[Athen] verification that a course is accessible

[Scott Marshall]

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 <jhori at ucdavis.edu> 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-----

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> On Behalf Of Krista Greear

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> 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

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Scott Marshall
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University of Minnesota Disability Resource Center

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