Share your mran (Sonocent extension) files with your desktop through the cloud. Once uploaded, delete from device to save space Sonocent Cons: - Mobile app only allows for 5 minutes of playback. Pro version of app ($13) allows full playback - The ?Transfer? button on the mobile app is blocked on campus, but works flawless at home - May be a little busy for some users on the spectrum - No writing support Also, the Smartpen?s price has risen to $180 per pen, not including a case. The longest I?ve had a Smartpen last me is 4 years. Sonocent is $60 a year, or $200 for 5 years. There was a time that I would promote the LiveScribe Smartpen to STEM students instead of Sonocent, but even now I believe that Sonocent would flourish in the STEM field. The one issue with the Livescribe smartpen that I have is that it records your palm rubbing against the paper?With Sonocent, you can still write on paper, but maybe suggest taking images of handwritten notes to sync with the audio instead of taking snapshots of the whiteboard or powerpoint presentation. I would be willing to give a demo of it in use if there?s interest. We have more and more student?s willing to use CART since the providers no longer have to sit next to them. We use GoToMeeting to screen share the CART screen with the student. Also, check out the Petralex app! I?m thinking that some students are attempting to accommodate themselves with the technology they hear about. AVA is another app to consider for group discussions. Best, Joshua Hori From: athen-list [mailto:athen-list-bounces@mailman13.u.washington.edu] On Behalf Of Steven Sullam Sent: Friday, March 17, 2017 9:43 AM To: 'Access Technology Higher Education Network' Subject: [Athen] FM Listening Devices vs. recordings devices for Hard of Hearing as a classroom conversation Hi Joshua, Thank you for responding . Here at CUNY/Staten Island there has been a history of providing a very thorough range of accommodations for students with hearing impairments. The students who are advised to use recording device are the students with the mildest hearing impairments who don?t want CART. I still have a problem with the deficiencies in this approach to providing accessibility in the real time classroom environment. It just doesn?t address the issue of the student fully being present in class, which is a central purpose of assistive technology. I hope others will respond to this conundrum of mine. Since you brought it up, I?m still having a hard time seeing the value of the Somnolent recorder over the smart pen. I?m still sold on the smart pen as the best option, because it enables such fine grained personalized navigation through a class lecture. It seems to me that synchronizing pages of written text to a voice file is a more sophisticated system than one that uses a mark or a picture as a means of navigation through the same file. Since the Sonocet seems to be spreading like wild fire, I would like to hear more as to why you choose it over the smart pen. Best, Steve Sullam Hello Steve, Yes, I've seen that here too. I've been handing out less each year, but our interpreters and CART services may be a reason for that. We have a much higher demand for CART services than other accommodation requests. For some of our users with a more recent hearing lose, and refuse to use ALD's, I have been suggesting the Petralex app. Kind of like a hand held audio magnifier, and they keep improving the audio quality with each update. For those wanting the smartpen, I've been moving them over to sonocent where I can. Having them highlight areas of concern and using the noise cancellation (to get rid of the static everyone complains about) and gain controls on the desktop app to produce better audio. I see that we can now import transcripts, but I haven't tried it yet. You can also import smartpen audio into it to reduce the palm rubbing against paper that's picked up. I think other students use technology in others ways to accommodate themselves, and we never hear from them. I was pointed to the AVA app by one of my students. Interesting app, but not sure how well it's working for them since it picks up background speaking sometimes. Questions are usually saved for office hours. Lectures can be fast and furious with little room for interruption, others may have a class discussion which may occur. We do accommodate the student for office hours and course events, usually with interpreters, at the request of the student. We realize that students are going to explore their options and test their limits. We just keep reminding them we're available. I've even had units on hand during finals for students to try out after an exam. They'll probably ignore it, but every now and then I'll get a taker. Best, Joshua Hori Accessible Technology Analyst Student Disability Center 54 Cowell Building Davis, CA 95616 530-304-5482 Sent from my iPhone On Mar 16, 2017, at 5:25 PM, Steven Sullam > wrote: Hello Athen-List, I wonder if anyone else is experiencing the following situation. Disability services advisors are referring students who had used FM ALDs in high school and are now advised to use a smart pen or a digital tape recorder as their accommodation for hearing impairment. The students come to me wanting a recorder instead of the ALD so I reluctantly give it to them. As we all know, it is futile to argue with someone who has made up their mind about what they want. I see a major problem with this approach in that it doesn?t address the student?s need for access in real time, even as well as other accommodations like ASL and CART. I don?t see how this accommodation would enable the student to participate by making comments or asking questions in class because s/he still can?t hear what?s going on. It makes me wonder what the reason for this is. Do students even ask questions in class anymore? I queried the last student who came to see me. She said she didn?t like carrying the FM device to class. She also didn?t like having to give the transmitter to the teacher at the beginning of every class. She said that there was a lot of static on the receiver. (Maybe it wasn?t charged fully.) From my experience, a properly functioning FM listening device transmits sound loudly and clearly from a speaker to a listener in a way that no other device can. . Are Assistive Listening Devices no longer being used as an accommodation in higher education? Thanks much in advance for your comments. I would really welcome the thoughts of others on this subject. Best regards, Steven A. Sullam M.S. 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You can toggle between display math and TeX in MathType using Alt + \. https://www.dessci.com/en/products/mathtype/popup_tex_in_word.htm ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ Gaeir (rhymes with "fire") Dietrich HTCTU Director 408-996-6047 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ From: athen-list [mailto:athen-list-bounces@mailman13.u.washington.edu] On Behalf Of Karen Sorensen Sent: Monday, March 20, 2017 6:18 AM To: The EDUCAUSE IT Accessibility Constituent Group Listserv; athen-list@u.washington.edu; blindmath@nfbnet.org Subject: [Athen] Office Mix and math (cross posted) Hi Friends, We have instructors who love the Office Mix plug-in for Microsoft PowerPoint. It basically turns your PPT into a multimedia presentation. And it's screen reader accessible (at least with NVDA), even the interactive quizzes. But it only allows the author to input LaTeX into the interactive quizzes (which are built after the conversion to Office Mix), which did not read well with NVDA (and Math Player). 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We have a Tiger embosser on-site for smaller projects, but for math and tactile graphic production, I'd really like to have someone on hand who can help when needed. Thanks all! --- Justin Romack | Assistive Technology Coordinator Disability Services | Texas A&M University 1224 TAMU | College Station, TX 77843-1224 ph: 979.845.1637 | justinr@disability.tamu.edu | disability.tamu.edu - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - DIVISION OF STUDENT AFFAIRS | One Division. One Mission. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From gdietrich at htctu.net Mon Mar 20 16:44:56 2017 From: gdietrich at htctu.net (Gaeir Dietrich) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:34:03 2018 Subject: [Athen] FW: Director of DSS at CSU, Fullerton In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <020e01d2a1d3$fb2e4290$f18ac7b0$@htctu.net> From: Trinh, Marc [mailto:mtrinh@fullerton.edu] Sent: Monday, March 20, 2017 4:33 PM Subject: Director of DSS at CSU, Fullerton I apologize for the cross-post... California State University, Fullerton is seeking qualified candidates for the position of Director of Disability Support Services. Please follow the link below and search for AutoReqId 9423BR to view the job description: https://sjobs.brassring.com/TGWebHost/searchopenings.aspx?partnerid=11720&si teid=76 [California State University, Fullerton. Student Wellness.][DIRECTOR OF DISABILITY SUPPORT SERVICES Are you looking for a rewarding career helping students achieve their highest potential in higher education? Come join our Student Wellness family in beautiful Southern California! ? Be part of an innovative team as we redefine what access and inclusion means at a large, public university ? Transform student lives with forward thinking leadership and imaginative strategies to meet today's challenges ? Advocate and participate in a diverse environment that is committed to assisting students achieve their greatest potential ? 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I would also offer T-Base Communications: http://www.tbase.com/ Following Gaier?s suggestion, if you would like recommendations, please contact me off-list. -- Korey Singleton, ATI Manager Assistive Technology Initiative George Mason University Aquia Building RM 238 MSN: 6A11 4400 University Drive Fairfax, VA 22030 Phone: 703-993-2143 Fax: 703-993-4743 http://ati.gmu.edu Twitter: @AccessibleMason From: athen-list on behalf of Gaeir Dietrich Organization: htctu Reply-To: "gdietrich@htctu.net" , Access Technology Higher Education Network Date: Monday, March 20, 2017 at 6:26 PM To: 'Access Technology Higher Education Network' Subject: Re: [Athen] Braille vendors The ATPC does contract work: www.atpc.net AMAC also does fee-for-service braille: http://www.amacusg.org/amacbraille.php If you would like recommendations of contract providers, please contact me off-list. ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ Gaeir (rhymes with "fire") Dietrich HTCTU Director 408-996-6047 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ From: athen-list [mailto:athen-list-bounces@mailman13.u.washington.edu] On Behalf Of Justin Romack Sent: Monday, March 20, 2017 1:21 PM To: Access Technology Higher Education Network Subject: [Athen] Braille vendors Howdy! Our office is without a vendor for braille production at the moment ? so I wanted to reach out to ask for referrals. Who are you using? Who can you recommend? We have a Tiger embosser on-site for smaller projects, but for math and tactile graphic production, I?d really like to have someone on hand who can help when needed. Thanks all! --- Justin Romack | Assistive Technology Coordinator Disability Services | Texas A&M University 1224 TAMU | College Station, TX 77843-1224 ph: 979.845.1637 | justinr@disability.tamu.edu | disability.tamu.edu - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - DIVISION OF STUDENT AFFAIRS | One Division. One Mission. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From lorik at virginia.edu Tue Mar 21 08:52:16 2017 From: lorik at virginia.edu (Kressin, Lori L. (llk2t)) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:34:03 2018 Subject: [Athen] Section 508 Refresh - Now In Effect? Message-ID: Good morning all, Here we are on March 21, 2017. Does that mean that the refresh of Section 508 is now in effect? I have not heard anything to contrary, but I certainly could have missed something. What is the general thought - is this the standard that you and your institution will now follow? Thanks for your input, Lori ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Lori Kressin Coordinator of Academic Accessibility Office of the Executive VP and Provost ? Univ. of Virginia 102 Cresap Rd ? POB 400199 ? Charlottesville, VA ? 22903 [434] 982-5784 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From lbencomo at uccs.edu Tue Mar 21 09:02:37 2017 From: lbencomo at uccs.edu (Leyna Bencomo) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:34:03 2018 Subject: [Athen] Section 508 Refresh - Now In Effect? In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: My understanding is that ICT that is currently compliant under the old Section 508 is fine. However, if technology or content changes after January of 2018, it must comply with the new Section 508. 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 Kressin, Lori L. (llk2t) Sent: Tuesday, March 21, 2017 9:52 AM To: ATHEN Subject: [Athen] Section 508 Refresh - Now In Effect? Good morning all, Here we are on March 21, 2017. Does that mean that the refresh of Section 508 is now in effect? I have not heard anything to contrary, but I certainly could have missed something. What is the general thought - is this the standard that you and your institution will now follow? 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See: https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2017/03/02/2017-04059/information-and-communication-technology-ict-standards-and-guidelines Quoted from the Federal Register: ?DATES: The effective date of the final rule published on January 18, 2017 at 82 FR 5790 is delayed to March 21, 2017. However, compliance with the section 508-based standards is not required until January 18, 2018, which is one year after the final rule's original publication date. Compliance with the section 255-based guidelines is not required until the guidelines are adopted by the Federal Communications Commission. The incorporation by reference of certain publications listed in the final rule published on January 18, 2017 at 82 FR 5790 is approved by the Director of the Federal Register as of March 21, 2017.? If you are a US-based institution, then yes, Sec. 508 is the law you must follow. However, understand the difference between laws and standards. This law does not define the standards for accessibility for some ICT but does for others: * For websites, digital media, and documents like Word and PDFs, the law ?includes by reference? the international accessibility standards WCAG 2.0 and PDF/UA-1. * For Sec. 255 technologies, especially telecom, cell phones, kiosks, and software, it defines the standards but they are currently delayed. We recommend that our clients follow WCAG 2.0 for all website information. Document-based ICT, including PDFs that are posted on websites, is more accessible if you follow PDF/UA (PDF Universal Accessibility) guidelines as the WCAG guidelines really don?t work for PDFs. PDF and HTML technologies are not the same. A recent blog explains the differences between these two technologies and standards: http://www.pubcom.com/blog/2017-01-03/wcag-pdf-standards.html --Bevi Chagnon From: athen-list [mailto:athen-list-bounces@mailman13.u.washington.edu] On Behalf Of Kressin, Lori L. (llk2t) Sent: Tuesday, March 21, 2017 11:52 AM To: ATHEN Subject: [Athen] Section 508 Refresh - Now In Effect? Good morning all, Here we are on March 21, 2017. Does that mean that the refresh of Section 508 is now in effect? I have not heard anything to contrary, but I certainly could have missed something. What is the general thought - is this the standard that you and your institution will now follow? Thanks for your input, Lori ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Lori Kressin Coordinator of Academic Accessibility Office of the Executive VP and Provost ? Univ. of Virginia 102 Cresap Rd ? POB 400199 ? Charlottesville, VA ? 22903 [434] 982-5784 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From sarah.bourne at mass.gov Tue Mar 21 10:35:12 2017 From: sarah.bourne at mass.gov (Bourne, Sarah (MASSIT)) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:34:03 2018 Subject: [Athen] Section 508 Refresh - Now In Effect? In-Reply-To: <007a01d2a260$9ae73710$d0b5a530$@pubcom.com> References: <007a01d2a260$9ae73710$d0b5a530$@pubcom.com> Message-ID: <1a0aa993052c44ebb53b32900d320ee5@ES-CHL-EMR-06.es.govt.state.ma.us> I wrote this overview of the new 508, primarily for our internal audience, but some of you may find it useful, too: What's New in Section 508 sb Sarah E. Bourne Director of IT Accessibility, MassIT Commonwealth of Massachusetts 1 Ashburton Pl. rm 811 Boston MA 02108 617-626-4502 sarah.bourne@mass.gov http://www.mass.gov/MassIT -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From jsuttondc at gmail.com Tue Mar 21 10:51:38 2017 From: jsuttondc at gmail.com (Jennifer Sutton) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:34:03 2018 Subject: [Athen] Section 508 Refresh - Now In Effect? In-Reply-To: <007a01d2a260$9ae73710$d0b5a530$@pubcom.com> References: <007a01d2a260$9ae73710$d0b5a530$@pubcom.com> Message-ID: <804bfbf5-aab1-0d40-ca25-0ddf35d6663c@gmail.com> Perhaps some of you who know 508 (both new and old) better than I do can clarify this for me. But I'm a little concerned at the mention of "lawsuits" below, especially since there's already plenty of fear, uncertainty, and doubt in the higher ed. space, due to lawsuits . . . Are there really likely to be 508-related lawsuits? As I understood things, it would take a *long* time for anything 508-related to turn into a lawsuit. Mostly, they're complaints that people with disabilities must file, and then, the Federal agency (or other institution, if it falls under 508) must take action, etc. In other words, I don't think 508 functions like filing something against a company or institution that turns into a DoJ agreement (if the organization doesn't take satisfactory action, of course). I hope this is clear, and that someone else can clarify further. I'm not saying 508 isn't important; I'm just not so sure it's going to result in a deluge of lawsuits beginning in 2018. Does anybody have a list of the lawsuits that have happened under the old 508? I'd be interested to see it. Best, Jennifer On 3/21/2017 9:31 AM, Chagnon | PubCom wrote: > > Yes, Sec. 508 goes into effect today, March 21. > > It becomes enforceable on January 18, 2018. > > Translation: All ICT (information communication technology) published > from January 18 and forward must be compliant. The lawsuits will begin > on January 18, 2018. You have 9 months to get your act together. > > See: > https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2017/03/02/2017-04059/information-and-communication-technology-ict-standards-and-guidelines > > Quoted from the Federal Register: > > ?DATES: > > The effective date of the final rule published on January 18, 2017 at > 82 FR 5790 is delayed to March 21, 2017. However, compliance with the > section 508-based standards is not required until January 18, 2018, > which is one year after the final rule's original publication date. > Compliance with the section 255-based guidelines is not required until > the guidelines are adopted by the Federal Communications Commission. > The incorporation by reference of certain publications listed in the > final rule published on January 18, 2017 at 82 FR 5790 is approved by > the Director of the Federal Register as of March 21, 2017.? > > If you are a US-based institution, then yes, Sec. 508 is the law you > must follow. > > However, understand the difference between laws and standards. > > This law does not define the standards for accessibility for some ICT > but does for others: > > * For websites, digital media, and documents like Word and PDFs, the > law ?includes by reference? the international accessibility > standards WCAG 2.0 and PDF/UA-1. > * For Sec. 255 technologies, especially telecom, cell phones, > kiosks, and software, it defines the standards but they are > currently delayed. > > We recommend that our clients follow WCAG 2.0 for all website information. > > Document-based ICT, including PDFs that are posted on websites, is > more accessible if you follow PDF/UA (PDF Universal Accessibility) > guidelines as the WCAG guidelines really don?t work for PDFs. PDF and > HTML technologies are not the same. A recent blog explains the > differences between these two technologies and standards: > http://www.pubcom.com/blog/2017-01-03/wcag-pdf-standards.html > > --Bevi Chagnon > > *From:*athen-list > [mailto:athen-list-bounces@mailman13.u.washington.edu] *On Behalf Of > *Kressin, Lori L. (llk2t) > *Sent:* Tuesday, March 21, 2017 11:52 AM > *To:* ATHEN > *Subject:* [Athen] Section 508 Refresh - Now In Effect? > > Good morning all, > > Here we are on March 21, 2017. 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URL: From jsuttondc at gmail.com Tue Mar 21 12:08:06 2017 From: jsuttondc at gmail.com (Jennifer Sutton) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:34:03 2018 Subject: [Athen] guidance on using tables in website In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <909dda6c-aa53-04d5-2f7a-fc1d2c8f0bdd@gmail.com> Hi, all: Hope this tutorial from WAI, with code examples, will help: http://www.w3.org/WAI/tutorials/tables/ For those of you who may not be aware of these tutorials, start here: http://www.w3.org/WAI/tutorials/ Easy Checks is also helpful for those who are just learning: http://www.w3.org/WAI/eval/preliminary Jennifer On 3/21/2017 11:45 AM, Cindy K Arthur wrote: > > All: > > We recently converted to a new website and are in the process of > editing pages, etc. What is the best way to add schedules and > rosters? On our old website we had tables. If we continue to use > tables, how do we ensure accessibility is being met? Any help would be > appreciated. > > Cindy Arthur > > Carl Sandburg College > > > > _______________________________________________ > 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 steve.noble at louisville.edu Tue Mar 21 12:17:35 2017 From: steve.noble at louisville.edu (steve.noble@louisville.edu) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:34:03 2018 Subject: [Athen] Section 508 Refresh - Now In Effect? In-Reply-To: <804bfbf5-aab1-0d40-ca25-0ddf35d6663c@gmail.com> References: <007a01d2a260$9ae73710$d0b5a530$@pubcom.com>, <804bfbf5-aab1-0d40-ca25-0ddf35d6663c@gmail.com> Message-ID: I would suspect the link to 508-related lawsuits in a post-secondary setting would be either through: (1) Suits brought under state law (only a few states, like Kentucky, have these) which mandate compliance with Section 508 and give individuals the right to sue state-supported institutions for injunctive relief; or (2) Breach-of-contract suits brought by institutions against vendors who certified their products as compliant with Section 508, when the product was later found to be non-compliant. A suit brought against a university by an individual with a disability concerning inaccessible technology would normally be constructed around the ADA and Section 504, although it would be expected that part of the evidence provided would be lack of compliance with "generally accepted" accessibility standards, such as WCAG and Section 508. --Steve Noble steve.noble@louisville.edu 502-969-3088 http://louisville.academia.edu/SteveNoble ________________________________ From: athen-list [athen-list-bounces@mailman13.u.washington.edu] on behalf of Jennifer Sutton [jsuttondc@gmail.com] Sent: Tuesday, March 21, 2017 1:51 PM To: chagnon@pubcom.com; Access Technology Higher Education Network Subject: Re: [Athen] Section 508 Refresh - Now In Effect? Perhaps some of you who know 508 (both new and old) better than I do can clarify this for me. But I'm a little concerned at the mention of "lawsuits" below, especially since there's already plenty of fear, uncertainty, and doubt in the higher ed. space, due to lawsuits . . . Are there really likely to be 508-related lawsuits? As I understood things, it would take a *long* time for anything 508-related to turn into a lawsuit. Mostly, they're complaints that people with disabilities must file, and then, the Federal agency (or other institution, if it falls under 508) must take action, etc. In other words, I don't think 508 functions like filing something against a company or institution that turns into a DoJ agreement (if the organization doesn't take satisfactory action, of course). I hope this is clear, and that someone else can clarify further. I'm not saying 508 isn't important; I'm just not so sure it's going to result in a deluge of lawsuits beginning in 2018. Does anybody have a list of the lawsuits that have happened under the old 508? I'd be interested to see it. Best, Jennifer On 3/21/2017 9:31 AM, Chagnon | PubCom wrote: Yes, Sec. 508 goes into effect today, March 21. It becomes enforceable on January 18, 2018. Translation: All ICT (information communication technology) published from January 18 and forward must be compliant. The lawsuits will begin on January 18, 2018. You have 9 months to get your act together. See: https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2017/03/02/2017-04059/information-and-communication-technology-ict-standards-and-guidelines Quoted from the Federal Register: ?DATES: The effective date of the final rule published on January 18, 2017 at 82 FR 5790 is delayed to March 21, 2017. However, compliance with the section 508-based standards is not required until January 18, 2018, which is one year after the final rule's original publication date. Compliance with the section 255-based guidelines is not required until the guidelines are adopted by the Federal Communications Commission. The incorporation by reference of certain publications listed in the final rule published on January 18, 2017 at 82 FR 5790 is approved by the Director of the Federal Register as of March 21, 2017.? If you are a US-based institution, then yes, Sec. 508 is the law you must follow. However, understand the difference between laws and standards. This law does not define the standards for accessibility for some ICT but does for others: * For websites, digital media, and documents like Word and PDFs, the law ?includes by reference? the international accessibility standards WCAG 2.0 and PDF/UA-1. * For Sec. 255 technologies, especially telecom, cell phones, kiosks, and software, it defines the standards but they are currently delayed. We recommend that our clients follow WCAG 2.0 for all website information. Document-based ICT, including PDFs that are posted on websites, is more accessible if you follow PDF/UA (PDF Universal Accessibility) guidelines as the WCAG guidelines really don?t work for PDFs. PDF and HTML technologies are not the same. A recent blog explains the differences between these two technologies and standards: http://www.pubcom.com/blog/2017-01-03/wcag-pdf-standards.html --Bevi Chagnon From: athen-list [mailto:athen-list-bounces@mailman13.u.washington.edu] On Behalf Of Kressin, Lori L. (llk2t) Sent: Tuesday, March 21, 2017 11:52 AM To: ATHEN Subject: [Athen] Section 508 Refresh - Now In Effect? Good morning all, Here we are on March 21, 2017. Does that mean that the refresh of Section 508 is now in effect? I have not heard anything to contrary, but I certainly could have missed something. What is the general thought - is this the standard that you and your institution will now follow? Thanks for your input, Lori ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Lori Kressin Coordinator of Academic Accessibility Office of the Executive VP and Provost ? Univ. of Virginia 102 Cresap Rd ? POB 400199 ? Charlottesville, VA ? 22903 [434] 982-5784 _______________________________________________ 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 SAMAROSITZ at pasadena.edu Tue Mar 21 13:00:46 2017 From: SAMAROSITZ at pasadena.edu (S A. Marositz) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:34:03 2018 Subject: [Athen] Section 508 Refresh - Now In Effect? In-Reply-To: References: <007a01d2a260$9ae73710$d0b5a530$@pubcom.com>, <804bfbf5-aab1-0d40-ca25-0ddf35d6663c@gmail.com> Message-ID: <9135BCF8DD26794492F2E2ABBFF11E095CB4B802@ExchangeC> Hi All The recent case against LACCD got me thinking, what reason would an individual not first file a complaint with The Office of Civil Rights before fileing a suit? https://www.pacermonitor.com/public/case/20761833/Roy_Payan,_et_al_v_Los_Angeles_Community_College_District,_et_alDo Thanks Stephen Alexander Marositz J.D. Assistive Technology Specialist, Pasadena City College Phone: (626) 585-7242 From: athen-list [mailto:athen-list-bounces@mailman13.u.washington.edu] On Behalf Of steve.noble@louisville.edu Sent: Tuesday, March 21, 2017 12:18 PM To: Access Technology Higher Education Network Subject: Re: [Athen] Section 508 Refresh - Now In Effect? I would suspect the link to 508-related lawsuits in a post-secondary setting would be either through: (1) Suits brought under state law (only a few states, like Kentucky, have these) which mandate compliance with Section 508 and give individuals the right to sue state-supported institutions for injunctive relief; or (2) Breach-of-contract suits brought by institutions against vendors who certified their products as compliant with Section 508, when the product was later found to be non-compliant. A suit brought against a university by an individual with a disability concerning inaccessible technology would normally be constructed around the ADA and Section 504, although it would be expected that part of the evidence provided would be lack of compliance with "generally accepted" accessibility standards, such as WCAG and Section 508. --Steve Noble steve.noble@louisville.edu 502-969-3088 http://louisville.academia.edu/SteveNoble ________________________________ From: athen-list [athen-list-bounces@mailman13.u.washington.edu] on behalf of Jennifer Sutton [jsuttondc@gmail.com] Sent: Tuesday, March 21, 2017 1:51 PM To: chagnon@pubcom.com; Access Technology Higher Education Network Subject: Re: [Athen] Section 508 Refresh - Now In Effect? Perhaps some of you who know 508 (both new and old) better than I do can clarify this for me. But I'm a little concerned at the mention of "lawsuits" below, especially since there's already plenty of fear, uncertainty, and doubt in the higher ed. space, due to lawsuits . . . Are there really likely to be 508-related lawsuits? As I understood things, it would take a *long* time for anything 508-related to turn into a lawsuit. Mostly, they're complaints that people with disabilities must file, and then, the Federal agency (or other institution, if it falls under 508) must take action, etc. In other words, I don't think 508 functions like filing something against a company or institution that turns into a DoJ agreement (if the organization doesn't take satisfactory action, of course). I hope this is clear, and that someone else can clarify further. I'm not saying 508 isn't important; I'm just not so sure it's going to result in a deluge of lawsuits beginning in 2018. Does anybody have a list of the lawsuits that have happened under the old 508? I'd be interested to see it. Best, Jennifer On 3/21/2017 9:31 AM, Chagnon | PubCom wrote: Yes, Sec. 508 goes into effect today, March 21. It becomes enforceable on January 18, 2018. Translation: All ICT (information communication technology) published from January 18 and forward must be compliant. The lawsuits will begin on January 18, 2018. You have 9 months to get your act together. See: https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2017/03/02/2017-04059/information-and-communication-technology-ict-standards-and-guidelines Quoted from the Federal Register: "DATES: The effective date of the final rule published on January 18, 2017 at 82 FR 5790 is delayed to March 21, 2017. However, compliance with the section 508-based standards is not required until January 18, 2018, which is one year after the final rule's original publication date. Compliance with the section 255-based guidelines is not required until the guidelines are adopted by the Federal Communications Commission. The incorporation by reference of certain publications listed in the final rule published on January 18, 2017 at 82 FR 5790 is approved by the Director of the Federal Register as of March 21, 2017." If you are a US-based institution, then yes, Sec. 508 is the law you must follow. However, understand the difference between laws and standards. This law does not define the standards for accessibility for some ICT but does for others: * For websites, digital media, and documents like Word and PDFs, the law "includes by reference" the international accessibility standards WCAG 2.0 and PDF/UA-1. * For Sec. 255 technologies, especially telecom, cell phones, kiosks, and software, it defines the standards but they are currently delayed. We recommend that our clients follow WCAG 2.0 for all website information. Document-based ICT, including PDFs that are posted on websites, is more accessible if you follow PDF/UA (PDF Universal Accessibility) guidelines as the WCAG guidelines really don't work for PDFs. PDF and HTML technologies are not the same. A recent blog explains the differences between these two technologies and standards: http://www.pubcom.com/blog/2017-01-03/wcag-pdf-standards.html --Bevi Chagnon From: athen-list [mailto:athen-list-bounces@mailman13.u.washington.edu] On Behalf Of Kressin, Lori L. (llk2t) Sent: Tuesday, March 21, 2017 11:52 AM To: ATHEN Subject: [Athen] Section 508 Refresh - Now In Effect? Good morning all, Here we are on March 21, 2017. Does that mean that the refresh of Section 508 is now in effect? I have not heard anything to contrary, but I certainly could have missed something. What is the general thought - is this the standard that you and your institution will now follow? Thanks for your input, Lori ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Lori Kressin Coordinator of Academic Accessibility Office of the Executive VP and Provost * Univ. of Virginia 102 Cresap Rd * POB 400199 * Charlottesville, VA * 22903 [434] 982-5784 _______________________________________________ athen-list mailing list athen-list@mailman13.u.washington.edu http://mailman13.u.washington.edu/mailman/listinfo/athen-list -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From jsuttondc at gmail.com Tue Mar 21 13:03:52 2017 From: jsuttondc at gmail.com (Jennifer Sutton) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:34:03 2018 Subject: [Athen] Articulate 360 can finally import captions Message-ID: <2cb40a5f-7254-6f76-1c91-930542001680@gmail.com> Know lots of us have looked into this/have been waiting for a long time. Hope folks will report back here (and to the company) about how well this is working. Thanks to all who advocated. Jennifer Tweet from @Articulate Articulate @Articulate Latest updates to Articulate 360 include importing closed caption files in SL360 and more: http://ow.ly/gPMA309FxSj https://twitter.com/Articulate/status/839147431203856384/photo/1 7 March From gdietrich at htctu.net Tue Mar 21 13:03:23 2017 From: gdietrich at htctu.net (Gaeir Dietrich) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:34:03 2018 Subject: [Athen] Section 508 Refresh - Now In Effect? In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <013c01d2a27e$325f4890$971dd9b0$@htctu.net> As it is written, Section 508 applies only to the federal government. There are about a dozen states (California is one) that have adopted all or part of Section 508 as state law. Even in those states, the laws may or may not apply to a specific college. In California, for instance, the law applies to the community colleges (CCCs) and to the California state universities (CSUs), but not to private universities or to the University of California (UC) system. That being said, Section 508 is a good standard for campuses to adopt as part of their procurement processes. If you read recent OCR cases, you will find that the resolutions contain language about technology that is developed, used, and procured by campuses. That language is based directly on Section 508. OCR complaints are brought under the ADA and Section 504, but if a campus follows the Section 508 standards, the college will find it easier to meet their legal obligations under the ADA and Section 504. The main issue here is that the ADA and Section 504 focus on providing auxiliary aids and services (accommodations) to students with disabilities. Such accommodations must be equally effective to what can be used by nondisabled peers. Finding ?equally effective? accommodations for much technology is simply not feasible. The only way for the technology to be equally effective is for it to be accessible out of the box. It is this conundrum that has shifted the focus of technology complaint resolutions towards Section 508. Section 508 is about access, not accommodation, and providing access from the start is really the only solution for dealing with much technology. If you want something concrete to take to your colleagues, refer them to the Dear Colleague Letter of June 2010. This DCL and the associated FAQs absolutely do apply to every college in the country that accepts federal funding (which is all but about three). https://www2.ed.gov/about/offices/list/ocr/letters/colleague-20100629.html ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ Gaeir (rhymes with "fire") Dietrich HTCTU Director 408-996-6047 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ From: athen-list [mailto:athen-list-bounces@mailman13.u.washington.edu] On Behalf Of Kressin, Lori L. (llk2t) Sent: Tuesday, March 21, 2017 8:52 AM To: ATHEN Subject: [Athen] Section 508 Refresh - Now In Effect? Good morning all, Here we are on March 21, 2017. Does that mean that the refresh of Section 508 is now in effect? I have not heard anything to contrary, but I certainly could have missed something. What is the general thought - is this the standard that you and your institution will now follow? Thanks for your input, Lori ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Lori Kressin Coordinator of Academic Accessibility Office of the Executive VP and Provost ? Univ. of Virginia 102 Cresap Rd ? POB 400199 ? Charlottesville, VA ? 22903 [434] 982-5784 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From gdietrich at htctu.net Tue Mar 21 13:16:35 2017 From: gdietrich at htctu.net (Gaeir Dietrich) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:34:03 2018 Subject: [Athen] Section 508 Refresh - Now In Effect? In-Reply-To: <9135BCF8DD26794492F2E2ABBFF11E095CB4B802@ExchangeC> References: <007a01d2a260$9ae73710$d0b5a530$@pubcom.com>, <804bfbf5-aab1-0d40-ca25-0ddf35d6663c@gmail.com> <9135BCF8DD26794492F2E2ABBFF11E095CB4B802@ExchangeC> Message-ID: <014901d2a280$0ab67910$20236b30$@htctu.net> I agree. OCR is free, so it is a bit non-intuitive that someone might want to go to the expense and trouble of an actual suit. Other factors may come into play, however. OCR does not go through a full-scale investigation process with every case brought to them. They will do a preliminary investigate, and if they feel that the campus can fix the problem quickly or that there is really no case for whatever reason, OCR may not engage a full-scale process. Also, OCR does not necessarily grant damages. Most of the time the OCR resolution asks that the college fix the problem and cover legal fees. There may be fairly limited pay-outs to the students (usually less than $50,000), but not always even that. In this particular case, NFB has become involved, so I suspect that they believe that it will be a strong case that will send a strong message to the colleges. ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ Gaeir (rhymes with "fire") Dietrich HTCTU Director 408-996-6047 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ From: athen-list [mailto:athen-list-bounces@mailman13.u.washington.edu] On Behalf Of S A. Marositz Sent: Tuesday, March 21, 2017 1:01 PM To: Access Technology Higher Education Network Subject: Re: [Athen] Section 508 Refresh - Now In Effect? Hi All The recent case against LACCD got me thinking, what reason would an individual not first file a complaint with The Office of Civil Rights before fileing a suit? https://www.pacermonitor.com/public/case/20761833/Roy_Payan,_et_al_v_Los_Ang eles_Community_College_District,_et_alDo Thanks Stephen Alexander Marositz J.D. Assistive Technology Specialist, Pasadena City College Phone: (626) 585-7242 From: athen-list [mailto:athen-list-bounces@mailman13.u.washington.edu] On Behalf Of steve.noble@louisville.edu Sent: Tuesday, March 21, 2017 12:18 PM To: Access Technology Higher Education Network Subject: Re: [Athen] Section 508 Refresh - Now In Effect? I would suspect the link to 508-related lawsuits in a post-secondary setting would be either through: (1) Suits brought under state law (only a few states, like Kentucky, have these) which mandate compliance with Section 508 and give individuals the right to sue state-supported institutions for injunctive relief; or (2) Breach-of-contract suits brought by institutions against vendors who certified their products as compliant with Section 508, when the product was later found to be non-compliant. A suit brought against a university by an individual with a disability concerning inaccessible technology would normally be constructed around the ADA and Section 504, although it would be expected that part of the evidence provided would be lack of compliance with "generally accepted" accessibility standards, such as WCAG and Section 508. --Steve Noble steve.noble@louisville.edu 502-969-3088 http://louisville.academia.edu/SteveNoble _____ From: athen-list [athen-list-bounces@mailman13.u.washington.edu] on behalf of Jennifer Sutton [jsuttondc@gmail.com] Sent: Tuesday, March 21, 2017 1:51 PM To: chagnon@pubcom.com; Access Technology Higher Education Network Subject: Re: [Athen] Section 508 Refresh - Now In Effect? Perhaps some of you who know 508 (both new and old) better than I do can clarify this for me. But I'm a little concerned at the mention of "lawsuits" below, especially since there's already plenty of fear, uncertainty, and doubt in the higher ed. space, due to lawsuits . . . Are there really likely to be 508-related lawsuits? As I understood things, it would take a *long* time for anything 508-related to turn into a lawsuit. Mostly, they're complaints that people with disabilities must file, and then, the Federal agency (or other institution, if it falls under 508) must take action, etc. In other words, I don't think 508 functions like filing something against a company or institution that turns into a DoJ agreement (if the organization doesn't take satisfactory action, of course). I hope this is clear, and that someone else can clarify further. I'm not saying 508 isn't important; I'm just not so sure it's going to result in a deluge of lawsuits beginning in 2018. Does anybody have a list of the lawsuits that have happened under the old 508? I'd be interested to see it. Best, Jennifer On 3/21/2017 9:31 AM, Chagnon | PubCom wrote: Yes, Sec. 508 goes into effect today, March 21. It becomes enforceable on January 18, 2018. Translation: All ICT (information communication technology) published from January 18 and forward must be compliant. The lawsuits will begin on January 18, 2018. You have 9 months to get your act together. See: https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2017/03/02/2017-04059/information- and-communication-technology-ict-standards-and-guidelines Quoted from the Federal Register: "DATES: The effective date of the final rule published on January 18, 2017 at 82 FR 5790 is delayed to March 21, 2017. However, compliance with the section 508-based standards is not required until January 18, 2018, which is one year after the final rule's original publication date. Compliance with the section 255-based guidelines is not required until the guidelines are adopted by the Federal Communications Commission. The incorporation by reference of certain publications listed in the final rule published on January 18, 2017 at 82 FR 5790 is approved by the Director of the Federal Register as of March 21, 2017." If you are a US-based institution, then yes, Sec. 508 is the law you must follow. However, understand the difference between laws and standards. This law does not define the standards for accessibility for some ICT but does for others: * For websites, digital media, and documents like Word and PDFs, the law "includes by reference" the international accessibility standards WCAG 2.0 and PDF/UA-1. * For Sec. 255 technologies, especially telecom, cell phones, kiosks, and software, it defines the standards but they are currently delayed. We recommend that our clients follow WCAG 2.0 for all website information. Document-based ICT, including PDFs that are posted on websites, is more accessible if you follow PDF/UA (PDF Universal Accessibility) guidelines as the WCAG guidelines really don't work for PDFs. PDF and HTML technologies are not the same. A recent blog explains the differences between these two technologies and standards: http://www.pubcom.com/blog/2017-01-03/wcag-pdf-standards.html --Bevi Chagnon From: athen-list [mailto:athen-list-bounces@mailman13.u.washington.edu] On Behalf Of Kressin, Lori L. (llk2t) Sent: Tuesday, March 21, 2017 11:52 AM To: ATHEN Subject: [Athen] Section 508 Refresh - Now In Effect? Good morning all, Here we are on March 21, 2017. Does that mean that the refresh of Section 508 is now in effect? I have not heard anything to contrary, but I certainly could have missed something. What is the general thought - is this the standard that you and your institution will now follow? Thanks for your input, Lori ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------ Lori Kressin Coordinator of Academic Accessibility Office of the Executive VP and Provost . Univ. of Virginia 102 Cresap Rd . POB 400199 . Charlottesville, VA . 22903 [434] 982-5784 _______________________________________________ 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 zm290 at msstate.edu Tue Mar 21 13:33:15 2017 From: zm290 at msstate.edu (Zach) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:34:03 2018 Subject: [Athen] Learning Ally and the College Success Program Message-ID: <011501d2a282$5eb42c40$1c1c84c0$@msstate.edu> Hello All, I am a mentor for Learning Ally's College Success Program. If you or your blind or visually impaired students haven't heard of us already, I welcome you to check us out here at http://www.learningally.org/CollegeSuccess. Learning Ally is a provider of audio books for the blind and dyslexic; and recently has begun college mentoring programs for blind and low vision students. Kind regards, Zachary Mason -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From chagnon at pubcom.com Tue Mar 21 14:21:18 2017 From: chagnon at pubcom.com (Chagnon | PubCom) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:34:03 2018 Subject: [Athen] Section 508 Refresh - Now In Effect? In-Reply-To: References: <007a01d2a260$9ae73710$d0b5a530$@pubcom.com>, <804bfbf5-aab1-0d40-ca25-0ddf35d6663c@gmail.com> Message-ID: <00fb01d2a289$14fc3d20$3ef4b760$@pubcom.com> Remember, Sec. 508 covers all ICT created with a federal tax dollar. That includes ICT created by: * Federal government agencies themselves. * Their contractors, whether hired full-time or on a contract basis. * Recipients of federal research grants (which includes most universities and colleges). * Recipients of federal service grants (which includes a lot of community nonprofits and colleges) * Institutions that receive any federal money (which includes most universities and colleges) Jennifer S wrote: "Does anybody have a list of the lawsuits that have happened under the old 508? I'd be interested to see it." Being in Washington DC, we do a lot of work in the federal government sector and there have been hundreds of complaints and a few dozen lawsuits brought against agencies. In the federal area, generally a formal complaint is filed first, and the lawsuit follows if the deficiencies aren't corrected. So the public isn't likely to hear about the complaints: they don't make it into the news. My firm has helped several government agencies and contractors retool their workflow and ICT products to rectify the problems with their ICT. Public lawsuits where the DOJ is involved generally are citing a government agency, municipality, nonprofit, college/university, or corporation. Here's a reputable list of lawsuits: http://www.karlgroves.com/2011/11/15/list-of-web-accessibility-related-litig ation-and-settlements/ Just scan down the third column in the table to see the defendants. This list, however, covers only websites. With the new Sec. 508 refresh and its clarifying language that now specifies documents in addition to websites, we can expect a lot more legal action in the future. Jennifer S. wrote: "I'm not saying 508 isn't important; I'm just not so sure it's going to result in a deluge of lawsuits beginning in 2018." I've already heard from close sources about work being done to bring some major precedent-setting lawsuits after January 2018. And then there are the tort trolls in the legal profession. I guess you could just wait and see what happens to your university/college! But really, I'd like everyone to have full access to everything they need, and having been in academia for several decades, I hate to see colleges/universities spend so much money on fighting lawsuits and fixing ICT problems after the fact. It's really expensive! Isn't it more cost-effective to prevent the lawsuits? It's so much cheaper to get everyone trained in how to make accessible ICT than it is to fix the problems down the road after paying off the lawyers. --Bevi Chagnon - - - Bevi Chagnon | www.PubCom.com Technologists, Consultants, Trainers, Designers, and Developers for publishing & communication | Acrobat PDF | Print | EPUBS | Sec. 508 Accessibility | - - - From: athen-list [mailto:athen-list-bounces@mailman13.u.washington.edu] On Behalf Of steve.noble@louisville.edu Sent: Tuesday, March 21, 2017 3:18 PM To: Access Technology Higher Education Network Subject: Re: [Athen] Section 508 Refresh - Now In Effect? I would suspect the link to 508-related lawsuits in a post-secondary setting would be either through: (1) Suits brought under state law (only a few states, like Kentucky, have these) which mandate compliance with Section 508 and give individuals the right to sue state-supported institutions for injunctive relief; or (2) Breach-of-contract suits brought by institutions against vendors who certified their products as compliant with Section 508, when the product was later found to be non-compliant. A suit brought against a university by an individual with a disability concerning inaccessible technology would normally be constructed around the ADA and Section 504, although it would be expected that part of the evidence provided would be lack of compliance with "generally accepted" accessibility standards, such as WCAG and Section 508. --Steve Noble steve.noble@louisville.edu 502-969-3088 http://louisville.academia.edu/SteveNoble _____ From: athen-list [athen-list-bounces@mailman13.u.washington.edu] on behalf of Jennifer Sutton [jsuttondc@gmail.com] Sent: Tuesday, March 21, 2017 1:51 PM To: chagnon@pubcom.com ; Access Technology Higher Education Network Subject: Re: [Athen] Section 508 Refresh - Now In Effect? Perhaps some of you who know 508 (both new and old) better than I do can clarify this for me. But I'm a little concerned at the mention of "lawsuits" below, especially since there's already plenty of fear, uncertainty, and doubt in the higher ed. space, due to lawsuits . . . Are there really likely to be 508-related lawsuits? As I understood things, it would take a *long* time for anything 508-related to turn into a lawsuit. Mostly, they're complaints that people with disabilities must file, and then, the Federal agency (or other institution, if it falls under 508) must take action, etc. In other words, I don't think 508 functions like filing something against a company or institution that turns into a DoJ agreement (if the organization doesn't take satisfactory action, of course). I hope this is clear, and that someone else can clarify further. I'm not saying 508 isn't important; I'm just not so sure it's going to result in a deluge of lawsuits beginning in 2018. Does anybody have a list of the lawsuits that have happened under the old 508? I'd be interested to see it. Best, Jennifer On 3/21/2017 9:31 AM, Chagnon | PubCom wrote: Yes, Sec. 508 goes into effect today, March 21. It becomes enforceable on January 18, 2018. Translation: All ICT (information communication technology) published from January 18 and forward must be compliant. The lawsuits will begin on January 18, 2018. You have 9 months to get your act together. See: https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2017/03/02/2017-04059/information- and-communication-technology-ict-standards-and-guidelines Quoted from the Federal Register: "DATES: The effective date of the final rule published on January 18, 2017 at 82 FR 5790 is delayed to March 21, 2017. However, compliance with the section 508-based standards is not required until January 18, 2018, which is one year after the final rule's original publication date. Compliance with the section 255-based guidelines is not required until the guidelines are adopted by the Federal Communications Commission. The incorporation by reference of certain publications listed in the final rule published on January 18, 2017 at 82 FR 5790 is approved by the Director of the Federal Register as of March 21, 2017." If you are a US-based institution, then yes, Sec. 508 is the law you must follow. However, understand the difference between laws and standards. This law does not define the standards for accessibility for some ICT but does for others: * For websites, digital media, and documents like Word and PDFs, the law "includes by reference" the international accessibility standards WCAG 2.0 and PDF/UA-1. * For Sec. 255 technologies, especially telecom, cell phones, kiosks, and software, it defines the standards but they are currently delayed. We recommend that our clients follow WCAG 2.0 for all website information. Document-based ICT, including PDFs that are posted on websites, is more accessible if you follow PDF/UA (PDF Universal Accessibility) guidelines as the WCAG guidelines really don't work for PDFs. PDF and HTML technologies are not the same. A recent blog explains the differences between these two technologies and standards: http://www.pubcom.com/blog/2017-01-03/wcag-pdf-standards.html --Bevi Chagnon From: athen-list [mailto:athen-list-bounces@mailman13.u.washington.edu] On Behalf Of Kressin, Lori L. (llk2t) Sent: Tuesday, March 21, 2017 11:52 AM To: ATHEN Subject: [Athen] Section 508 Refresh - Now In Effect? Good morning all, Here we are on March 21, 2017. Does that mean that the refresh of Section 508 is now in effect? I have not heard anything to contrary, but I certainly could have missed something. What is the general thought - is this the standard that you and your institution will now follow? Thanks for your input, Lori ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------ Lori Kressin Coordinator of Academic Accessibility Office of the Executive VP and Provost . Univ. of Virginia 102 Cresap Rd . POB 400199 . Charlottesville, VA . 22903 [434] 982-5784 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From gdietrich at htctu.net Tue Mar 21 14:48:52 2017 From: gdietrich at htctu.net (Gaeir Dietrich) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:34:03 2018 Subject: [Athen] Section 508 Refresh - Now In Effect? In-Reply-To: <00fb01d2a289$14fc3d20$3ef4b760$@pubcom.com> References: <007a01d2a260$9ae73710$d0b5a530$@pubcom.com>, <804bfbf5-aab1-0d40-ca25-0ddf35d6663c@gmail.com> <00fb01d2a289$14fc3d20$3ef4b760$@pubcom.com> Message-ID: <020f01d2a28c$eeb3fd20$cc1bf760$@htctu.net> Unless something has changed, Section 508 does not follow the money as Section 504 does. We were told that very specifically when the Section 508 Standards first came out, and if you check the Access Board website, they also say that very clearly: https://www.access-board.gov/guidelines-and-standards/communications-and-it/ 25-508-standards/720-questions-answers-about-section-508-of-the-rehabilitati on-act-amendments-of-1998#3) 3) To whom does Section 508 apply? Section 508 applies to Federal departments and agencies. 4) Does Section 508 apply to the private sector? No, it does not regulate the private sector and does not apply to recipients of Federal funds. ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ Gaeir (rhymes with "fire") Dietrich HTCTU Director 408-996-6047 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ From: athen-list [mailto:athen-list-bounces@mailman13.u.washington.edu] On Behalf Of Chagnon | PubCom Sent: Tuesday, March 21, 2017 2:21 PM To: 'Access Technology Higher Education Network' Subject: Re: [Athen] Section 508 Refresh - Now In Effect? Remember, Sec. 508 covers all ICT created with a federal tax dollar. That includes ICT created by: * Federal government agencies themselves. * Their contractors, whether hired full-time or on a contract basis. * Recipients of federal research grants (which includes most universities and colleges). * Recipients of federal service grants (which includes a lot of community nonprofits and colleges) * Institutions that receive any federal money (which includes most universities and colleges) Jennifer S wrote: "Does anybody have a list of the lawsuits that have happened under the old 508? I'd be interested to see it." Being in Washington DC, we do a lot of work in the federal government sector and there have been hundreds of complaints and a few dozen lawsuits brought against agencies. In the federal area, generally a formal complaint is filed first, and the lawsuit follows if the deficiencies aren't corrected. So the public isn't likely to hear about the complaints: they don't make it into the news. My firm has helped several government agencies and contractors retool their workflow and ICT products to rectify the problems with their ICT. Public lawsuits where the DOJ is involved generally are citing a government agency, municipality, nonprofit, college/university, or corporation. Here's a reputable list of lawsuits: http://www.karlgroves.com/2011/11/15/list-of-web-accessibility-related-litig ation-and-settlements/ Just scan down the third column in the table to see the defendants. This list, however, covers only websites. With the new Sec. 508 refresh and its clarifying language that now specifies documents in addition to websites, we can expect a lot more legal action in the future. Jennifer S. wrote: "I'm not saying 508 isn't important; I'm just not so sure it's going to result in a deluge of lawsuits beginning in 2018." I've already heard from close sources about work being done to bring some major precedent-setting lawsuits after January 2018. And then there are the tort trolls in the legal profession. I guess you could just wait and see what happens to your university/college! But really, I'd like everyone to have full access to everything they need, and having been in academia for several decades, I hate to see colleges/universities spend so much money on fighting lawsuits and fixing ICT problems after the fact. It's really expensive! Isn't it more cost-effective to prevent the lawsuits? It's so much cheaper to get everyone trained in how to make accessible ICT than it is to fix the problems down the road after paying off the lawyers. --Bevi Chagnon - - - Bevi Chagnon | www.PubCom.com Technologists, Consultants, Trainers, Designers, and Developers for publishing & communication | Acrobat PDF | Print | EPUBS | Sec. 508 Accessibility | - - - From: athen-list [mailto:athen-list-bounces@mailman13.u.washington.edu] On Behalf Of steve.noble@louisville.edu Sent: Tuesday, March 21, 2017 3:18 PM To: Access Technology Higher Education Network Subject: Re: [Athen] Section 508 Refresh - Now In Effect? I would suspect the link to 508-related lawsuits in a post-secondary setting would be either through: (1) Suits brought under state law (only a few states, like Kentucky, have these) which mandate compliance with Section 508 and give individuals the right to sue state-supported institutions for injunctive relief; or (2) Breach-of-contract suits brought by institutions against vendors who certified their products as compliant with Section 508, when the product was later found to be non-compliant. A suit brought against a university by an individual with a disability concerning inaccessible technology would normally be constructed around the ADA and Section 504, although it would be expected that part of the evidence provided would be lack of compliance with "generally accepted" accessibility standards, such as WCAG and Section 508. --Steve Noble steve.noble@louisville.edu 502-969-3088 http://louisville.academia.edu/SteveNoble _____ From: athen-list [athen-list-bounces@mailman13.u.washington.edu] on behalf of Jennifer Sutton [jsuttondc@gmail.com] Sent: Tuesday, March 21, 2017 1:51 PM To: chagnon@pubcom.com; Access Technology Higher Education Network Subject: Re: [Athen] Section 508 Refresh - Now In Effect? Perhaps some of you who know 508 (both new and old) better than I do can clarify this for me. But I'm a little concerned at the mention of "lawsuits" below, especially since there's already plenty of fear, uncertainty, and doubt in the higher ed. space, due to lawsuits . . . Are there really likely to be 508-related lawsuits? As I understood things, it would take a *long* time for anything 508-related to turn into a lawsuit. Mostly, they're complaints that people with disabilities must file, and then, the Federal agency (or other institution, if it falls under 508) must take action, etc. In other words, I don't think 508 functions like filing something against a company or institution that turns into a DoJ agreement (if the organization doesn't take satisfactory action, of course). I hope this is clear, and that someone else can clarify further. I'm not saying 508 isn't important; I'm just not so sure it's going to result in a deluge of lawsuits beginning in 2018. Does anybody have a list of the lawsuits that have happened under the old 508? I'd be interested to see it. Best, Jennifer On 3/21/2017 9:31 AM, Chagnon | PubCom wrote: Yes, Sec. 508 goes into effect today, March 21. It becomes enforceable on January 18, 2018. Translation: All ICT (information communication technology) published from January 18 and forward must be compliant. The lawsuits will begin on January 18, 2018. You have 9 months to get your act together. See: https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2017/03/02/2017-04059/information- and-communication-technology-ict-standards-and-guidelines Quoted from the Federal Register: "DATES: The effective date of the final rule published on January 18, 2017 at 82 FR 5790 is delayed to March 21, 2017. However, compliance with the section 508-based standards is not required until January 18, 2018, which is one year after the final rule's original publication date. Compliance with the section 255-based guidelines is not required until the guidelines are adopted by the Federal Communications Commission. The incorporation by reference of certain publications listed in the final rule published on January 18, 2017 at 82 FR 5790 is approved by the Director of the Federal Register as of March 21, 2017." If you are a US-based institution, then yes, Sec. 508 is the law you must follow. However, understand the difference between laws and standards. This law does not define the standards for accessibility for some ICT but does for others: * For websites, digital media, and documents like Word and PDFs, the law "includes by reference" the international accessibility standards WCAG 2.0 and PDF/UA-1. * For Sec. 255 technologies, especially telecom, cell phones, kiosks, and software, it defines the standards but they are currently delayed. We recommend that our clients follow WCAG 2.0 for all website information. Document-based ICT, including PDFs that are posted on websites, is more accessible if you follow PDF/UA (PDF Universal Accessibility) guidelines as the WCAG guidelines really don't work for PDFs. PDF and HTML technologies are not the same. A recent blog explains the differences between these two technologies and standards: http://www.pubcom.com/blog/2017-01-03/wcag-pdf-standards.html --Bevi Chagnon From: athen-list [mailto:athen-list-bounces@mailman13.u.washington.edu] On Behalf Of Kressin, Lori L. (llk2t) Sent: Tuesday, March 21, 2017 11:52 AM To: ATHEN Subject: [Athen] Section 508 Refresh - Now In Effect? Good morning all, Here we are on March 21, 2017. Does that mean that the refresh of Section 508 is now in effect? I have not heard anything to contrary, but I certainly could have missed something. What is the general thought - is this the standard that you and your institution will now follow? Thanks for your input, Lori ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------ Lori Kressin Coordinator of Academic Accessibility Office of the Executive VP and Provost . Univ. of Virginia 102 Cresap Rd . POB 400199 . Charlottesville, VA . 22903 [434] 982-5784 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From chagnon at pubcom.com Tue Mar 21 15:56:07 2017 From: chagnon at pubcom.com (Chagnon | PubCom) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:34:04 2018 Subject: [Athen] Section 508 Refresh - Now In Effect? In-Reply-To: <020f01d2a28c$eeb3fd20$cc1bf760$@htctu.net> References: <007a01d2a260$9ae73710$d0b5a530$@pubcom.com>, <804bfbf5-aab1-0d40-ca25-0ddf35d6663c@gmail.com> <00fb01d2a289$14fc3d20$3ef4b760$@pubcom.com> <020f01d2a28c$eeb3fd20$cc1bf760$@htctu.net> Message-ID: <011401d2a296$53692700$fa3b7500$@pubcom.com> Ah, the catch 22 of government legalize. (You gotta love us here in Washington!) Yes, the law applies only to federal government information, not private sector. But be careful of the definition of "private sector." Private schools are in that category along with corporations and other business entities, but usually state schools are not. They're in a gray area right now unless their state has adopted the federal accessibility guidelines and trickled them down through the state hierarchy. Others have covered this concept in previous posts. But even the fully private "private sector" will eventually be covered by Sec. 508, probably within the next 5 years. DOJ is already floating its ANPRN "announcements of proposed rulemaking" for information on corporate websites. Accessible ICT will follow the same pattern that ABA (architectural barrier access) took; government buildings were the first to have wheelchair ramps, handicapped bathrooms, etc., but now the ABA applies to your local Wal-Mart and your college/university. As wonderful as the Access Board is, they are only the government office that writes the regulations. It's DOJ that enforces the regs and thereby decides who is covered by them and to what extent the law applies. Our judicial system always fine-tunes our laws over time. The Access Board can't say much about where to draw the line: that's DOJ's job. Just trying to advise list members from my firm's experience on the front line . The catch 22 (or loophole) is at #5 in the Access Board's list at https://www.access-board.gov/guidelines-and-standards/communications-and-it/ 25-508-standards/720-questions-answers-about-section-508-of-the-rehabilitati on-act-amendments-of-1998#5 "Section 508 requires that when Federal agencies develop, procure, maintain, or use electronic and information technology." That's the catch. As soon as your university/college gives the federal agency the research done under the federal grant, voila, it must now be accessible. That's because the agency is "using" your research information. And it is, in a way, "procuring" the information from you via the grant. Right now, some agencies are more strict about this than others and write accessibility requirements into the grant paperwork. Sometimes the agency springs it on the researcher at the last minute. My firm gets about 2-3 requests a month from entities that have received federal grants; they include researchers at universities, nonprofits providing social services, think tanks, and some corporate "advisors." Submitted 2 proposals earlier today. Each the same: the federal agency that gave the grant money required accessibility of the electronic deliverables (or the ICT). Signing off from this thread.you can tell that we've got a lot of work to do! --Bevi Chagnon - - - Bevi Chagnon | www.PubCom.com Technologists, Consultants, Trainers, Designers, and Developers for publishing & communication | Acrobat PDF | Print | EPUBS | Sec. 508 Accessibility | - - - From: Gaeir Dietrich [mailto:gdietrich@htctu.net] Sent: Tuesday, March 21, 2017 5:49 PM To: chagnon@pubcom.com; 'Access Technology Higher Education Network' Subject: RE: [Athen] Section 508 Refresh - Now In Effect? Unless something has changed, Section 508 does not follow the money as Section 504 does. We were told that very specifically when the Section 508 Standards first came out, and if you check the Access Board website, they also say that very clearly: https://www.access-board.gov/guidelines-and-standards/communications-and-it/ 25-508-standards/720-questions-answers-about-section-508-of-the-rehabilitati on-act-amendments-of-1998#3) 3) To whom does Section 508 apply? Section 508 applies to Federal departments and agencies. 4) Does Section 508 apply to the private sector? No, it does not regulate the private sector and does not apply to recipients of Federal funds. ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ Gaeir (rhymes with "fire") Dietrich HTCTU Director 408-996-6047 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ From: athen-list [mailto:athen-list-bounces@mailman13.u.washington.edu] On Behalf Of Chagnon | PubCom Sent: Tuesday, March 21, 2017 2:21 PM To: 'Access Technology Higher Education Network' Subject: Re: [Athen] Section 508 Refresh - Now In Effect? Remember, Sec. 508 covers all ICT created with a federal tax dollar. That includes ICT created by: * Federal government agencies themselves. * Their contractors, whether hired full-time or on a contract basis. * Recipients of federal research grants (which includes most universities and colleges). * Recipients of federal service grants (which includes a lot of community nonprofits and colleges) * Institutions that receive any federal money (which includes most universities and colleges) Jennifer S wrote: "Does anybody have a list of the lawsuits that have happened under the old 508? I'd be interested to see it." Being in Washington DC, we do a lot of work in the federal government sector and there have been hundreds of complaints and a few dozen lawsuits brought against agencies. In the federal area, generally a formal complaint is filed first, and the lawsuit follows if the deficiencies aren't corrected. So the public isn't likely to hear about the complaints: they don't make it into the news. My firm has helped several government agencies and contractors retool their workflow and ICT products to rectify the problems with their ICT. Public lawsuits where the DOJ is involved generally are citing a government agency, municipality, nonprofit, college/university, or corporation. Here's a reputable list of lawsuits: http://www.karlgroves.com/2011/11/15/list-of-web-accessibility-related-litig ation-and-settlements/ Just scan down the third column in the table to see the defendants. This list, however, covers only websites. With the new Sec. 508 refresh and its clarifying language that now specifies documents in addition to websites, we can expect a lot more legal action in the future. Jennifer S. wrote: "I'm not saying 508 isn't important; I'm just not so sure it's going to result in a deluge of lawsuits beginning in 2018." I've already heard from close sources about work being done to bring some major precedent-setting lawsuits after January 2018. And then there are the tort trolls in the legal profession. I guess you could just wait and see what happens to your university/college! But really, I'd like everyone to have full access to everything they need, and having been in academia for several decades, I hate to see colleges/universities spend so much money on fighting lawsuits and fixing ICT problems after the fact. It's really expensive! Isn't it more cost-effective to prevent the lawsuits? It's so much cheaper to get everyone trained in how to make accessible ICT than it is to fix the problems down the road after paying off the lawyers. --Bevi Chagnon - - - Bevi Chagnon | www.PubCom.com Technologists, Consultants, Trainers, Designers, and Developers for publishing & communication | Acrobat PDF | Print | EPUBS | Sec. 508 Accessibility | - - - From: athen-list [mailto:athen-list-bounces@mailman13.u.washington.edu] On Behalf Of steve.noble@louisville.edu Sent: Tuesday, March 21, 2017 3:18 PM To: Access Technology Higher Education Network > Subject: Re: [Athen] Section 508 Refresh - Now In Effect? I would suspect the link to 508-related lawsuits in a post-secondary setting would be either through: (1) Suits brought under state law (only a few states, like Kentucky, have these) which mandate compliance with Section 508 and give individuals the right to sue state-supported institutions for injunctive relief; or (2) Breach-of-contract suits brought by institutions against vendors who certified their products as compliant with Section 508, when the product was later found to be non-compliant. A suit brought against a university by an individual with a disability concerning inaccessible technology would normally be constructed around the ADA and Section 504, although it would be expected that part of the evidence provided would be lack of compliance with "generally accepted" accessibility standards, such as WCAG and Section 508. --Steve Noble steve.noble@louisville.edu 502-969-3088 http://louisville.academia.edu/SteveNoble _____ From: athen-list [athen-list-bounces@mailman13.u.washington.edu] on behalf of Jennifer Sutton [jsuttondc@gmail.com] Sent: Tuesday, March 21, 2017 1:51 PM To: chagnon@pubcom.com ; Access Technology Higher Education Network Subject: Re: [Athen] Section 508 Refresh - Now In Effect? Perhaps some of you who know 508 (both new and old) better than I do can clarify this for me. But I'm a little concerned at the mention of "lawsuits" below, especially since there's already plenty of fear, uncertainty, and doubt in the higher ed. space, due to lawsuits . . . Are there really likely to be 508-related lawsuits? As I understood things, it would take a *long* time for anything 508-related to turn into a lawsuit. Mostly, they're complaints that people with disabilities must file, and then, the Federal agency (or other institution, if it falls under 508) must take action, etc. In other words, I don't think 508 functions like filing something against a company or institution that turns into a DoJ agreement (if the organization doesn't take satisfactory action, of course). I hope this is clear, and that someone else can clarify further. I'm not saying 508 isn't important; I'm just not so sure it's going to result in a deluge of lawsuits beginning in 2018. Does anybody have a list of the lawsuits that have happened under the old 508? I'd be interested to see it. Best, Jennifer On 3/21/2017 9:31 AM, Chagnon | PubCom wrote: Yes, Sec. 508 goes into effect today, March 21. It becomes enforceable on January 18, 2018. Translation: All ICT (information communication technology) published from January 18 and forward must be compliant. The lawsuits will begin on January 18, 2018. You have 9 months to get your act together. See: https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2017/03/02/2017-04059/information- and-communication-technology-ict-standards-and-guidelines Quoted from the Federal Register: "DATES: The effective date of the final rule published on January 18, 2017 at 82 FR 5790 is delayed to March 21, 2017. However, compliance with the section 508-based standards is not required until January 18, 2018, which is one year after the final rule's original publication date. Compliance with the section 255-based guidelines is not required until the guidelines are adopted by the Federal Communications Commission. The incorporation by reference of certain publications listed in the final rule published on January 18, 2017 at 82 FR 5790 is approved by the Director of the Federal Register as of March 21, 2017." If you are a US-based institution, then yes, Sec. 508 is the law you must follow. However, understand the difference between laws and standards. This law does not define the standards for accessibility for some ICT but does for others: * For websites, digital media, and documents like Word and PDFs, the law "includes by reference" the international accessibility standards WCAG 2.0 and PDF/UA-1. * For Sec. 255 technologies, especially telecom, cell phones, kiosks, and software, it defines the standards but they are currently delayed. We recommend that our clients follow WCAG 2.0 for all website information. Document-based ICT, including PDFs that are posted on websites, is more accessible if you follow PDF/UA (PDF Universal Accessibility) guidelines as the WCAG guidelines really don't work for PDFs. PDF and HTML technologies are not the same. A recent blog explains the differences between these two technologies and standards: http://www.pubcom.com/blog/2017-01-03/wcag-pdf-standards.html --Bevi Chagnon From: athen-list [mailto:athen-list-bounces@mailman13.u.washington.edu] On Behalf Of Kressin, Lori L. (llk2t) Sent: Tuesday, March 21, 2017 11:52 AM To: ATHEN Subject: [Athen] Section 508 Refresh - Now In Effect? Good morning all, Here we are on March 21, 2017. Does that mean that the refresh of Section 508 is now in effect? I have not heard anything to contrary, but I certainly could have missed something. What is the general thought - is this the standard that you and your institution will now follow? Thanks for your input, Lori ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------ Lori Kressin Coordinator of Academic Accessibility Office of the Executive VP and Provost . Univ. of Virginia 102 Cresap Rd . POB 400199 . Charlottesville, VA . 22903 [434] 982-5784 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From rmshah at starpower.net Tue Mar 21 16:04:04 2017 From: rmshah at starpower.net (Rajiv Shah) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:34:04 2018 Subject: [Athen] Section 508 Refresh - Now In Effect? In-Reply-To: <011401d2a296$53692700$fa3b7500$@pubcom.com> Message-ID: <298769032.5895786.1490137444864.JavaMail.root@starpower.net> Hi,I would like to caution this with one bit of info:Some private-sector entities, such as Microsoft, have voluntary adopted guidelines for trusted testers, that DHS created. While Section 508 does not apply to them, they feel that the incentive is strong enough in terms of federal business.Regards,Rajiv ----- Original Message ----- From: Chagnon | PubCom To: 'Access Technology Higher Education Network' Sent: Tue, 21 Mar 2017 18:56:07 -0400 (EDT) Subject: Re: [Athen] Section 508 Refresh - Now In Effect? Ah, the catch 22 of government legalize.(You gotta love us here in Washington!) Yes, the law applies only to federal government information, not private sector. But be careful of the definition of ?private sector.? Private schools are in that category along with corporations and other business entities, but usually state schools are not. They?re in a gray area right now unless their state has adopted the federal accessibility guidelines and trickled them down through the state hierarchy. Others have covered this concept in previous posts. But even the fully private ?private sector? will eventually be covered by Sec. 508, probably within the next 5 years. DOJ is already floating its ANPRN ?announcements of proposed rulemaking? for information on corporate websites. Accessible ICT will follow the same pattern that ABA (architectural barrier access) took; government buildings were the first to have wheelchair ramps, handicapped bathrooms, etc., but now the ABA applies to your local Wal-Mart and your college/university. As wonderful as the Access Board is, they are only the government office that writes the regulations. It?s DOJ that enforces the regs and thereby decides who is covered by them and to what extent the law applies. Our judicial system always fine-tunes our laws over time. The Access Board can?t say much about where to draw the line: that?s DOJ?s job. Just trying to advise list members from my firm?s experience on the front line ? The catch 22 (or loophole) is at #5 in the Access Board?s list at https://www.access-board.gov/guidelines-and-standards/communications-and-it/25-508-standards/720-questions-answers-about-section-508-of-the-rehabilitation-act-amendments-of-1998#5 ?Section 508 requires that when Federal agencies develop, procure, maintain, or use electronic and information technology?? That?s the catch. As soon as your university/college gives the federal agency the research done under the federal grant, voila, it must now be accessible. That?s because the agency is ?using? your research information. And it is, in a way, ?procuring? the information from you via the grant. Right now, some agencies are more strict about this than others and write accessibility requirements into the grant paperwork. Sometimes the agency springs it on the researcher at the last minute. My firm gets about 2-3 requests a month from entities that have received federal grants; they include researchers at universities, nonprofits providing social services, think tanks, and some corporate ?advisors.? Submitted 2 proposals earlier today. Each the same: the federal agency that gave the grant money required accessibility of the electronic deliverables (or the ICT). Signing off from this thread?you can tell that we?ve got a lot of work to do! --Bevi Chagnon ? ? ?Bevi Chagnon | www.PubCom.com Technologists, Consultants, Trainers, Designers, and Developersfor publishing & communication| Acrobat PDF | Print | EPUBS | Sec. 508 Accessibility |? ? ? From: Gaeir Dietrich [mailto:gdietrich@htctu.net] Sent: Tuesday, March 21, 2017 5:49 PM To: chagnon@pubcom.com; 'Access Technology Higher Education Network' Subject: RE: [Athen] Section 508 Refresh - Now In Effect? Unless something has changed, Section 508 does not follow the money as Section 504 does. We were told that very specifically when the Section 508 Standards first came out, and if you check the Access Board website, they also say that very clearly:https://www.access-board.gov/guidelines-and-standards/communications-and-it/25-508-standards/720-questions-answers-about-section-508-of-the-rehabilitation-act-amendments-of-1998#3) 3) To whom does Section 508 apply?Section 508 applies to Federal departments and agencies.4) Does Section 508 apply to the private sector?No, it does not regulate the private sector and does not apply to recipients of Federal funds. ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^Gaeir (rhymes with "fire") Dietrich HTCTU Director 408-996-6047^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ From: athen-list [mailto:athen-list-bounces@mailman13.u.washington.edu] On Behalf Of Chagnon | PubCom Sent: Tuesday, March 21, 2017 2:21 PM To: 'Access Technology Higher Education Network' Subject: Re: [Athen] Section 508 Refresh - Now In Effect? Remember, Sec. 508 covers all ICT created with a federal tax dollar. That includes ICT created by:Federal government agencies themselves.Their contractors, whether hired full-time or on a contract basis.Recipients of federal research grants (which includes most universities and colleges).Recipients of federal service grants (which includes a lot of community nonprofits and colleges)Institutions that receive any federal money (which includes most universities and colleges) Jennifer S wrote:?Does anybody have a list of the lawsuits that have happened under the old 508? I'd be interested to see it.? Being in Washington DC, we do a lot of work in the federal government sector and there have been hundreds of complaints and a few dozen lawsuits brought against agencies. In the federal area, generally a formal complaint is filed first, and the lawsuit follows if the deficiencies aren?t corrected. So the public isn?t likely to hear about the complaints: they don?t make it into the news. My firm has helped several government agencies and contractors retool their workflow and ICT products to rectify the problems with their ICT. Public lawsuits where the DOJ is involved generally are citing a government agency, municipality, nonprofit, college/university, or corporation. Here?s a reputable list of lawsuits:http://www.karlgroves.com/2011/11/15/list-of-web-accessibility-related-litigation-and-settlements/ Just scan down the third column in the table to see the defendants. This list, however, covers only websites. With the new Sec. 508 refresh and its clarifying language that now specifies documents in addition to websites, we can expect a lot more legal action in the future. Jennifer S. wrote:?I'm not saying 508 isn't important; I'm just not so sure it's going to result in a deluge of lawsuits beginning in 2018.? I?ve already heard from close sources about work being done to bring some major precedent-setting lawsuits after January 2018. And then there are the tort trolls in the legal profession. I guess you could just wait and see what happens to your university/college! But really, I?d like everyone to have full access to everything they need, and having been in academia for several decades, I hate to see colleges/universities spend so much money on fighting lawsuits and fixing ICT problems after the fact. It?s really expensive! Isn?t it more cost-effective to prevent the lawsuits? It?s so much cheaper to get everyone trained in how to make accessible ICT than it is to fix the problems down the road after paying off the lawyers. --Bevi Chagnon ? ? ?Bevi Chagnon | www.PubCom.com Technologists, Consultants, Trainers, Designers, and Developersfor publishing & communication| Acrobat PDF | Print | EPUBS | Sec. 508 Accessibility |? ? ? From: athen-list [mailto:athen-list-bounces@mailman13.u.washington.edu] On Behalf Of steve.noble@louisville.edu Sent: Tuesday, March 21, 2017 3:18 PM To: Access Technology Higher Education Network Subject: Re: [Athen] Section 508 Refresh - Now In Effect? I would suspect the link to 508-related lawsuits in a post-secondary setting would be either through:(1) Suits brought under state law (only a few states, like Kentucky, have these) which mandate compliance with Section 508 and give individuals the right to sue state-supported institutions for injunctive relief; or(2) Breach-of-contract suits brought by institutions against vendors who certified their products as compliant with Section 508, when the product was later found to be non-compliant. A suit brought against a university by an individual with a disability concerning inaccessible technology would normally be constructed around the ADA and Section 504, although it would be expected that part of the evidence provided would be lack of compliance with "generally accepted" accessibility standards, such as WCAG and Section 508. --Steve Noble steve.noble@louisville.edu 502-969-3088 http://louisville.academia.edu/SteveNoble From: athen-list [athen-list-bounces@mailman13.u.washington.edu] on behalf of Jennifer Sutton [jsuttondc@gmail.com] Sent: Tuesday, March 21, 2017 1:51 PM To:chagnon@pubcom.com; Access Technology Higher Education Network Subject: Re: [Athen] Section 508 Refresh - Now In Effect?Perhaps some of you who know 508 (both new and old) better than I do can clarify this for me. But I'm a little concerned at the mention of "lawsuits" below, especially since there's already plenty of fear, uncertainty, and doubt in the higher ed. space, due to lawsuits . . . Are there really likely to be 508-related lawsuits? As I understood things, it would take a *long* time for anything 508-related to turn into a lawsuit. Mostly, they're complaints that people with disabilities must file, and then, the Federal agency (or other institution, if it falls under 508) must take action, etc. In other words, I don't think 508 functions like filing something against a company or institution that turns into a DoJ agreement (if the organization doesn't take satisfactory action, of course). I hope this is clear, and that someone else can clarify further. I'm not saying 508 isn't important; I'm just not so sure it's going to result in a deluge of lawsuits beginning in 2018. Does anybody have a list of the lawsuits that have happened under the old 508? I'd be interested to see it. Best,Jennifer On 3/21/2017 9:31 AM, Chagnon | PubCom wrote:Yes, Sec. 508 goes into effect today, March 21.It becomes enforceable on January 18, 2018. Translation: All ICT (information communication technology) published from January 18 and forward must be compliant. The lawsuits will begin on January 18, 2018. You have 9 months to get your act together. See: https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2017/03/02/2017-04059/information-and-communication-technology-ict-standards-and-guidelines Quoted from the Federal Register:?DATES:The effective date of the final rule published on January 18, 2017 at 82 FR 5790 is delayed to March 21, 2017. However, compliance with the section 508-based standards is not required until January 18, 2018, which is one year after the final rule's original publication date. Compliance with the section 255-based guidelines is not required until the guidelines are adopted by the Federal Communications Commission. The incorporation by reference of certain publications listed in the final rule published on January 18, 2017 at 82 FR 5790 is approved by the Director of the Federal Register as of March 21, 2017.? If you are a US-based institution, then yes, Sec. 508 is the law you must follow. However, understand the difference between laws and standards. This law does not define the standards for accessibility for some ICT but does for others:For websites, digital media, and documents like Word and PDFs, the law ?includes by reference? the international accessibility standards WCAG 2.0 and PDF/UA-1.For Sec. 255 technologies, especially telecom, cell phones, kiosks, and software, it defines the standards but they are currently delayed. We recommend that our clients follow WCAG 2.0 for all website information. Document-based ICT, including PDFs that are posted on websites, is more accessible if you follow PDF/UA (PDF Universal Accessibility) guidelines as the WCAG guidelines really don?t work for PDFs. PDF and HTML technologies are not the same. A recent blog explains the differences between these two technologies and standards: http://www.pubcom.com/blog/2017-01-03/wcag-pdf-standards.html --Bevi Chagnon From: athen-list [mailto:athen-list-bounces@mailman13.u.washington.edu] On Behalf Of Kressin, Lori L. (llk2t) Sent: Tuesday, March 21, 2017 11:52 AM To: ATHEN Subject: [Athen] Section 508 Refresh - Now In Effect? Good morning all, Here we are on March 21, 2017. Does that mean that the refresh of Section 508 is now in effect? I have not heard anything to contrary, but I certainly could have missed something. What is the general thought - is this the standard that you and your institution will now follow? Thanks for your input, Lori ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Lori Kressin Coordinator of Academic AccessibilityOffice of the Executive VP and Provost ? Univ. of Virginia102 Cresap Rd ? POB 400199 ? 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I think it's very important to distinguish between ADA/504-related issues vs. what's appropriate under Section 508. What I see in the public sphere leads me to believe people are confused. While their confusion (frequent conflation of things that should not be conflated) may benefit people with disabilities, it happens to make me uncomfortable. To this end, I intend to be on the Access Board's next telecon. on March 28: https://www.access-board.gov/events-calendar/eventdetail/1556/51%7C262%7C52/section-508-best-practices-webinar-wcag-2-0-and-the-revised-section-508-standards and link to register: https://www.accessibilityonline.org/cioc-508/session/?id=110612 Perhaps some of you will join me and ask for clarification there. On the other hand, I expect most of you already know what does and doesn't apply to you. Fyi, instead of the public sector list Bevi cited, I'd recommend folks be aware of this one that focuses on the higher ed. space: http://www.d.umn.edu/~lcarlson/atteam/lawsuits.html If it needs updates, I imagine Laura would be glad to have some help. Karl's list only goes through 2015, so it's not one I'd cite without making that point clear to legal folks with whom I might communicate. Btw, Bevi, I was in Washington until 2006 (very active in ADA regs. and when Section 508 came into being). I've been around this space for some 25 years, so I have "cred." When I raise a point on this list, beyond just posting articles, I have good reasons and a solid background. We're on "the same side," even if we may have different approaches to achieving the goal(s). Best to all, and back to posting only articles, Jennifer From gdietrich at htctu.net Tue Mar 21 18:16:18 2017 From: gdietrich at htctu.net (Gaeir Dietrich) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:34:04 2018 Subject: [Athen] OmniPage Efficiency When Reordering Zones In-Reply-To: <6E428DCC-EEEC-4D6A-BFB1-16B295C61D66@gmail.com> References: <6E428DCC-EEEC-4D6A-BFB1-16B295C61D66@gmail.com> Message-ID: <039e01d2a2a9$e926c2d0$bb744870$@htctu.net> Hi Adam, I?m trying to understand your workflow. (1) Draw zones in the order you want them to appear (Are you drawing process zones or are you selecting the type for each zone?) (2) Run OCR (Are you selecting the On the Fly icon or are you using the Custom choice from the menu?) At this point you are losing the reading order that you have defined, yes? In the first step, I generally use process zones. In the second step, I generally use On the Fly, although Custom can work. I have not had issues with it changing the order on me. Are you maybe adding another step or choosing Automatic for the OCR? Automatic under the OCR will override your zones, so if you?re making that choice, that?s probably the issue. I might offer another suggestion. I encourage alt media specialists to create two documents for each section. The first document contains just the main body of the text. The second document contains all the ancillary text (side bars, boxed matter, graphics and captions, footnotes, etc.). Both documents have page numbers so that the student can easily read the main text and then look at the ancillary text when it is convenient. The workflow is to create two OCR files. In the first, zone just the main body?keeping the page numbers. Then zone just the ancillary text, again keeping the page numbers. I suggest that they be labeled 01_Chapter and 01A_Chapter. It is very easy to find the files, and it is simple to alt tab between the two. This solution is the best one I have found when you have those case studies to go across multiple pages, while also having the main text in between. Some students prefer all the ancillary material at the end of the chapter, but most like the two documents once they understand how it works. Good luck! ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ Gaeir (rhymes with "fire") Dietrich HTCTU Director 408-996-6047 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ From: athen-list [mailto:athen-list-bounces@mailman13.u.washington.edu] On Behalf Of Adam Williams Sent: Monday, March 20, 2017 5:08 PM To: athen-list@u.washington.edu Subject: [Athen] OmniPage Efficiency When Reordering Zones Hi all, My department is considering incorporating OmniPage into our workflow for making alt format materials. Right now, we use Abbyy. When handling multi-page documents where paragraphs continue from a previous page, we like to finish that paragraph, then recognize the page number, and then we continue with the main text. This way the middle of sentences isn't interrupted and the page number is still announced in the text. With Abbyy, we just draw the boxes in that order and it remembers the order and uses it. But I'm running into an issue with OmniPage where, even if I manually draw boxes in the order that I want, it will group them all together during recognition and thus save the page top to bottom. I can get around this by right-clicking on the recognized page, selecting ungroup, and then manually defining the zone order, but that takes a while to do for every page. Is there any way around this that anyone uses? Thanks! Adam J. Williams Texas A&M University Disability Services -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From sarah.bourne at mass.gov Wed Mar 22 05:56:24 2017 From: sarah.bourne at mass.gov (Bourne, Sarah (MASSIT)) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:34:04 2018 Subject: [Athen] Section 508 Refresh - Now In Effect? In-Reply-To: References: <007a01d2a260$9ae73710$d0b5a530$@pubcom.com> <804bfbf5-aab1-0d40-ca25-0ddf35d6663c@gmail.com> <00fb01d2a289$14fc3d20$3ef4b760$@pubcom.com> Message-ID: <014cdc63bdd3485e99dabd55fe32e91b@ES-CHL-EMR-06.es.govt.state.ma.us> In today's edition of "I am not a lawyer but I work a lot of them" the actual answer to "Does 508 apply to me?" is "It depends." For instance, the Assistive Technology Act specifies that funding recipients must comply with Section 508. The University System of Georgia believes that this could mean all IT under their Board of Regents has to comply with Section 508 regulations [1]. Oklahoma believes is may apply to all State programs. [2] Other federal funding and grant programs carry similar stipulations. So to answer the question, you would need to know about all federal monies received and their requirements, and a lawyer or two to sort it all out. Rather than trying to figure out just which laws apply to the hundreds of programs in state government and having different standards for based on that, our approach to meet both state and federal legal obligations is to harmonize with the federal standards. Also, using the same standards make it easier for vendors and developers understand and comply with the requirements. [1] http://www.usg.edu/siteinfo/higher_education_the_americans_with_disabilities_act_and_section_508 [2] PDF: https://www.ok.gov/abletech/documents/Section%20508%20of%20the%20Rehab%20Act.pdf sb Sarah E. Bourne Director of IT Accessibility, MassIT Commonwealth of Massachusetts 1 Ashburton Pl. rm 811 Boston MA 02108 617-626-4502 sarah.bourne@mass.gov http://www.mass.gov/MassIT From vanessa.preast at dmu.edu Wed Mar 22 06:15:23 2017 From: vanessa.preast at dmu.edu (Preast, Vanessa) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:34:04 2018 Subject: [Athen] If you had one accessibility question for a course evaluation what would it be? Message-ID: Hello, For a new end-of-course evaluation survey, I have the opportunity to craft a single Likert-type question to access accessibility from a student's perspective. What would be a good statement to help us identify whether accessibility problems might exist? Perhaps something like this, from University of Guelph? (http://cer.jhu.edu/files/uid-implementation-guide-v6.pdf) Statement: I had no difficulties accessing course materials or participating in any essential activities related to this class. Answers: Strongly agree to Strongly disagree I'm concerned that the word "accessing" may have too many different interpretations for students versus faculty versus accessibility personnel. Best, Vanessa From zm290 at msstate.edu Wed Mar 22 06:35:57 2017 From: zm290 at msstate.edu (Zachary Mason) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:34:04 2018 Subject: [Athen] If you had one accessibility question for a course evaluation what would it be? In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <3365748733118173257@unknownmsgid> Within the learning Ally college success curriculum we actually have a quiz to assess accessibility of a disabilities office. I can ask my supervisors if we can give you access to the module. Sent from my iPhone > On Mar 22, 2017, at 8:17 AM, Preast, Vanessa wrote: > > Hello, > > For a new end-of-course evaluation survey, I have the opportunity to craft a single Likert-type question to access accessibility from a student's perspective. > > What would be a good statement to help us identify whether accessibility problems might exist? > > > Perhaps something like this, from University of Guelph? (http://cer.jhu.edu/files/uid-implementation-guide-v6.pdf) > > Statement: I had no difficulties accessing course materials or participating in any essential activities related to this class. > Answers: Strongly agree to Strongly disagree > > > I'm concerned that the word "accessing" may have too many different interpretations for students versus faculty versus accessibility personnel. > > Best, > Vanessa > _______________________________________________ > athen-list mailing list > athen-list@mailman13.u.washington.edu > http://mailman13.u.washington.edu/mailman/listinfo/athen-list From sarah.bourne at mass.gov Wed Mar 22 07:59:00 2017 From: sarah.bourne at mass.gov (Bourne, Sarah (MASSIT)) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:34:04 2018 Subject: [Athen] If you had one accessibility question for a course evaluation what would it be? In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <70c36aa21a5c431fabfc00ca57a687da@ES-CHL-EMR-06.es.govt.state.ma.us> I would avoid using a negative in the question ("no difficulties") as it makes it harder to score. I agree that you may get things having to do with, for instance, wifi problems that won't help as much if you use the Guelph wording. Perhaps something more like: "I was able to use online course materials and activities for this class with my preferred computer settings and software." sb Sarah E. Bourne Director of IT Accessibility, MassIT Commonwealth of Massachusetts 1 Ashburton Pl. rm 811 Boston MA 02108 617-626-4502 sarah.bourne@mass.gov http://www.mass.gov/MassIT -----Original Message----- From: athen-list [mailto:athen-list-bounces@mailman13.u.washington.edu] On Behalf Of Preast, Vanessa Sent: Wednesday, March 22, 2017 9:15 AM To: Access Technology Higher Education Network Subject: [Athen] If you had one accessibility question for a course evaluation what would it be? Hello, For a new end-of-course evaluation survey, I have the opportunity to craft a single Likert-type question to access accessibility from a student's perspective. What would be a good statement to help us identify whether accessibility problems might exist? Perhaps something like this, from University of Guelph? (http://cer.jhu.edu/files/uid-implementation-guide-v6.pdf ) Statement: I had no difficulties accessing course materials or participating in any essential activities related to this class. Answers: Strongly agree to Strongly disagree I'm concerned that the word "accessing" may have too many different interpretations for students versus faculty versus accessibility personnel. Best, Vanessa _______________________________________________ athen-list mailing list athen-list@mailman13.u.washington.edu https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__mailman13.u.washington.edu_mailman_listinfo_athen-2Dlist&d=DwICAg&c=lDF7oMaPKXpkYvev9V-fVahWL0QWnGCCAfCDz1Bns_w&r=rhLenV33VPpmkT7iP0-OkUlRYw9YWn3HMLHZVP2q9y8&m=rf4jqspgBvBdoRq-7aNThqdP5svR2Zb0zfEf14FZ-0g&s=_bE-KmbRU2z0qaH1uJYS2sf6mm5hFoCKgK92fZcPrXg&e= From joeferia at berkeley.edu Wed Mar 22 08:37:33 2017 From: joeferia at berkeley.edu (Joseph Feria-Galicia) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:34:04 2018 Subject: [Athen] guidance on using tables in website In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: Cindy, My team created an a Table Accessibility "mini-course" that may be helpful Also, review our BRCOE Accessibility Hub for other a11y guides and best practices. Joe Feria-Galicia On Tue, Mar 21, 2017 at 11:45 AM, Cindy K Arthur wrote: > All: > > We recently converted to a new website and are in the process of editing > pages, etc. What is the best way to add schedules and rosters? On our old > website we had tables. If we continue to use tables, how do we ensure > accessibility is being met? Any help would be appreciated. > > > > Cindy Arthur > > Carl Sandburg College > > _______________________________________________ > athen-list mailing list > athen-list@mailman13.u.washington.edu > http://mailman13.u.washington.edu/mailman/listinfo/athen-list > > -- *Accessibility Team Lead / Instructional Designer* Berkeley Resource Center for Online Education (BRCOE) Suite 453C 1995 University Avenue Berkeley, CA 94710 Phone: 1 510 664-4017 http://online.berkeley.edu -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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URL: From jiatyan at stanford.edu Wed Mar 22 10:04:34 2017 From: jiatyan at stanford.edu (Jiatyan Chen) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:34:04 2018 Subject: [Athen] Section 508 Refresh - Now In Effect? In-Reply-To: <011401d2a296$53692700$fa3b7500$@pubcom.com> References: <007a01d2a260$9ae73710$d0b5a530$@pubcom.com> <804bfbf5-aab1-0d40-ca25-0ddf35d6663c@gmail.com> <00fb01d2a289$14fc3d20$3ef4b760$@pubcom.com> <020f01d2a28c$eeb3fd20$cc1bf760$@htctu.net> <011401d2a296$53692700$fa3b7500$@pubcom.com> Message-ID: <5940977D-6740-4E8C-8475-9782456D9E50@stanford.edu> > On 2017 Mar 21, at 15:56, Chagnon | PubCom wrote: > > As soon as your university/college gives the federal agency the research done under the federal grant, voila, it must now be accessible. That?s because the agency is ?using? your research information. And it is, in a way, ?procuring? the information from you via the grant. > > Right now, some agencies are more strict about this than others and write accessibility requirements into the grant paperwork. Sometimes the agency springs it on the researcher at the last minute. This specific question was asked during the Access Board webinar in February. https://www.accessibilityonline.org/ao/archives/110588 [1:24:15] The scope of 508 only applies to Federal Agencies. Ask your funding agency if you are recipient of federal funds. -- Jiatyan Chen From sherylb at uw.edu Wed Mar 22 10:29:53 2017 From: sherylb at uw.edu (Sheryl E. Burgstahler) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:34:04 2018 Subject: [Athen] If you had one accessibility question for a course evaluation what would it be? In-Reply-To: <70c36aa21a5c431fabfc00ca57a687da@ES-CHL-EMR-06.es.govt.state.ma.us> References: <70c36aa21a5c431fabfc00ca57a687da@ES-CHL-EMR-06.es.govt.state.ma.us> Message-ID: <68450127-3D1F-4622-9ACD-946DAA1F3A81@uw.edu> Good to give them option to report any specific course materials and activities they were not able to use with their preferred computer settings and software. On Mar 22, 2017, at 7:59 AM, Bourne, Sarah (MASSIT) wrote: > I would avoid using a negative in the question ("no difficulties") as it makes it harder to score. > > I agree that you may get things having to do with, for instance, wifi problems that won't help as much if you use the Guelph wording. Perhaps something more like: > "I was able to use online course materials and activities for this class with my preferred computer settings and software." > > sb > Sarah E. Bourne > Director of IT Accessibility, MassIT > Commonwealth of Massachusetts > 1 Ashburton Pl. rm 811 Boston MA 02108 > 617-626-4502 > sarah.bourne@mass.gov > http://www.mass.gov/MassIT > > > -----Original Message----- > From: athen-list [mailto:athen-list-bounces@mailman13.u.washington.edu] On Behalf Of Preast, Vanessa > Sent: Wednesday, March 22, 2017 9:15 AM > To: Access Technology Higher Education Network > Subject: [Athen] If you had one accessibility question for a course evaluation what would it be? > > Hello, > > For a new end-of-course evaluation survey, I have the opportunity to craft a single Likert-type question to access accessibility from a student's perspective. > > What would be a good statement to help us identify whether accessibility problems might exist? > > > Perhaps something like this, from University of Guelph? (http://cer.jhu.edu/files/uid-implementation-guide-v6.pdf ) > > Statement: I had no difficulties accessing course materials or participating in any essential activities related to this class. > Answers: Strongly agree to Strongly disagree > > > I'm concerned that the word "accessing" may have too many different interpretations for students versus faculty versus accessibility personnel. > > Best, > Vanessa > _______________________________________________ > athen-list mailing list > athen-list@mailman13.u.washington.edu > https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__mailman13.u.washington.edu_mailman_listinfo_athen-2Dlist&d=DwICAg&c=lDF7oMaPKXpkYvev9V-fVahWL0QWnGCCAfCDz1Bns_w&r=rhLenV33VPpmkT7iP0-OkUlRYw9YWn3HMLHZVP2q9y8&m=rf4jqspgBvBdoRq-7aNThqdP5svR2Zb0zfEf14FZ-0g&s=_bE-KmbRU2z0qaH1uJYS2sf6mm5hFoCKgK92fZcPrXg&e= > _______________________________________________ > athen-list mailing list > athen-list@mailman13.u.washington.edu > http://mailman13.u.washington.edu/mailman/listinfo/athen-list From gdietrich at htctu.net Wed Mar 22 11:44:52 2017 From: gdietrich at htctu.net (Gaeir Dietrich) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:34:04 2018 Subject: [Athen] LA Trade Tech Job for LD Specialist Clarification Message-ID: <013001d2a33c$64cf05e0$2e6d11a0$@htctu.net> Please forgive cross-posts: Clarification of LA Trade Tech Position Just to clarify-this position is for an LD Specialist The focus for the Disability Specialist is Learning Disability assessment and support, including, "Completion of (or eligibility for) the California Community College Chancellor's Office LDESM training on determining eligibility for learning disability services and accommodations." Please share: Disability Specialist job at LATTC https://laccd.csod.com/ats/careersite/JobDetails.aspx?id=110 Best, Klaudia Macias Counselor Associate Professor of Counseling Disabled Student Program and Services Los Angeles Trade-Technical College 400 W. Washington Blvd. Los Angeles, CA 90015 (MA-100) (: 213.763.3778|7: 213.763.5391 *:maciask@lattc.edu -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From info at karlencommunications.com Wed Mar 22 12:02:53 2017 From: info at karlencommunications.com (Karlen Communications) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:34:04 2018 Subject: [Athen] Supreme Court Rules In Favor Of Special Education Student : NPR Ed : NPR Message-ID: http://www.npr.org/sections/ed/2017/03/22/521094752/the-supreme-court-rules-in-favor-of-a-special-education-student?utm_source=twitter.com&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=npred&utm_term=nprnews&utm_content=20170322&utm_source=twitter.com&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=npred&utm_term=nprnews&utm_content=20170322 Sent from my iPad From chagnon at pubcom.com Wed Mar 22 12:14:08 2017 From: chagnon at pubcom.com (Chagnon | PubCom) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:34:04 2018 Subject: [Athen] Section 508 Refresh - Now In Effect? In-Reply-To: <014cdc63bdd3485e99dabd55fe32e91b@ES-CHL-EMR-06.es.govt.state.ma.us> References: <007a01d2a260$9ae73710$d0b5a530$@pubcom.com> <804bfbf5-aab1-0d40-ca25-0ddf35d6663c@gmail.com> <00fb01d2a289$14fc3d20$3ef4b760$@pubcom.com> <014cdc63bdd3485e99dabd55fe32e91b@ES-CHL-EMR-06.es.govt.state.ma.us> Message-ID: <006c01d2a340$7b6a1570$723e4050$@pubcom.com> And here's what the judges say... "The Supreme Court Rules In Favor Of A Special Education Student" "School districts must give students with disabilities the chance to make meaningful, "appropriately ambitious" progress, the Supreme Court said Wednesday in an 8-0 ruling." Wow. 8-0 ruling. Now that is precedent! http://www.npr.org/sections/ed/2017/03/22/521094752/the-supreme-court-rules- in-favor-of-a-special-education-student --Bevi Chagnon -----Original Message----- From: athen-list [mailto:athen-list-bounces@mailman13.u.washington.edu] On Behalf Of Bourne, Sarah (MASSIT) Sent: Wednesday, March 22, 2017 8:56 AM To: Access Technology Higher Education Network Subject: Re: [Athen] Section 508 Refresh - Now In Effect? In today's edition of "I am not a lawyer but I work a lot of them" the actual answer to "Does 508 apply to me?" is "It depends." For instance, the Assistive Technology Act specifies that funding recipients must comply with Section 508. The University System of Georgia believes that this could mean all IT under their Board of Regents has to comply with Section 508 regulations [1]. Oklahoma believes is may apply to all State programs. [2] Other federal funding and grant programs carry similar stipulations. So to answer the question, you would need to know about all federal monies received and their requirements, and a lawyer or two to sort it all out. Rather than trying to figure out just which laws apply to the hundreds of programs in state government and having different standards for based on that, our approach to meet both state and federal legal obligations is to harmonize with the federal standards. Also, using the same standards make it easier for vendors and developers understand and comply with the requirements. [1] http://www.usg.edu/siteinfo/higher_education_the_americans_with_disabilities _act_and_section_508 [2] PDF: https://www.ok.gov/abletech/documents/Section%20508%20of%20the%20Rehab%20Act .pdf sb Sarah E. Bourne Director of IT Accessibility, MassIT Commonwealth of Massachusetts 1 Ashburton Pl. rm 811 Boston MA 02108 617-626-4502 sarah.bourne@mass.gov http://www.mass.gov/MassIT From gabyd at uw.edu Wed Mar 22 13:25:38 2017 From: gabyd at uw.edu (Gaby de Jongh) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:34:04 2018 Subject: [Athen] Training for Students in Course Material Remediation In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <6416441A-7B71-403E-8D04-34CFFAE78A83@uw.edu> Hi Corrine, Lynda.com is a great resource for online learning and has a few tutorials on remediating PDF docs, these tutorials also go over how to create accessible Word/PPT/Excel documents. It is a subscription service, however if you have a library card you may be able to access the content for free using your library card credentials. Here is a list of the tutorials for creating accessible documents: 1. https://www.lynda.com/Acrobat-tutorials/Creating-Accessible-PDFs-2014/147579-2.html (4 hours of instruction) 2. https://www.lynda.com/Acrobat-tutorials/Creating-Accessible-PDFs-Acrobat-DC/372675-2.html (5 hours of instruction) 3. https://www.lynda.com/Acrobat-tutorials/Advanced-Accessible-PDFs/372674-2.html (2.5 hours of instruction) The nice thing about these tutorials is that they are self-paced, and they are broken down into chapters which is helpful if you want refer to a specific item. Gaby de Jongh ________________________________ IT Accessibility Specialist Accessible Technology Services, UW-IT Mailbox 354842 Seattle, WA 98195 206 685-6252 [ogo] From: athen-list on behalf of Corrine Schoeb Reply-To: Access Technology Higher Education Network Date: Tuesday, March 21, 2017 at 5:51 AM To: "athen-list@u.washington.edu" Subject: [Athen] Training for Students in Course Material Remediation I would like to train a few of our students in how to remediate course materials (documents, audio and video files) and wonder if any of you would mind sharing existing training curriculum or outlines and/or suggestions in that area. Most will not have knowledge/exposure to assistive technologies and how they are used but have high interest levels. -- Corrine Schoeb Technology Accessibility Coordinator, ITS 610-957-6208 *** Swarthmore College ITS will never ask you for your password, including by email. 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Vanessa -----Original Message----- From: athen-list [mailto:athen-list-bounces@mailman13.u.washington.edu] On Behalf Of Bourne, Sarah (MASSIT) Sent: Wednesday, March 22, 2017 9:59 AM To: Access Technology Higher Education Network Subject: Re: [Athen] If you had one accessibility question for a course evaluation what would it be? I would avoid using a negative in the question ("no difficulties") as it makes it harder to score. I agree that you may get things having to do with, for instance, wifi problems that won't help as much if you use the Guelph wording. Perhaps something more like: "I was able to use online course materials and activities for this class with my preferred computer settings and software." sb Sarah E. Bourne Director of IT Accessibility, MassIT Commonwealth of Massachusetts 1 Ashburton Pl. rm 811 Boston MA 02108 617-626-4502 sarah.bourne@mass.gov http://www.mass.gov/MassIT -----Original Message----- From: athen-list [mailto:athen-list-bounces@mailman13.u.washington.edu] On Behalf Of Preast, Vanessa Sent: Wednesday, March 22, 2017 9:15 AM To: Access Technology Higher Education Network Subject: [Athen] If you had one accessibility question for a course evaluation what would it be? Hello, For a new end-of-course evaluation survey, I have the opportunity to craft a single Likert-type question to access accessibility from a student's perspective. What would be a good statement to help us identify whether accessibility problems might exist? Perhaps something like this, from University of Guelph? (http://cer.jhu.edu/files/uid-implementation-guide-v6.pdf ) Statement: I had no difficulties accessing course materials or participating in any essential activities related to this class. Answers: Strongly agree to Strongly disagree I'm concerned that the word "accessing" may have too many different interpretations for students versus faculty versus accessibility personnel. Best, Vanessa _______________________________________________ athen-list mailing list athen-list@mailman13.u.washington.edu https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__mailman13.u.washington.edu_mailman_listinfo_athen-2Dlist&d=DwICAg&c=lDF7oMaPKXpkYvev9V-fVahWL0QWnGCCAfCDz1Bns_w&r=rhLenV33VPpmkT7iP0-OkUlRYw9YWn3HMLHZVP2q9y8&m=rf4jqspgBvBdoRq-7aNThqdP5svR2Zb0zfEf14FZ-0g&s=_bE-KmbRU2z0qaH1uJYS2sf6mm5hFoCKgK92fZcPrXg&e= _______________________________________________ athen-list mailing list athen-list@mailman13.u.washington.edu http://mailman13.u.washington.edu/mailman/listinfo/athen-list From jjohnson at ccconlineed.org Wed Mar 22 15:25:51 2017 From: jjohnson at ccconlineed.org (Jayme Johnson) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:34:04 2018 Subject: [Athen] Seeking someone special... In-Reply-To: <-5221726779836039878@unknownmsgid> References: <-5221726779836039878@unknownmsgid> Message-ID: Hello Zachary, thanks for your interest. Here are some details about what we're looking for: The position involves working directly with faculty (at a distance) to both diagnose and repair accessibility issues in online courses. In some cases the job will include teaching faculty how to do simple things on their own, and in other cases the job will involve a complete audit and lots of repairing and converting into alternate formats. You will be provided with a license for the Zoom web meeting tool to enable you to meet with faculty and teach/work with them, and you will be required to work within Canvas to create and/or store the digital learning objects you make as alternate formats. In essence, the assignment involves you working with a faculty member to determine their preferences for some basic formatting issues and workflow considerations, and then you work your way through the entire course from the beginning to the end. On the way, diagnose all of the content and activities for accessibility, and make an inventory of any content that needs to be repaired or converted to a different format. We try to not alter the visual layout or to alter anything at all in terms of aesthetics, but in some rare cases we will have to work with faculty to make changes at a design level. Most of the time though, these are courses that have already been vetted for quality and pedagogy, so we try not to change anything if possible, other than ensuring the accessibility. The work requires a wide knowledge of digital formats and their corresponding access strategies, as well as the ability to assess the accessibility of web technologies used in online courses. The position is a temporary contract position, not to exceed 188 days per fiscal year, which is not an issue for this year ending on June 30, but would be a limitation in the 2017-18 academic year. The pay is $45 per hour, and we need someone who can put in approx 40 hours per week, but you can work according to your schedule. I hope this helps, but please let me know if you have any other specific questions. Thanks! Jayme Johnson On Mon, Mar 20, 2017 at 10:40 AM, Zachary Mason wrote: > This will be an opportunity I would be extremely interested in. Can we > talk about it later this afternoon? > > Sent from my iPhone > > On Mar 20, 2017, at 12:33 PM, Jayme Johnson > wrote: > > Hello everyone, I'm looking for an alternate media specialist who is > available to work full time as a contractor with the California Community > College Online Education Initiative. You can work remotely, and according > to your schedule, and you must play nice with faculty. > > > If you or someone you know is qualified to diagnose and repair digital > content for accessibility, or if you have any other questions about this > opportunity, please contact me at jjohnson@ccconlineed.org. > > > Thank you! > > Jayme Johnson > > -- > Jayme Johnson > Director of Accessibility and User Experience > California Community Colleges Online Education Initiative > www.ccconlineed.org > > > _______________________________________________ > 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 > > -- Jayme Johnson Director of Accessibility and User Experience California Community Colleges Online Education Initiative www.ccconlineed.org -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From bossley.5 at osu.edu Wed Mar 22 16:08:35 2017 From: bossley.5 at osu.edu (Bossley, Peter A.) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:34:04 2018 Subject: [Athen] Seeking someone special... In-Reply-To: References: <-5221726779836039878@unknownmsgid> Message-ID: <006B5C8325EEDA44A1A7D3955F5431CD8BA2369A@CIO-KRC-D1MBX05.osuad.osu.edu> Just a quick note that when you reply to a list message, the message goes to the entire list, not the person who wrote you the email. Thus, if you are communicating with an individual you will need to make sure you write a message to them directly instead of using the reply function. From: athen-list [mailto:athen-list-bounces@mailman13.u.washington.edu] On Behalf Of Jayme Johnson Sent: Wednesday, March 22, 2017 6:26 PM To: Access Technology Higher Education Network Subject: Re: [Athen] Seeking someone special... Hello Zachary, thanks for your interest. Here are some details about what we're looking for: The position involves working directly with faculty (at a distance) to both diagnose and repair accessibility issues in online courses. In some cases the job will include teaching faculty how to do simple things on their own, and in other cases the job will involve a complete audit and lots of repairing and converting into alternate formats. You will be provided with a license for the Zoom web meeting tool to enable you to meet with faculty and teach/work with them, and you will be required to work within Canvas to create and/or store the digital learning objects you make as alternate formats. In essence, the assignment involves you working with a faculty member to determine their preferences for some basic formatting issues and workflow considerations, and then you work your way through the entire course from the beginning to the end. On the way, diagnose all of the content and activities for accessibility, and make an inventory of any content that needs to be repaired or converted to a different format. We try to not alter the visual layout or to alter anything at all in terms of aesthetics, but in some rare cases we will have to work with faculty to make changes at a design level. Most of the time though, these are courses that have already been vetted for quality and pedagogy, so we try not to change anything if possible, other than ensuring the accessibility. The work requires a wide knowledge of digital formats and their corresponding access strategies, as well as the ability to assess the accessibility of web technologies used in online courses. The position is a temporary contract position, not to exceed 188 days per fiscal year, which is not an issue for this year ending on June 30, but would be a limitation in the 2017-18 academic year. The pay is $45 per hour, and we need someone who can put in approx 40 hours per week, but you can work according to your schedule. I hope this helps, but please let me know if you have any other specific questions. Thanks! Jayme Johnson On Mon, Mar 20, 2017 at 10:40 AM, Zachary Mason > wrote: This will be an opportunity I would be extremely interested in. Can we talk about it later this afternoon? Sent from my iPhone On Mar 20, 2017, at 12:33 PM, Jayme Johnson > wrote: Hello everyone, I'm looking for an alternate media specialist who is available to work full time as a contractor with the California Community College Online Education Initiative. You can work remotely, and according to your schedule, and you must play nice with faculty. If you or someone you know is qualified to diagnose and repair digital content for accessibility, or if you have any other questions about this opportunity, please contact me at jjohnson@ccconlineed.org. Thank you! Jayme Johnson -- Jayme Johnson Director of Accessibility and User Experience California Community Colleges Online Education Initiative www.ccconlineed.org _______________________________________________ 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 -- Jayme Johnson Director of Accessibility and User Experience California Community Colleges Online Education Initiative www.ccconlineed.org -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From danc at uw.edu Wed Mar 22 22:26:26 2017 From: danc at uw.edu (Dan Comden) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:34:04 2018 Subject: [Athen] Seeking someone special... In-Reply-To: <006B5C8325EEDA44A1A7D3955F5431CD8BA2369A@CIO-KRC-D1MBX05.osuad.osu.edu> References: <-5221726779836039878@unknownmsgid> <006B5C8325EEDA44A1A7D3955F5431CD8BA2369A@CIO-KRC-D1MBX05.osuad.osu.edu> Message-ID: Although it may appear that Jayme's reply is poorly targeted, the content is so very useful. And although he's ever so slightly younger than me (with all my email mistakes buried deep in the past) I'm sure that his public reply is a useful guideline for many seekers of employment. On Wed, Mar 22, 2017 at 4:08 PM, Bossley, Peter A. wrote: > Just a quick note that when you reply to a list message, the message goes > to the entire list, not the person who wrote you the email. > > Thus, if you are communicating with an individual you will need to make > sure you write a message to them directly instead of using the reply > function. > > > > > > *From:* athen-list [mailto:athen-list-bounces@mailman13.u.washington.edu] *On > Behalf Of *Jayme Johnson > *Sent:* Wednesday, March 22, 2017 6:26 PM > *To:* Access Technology Higher Education Network < > athen-list@u.washington.edu> > *Subject:* Re: [Athen] Seeking someone special... > > > > Hello Zachary, thanks for your interest. Here are some details about what > we're looking for: > > > > The position involves working directly with faculty (at a distance) to > both diagnose and repair accessibility issues in online courses. In some > cases the job will include teaching faculty how to do simple things on > their own, and in other cases the job will involve a complete audit and > lots of repairing and converting into alternate formats. You will be > provided with a license for the Zoom web meeting tool to enable you to meet > with faculty and teach/work with them, and you will be required to work > within Canvas to create and/or store the digital learning objects you make > as alternate formats. > > In essence, the assignment involves you working with a faculty member to > determine their preferences for some basic formatting issues and workflow > considerations, and then you work your way through the entire course from > the beginning to the end. On the way, diagnose all of the content and > activities for accessibility, and make an inventory of any content that > needs to be repaired or converted to a different format. > > We try to not alter the visual layout or to alter anything at all in terms > of aesthetics, but in some rare cases we will have to work with faculty to > make changes at a design level. Most of the time though, these are courses > that have already been vetted for quality and pedagogy, so we try not to > change anything if possible, other than ensuring the accessibility. > > The work requires a wide knowledge of digital formats and their > corresponding access strategies, as well as the ability to assess the > accessibility of web technologies used in online courses. > > The position is a temporary contract position, not to exceed 188 days per > fiscal year, which is not an issue for this year ending on June 30, but > would be a limitation in the 2017-18 academic year. > > The pay is $45 per hour, and we need someone who can put in approx 40 > hours per week, but you can work according to your schedule. > > I hope this helps, but please let me know if you have any other specific > questions. > > Thanks! > > Jayme Johnson > > > > On Mon, Mar 20, 2017 at 10:40 AM, Zachary Mason wrote: > > This will be an opportunity I would be extremely interested in. Can we > talk about it later this afternoon? > > Sent from my iPhone > > > On Mar 20, 2017, at 12:33 PM, Jayme Johnson > wrote: > > Hello everyone, I'm looking for an alternate media specialist who is > available to work full time as a contractor with the California Community > College Online Education Initiative. You can work remotely, and according > to your schedule, and you must play nice with faculty. > > > > If you or someone you know is qualified to diagnose and repair digital > content for accessibility, or if you have any other questions about this > opportunity, please contact me at jjohnson@ccconlineed.org. > > > > Thank you! > > Jayme Johnson > > > > -- > > Jayme Johnson > > Director of Accessibility and User Experience > > California Community Colleges Online Education Initiative > > www.ccconlineed.org > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > 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 > > > > > > -- > > Jayme Johnson > > Director of Accessibility and User Experience > > California Community Colleges Online Education Initiative > > www.ccconlineed.org > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > athen-list mailing list > athen-list@mailman13.u.washington.edu > http://mailman13.u.washington.edu/mailman/listinfo/athen-list > > -- -*- Dan Comden danc@uw.edu Access Technology Center www.uw.edu/itconnect/accessibility/atl/ University of Washington UW Information Technology -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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During this presentation, members of the Accessibility for School Assessment team will discuss efforts and recommendations around implementing accessibility in content and product development. Discussion will include topics such as building an accessibility team, promoting an accessible work environment, creating an education plan to train internal staff, identifying and implementing accessibility principles and guidelines, increasing the accessibility of products and platforms, and other challenges. You can register for this webinar by going to the EASI home page (easi.cc) and look for webinars scheduled in March. If you register, you will also have access to the webinar archive. Norm Coombs -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From Derek.Chaves at umassmed.edu Fri Mar 24 06:54:01 2017 From: Derek.Chaves at umassmed.edu (Chaves, Derek) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:34:04 2018 Subject: [Athen] ASL video inset help Message-ID: Hi! We are looking to implement videos on a website using the W3C ASL Video Stream standard. Does anyone know of any products such as video players, platforms, or other technology that will help us achieve this? We are particularly interested in the functionality that allows users to control the size of the ASL interpreter window independently of the main window. Thanks! Derek Chaves Director of Technology INDEX Program E. K. Shriver Center UMass Medical School 55 Lake Avenue North, S3-315C Worcester, MA 01655 Ph: 774-455-4003 Derek.Chaves@umassmed.edu Confidentiality Notice: This e-mail message, including any attachments, is for the sole use of the intended recipient(s) and may contain confidential, proprietary and privileged information. Any unauthorized review, use, disclosure or distribution is prohibited. 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But as you can tell from the earlier video I shared , NVDA cannot read the math. We did test our configuration to make sure it could read MathType in a word document and it did with no problem. We also tried Windows Narrator screen reader just for kicks, but it can't read it either nor could it read MathType in a word document. >From what Gaier Dietrich (Thank you Gaier!) said, we tested NVDA on LaTeX in a word document by toggling the mathtype to TeX and NVDA could read that, but it was LaTeX code which most of our math students don't know, so it wouldn't be helpful even if that's what Office Mix output, which it doesn't. So I think that's' the crux of the problem. . The Office Mix interactive editor creates LaTeX for input but the output is a display math version that's not accessible, so that seems to be the problem. I called the Microsoft Disability Answer Desk and they told me that Office Mix is still being tested and they welcome feedback . I encourage any and all to give them some feedback about this, because otherwise Office Mix is accessible to screen readers, assuming the instructor narrates the slides well or provides the actual PPT. There are other types of interactive quizzes that can be created for Office Mix too that should also be tested. Thanks everyone! Best, Karen Karen M. Sorensen Accessibility Advocate for Online Courses www.pcc.edu/access Portland Community College 971-722-4720 <%28971%29%20722-4720> Twitter: @ksorensun -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From samanj at pdx.edu Fri Mar 24 10:43:12 2017 From: samanj at pdx.edu (Samantha Johns) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:34:04 2018 Subject: [Athen] Microsoft Office Mix and math update In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: Thank you for sharing Karen :) Warm Regards, *Samantha Johns* *Accessible Media Coordinator* *Office of Academic Innovation* 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 ?The one argument for accessibility that doesn?t get made nearly often enough is how extraordinarily better it makes some people?s lives. How many opportunities do we have to dramatically improve people?s lives just by doing our job a little better?? ? Steve Krug On Fri, Mar 24, 2017 at 10:06 AM, Karen Sorensen wrote: > Hi A11ys, > Here's a video of how a math instructor creates an Office Mix > . (6:30). She is using MS Office 2013, 64 > bit professional plus edition. You can see the actual LaTeX in the video of > the math instructor creating the Office Mix, but there's no way to edit it > or use MathType.(Thanks for the idea though Steve Noble!) > Our screen reader tester is using Windows 10 laptop, NVDA 2017.1, Firefox > 45.7 ESR plus has MathType and MathPlayer installed and configured to read > for blindness (Thank you Brian Richwine!). > But as you can tell from the earlier video I shared > , > NVDA cannot read the math. We did test our configuration to make sure it > could read MathType in a word document and it did with no problem. > We also tried Windows Narrator screen reader just for kicks, but it can't > read it either nor could it read MathType in a word document. > From what Gaier Dietrich (Thank you Gaier!) said, we tested NVDA on LaTeX > in a word document by toggling the mathtype to TeX and NVDA could read > that, but it was LaTeX code which most of our math students don't know, so > it wouldn't be helpful even if that's what Office Mix output, which it > doesn't. > So I think that's' the crux of the problem. . > The Office Mix interactive editor creates LaTeX for input but the output > is a display math version that's not accessible, so that seems to be the > problem. I called the Microsoft Disability Answer Desk > > and they told me that Office Mix is still being tested and they welcome > feedback . I encourage any and all to > give them some feedback about this, because otherwise Office Mix is > accessible to screen readers, assuming the instructor narrates the slides > well or provides the actual PPT. > There are other types of interactive quizzes that can be created for > Office Mix too that should also be tested. > Thanks everyone! > Best, > Karen > > Karen M. Sorensen > Accessibility Advocate for Online Courses > www.pcc.edu/access > Portland Community College > 971-722-4720 <%28971%29%20722-4720> > Twitter: @ksorensun > > > _______________________________________________ > 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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Also, in Word, the first H1 does not need to be the same as the document?s title (a required element for accessibility). ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ Gaeir (rhymes with "fire") Dietrich HTCTU Director 408-996-6047 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ From: athen-list [mailto:athen-list-bounces@mailman13.u.washington.edu] On Behalf Of Preast, Vanessa Sent: Saturday, March 25, 2017 12:43 PM To: Access Technology Higher Education Network Subject: [Athen] Heading 1 best practice: document vs web Hello, I?m trying to put together a best practice handbook for our stakeholders. While H1 use is clear for webpages, I have not really been able to get a consensus answer on using Heading 1 in documents. Is Heading 1 always only used once to mark the title, or can it be used multiple times in a Word document? If the former, it seems to not fit well with the auto-generated table of contents, which pulls in H1, H2 and H3 by default?. What about book chapters vs book title? True or False? 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Placement on the salary range is commensurate with experience. The college offers a fringe benefit package including medical, dental, vision, disability and life insurance, employee assistance program, and retirement system membership. Assignments include 19 paid holidays, 22 vacation days, and 12 days sick leave annually. Thank you, Barbara Kraig Learning Disability Specialist Learning Services Coordinator (707)256-7446 bkraig@napavalley.edu -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From jsuttondc at gmail.com Sat Mar 25 13:45:21 2017 From: jsuttondc at gmail.com (Jennifer Sutton) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:34:04 2018 Subject: [Athen] Heading 1 best practice: document vs web In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: For my money, best practices for documents are clearer than they are for the web. See citations of recent discussions, below. I believe it's critical to be realistic when it comes to heading recommendations, especially on the web. Basically, I think there are a lot bigger "accessibility fish to fry" than trying to be absolutely rigid about the idea of one h1 on a webpage. I think it's hard, and not realistic, to have a one-size-fits-all rule on the web, given the use of content management systems. So, for the web, I focus on the idea of *consistent* use of headings, and that benefits everyone, including those who are in charge of style sheets. But for documents, my tendency would be to say: "if it works like a book, make it work like a book . . . i.e. h1 is your title, so there should be only one." Documents are much easier to control, or, they *can* be, depending on tools and competency. Given all of the document checkers and toolbars for accessibility that are around, they should be helping make Word documents and PDFs better. Best, Jennifer Three citations, mostly web-focused and two of the three based on recent discussions of trying to automate headings: The myth of automated heading outlines http://sarahebourne.posthaven.com/the-myth-of-automated-heading-outlines The Document Outline Dilemma: https://css-tricks.com/document-outline-dilemma/ [longer than the citation above, but includedto help understand that this is not simple/clearcut and why, imo] A page in a WAI tutorial, in progress: http://www.w3.org/WAI/tutorials/page-structure/headings/ On 3/25/2017 12:42 PM, Preast, Vanessa wrote: > > Hello, > > I?m trying to put together a best practice handbook for our > stakeholders. While H1 use is clear for webpages, I have not really > been able to get a consensus answer on using Heading 1 in documents. > Is Heading 1 always only used once to mark the title, or can it be > used multiple times in a Word document? If the former, it seems to not > fit well with the auto-generated table of contents, which pulls in H1, > H2 and H3 by default?. What about book chapters vs book title? > > *True or False?*Heading 1 can be used multiple times within a MS Word > document assuming the rest of the headings are nested appropriately. > (Unlike a webpage which only uses Heading 1 once per page). > > If there is a definitive answer on using Headings in documents, can > you refer me to them? I want to make sure I?m providing the best > information. > > Thanks, > > Vanessa > > > > _______________________________________________ > 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 vanessa.preast at dmu.edu Sat Mar 25 18:20:28 2017 From: vanessa.preast at dmu.edu (Preast, Vanessa) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:34:04 2018 Subject: [Athen] Heading 1 best practice: document vs web In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: Should I take this to mean that it is OK to apply Heading 1 more than once in a Word document as long as one does so consistently? Thanks, Vanessa From: athen-list [mailto:athen-list-bounces@mailman13.u.washington.edu] On Behalf Of Jennifer Sutton Sent: Saturday, March 25, 2017 3:45 PM To: Access Technology Higher Education Network Subject: Re: [Athen] Heading 1 best practice: document vs web For my money, best practices for documents are clearer than they are for the web. See citations of recent discussions, below. I believe it's critical to be realistic when it comes to heading recommendations, especially on the web. Basically, I think there are a lot bigger "accessibility fish to fry" than trying to be absolutely rigid about the idea of one h1 on a webpage. I think it's hard, and not realistic, to have a one-size-fits-all rule on the web, given the use of content management systems. So, for the web, I focus on the idea of *consistent* use of headings, and that benefits everyone, including those who are in charge of style sheets. But for documents, my tendency would be to say: "if it works like a book, make it work like a book . . . i.e. h1 is your title, so there should be only one." Documents are much easier to control, or, they *can* be, depending on tools and competency. Given all of the document checkers and toolbars for accessibility that are around, they should be helping make Word documents and PDFs better. Best, Jennifer Three citations, mostly web-focused and two of the three based on recent discussions of trying to automate headings: The myth of automated heading outlines http://sarahebourne.posthaven.com/the-myth-of-automated-heading-outlines The Document Outline Dilemma: https://css-tricks.com/document-outline-dilemma/ [longer than the citation above, but includedto help understand that this is not simple/clearcut and why, imo] A page in a WAI tutorial, in progress: http://www.w3.org/WAI/tutorials/page-structure/headings/ On 3/25/2017 12:42 PM, Preast, Vanessa wrote: Hello, I'm trying to put together a best practice handbook for our stakeholders. While H1 use is clear for webpages, I have not really been able to get a consensus answer on using Heading 1 in documents. Is Heading 1 always only used once to mark the title, or can it be used multiple times in a Word document? If the former, it seems to not fit well with the auto-generated table of contents, which pulls in H1, H2 and H3 by default.... What about book chapters vs book title? True or False? Heading 1 can be used multiple times within a MS Word document assuming the rest of the headings are nested appropriately. (Unlike a webpage which only uses Heading 1 once per page). If there is a definitive answer on using Headings in documents, can you refer me to them? I want to make sure I'm providing the best information. Thanks, Vanessa _______________________________________________ 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 Sat Mar 25 19:04:46 2017 From: jsuttondc at gmail.com (Jennifer Sutton) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:34:04 2018 Subject: [Athen] Heading 1 best practice: document vs web In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: I suppose I would go with what Gaeir said. I should *think* there'd be less need for multiple h1s in Word and PDFs, but that's based on my experience. Your mileage may vary. I would *imagine* multiple h1s might not be ideal from a visual standpoint, whether on web or in documents, but I suppose that'd depend on your documentation settings/ability to control. When I see multiple h1s on a web page, especially, I pretty much figure that whoever's built it doesn't actually know anything about using headings to convey structure/meaning, so my sense of how they're using headings is called into question. Or I might know enough to figure out that the system they're using didn't give them control. I'm less suspicious of multiples of other heading levels, beyond 1. And when I write a Word document, I never use more than one heading. But this could all just be one person's experience. What I would say is that, in my experience (both my lived experience and my experience of working with developers and content creators), consistency is really helpful within a site or document for *everyone*. What I was trying to get at was that you seem clear on the web, and I don't think it's as cut and dry as I would expect Word and PDFs to be., given that the issue's been being debated for years. My point is that everyone wants a one-size-fits-all solution, and it doesn't really work like that in my experience of the real world, i.e. across websites, LMSs, CMSs on various platforms, and documents. Now, if your office has the power to enforce something campus-wide . . . but that's not been feasible/realistic in my world. It all depends on which "rigidity" battles you choose to/are able to fight. In my experience, accessibility is as much about philosophy as it is about checkpoints/*current*/feasible best practices. If somebody's going to create wide-reaching guidance, then I think it helps to know the risks and realities of the debates. I am sorry that my detailed response may have confused you; I'll remember that people on this list tend to prefer less minutia than I'm inclined to give. It's not a problem; I just need to curb my tendencies to share history/speak/raise issues from that standpoint. Good luck. Jennifer On 3/25/2017 6:20 PM, Preast, Vanessa wrote: > > Should I take this to mean that it is OK to apply Heading 1 more than > once in a Word document as long as one does so consistently? > > Thanks, > > Vanessa > > *From:*athen-list > [mailto:athen-list-bounces@mailman13.u.washington.edu] *On Behalf Of > *Jennifer Sutton > *Sent:* Saturday, March 25, 2017 3:45 PM > *To:* Access Technology Higher Education Network > > *Subject:* Re: [Athen] Heading 1 best practice: document vs web > > For my money, best practices for documents are clearer than they are > for the web. See citations of recent discussions, below. I believe > it's critical to be realistic when it comes to heading > recommendations, especially on the web. > > Basically, I think there are a lot bigger "accessibility fish to fry" > than trying to be absolutely rigid about the idea of one h1 on a webpage. > > I think it's hard, and not realistic, to have a one-size-fits-all > rule on the web, given the use of content management systems. So, for > the web, I focus on the idea of *consistent* use of headings, and that > benefits everyone, including those who are in charge of style sheets. > > But for documents, my tendency would be to say: "if it works like a > book, make it work like a book . . . i.e. h1 is your title, so there > should be only one." Documents are much easier to control, or, they > *can* be, depending on tools and competency. Given all of the document > checkers and toolbars for accessibility that are around, they should > be helping make Word documents and PDFs better. > > Best, > > Jennifer > > Three citations, mostly web-focused and two of the three based on > recent discussions of trying to automate headings: > > The myth of automated heading outlines > > http://sarahebourne.posthaven.com/the-myth-of-automated-heading-outlines > > The Document Outline Dilemma: > > https://css-tricks.com/document-outline-dilemma/ > [longer than the citation above, but includedto help understand that > this is not simple/clearcut and why, imo] > > A page in a WAI tutorial, in progress: > http://www.w3.org/WAI/tutorials/page-structure/headings/ > > > On 3/25/2017 12:42 PM, Preast, Vanessa wrote: > > Hello, > > I?m trying to put together a best practice handbook for our > stakeholders. While H1 use is clear for webpages, I have not > really been able to get a consensus answer on using Heading 1 in > documents. Is Heading 1 always only used once to mark the title, > or can it be used multiple times in a Word document? If the > former, it seems to not fit well with the auto-generated table of > contents, which pulls in H1, H2 and H3 by default?. What about > book chapters vs book title? > > *True or False?*Heading 1 can be used multiple times within a MS > Word document assuming the rest of the headings are nested > appropriately. (Unlike a webpage which only uses Heading 1 once > per page). > > If there is a definitive answer on using Headings in documents, > can you refer me to them? I want to make sure I?m providing the > best information. > > Thanks, > > Vanessa > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > 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 skeegan at ccctechcenter.org Sat Mar 25 19:21:49 2017 From: skeegan at ccctechcenter.org (Sean Keegan) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:34:04 2018 Subject: [Athen] Heading 1 best practice: document vs web In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: > Should I take this to mean that it is OK to apply Heading 1 more than once > in a Word document as long as one does so consistently? I think the short answer is "it depends." The majority of the time I would expect that it is not necessary to have multiple H1 elements in a Word document (or Web page). That said, I can envision situations in which multiple H1 elements are appropriate. If you can provide a rational reason for using multiple H1 elements in a document (or Web page), then it may indeed be a valid solution. I would expect a consistent approach to be a requirement for the rationale. Take care, Sean -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From chagnon at pubcom.com Sat Mar 25 20:27:45 2017 From: chagnon at pubcom.com (Chagnon | PubCom) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:34:04 2018 Subject: [Athen] Heading 1 best practice: document vs web In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <004101d2a5e0$f0065590$d01300b0$@pubcom.com> For documents (PDFs), the PDF/UA-1 standard (ISO 14289-1-2016) states: ?If any heading tags are used, H1 shall be the first. A document may use more than one instance of any specific tag level. For example, a tag level may be repeated if document content requires it.? So there?s nothing in the standard preventing you from using multiple H1s in a PDF. However, based on usability tests, we recommend keeping H1 for titles of the publication itself and possibly major sections of the publication, such as chapter titles. You decide what?s best for the publication; whatever you decide, stick with it throughout the publication and if you can, even throughout all of your college/university?s materials. You can purchase a copy of the PDF/UA standard from Aiim.org http://www.aiim.org/Resources/Standards/AIIM_ISO_14289-1 PDF/UA is a good standard to follow for accessible documents. It was specifically developed to work with the encoding and features available in PDF files, which is quite different from HTML and websites. If you follow PDF/UA for PDFs, you?ll have a more accessible and usable PDF than by following WCAG for PDFs. There is no ISO standard for accessible Word documents, but PDF/UA fits Word documents, too, so we recommend it for Office documents. --Bevi Chagnon ? ? ? Bevi Chagnon | www.PubCom.com Technologists, Consultants, Trainers, Designers, and Developers for publishing & communication | Acrobat PDF | Print | EPUBS | Sec. 508 Accessibility | ? ? ? From: athen-list [mailto:athen-list-bounces@mailman13.u.washington.edu] On Behalf Of Preast, Vanessa Sent: Saturday, March 25, 2017 3:43 PM To: Access Technology Higher Education Network Subject: [Athen] Heading 1 best practice: document vs web Hello, I?m trying to put together a best practice handbook for our stakeholders. While H1 use is clear for webpages, I have not really been able to get a consensus answer on using Heading 1 in documents. Is Heading 1 always only used once to mark the title, or can it be used multiple times in a Word document? If the former, it seems to not fit well with the auto-generated table of contents, which pulls in H1, H2 and H3 by default?. What about book chapters vs book title? True or False? Heading 1 can be used multiple times within a MS Word document assuming the rest of the headings are nested appropriately. (Unlike a webpage which only uses Heading 1 once per page). If there is a definitive answer on using Headings in documents, can you refer me to them? I want to make sure I?m providing the best information. Thanks, Vanessa -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From vanessa.preast at dmu.edu Sun Mar 26 14:38:27 2017 From: vanessa.preast at dmu.edu (Preast, Vanessa) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:34:04 2018 Subject: [Athen] Heading 1 best practice: document vs web In-Reply-To: <004101d2a5e0$f0065590$d01300b0$@pubcom.com> References: <004101d2a5e0$f0065590$d01300b0$@pubcom.com> Message-ID: Thanks so much everyone. Best, Vanessa From: athen-list [mailto:athen-list-bounces@mailman13.u.washington.edu] On Behalf Of Chagnon | PubCom Sent: Saturday, March 25, 2017 10:28 PM To: 'Access Technology Higher Education Network' Subject: Re: [Athen] Heading 1 best practice: document vs web For documents (PDFs), the PDF/UA-1 standard (ISO 14289-1-2016) states: ?If any heading tags are used, H1 shall be the first. A document may use more than one instance of any specific tag level. For example, a tag level may be repeated if document content requires it.? So there?s nothing in the standard preventing you from using multiple H1s in a PDF. However, based on usability tests, we recommend keeping H1 for titles of the publication itself and possibly major sections of the publication, such as chapter titles. You decide what?s best for the publication; whatever you decide, stick with it throughout the publication and if you can, even throughout all of your college/university?s materials. You can purchase a copy of the PDF/UA standard from Aiim.org http://www.aiim.org/Resources/Standards/AIIM_ISO_14289-1 PDF/UA is a good standard to follow for accessible documents. It was specifically developed to work with the encoding and features available in PDF files, which is quite different from HTML and websites. If you follow PDF/UA for PDFs, you?ll have a more accessible and usable PDF than by following WCAG for PDFs. There is no ISO standard for accessible Word documents, but PDF/UA fits Word documents, too, so we recommend it for Office documents. --Bevi Chagnon ? ? ? Bevi Chagnon | www.PubCom.com Technologists, Consultants, Trainers, Designers, and Developers for publishing & communication | Acrobat PDF | Print | EPUBS | Sec. 508 Accessibility | ? ? ? From: athen-list [mailto:athen-list-bounces@mailman13.u.washington.edu] On Behalf Of Preast, Vanessa Sent: Saturday, March 25, 2017 3:43 PM To: Access Technology Higher Education Network > Subject: [Athen] Heading 1 best practice: document vs web Hello, I?m trying to put together a best practice handbook for our stakeholders. While H1 use is clear for webpages, I have not really been able to get a consensus answer on using Heading 1 in documents. Is Heading 1 always only used once to mark the title, or can it be used multiple times in a Word document? If the former, it seems to not fit well with the auto-generated table of contents, which pulls in H1, H2 and H3 by default?. What about book chapters vs book title? True or False? Heading 1 can be used multiple times within a MS Word document assuming the rest of the headings are nested appropriately. (Unlike a webpage which only uses Heading 1 once per page). If there is a definitive answer on using Headings in documents, can you refer me to them? I want to make sure I?m providing the best information. Thanks, Vanessa -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From jsuttondc at gmail.com Sun Mar 26 17:42:12 2017 From: jsuttondc at gmail.com (Jennifer Sutton) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:34:04 2018 Subject: [Athen] Heading 1 best practice: document vs web In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <152187fb-8942-7b8a-2de6-230a8c9c37e4@gmail.com> ATHENites: Thanks for patience. Likely this was clear, but I wanted to be sure. I wrote, in part: "And when I write a Word document, I never use more than one heading. But..." What I *meant* to write was that I never use more than one heading at level 1 in a Word doc. I try, as I imagine we all do, to use heading styles in Word to create an outline. Inaccurate, despite proofreading! Best, Jennifer On 3/25/2017 7:04 PM, Jennifer Sutton wrote: > > I suppose I would go with what Gaeir said. I should *think* there'd be > less need for multiple h1s in Word and PDFs, but that's based on my > experience. Your mileage may vary. > > > I would *imagine* multiple h1s might not be ideal from a visual > standpoint, whether on web or in documents, but I suppose that'd > depend on your documentation settings/ability to control. > > When I see multiple h1s on a web page, especially, I pretty much > figure that whoever's built it doesn't actually know anything about > using headings to convey structure/meaning, so my sense of how they're > using headings is called into question. Or I might know enough to > figure out that the system they're using didn't give them control. I'm > less suspicious of multiples of other heading levels, beyond 1. And > when I write a Word document, I never use more than one heading. But > this could all just be one person's experience. > > What I would say is that, in my experience (both my lived experience > and my experience of working with developers and content creators), > consistency is really helpful within a site or document for *everyone*. > > What I was trying to get at was that you seem clear on the web, and I > don't think it's as cut and dry as I would expect Word and PDFs to > be., given that the issue's been being debated for years. > > My point is that everyone wants a one-size-fits-all solution, and it > doesn't really work like that in my experience of the real world, i.e. > across websites, LMSs, CMSs on various platforms, and documents. Now, > if your office has the power to enforce something campus-wide . . . > but that's not been feasible/realistic in my world. > It all depends on which "rigidity" battles you choose to/are able to > fight. > > In my experience, accessibility is as much about philosophy as it is > about checkpoints/*current*/feasible best practices. If somebody's > going to create wide-reaching guidance, then I think it helps to know > the risks and realities of the debates. > > I am sorry that my detailed response may have confused you; I'll > remember that people on this list tend to prefer less minutia than I'm > inclined to give. It's not a problem; I just need to curb my > tendencies to share history/speak/raise issues from that standpoint. > > Good luck. > Jennifer > > On 3/25/2017 6:20 PM, Preast, Vanessa wrote: >> >> Should I take this to mean that it is OK to apply Heading 1 more than >> once in a Word document as long as one does so consistently? >> >> Thanks, >> >> Vanessa >> >> *From:*athen-list >> [mailto:athen-list-bounces@mailman13.u.washington.edu] *On Behalf Of >> *Jennifer Sutton >> *Sent:* Saturday, March 25, 2017 3:45 PM >> *To:* Access Technology Higher Education Network >> >> *Subject:* Re: [Athen] Heading 1 best practice: document vs web >> >> For my money, best practices for documents are clearer than they are >> for the web. See citations of recent discussions, below. I believe >> it's critical to be realistic when it comes to heading >> recommendations, especially on the web. >> >> Basically, I think there are a lot bigger "accessibility fish to fry" >> than trying to be absolutely rigid about the idea of one h1 on a webpage. >> >> I think it's hard, and not realistic, to have a one-size-fits-all >> rule on the web, given the use of content management systems. So, for >> the web, I focus on the idea of *consistent* use of headings, and >> that benefits everyone, including those who are in charge of style >> sheets. >> >> But for documents, my tendency would be to say: "if it works like a >> book, make it work like a book . . . i.e. h1 is your title, so there >> should be only one." Documents are much easier to control, or, they >> *can* be, depending on tools and competency. Given all of the >> document checkers and toolbars for accessibility that are around, >> they should be helping make Word documents and PDFs better. >> >> Best, >> >> Jennifer >> >> Three citations, mostly web-focused and two of the three based on >> recent discussions of trying to automate headings: >> >> The myth of automated heading outlines >> >> http://sarahebourne.posthaven.com/the-myth-of-automated-heading-outlines >> >> The Document Outline Dilemma: >> >> https://css-tricks.com/document-outline-dilemma/ >> [longer than the citation above, but includedto help understand that >> this is not simple/clearcut and why, imo] >> >> A page in a WAI tutorial, in progress: >> http://www.w3.org/WAI/tutorials/page-structure/headings/ >> >> >> On 3/25/2017 12:42 PM, Preast, Vanessa wrote: >> >> Hello, >> >> I?m trying to put together a best practice handbook for our >> stakeholders. While H1 use is clear for webpages, I have not >> really been able to get a consensus answer on using Heading 1 in >> documents. Is Heading 1 always only used once to mark the title, >> or can it be used multiple times in a Word document? If the >> former, it seems to not fit well with the auto-generated table of >> contents, which pulls in H1, H2 and H3 by default?. What about >> book chapters vs book title? >> >> *True or False?*Heading 1 can be used multiple times within a MS >> Word document assuming the rest of the headings are nested >> appropriately. (Unlike a webpage which only uses Heading 1 once >> per page). >> >> If there is a definitive answer on using Headings in documents, >> can you refer me to them? I want to make sure I?m providing the >> best information. >> >> Thanks, >> >> Vanessa >> >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> >> 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 zirklek at miamioh.edu Tue Mar 28 05:59:09 2017 From: zirklek at miamioh.edu (Zirkle, Kara) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:34:04 2018 Subject: [Athen] WCAG 2.0 vs Desktop Software Message-ID: Hello all, Working with vendors in the procurement phase and referencing WCAG 2.0 level AA compliance I'm beginning to see some push back for desktop software. What do you consider an "acceptable" accessibility response and documentation from a vendor in this case? PS, please keep in mind the original VPAT I received was from 2014 and I've asked for an updated version, notified the vendor of the updated standards and used most of this email along with a manual accessibility report shared with the vendor requesting a timeline for changes. The vendor is just hesitant to provide much of anything aside from an old VPAT. This is a common program used in higher education and is installed in most any of our computer labs. So to pull it and/or find an alternative is almost impossible. We have our internal processes that I know what I need to do to complete the project and close it, but wanted to give it as an example to get other peoples thoughts on the accessibility standards and conversation with vendors around desktop software. It seems as if keeping it as a desktop rather than moving it to a cloud allows them to have a loop hole of less accessibility standards to meet with the current way things are written. Since the new Section 508 standard is now in effect and reflects similar to WCAG 2.0 we still use this as best practice. While I understand software is different from web-based applications and websites, many of the UI areas of WCAG 2.0 still apply as best practice design. With that said the new 508 standards are in effect, state the following specific to software: 5. EXPANDED INTEROPERABILITY REQUIREMENTS The existing standards require ICT to be compatible with assistive technology?that is, hardware or software that increases or maintains functional capabilities of individuals with disabilities (*e.g.,* screen magnifiers or refreshable braille displays). However, in the past the existing requirement resulted in ambiguity of application. For example, some agencies interpreted the provisions of existing 36 CFR 1194.21 (which addresses software applications and operating systems) as applicable to assistive technology itself. The ensuing confusion led, in some cases, to unnecessary delay in procurements intended to provide reasonable accommodations to employees under Section 501, creating a hardship for both agencies and their employees with disabilities. The final rule provides more specificity about how operating systems, software development toolkits, and software applications should interact with assistive technology. The final rule also specifically exempts assistive technology from the interoperability provisions. The Board expects the final rule to improve software interoperability with assistive technology, allowing users better access to the functionalities that ICT products provide. https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2017/01/ 18/2017-00395/information-and-communication-technology-ict- standards-and-guidelines I'd love to get other folks thoughts on the accessibility standard for desktop software. Kara Zirkle Accessible Technology Specialist Information Technology Services Hoyt Hall, 312V Oxford, OH 45056 Phone: 513-529-9006 Email: zirklek@miamioh.edu -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From kimberley.smith at sfcollege.edu Tue Mar 28 06:28:08 2017 From: kimberley.smith at sfcollege.edu (Kimberley Smith) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:34:04 2018 Subject: [Athen] is there a list of webinars relevant to all things AT / Section 508, WCAG? Message-ID: Greetings Folks, I am on several mailing lists related to assistive tech, Section 508 and WCAG standards, higher ed disability-services issues and get lots of announcements about webinars. It is hard for me to keep up with ones I might want to attend or inform other members of the accessibility work group here at our school. Does anyone know of a site that gathers and maintains a current listing of something like this? Thank you, Kimberley J. Smith Access Specialist Disabilities Resource Center 352-395-4429 (voice) 352-395-4100 (fax) Santa Fe College 3000 NW 83rd St. Gainesville, FL 32606 [Santa Fe College] sfcollege.edu ________________________________ Please note that Florida has a broad public records law, and that all correspondence to or from College employees via email may be subject to disclosure. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... 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That was based in large part by the work done by the W3C, published as a Working Group Note, ?Guidance on Applying WCAG 2.0 to Non-Web Information and Communications Technologies (WCAG2ICT)?. sb Sarah E. Bourne Director of IT Accessibility, MassIT Commonwealth of Massachusetts 1 Ashburton Pl. rm 811 Boston MA 02108 617-626-4502 sarah.bourne@mass.gov http://www.mass.gov/MassIT From: athen-list [mailto:athen-list-bounces@mailman13.u.washington.edu] On Behalf Of Zirkle, Kara Sent: Tuesday, March 28, 2017 8:59 AM To: athen-list@u.washington.edu Subject: [Athen] WCAG 2.0 vs Desktop Software Hello all, Working with vendors in the procurement phase and referencing WCAG 2.0 level AA compliance I'm beginning to see some push back for desktop software. What do you consider an "acceptable" accessibility response and documentation from a vendor in this case? PS, please keep in mind the original VPAT I received was from 2014 and I've asked for an updated version, notified the vendor of the updated standards and used most of this email along with a manual accessibility report shared with the vendor requesting a timeline for changes. The vendor is just hesitant to provide much of anything aside from an old VPAT. This is a common program used in higher education and is installed in most any of our computer labs. So to pull it and/or find an alternative is almost impossible. We have our internal processes that I know what I need to do to complete the project and close it, but wanted to give it as an example to get other peoples thoughts on the accessibility standards and conversation with vendors around desktop software. It seems as if keeping it as a desktop rather than moving it to a cloud allows them to have a loop hole of less accessibility standards to meet with the current way things are written. Since the new Section 508 standard is now in effect and reflects similar to WCAG 2.0 we still use this as best practice. While I understand software is different from web-based applications and websites, many of the UI areas of WCAG 2.0 still apply as best practice design. With that said the new 508 standards are in effect, state the following specific to software: 5. EXPANDED INTEROPERABILITY REQUIREMENTS The existing standards require ICT to be compatible with assistive technology?that is, hardware or software that increases or maintains functional capabilities of individuals with disabilities (e.g., screen magnifiers or refreshable braille displays). However, in the past the existing requirement resulted in ambiguity of application. For example, some agencies interpreted the provisions of existing 36 CFR 1194.21 (which addresses software applications and operating systems) as applicable to assistive technology itself. The ensuing confusion led, in some cases, to unnecessary delay in procurements intended to provide reasonable accommodations to employees under Section 501, creating a hardship for both agencies and their employees with disabilities. The final rule provides more specificity about how operating systems, software development toolkits, and software applications should interact with assistive technology. The final rule also specifically exempts assistive technology from the interoperability provisions. The Board expects the final rule to improve software interoperability with assistive technology, allowing users better access to the functionalities that ICT products provide. https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2017/01/18/2017-00395/information-and-communication-technology-ict-standards-and-guidelines[Image removed by sender.] I'd love to get other folks thoughts on the accessibility standard for desktop software. 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URL: From jsuttondc at gmail.com Thu Mar 30 13:45:44 2017 From: jsuttondc at gmail.com (Jennifer Sutton) Date: Sat Jun 9 18:34:05 2018 Subject: [Athen] Improving Accessibility Procurement and discussion of VPATs In-Reply-To: <47A23C5E-BC78-494C-8AAA-95E62521F297@openconcept.ca> References: <47A23C5E-BC78-494C-8AAA-95E62521F297@openconcept.ca> Message-ID: <12a9d6e3-36ae-fe33-526c-cd2485a1e3ba@gmail.com> ATHENites: I'm cross-posting this message via Mike Gifford, from the WebAIM email list. Many of you may not see his post, and he's cited several higher ed. resources including Ohio Washington, and others. And as we know, higher ed. can be different in its procurement practices as compared to state governments or Federal agencies. For the record/future tracking (in case people post further to this WebAIM message), the list thread is here: http://webaim.org/discussion/mail_thread?thread=8033 I imagine Mike certainly welcomes worldwide contributions. I also suspect Kara's recent LinkedIn post on this topic of procurement might be of interest to folks who use that platform: https://www.linkedin.com/hp/update/6250017213194002432 I found it particularly clear. Thank you, Kara. There's a bit of a discussion in the comments for that LinkedIn post about VPATs (pros and cons), and I was reminded that a version 2 is being worked on, but I'm not sure of the status of that project. Here are the best two links I could find: https://www.itic.org/policy/accessibility/ and the Beta (a Word document dated in February of 2017: https://www.itic.org/dotAsset/16a63f08-30ea-4f5d-997f-5c095aa3d345.docm I post to this list not to start a further thread on here, but rather, perhaps, to facilitate the use of Mike's Git repo. and/or his Wiki page (both cited below) to consolidate and streamline efforts to help the community at large. Best, Jennifer -------- Forwarded Message -------- Subject: [WebAIM] Improving Accessibility Procurement Date: Thu, 30 Mar 2017 14:58:08 -0400 From: Mike Gifford Reply-To: WebAIM Discussion List To: webaim-forum@list.webaim.org Hi, Some of you may have seen this, but I?m trying to pull together some best practices for boiler-plate contracts & RFPs. I?ve got some examples up here: https://github.com/mgifford/a11y-contracting Generally, when I try to fix a problem, I find it useful to look upstream to see if it could be caused by something earlier in the system. Procurement seems to be a common point of failure in improving accessibility. Often, it?s just another of a long list of issues in an RFP and everyone knows that it?s going to be left to the end (and overlooked). What are the best practices to see that: - the right product and the right people are selected to do the job - that the process used to generate the IT follows best practices - that updates to the software don?t break accessibility Anyways, I?d love to have people submit suggestions of best practices. I?ve set up a wiki for links here: https://github.com/mgifford/a11y-contracting/wiki I found this very interesting orphaned page (last updated August 6, 2015): https://www.justice.gov/crt/increased-coordination It makes reference to other documents that look very interesting. I think with more digging & Archive.org it would be possible to find better resources. However, it wasn?t easy to find the text of the sample contract language and procurement practices which are alluded to. Mike -- Mike Gifford, President, OpenConcept Consulting Inc. 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This user can be moved sooner if a solution can be found. Here is an explanation from his tech support person: We've had nothing but problems with ZoomText 10 and 11. It often freezes or the mouse cursor goes haywire when a couple of our library-specific applications are used and the reader sometimes just stops working and ZoomText has to be closed and restarted to get it working again. Also since upgrading to Office 2016 the user does not like the color schemes in Outlook and how they appear in ZoomText. ZoomText tech support hasn't really been able to come up with any solutions. Any suggestions to help in solving the ZoomText problem or suggestions for a more stable software package for this OS environment? Thank you in advance for any guidance, Lori ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Lori Kressin Coordinator of Academic Accessibility Office of the Executive VP and Provost ? Univ. of Virginia 102 Cresap Rd ? 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Here is the link to the product page Magic Shaun Hegney Program Specialist 2 Disability Support Services Spokane Falls Community College 509-533-3544 Shaun.Hegney@sfcc.spokane.edu From: athen-list [mailto:athen-list-bounces@mailman13.u.washington.edu] On Behalf Of Kressin, Lori L. (llk2t) Sent: Friday, March 31, 2017 6:51 AM To: ATHEN Subject: [Athen] Magnification Software Suggestions Good morning everyone and happy Friday! We have a staff member who has been a ZoomText user for a number of years but is now experiencing a number of issues after moving from Win 7 (32 bit) to Win 7 (64 bit). After the move to 7/64, his ZoomText was upgrade from 10 to 11 and the issues started. The department?s current OS standard is 7 but is scheduled to be upgraded to Windows 10 next year. This user can be moved sooner if a solution can be found. Here is an explanation from his tech support person: We've had nothing but problems with ZoomText 10 and 11. It often freezes or the mouse cursor goes haywire when a couple of our library-specific applications are used and the reader sometimes just stops working and ZoomText has to be closed and restarted to get it working again. Also since upgrading to Office 2016 the user does not like the color schemes in Outlook and how they appear in ZoomText. ZoomText tech support hasn't really been able to come up with any solutions. Any suggestions to help in solving the ZoomText problem or suggestions for a more stable software package for this OS environment? Thank you in advance for any guidance, Lori ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Lori Kressin Coordinator of Academic Accessibility Office of the Executive VP and Provost ? Univ. of Virginia 102 Cresap Rd ? POB 400199 ? Charlottesville, VA ? 22903 [434] 982-5784 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: