[Athen] Seeking someone special...

[Jayme Johnson]

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 <zm290 at msstate.edu> 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 <jjohnson at ccconlineed.org>

> 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 at ccconlineed.org.

>

>

> Thank you!

>

> Jayme Johnson

>

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> Jayme Johnson

> Director of Accessibility and User Experience

> California Community Colleges Online Education Initiative

> www.ccconlineed.org

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Jayme Johnson
Director of Accessibility and User Experience
California Community Colleges Online Education Initiative
www.ccconlineed.org
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