From raford3 at hfcc.edu Wed Dec 5 09:02:51 2018 From: raford3 at hfcc.edu (Rachel Ford) Date: Wed Dec 5 09:03:09 2018 Subject: [Athen] DocuSign Message-ID: <5C0804BB0200008C0002E496@hfcc.edu> Good afternoon, I am reviewing DocuSign for possible use at my institution, but I've been having some difficulty getting current accessibility information from the company. Has anyone been able to get information from them that is more recent than June 2016? Rachel Ford Web Accessibility Manager Henry Ford College 5101 Evergreen Road Dearborn, Michigan 48128 313-317-1541 (Office) raford3@hfcc.edu www.hfcc.edu -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From athenpresident at gmail.com Wed Dec 5 11:46:57 2018 From: athenpresident at gmail.com (ATHEN President) Date: Wed Dec 5 11:48:03 2018 Subject: [Athen] Welcome to new ATHEN Executive Committee Members Message-ID: Hello ATHEN members, It was a pleasure to see many of you at the ATHEN Annual Meeting at the Accessing Higher Ground Conference. To those who were unable to make it, you were well represented by your peers at the Annual Meeting and I hope we may be able to connect at a future event. As the outgoing President, I would like to announce the results of the recent ATHEN election and the new Executive Committee Members: Incoming President: Dawn Hunziker Secretary: No member elected Member-at-Large: Wink Harner Additionally, the vice-president role was vacated due to a resignation. The ATHEN Executive Committee will be running a special election for both the Secretary and the Vice-President positions. Please look for an announcement requesting nominations for those positions. This is an excellent opportunity to get involved. Your current and incoming Executive Committee members can use your help - so nominate yourself or someone else! For those who signed up and indicated a desire to engage with a current ATHEN working group (e.g., Teresa Haven scholarship, Ron Stewart Professional Development Award, video curation project, etc.), you will be contacted in early January via email. We look forward to your assistance in these projects. Thank you again for your participation. I have enjoyed my time as President of the organization. I know you will continue your support of the incoming Executive Committee and your involvement in the ATHEN organization. Take care, Sean ATHEN Past-President -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From canale at umbc.edu Wed Dec 5 12:32:42 2018 From: canale at umbc.edu (Michael Canale) Date: Wed Dec 5 12:33:21 2018 Subject: [Athen] Document remediation training materials Message-ID: Good afternoon, I have a new group of GAs coming in and will need to train them to remediate PDFs and other documents. Since my AT specialist has left this falls on me. Does anyone have a training materials you are willing to share? Thank you Michael -- Michael Canale, CI,CT NAD IV Assistant Director Coordinator Deaf and Hard of Hearing Services Office of Student Disability Services University of Maryland, Baltimore County 225 Math/Psychology Building Desk: 410-455-6358 Mobile: 410-688-5088 Email: canale@umbc.edu Web: sds.umbc.edu *Once in a while you get shown the light, In the strangest of places if you look at it right. - J. Garcia, R Hunter* -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From dhayman at uw.edu Wed Dec 5 12:39:21 2018 From: dhayman at uw.edu (Doug Hayman) Date: Wed Dec 5 12:39:59 2018 Subject: [Athen] Document remediation training materials In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: There is the extensive PDF accessibility class on lynda.com On Wed, Dec 5, 2018 at 12:33 PM Michael Canale wrote: > Good afternoon, > > I have a new group of GAs coming in and will need to train them to > remediate PDFs and other documents. Since my AT specialist has left this > falls on me. Does anyone have a training materials you are willing to share? > > Thank you > > Michael > > -- > Michael Canale, CI,CT NAD IV > Assistant Director > Coordinator Deaf and Hard of Hearing Services > Office of Student Disability Services > University of Maryland, Baltimore County > 225 Math/Psychology Building > > Desk: 410-455-6358 > Mobile: 410-688-5088 > Email: canale@umbc.edu > Web: sds.umbc.edu > > *Once in a while you get shown the light, In the strangest of places if > you look at it right. - J. Garcia, R Hunter* > > > > > _______________________________________________ > athen-list mailing list > athen-list@mailman12.u.washington.edu > http://mailman12.u.washington.edu/mailman/listinfo/athen-list > -- Doug Hayman w.edu> Senior Computer Specialist DO-IT Program (Disabilities, Opportunities, Internetworking, Technology) UW Technology Services Box 354842 Seattle, WA 98195 (206) 221-4165 http://www.washington.edu/doit -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From crobinson at ggc.edu Wed Dec 5 13:20:00 2018 From: crobinson at ggc.edu (Christine Robinson) Date: Wed Dec 5 13:20:25 2018 Subject: [Athen] Document remediation training materials In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: For most subjects, I?m a huge fan of Lynda.com and am constantly encouraging our campus community to use it. HOWEVER, when it comes to the Lynda courses on accessible MS Office documents, a lot of their information is just plain INCORRECT. An older flawed course on accessible Office docs was replaced, about a year ago, by one that is even worse. I have written them about this a couple of times, but the new course is still up there. A few examples (of many) from the course, ?Creating Accessible Documents in Microsoft Office? by Glenna Shaw: 1. For alt text in Word documents, she puts redundant information in the Title and Description areas, and does not point out that the Title line might not be read at all by screen readers. 2. She does not put images in line with text. 3. She merges cells in a table! 4. She implies that if the Accessibility Checker doesn?t point out any problems, then your document is fine. I haven?t viewed the Lynda courses on accessible PDFs, so those may be fine, but please do not rely on the MS Office accessibility ?information.? Christine Robinson | Technical Trainer/Writer | Center for Teaching Excellence Georgia Gwinnett College | 678-407-5193 From: athen-list [mailto:athen-list-bounces@mailman12.u.washington.edu] On Behalf Of Doug Hayman Sent: Wednesday, December 5, 2018 3:39 PM To: Access Technology Higher Education Network Subject: Re: [Athen] Document remediation training materials There is the extensive PDF accessibility class on lynda.com On Wed, Dec 5, 2018 at 12:33 PM Michael Canale > wrote: Good afternoon, I have a new group of GAs coming in and will need to train them to remediate PDFs and other documents. Since my AT specialist has left this falls on me. Does anyone have a training materials you are willing to share? Thank you Michael -- Michael Canale, CI,CT NAD IV Assistant Director Coordinator Deaf and Hard of Hearing Services Office of Student Disability Services University of Maryland, Baltimore County 225 Math/Psychology Building Desk: 410-455-6358 Mobile: 410-688-5088 Email: canale@umbc.edu Web: sds.umbc.edu Once in a while you get shown the light, In the strangest of places if you look at it right. - J. Garcia, R Hunter _______________________________________________ athen-list mailing list athen-list@mailman12.u.washington.edu http://mailman12.u.washington.edu/mailman/listinfo/athen-list -- Doug Hayman w.edu> Senior Computer Specialist DO-IT Program (Disabilities, Opportunities, Internetworking, Technology) UW Technology Services Box 354842 Seattle, WA 98195 (206) 221-4165 http://www.washington.edu/doit -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From chagnon at pubcom.com Wed Dec 5 14:14:32 2018 From: chagnon at pubcom.com (chagnon@pubcom.com) Date: Wed Dec 5 14:15:04 2018 Subject: [Athen] Document remediation training materials In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <002c01d48ce7$e6b0afa0$b4120ee0$@pubcom.com> I, too, have found problems with many Lynda.com sessions. When it?s basic software training in ordinary programs, they?re ok. But accessibility is a high-level craft, an intermediate or advanced topic in the subject. You need training by a qualified expert in accessibility, not someone who ?read the book? last night. Some better options: * Karen McCall is a list member and one of the industry?s experts. Her online courses and books are available at https://www.karlencommunications.com/Training.html and https://www.karlencommunications.com/products.htm * WebAIM is the leading email discussion list and portal for accessibility experts. They?re online training course is very good. https://webaim.org/training/docs/ * My firm, PubCom (in Takoma Park, MD) offers live courses (classroom and live online), custom on-site classes, and DIY books. www.PubCom.com/classes and www.PubCom.com/books Hope this helps, ?Bevi Chagnon ? ? ? Bevi Chagnon, founder/CEO | Bevi@PubCom.com ? ? ? PubCom: Technologists for Accessible Design + Publishing consulting ? training ? development ? design ? sec. 508 services Upcoming classes at www.PubCom.com/classes ? ? ? Latest blog-newsletter ? Accessibility Tips at www.PubCom.com/blog From: athen-list On Behalf Of Michael Canale Sent: Wednesday, December 5, 2018 3:33 PM To: athen-list@u.washington.edu Subject: [Athen] Document remediation training materials Good afternoon, I have a new group of GAs coming in and will need to train them to remediate PDFs and other documents. Since my AT specialist has left this falls on me. Does anyone have a training materials you are willing to share? Thank you Michael -- Michael Canale, CI,CT NAD IV Assistant Director Coordinator Deaf and Hard of Hearing Services Office of Student Disability Services University of Maryland, Baltimore County 225 Math/Psychology Building Desk: 410-455-6358 Mobile: 410-688-5088 Email: canale@umbc.edu Web: sds.umbc.edu Once in a while you get shown the light, In the strangest of places if you look at it right. - J. Garcia, R Hunter -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From armstrongdeborah at fhda.edu Wed Dec 5 15:37:33 2018 From: armstrongdeborah at fhda.edu (Deborah Armstrong) Date: Wed Dec 5 15:39:26 2018 Subject: [Athen] Canvas screen readers and underlines Message-ID: <61C6DD490FBB3D43A1AA33BF158ED7AF02C1B96CD8@MB1.FHDA.LEARN> I am both a part-time student and full-time Disability services staff at the college where I work. I take a variety of online classes, partly to keep my skills up and partly so I can be a realistic role model. In the course I'm currently taking we have to underline portions of our assignments. (It's a database course and on quizzes the primary keys need to be underlined.) Anyway, I'm using screen readers - I know several with Canvas. Canvas seems to be very accessible; I've had few issues with it. But even though there's a keyboard shortcut to underline - I believe it's alt-U, I could not find a way to reliably read whether text was underlined. Also, though this wasn't connected with underlining, every time I take a test in Canvas, and there are multiple edit fields the screen readers switch in to application mode. That's great for working in the editor as if one was word processing, but often the screen reader seems to get confused and plunk me in the wrong edit box, for example I'm answering question 5, and alt-tab to another window to look something up, alt-tab back and I'm suddenly editing question 2. It seems to be a problem only in Canvas, where all the edit fields for a quiz appear on one single page. My tests have been open-book so I'm expected to have multiple windows open and move between them. The underlining problem is more serious. In fact, there are a lot of keyboard-accessible formatting buttons on the toolbar in Canvas, and a choice of editors, but I haven't figured what if any formatting attributes can be read by a screen reader, and which of the two available editors is the most accessible. My quizzes are timed so there's little chance to experiment, unfortunately. Have others experienced this issue with their screen reader users? For me it happens with both Firefox and Chrome. I was told to use IE, but that seems weird because even the college is recommending against anyone using IE. One problem I have solved though is this: if you get "stuck" in the toolbar, whether you use a screen reader or not, the keyboard shortcut to get back in to the editor is Escape. --Debee -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From solowoniukr at macewan.ca Thu Dec 6 14:35:44 2018 From: solowoniukr at macewan.ca (Russell Solowoniuk) Date: Thu Dec 6 14:36:05 2018 Subject: [Athen] IPA symbols Message-ID: Hi all, We have a blind student enrolled in an English course for the winter 2019 term. The textbook being used is The English Language: A Linguistic History, 3E. There are a lot of IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) symbols in the book. I found someone who has created a modification to the Jaws synthesizer file that allows Jaws to read the IPA symbols, but it's really difficult to read, for example, a poem that has a lot of IPA symbols within it. The person who created the Jaws modification to the synthesizer file also created a Braille file that is supposed to allow the IPA symbols to be shown on a refreshable Braille display. I have asked him to send it to me. A long shot, but, by any chance, has anyone done the above textbook in Braille? Thanks, 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 [MacEwan Logo] 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. 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Alarmingly, my research indicates ATHEN's 2008 survey (https://itd.athenpro.org/node/87) seems to be the most recent study of its kind that attempts to gather compensation\salary information specifically for access technologist positions in higher education. Terril Thompson's (University of Washington) paper in the ATHEN E-Journal Issue #4 (2009) (https://athenpro.org/node/88) entitled "Careers in Accessible Technology in Higher Education: Salaries, Qualifications, and Responsibilities" seems to be the "Staffing and Salaries" portion of the survey, but published separately. Unfortunately, my HR Department has deemed Study #1 invalid for its purposes due to its relatively low sample size (1 Texas respondent), and its survey of posted job announcements rather than actual participants. On the other hand, although Study #2 does analyze responses submitted by participants, the author does not break down reported US positions by specific geographic location (Results section): "Geographically, 66 of the positions (69.5%) were located in the United States, 11 (11.6%) in the United Kingdom, 10 (10.5%) in Canada, and 6 (6.3%) in Ireland. Australia and New Zealand contributed profiles of one position each." Once again, my HR Department judges these results invalid due to the lack of statistics attributable to post-secondary institutions specifically located in my home state\geographic region. QUESTIONS: - Has ATHEN conducted a more recent survey on access technology salaries in Higher Education? - Has your institution used the ATHEN survey data to help inform compensation\salary levels for your access technologist position? Thank you so much for your responses! Joseph M. 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Thanks so much for everything that all of you do to promote accessibility and inclusion for everyone! Jeff Bishop Windows Accessibility Program Manager [Accessibility Webinar Series Now Available! Man at a workstation in a wheelchair smiling.. Microsoft Logo] We are excited to announce The Accessibility Learning Webinar Series! In this new webinar series our goal is to share the latest technology and accessibility features across Microsoft products and help answer common accessibility questions. Have a question about an accessibility feature or want to share your feedback on a Microsoft product? Join us for a Webinar! What to Expect: * Each session will include a moderated question and answer session on topics such as Narrator 101, Low vision in Windows 10, The new O365 Single Line Ribbon and much more. * Webinars are held on the 3rd Wednesday each month starting January 16th, 2019 between 12:00 - 1:00 PM U.S. Pacific Time and available to everyone including international audiences. Register now, seats are limited! * Review the schedules and register for your favorite topic by visiting the Accessibility Webinars Sway. We will continue to update the Sway with more topics every quarter. Once we receive your registration, we will send you an email with a link to join the webinar. * We can only accommodate a limited number of audience members at this point so Register now! Thanks, Microsoft Accessibility Team http://Aka.ms/AccessibilityWebinars -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... 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Alarmingly, my research indicates ATHEN's 2008 survey (https://itd.athenpro.org/node/87) seems to be the most recent study of its kind that attempts to gather compensation\salary information specifically for access technologist positions in higher education. Terril Thompson's (University of Washington) paper in the ATHEN E-Journal Issue #4 (2009) (https://athenpro.org/node/88) entitled "Careers in Accessible Technology in Higher Education: Salaries, Qualifications, and Responsibilities" seems to be the "Staffing and Salaries" portion of the survey, but published separately. Unfortunately, my HR Department has deemed Study #1 invalid for its purposes due to its relatively low sample size (1 Texas respondent), and its survey of posted job announcements rather than actual participants. On the other hand, although Study #2 does analyze responses submitted by participants, the author does not break down reported US positions by specific geographic location (Results section): "Geographically, 66 of the positions (69.5%) were located in the United States, 11 (11.6%) in the United Kingdom, 10 (10.5%) in Canada, and 6 (6.3%) in Ireland. Australia and New Zealand contributed profiles of one position each." Once again, my HR Department judges these results invalid due to the lack of statistics attributable to post-secondary institutions specifically located in my home state\geographic region. QUESTIONS: - Has ATHEN conducted a more recent survey on access technology salaries in Higher Education? - Has your institution used the ATHEN survey data to help inform compensation\salary levels for your access technologist position? Thank you so much for your responses! Joseph M. 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I simply clicked through it ("show me anyway") Joe From: athen-list On Behalf Of David Engebretson Sent: Friday, December 7, 2018 2:07 PM To: Access Technology Higher Education Network Subject: Re: [Athen] 2008 ATHEN Survey on Accessible Tech in HE (Thompson, Draffan, & Patel) Is anyone else having trouble accessing that athenpro.org link provided? I get a security error. Thanks for your help, David From: athen-list > On Behalf Of Nast, Joseph Sent: Friday, December 7, 2018 9:25 AM To: Access Technology Higher Education Network > Subject: [Athen] 2008 ATHEN Survey on Accessible Tech in HE (Thompson, Draffan, & Patel) Greetings! I'm currently working with my HR department regarding fair compensation for our Assistive Technology Coordinator positions. Alarmingly, my research indicates ATHEN's 2008 survey (https://itd.athenpro.org/node/87) seems to be the most recent study of its kind that attempts to gather compensation\salary information specifically for access technologist positions in higher education. Terril Thompson's (University of Washington) paper in the ATHEN E-Journal Issue #4 (2009) (https://athenpro.org/node/88) entitled "Careers in Accessible Technology in Higher Education: Salaries, Qualifications, and Responsibilities" seems to be the "Staffing and Salaries" portion of the survey, but published separately. Unfortunately, my HR Department has deemed Study #1 invalid for its purposes due to its relatively low sample size (1 Texas respondent), and its survey of posted job announcements rather than actual participants. On the other hand, although Study #2 does analyze responses submitted by participants, the author does not break down reported US positions by specific geographic location (Results section): "Geographically, 66 of the positions (69.5%) were located in the United States, 11 (11.6%) in the United Kingdom, 10 (10.5%) in Canada, and 6 (6.3%) in Ireland. Australia and New Zealand contributed profiles of one position each." Once again, my HR Department judges these results invalid due to the lack of statistics attributable to post-secondary institutions specifically located in my home state\geographic region. QUESTIONS: - Has ATHEN conducted a more recent survey on access technology salaries in Higher Education? - Has your institution used the ATHEN survey data to help inform compensation\salary levels for your access technologist position? Thank you so much for your responses! Joseph M. Nast, ATAC Assistive Technology Coordinator Lone Star College Cy Fair, Disability Services Office Phone: (281) 290-3207 Website URL: http://www.lonestar.edu/19287.htm -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From David.Engebretson2 at wwu.edu Fri Dec 7 12:34:15 2018 From: David.Engebretson2 at wwu.edu (David Engebretson) Date: Fri Dec 7 12:34:28 2018 Subject: [Athen] 2008 ATHEN Survey on Accessible Tech in HE (Thompson, Draffan, & Patel) In-Reply-To: <4f03f4ccfb204e0188307fdf1cb512c8@sovmwexmbx3.LSCS.prv> References: <4d7df0e63bc0435bb9da639a30a08ff5@sovmwexmbx3.LSCS.prv> <4f03f4ccfb204e0188307fdf1cb512c8@sovmwexmbx3.LSCS.prv> Message-ID: I don't know, here's the page content when I click on that link (I'm on a secure VPN, btw. And it does the same thing while not on a secure VPN): Privacy error Your connection is not private Attackers might be trying to steal your information from itd.athenpro.org (for example, passwords, messages, or credit cards). Learn more NET::ERR_CERT_COMMON_NAME_INVALID Help improve Safe Browsing by sending some system information and page content to Google. Privacy policy system information and page content Privacy policy Back to safety ADVANCED From: athen-list On Behalf Of Nast, Joseph Sent: Friday, December 7, 2018 12:26 PM To: Access Technology Higher Education Network Subject: Re: [Athen] 2008 ATHEN Survey on Accessible Tech in HE (Thompson, Draffan, & Patel) Was it an outdated certificate warning? I simply clicked through it ("show me anyway") Joe From: athen-list > On Behalf Of David Engebretson Sent: Friday, December 7, 2018 2:07 PM To: Access Technology Higher Education Network > Subject: Re: [Athen] 2008 ATHEN Survey on Accessible Tech in HE (Thompson, Draffan, & Patel) Is anyone else having trouble accessing that athenpro.org link provided? I get a security error. Thanks for your help, David From: athen-list > On Behalf Of Nast, Joseph Sent: Friday, December 7, 2018 9:25 AM To: Access Technology Higher Education Network > Subject: [Athen] 2008 ATHEN Survey on Accessible Tech in HE (Thompson, Draffan, & Patel) Greetings! I'm currently working with my HR department regarding fair compensation for our Assistive Technology Coordinator positions. Alarmingly, my research indicates ATHEN's 2008 survey (https://itd.athenpro.org/node/87) seems to be the most recent study of its kind that attempts to gather compensation\salary information specifically for access technologist positions in higher education. Terril Thompson's (University of Washington) paper in the ATHEN E-Journal Issue #4 (2009) (https://athenpro.org/node/88) entitled "Careers in Accessible Technology in Higher Education: Salaries, Qualifications, and Responsibilities" seems to be the "Staffing and Salaries" portion of the survey, but published separately. Unfortunately, my HR Department has deemed Study #1 invalid for its purposes due to its relatively low sample size (1 Texas respondent), and its survey of posted job announcements rather than actual participants. On the other hand, although Study #2 does analyze responses submitted by participants, the author does not break down reported US positions by specific geographic location (Results section): "Geographically, 66 of the positions (69.5%) were located in the United States, 11 (11.6%) in the United Kingdom, 10 (10.5%) in Canada, and 6 (6.3%) in Ireland. Australia and New Zealand contributed profiles of one position each." Once again, my HR Department judges these results invalid due to the lack of statistics attributable to post-secondary institutions specifically located in my home state\geographic region. QUESTIONS: - Has ATHEN conducted a more recent survey on access technology salaries in Higher Education? - Has your institution used the ATHEN survey data to help inform compensation\salary levels for your access technologist position? Thank you so much for your responses! Joseph M. 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Daw ~~ Dawn Hunziker IT Accessibility Consultant, Sr. |Disability Resources The University of Arizona | hunziker@email.arizona.edu drc.arizona.edu | itaccessibility.arizona.edu 520-626-9409 ________________________________ From: athen-list on behalf of David Engebretson Sent: Friday, December 7, 2018 1:34 PM To: Access Technology Higher Education Network Subject: Re: [Athen] 2008 ATHEN Survey on Accessible Tech in HE (Thompson, Draffan, & Patel) I don?t know, here?s the page content when I click on that link (I?m on a secure VPN, btw. And it does the same thing while not on a secure VPN): Privacy error Your connection is not private Attackers might be trying to steal your information from itd.athenpro.org (for example, passwords, messages, or credit cards). Learn more NET::ERR_CERT_COMMON_NAME_INVALID Help improve Safe Browsing by sending some system information and page content to Google. Privacy policy system information and page content Privacy policy Back to safety ADVANCED From: athen-list On Behalf Of Nast, Joseph Sent: Friday, December 7, 2018 12:26 PM To: Access Technology Higher Education Network Subject: Re: [Athen] 2008 ATHEN Survey on Accessible Tech in HE (Thompson, Draffan, & Patel) Was it an outdated certificate warning? I simply clicked through it (?show me anyway?) Joe From: athen-list > On Behalf Of David Engebretson Sent: Friday, December 7, 2018 2:07 PM To: Access Technology Higher Education Network > Subject: Re: [Athen] 2008 ATHEN Survey on Accessible Tech in HE (Thompson, Draffan, & Patel) Is anyone else having trouble accessing that athenpro.org link provided? I get a security error. Thanks for your help, David From: athen-list > On Behalf Of Nast, Joseph Sent: Friday, December 7, 2018 9:25 AM To: Access Technology Higher Education Network > Subject: [Athen] 2008 ATHEN Survey on Accessible Tech in HE (Thompson, Draffan, & Patel) Greetings! I?m currently working with my HR department regarding fair compensation for our Assistive Technology Coordinator positions. Alarmingly, my research indicates ATHEN?s 2008 survey (https://itd.athenpro.org/node/87) seems to be the most recent study of its kind that attempts to gather compensation\salary information specifically for access technologist positions in higher education. Terril Thompson?s (University of Washington) paper in the ATHEN E-Journal Issue #4 (2009) (https://athenpro.org/node/88) entitled ?Careers in Accessible Technology in Higher Education: Salaries, Qualifications, and Responsibilities? seems to be the ?Staffing and Salaries? portion of the survey, but published separately. Unfortunately, my HR Department has deemed Study #1 invalid for its purposes due to its relatively low sample size (1 Texas respondent), and its survey of posted job announcements rather than actual participants. On the other hand, although Study #2 does analyze responses submitted by participants, the author does not break down reported US positions by specific geographic location (Results section): ?Geographically, 66 of the positions (69.5%) were located in the United States, 11 (11.6%) in the United Kingdom, 10 (10.5%) in Canada, and 6 (6.3%) in Ireland. Australia and New Zealand contributed profiles of one position each.? Once again, my HR Department judges these results invalid due to the lack of statistics attributable to post-secondary institutions specifically located in my home state\geographic region. QUESTIONS: - Has ATHEN conducted a more recent survey on access technology salaries in Higher Education? - Has your institution used the ATHEN survey data to help inform compensation\salary levels for your access technologist position? Thank you so much for your responses! Joseph M. 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To reach the article "International Comparison on Accessible Technology in Higher Education" please us the following URL: https://athenpro.org/node/87 We are investigating why the ITD subdomain is being presented for these pages, but the ATHEN website is still operational and you can find the entire set of articles at the following link: https://athenpro.org/node/85 Thank you, Sean On Fri, Dec 7, 2018 at 12:36 PM David Engebretson < David.Engebretson2@wwu.edu> wrote: > I don?t know, here?s the page content when I click on that link (I?m on a > secure VPN, btw. And it does the same thing while not on a secure VPN): > > Privacy error > > > > Your connection is not private > > Attackers might be trying to steal your information from itd.athenpro.org > (for example, passwords, messages, or credit cards). > > Learn more > > NET::ERR_CERT_COMMON_NAME_INVALID > > Help improve Safe Browsing by sending some system information and page > content to Google. Privacy policy > > system information and page content > > Privacy policy > > Back to safety > > ADVANCED > > > > *From:* athen-list *On > Behalf Of *Nast, Joseph > *Sent:* Friday, December 7, 2018 12:26 PM > *To:* Access Technology Higher Education Network < > athen-list@u.washington.edu> > *Subject:* Re: [Athen] 2008 ATHEN Survey on Accessible Tech in HE > (Thompson, Draffan, & Patel) > > > > Was it an outdated certificate warning? I simply clicked through it (?show > me anyway?) > > > > Joe > > > > *From:* athen-list *On > Behalf Of *David Engebretson > *Sent:* Friday, December 7, 2018 2:07 PM > *To:* Access Technology Higher Education Network < > athen-list@u.washington.edu> > *Subject:* Re: [Athen] 2008 ATHEN Survey on Accessible Tech in HE > (Thompson, Draffan, & Patel) > > > > Is anyone else having trouble accessing that athenpro.org link provided? > I get a security error. > > > > Thanks for your help, > > David > > > > *From:* athen-list *On > Behalf Of *Nast, Joseph > *Sent:* Friday, December 7, 2018 9:25 AM > *To:* Access Technology Higher Education Network < > athen-list@u.washington.edu> > *Subject:* [Athen] 2008 ATHEN Survey on Accessible Tech in HE (Thompson, > Draffan, & Patel) > > > > Greetings! > > > > I?m currently working with my HR department regarding fair compensation > for our Assistive Technology Coordinator positions. Alarmingly, my research > indicates ATHEN?s 2008 survey (https://itd.athenpro.org/node/87 > ) > seems to be the most recent study of its kind that attempts to gather > compensation\salary information specifically for access technologist > positions in higher education. > > > > Terril Thompson?s (University of Washington) paper in the ATHEN E-Journal > Issue #4 (2009) (https://athenpro.org/node/88 > ) > entitled ?Careers in Accessible Technology in Higher Education: Salaries, > Qualifications, and Responsibilities? seems to be the ?Staffing and > Salaries? portion of the survey, but published separately. Unfortunately, > my HR Department has deemed Study #1 invalid for its purposes due to its > relatively low sample size (1 Texas respondent), and its survey of posted > job announcements rather than actual participants. > > > > On the other hand, although Study #2 does analyze responses submitted by > participants, the author does not break down reported US positions by > specific geographic location (Results section): ?Geographically, 66 of the > positions (69.5%) were located in the United States, 11 (11.6%) in the > United Kingdom, 10 (10.5%) in Canada, and 6 (6.3%) in Ireland. Australia > and New Zealand contributed profiles of one position each.? Once again, my > HR Department judges these results invalid due to the lack of statistics > attributable to post-secondary institutions specifically located in my home > state\geographic region. > > > > QUESTIONS: > > > > - Has ATHEN conducted a more recent survey on access technology > salaries in Higher Education? > > - Has your institution used the ATHEN survey data to help inform > compensation\salary levels for your access technologist position? > > > > Thank you so much for your responses! > > > > > > *Joseph M. Nast, *ATAC > > Assistive Technology Coordinator > > Lone Star College Cy Fair, Disability Services > > *Office Phone: *(281) 290-3207 > > *Website URL:* http://www.lonestar.edu/19287.htm > > > > _______________________________________________ > athen-list mailing list > athen-list@mailman12.u.washington.edu > http://mailman12.u.washington.edu/mailman/listinfo/athen-list > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From joe at a11yeval.com Fri Dec 7 13:22:29 2018 From: joe at a11yeval.com (Joe Humbert) Date: Fri Dec 7 13:22:45 2018 Subject: [Athen] 2008 ATHEN Survey on Accessible Tech in HE (Thompson, Draffan, & Patel) In-Reply-To: References: <4d7df0e63bc0435bb9da639a30a08ff5@sovmwexmbx3.LSCS.prv> <4f03f4ccfb204e0188307fdf1cb512c8@sovmwexmbx3.LSCS.prv> Message-ID: <021501d48e72$f6415640$e2c402c0$@a11yeval.com> Your not president anymore, give up some control and stress?lol From: athen-list On Behalf Of Sean Keegan Sent: Friday, December 7, 2018 3:42 PM To: Access Technology Higher Education Network Subject: Re: [Athen] 2008 ATHEN Survey on Accessible Tech in HE (Thompson, Draffan, & Patel) Hello all, It appears that the author to this thread used an outdated URL when referencing the article. To reach the article "International Comparison on Accessible Technology in Higher Education" please us the following URL: https://athenpro.org/node/87 We are investigating why the ITD subdomain is being presented for these pages, but the ATHEN website is still operational and you can find the entire set of articles at the following link: https://athenpro.org/node/85 Thank you, Sean On Fri, Dec 7, 2018 at 12:36 PM David Engebretson > wrote: I don?t know, here?s the page content when I click on that link (I?m on a secure VPN, btw. And it does the same thing while not on a secure VPN): Privacy error Your connection is not private Attackers might be trying to steal your information from itd.athenpro.org (for example, passwords, messages, or credit cards). Learn more NET::ERR_CERT_COMMON_NAME_INVALID Help improve Safe Browsing by sending some system information and page content to Google. Privacy policy system information and page content Privacy policy Back to safety ADVANCED From: athen-list > On Behalf Of Nast, Joseph Sent: Friday, December 7, 2018 12:26 PM To: Access Technology Higher Education Network > Subject: Re: [Athen] 2008 ATHEN Survey on Accessible Tech in HE (Thompson, Draffan, & Patel) Was it an outdated certificate warning? I simply clicked through it (?show me anyway?) Joe From: athen-list > On Behalf Of David Engebretson Sent: Friday, December 7, 2018 2:07 PM To: Access Technology Higher Education Network > Subject: Re: [Athen] 2008 ATHEN Survey on Accessible Tech in HE (Thompson, Draffan, & Patel) Is anyone else having trouble accessing that athenpro.org link provided? I get a security error. Thanks for your help, David From: athen-list > On Behalf Of Nast, Joseph Sent: Friday, December 7, 2018 9:25 AM To: Access Technology Higher Education Network > Subject: [Athen] 2008 ATHEN Survey on Accessible Tech in HE (Thompson, Draffan, & Patel) Greetings! I?m currently working with my HR department regarding fair compensation for our Assistive Technology Coordinator positions. Alarmingly, my research indicates ATHEN?s 2008 survey (https://itd.athenpro.org/node/87 ) seems to be the most recent study of its kind that attempts to gather compensation\salary information specifically for access technologist positions in higher education. Terril Thompson?s (University of Washington) paper in the ATHEN E-Journal Issue #4 (2009) (https://athenpro.org/node/88 ) entitled ?Careers in Accessible Technology in Higher Education: Salaries, Qualifications, and Responsibilities? seems to be the ?Staffing and Salaries? portion of the survey, but published separately. Unfortunately, my HR Department has deemed Study #1 invalid for its purposes due to its relatively low sample size (1 Texas respondent), and its survey of posted job announcements rather than actual participants. On the other hand, although Study #2 does analyze responses submitted by participants, the author does not break down reported US positions by specific geographic location (Results section): ?Geographically, 66 of the positions (69.5%) were located in the United States, 11 (11.6%) in the United Kingdom, 10 (10.5%) in Canada, and 6 (6.3%) in Ireland. Australia and New Zealand contributed profiles of one position each.? Once again, my HR Department judges these results invalid due to the lack of statistics attributable to post-secondary institutions specifically located in my home state\geographic region. QUESTIONS: - Has ATHEN conducted a more recent survey on access technology salaries in Higher Education? - Has your institution used the ATHEN survey data to help inform compensation\salary levels for your access technologist position? Thank you so much for your responses! Joseph M. Nast, ATAC Assistive Technology Coordinator Lone Star College Cy Fair, Disability Services Office Phone: (281) 290-3207 Website URL: http://www.lonestar.edu/19287.htm _______________________________________________ athen-list mailing list athen-list@mailman12.u.washington.edu http://mailman12.u.washington.edu/mailman/listinfo/athen-list -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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Please submit all nominations via email to the ATHEN President, Dawn Hunziker, at: election@athenpro.org Nominations will close on Wednesday, December 19 at 5PM (Pacific). Voting will become available in early 2019. Thank you for your time. Dawn Hunziker ATHEN President ~~ Dawn Hunziker IT Accessibility Consultant, Sr. |Disability Resources The University of Arizona | hunziker@email.arizona.edu drc.arizona.edu | itaccessibility.arizona.edu 520-626-9409 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From Steven.Sullam at csi.cuny.edu Mon Dec 10 09:23:17 2018 From: Steven.Sullam at csi.cuny.edu (Steven Sullam) Date: Mon Dec 10 09:23:43 2018 Subject: [Athen] Livescribe Ink Refills Message-ID: <62ee8a3c8243482580c38841835dc61e@CSI-EX01.FLAS.CSI.CUNY.EDU> What do people use for Livescribe Pen Ink Refills, Livescribe original or generic? 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URL: From crobinson at ggc.edu Wed Dec 12 10:40:21 2018 From: crobinson at ggc.edu (Christine Robinson) Date: Wed Dec 12 10:42:39 2018 Subject: [Athen] Book titles that are also hyperlinks Message-ID: In their syllabi, many of our faculty members want to turn their textbook titles into hyperlinks - to websites such as Amazon, where the students can buy the book. We use MS Word documents for our syllabi. What's the best way of making these book-title/hyperlinks accessible? My best guess is to use MS Word's Book Title style, and then make the text of the book title into a hyperlink. For example, Disability Studies: An Interdisciplinary Introduction Would a screen reader identify that as both a book title and a hyperlink? Is there a better way to do it? 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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 On Behalf Of Christine Robinson Sent: Wednesday, December 12, 2018 12:40 PM To: Access Technology Higher Education Network Subject: [Athen] Book titles that are also hyperlinks In their syllabi, many of our faculty members want to turn their textbook titles into hyperlinks - to websites such as Amazon, where the students can buy the book. We use MS Word documents for our syllabi. What's the best way of making these book-title/hyperlinks accessible? My best guess is to use MS Word's Book Title style, and then make the text of the book title into a hyperlink. For example, Disability Studies: An Interdisciplinary Introduction Would a screen reader identify that as both a book title and a hyperlink? Is there a better way to do it? Thanks, Chris Christine Robinson | Technical Trainer/Writer | Center for Teaching Excellence Georgia Gwinnett College | 1000 University Center Lane| Lawrenceville, GA 30043 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From samanj at pdx.edu Wed Dec 12 11:07:59 2018 From: samanj at pdx.edu (Samantha Johns) Date: Wed Dec 12 11:08:18 2018 Subject: [Athen] Book titles that are also hyperlinks In-Reply-To: <34D068EC55A9914494617A37B8D8FA8401424FC975@EROS3.EMPLOYEES.KCKCC.LOCAL> References: <34D068EC55A9914494617A37B8D8FA8401424FC975@EROS3.EMPLOYEES.KCKCC.LOCAL> Message-ID: Hello, I would suggest only hyperlinking to the a descriptive link of the title of the book, as you like APA etc. and for print purposes include the hyperlink text but do not make it clickable. See example: Fundamentals of Financial Accounting W/ Connect Plus, Phillips, Libby & Libby, 5th edition ISBN: 9781259721908, https://www.amazon.com/Fundamentals-Financial-Accounting-Associate-Professor/dp/0078025915 Warm Regards, *Samantha Johns, M.S.* (Pronouns: she, her, hers) *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 Wed, Dec 12, 2018 at 10:54 AM Robert Beach wrote: > I would simply select the text of the title and make it a link. I don?t > see any reason for marking it with a title style. > > > > > > 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 *On > Behalf Of *Christine Robinson > *Sent:* Wednesday, December 12, 2018 12:40 PM > *To:* Access Technology Higher Education Network < > athen-list@u.washington.edu> > *Subject:* [Athen] Book titles that are also hyperlinks > > > > In their syllabi, many of our faculty members want to turn their textbook > titles into hyperlinks - to websites such as Amazon, where the students can > buy the book. > > > > We use MS Word documents for our syllabi. What?s the best way of making > these book-title/hyperlinks accessible? > > > > My best guess is to use MS Word?s Book Title style, and then make the text > of the book title into a hyperlink. > > For example, Disability Studies: An Interdisciplinary Introduction > > > Would a screen reader identify that as both a book title and a hyperlink? > > Is there a better way to do it? > > > > Thanks, > > Chris > > > > *Christine Robinson* | Technical Trainer/Writer | Center for Teaching > Excellence > > *Georgia Gwinnett College* | 1000 University Center Lane| Lawrenceville, > GA 30043 > > > _______________________________________________ > athen-list mailing list > athen-list@mailman12.u.washington.edu > http://mailman12.u.washington.edu/mailman/listinfo/athen-list > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From samanj at pdx.edu Wed Dec 12 11:09:18 2018 From: samanj at pdx.edu (Samantha Johns) Date: Wed Dec 12 11:09:45 2018 Subject: [Athen] Book titles that are also hyperlinks In-Reply-To: References: <34D068EC55A9914494617A37B8D8FA8401424FC975@EROS3.EMPLOYEES.KCKCC.LOCAL> Message-ID: Looks like Google made that automatically clickable but in MS Word it will not. Fundamentals of Financial Accounting W/ Connect Plus, Phillips, Libby & Libby, 5th edition ISBN: 9781259721908, https://www.amazon.com/Fundamentals-Financial-Accounting-Associate-Professor/dp/0078025915 Warm Regards, *Samantha Johns, M.S.* (Pronouns: she, her, hers) *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 Wed, Dec 12, 2018 at 11:07 AM Samantha Johns wrote: > Hello, > > I would suggest only hyperlinking to the a descriptive link of the title > of the book, as you like APA etc. > and for print purposes include the hyperlink text but do not make it > clickable. > > See example: > > Fundamentals of Financial Accounting W/ Connect Plus, Phillips, Libby & > Libby, 5th edition > > > > ISBN: 9781259721908, > https://www.amazon.com/Fundamentals-Financial-Accounting-Associate-Professor/dp/0078025915 > > > > Warm Regards, > > > > *Samantha Johns, M.S.* > > (Pronouns: she, her, hers) > > *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 Wed, Dec 12, 2018 at 10:54 AM Robert Beach wrote: > >> I would simply select the text of the title and make it a link. I don?t >> see any reason for marking it with a title style. >> >> >> >> >> >> 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 *On >> Behalf Of *Christine Robinson >> *Sent:* Wednesday, December 12, 2018 12:40 PM >> *To:* Access Technology Higher Education Network < >> athen-list@u.washington.edu> >> *Subject:* [Athen] Book titles that are also hyperlinks >> >> >> >> In their syllabi, many of our faculty members want to turn their textbook >> titles into hyperlinks - to websites such as Amazon, where the students can >> buy the book. >> >> >> >> We use MS Word documents for our syllabi. What?s the best way of making >> these book-title/hyperlinks accessible? >> >> >> >> My best guess is to use MS Word?s Book Title style, and then make the >> text of the book title into a hyperlink. >> >> For example, Disability Studies: An Interdisciplinary Introduction >> >> >> Would a screen reader identify that as both a book title and a hyperlink? >> >> Is there a better way to do it? >> >> >> >> Thanks, >> >> Chris >> >> >> >> *Christine Robinson* | Technical Trainer/Writer | Center for Teaching >> Excellence >> >> *Georgia Gwinnett College* | 1000 University Center Lane| Lawrenceville, >> GA 30043 >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> athen-list mailing list >> athen-list@mailman12.u.washington.edu >> http://mailman12.u.washington.edu/mailman/listinfo/athen-list >> > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From crobinson at ggc.edu Wed Dec 12 11:29:59 2018 From: crobinson at ggc.edu (Christine Robinson) Date: Wed Dec 12 11:30:27 2018 Subject: [Athen] Book titles that are also hyperlinks In-Reply-To: References: <34D068EC55A9914494617A37B8D8FA8401424FC975@EROS3.EMPLOYEES.KCKCC.LOCAL> Message-ID: As to MS Word turning URLs into hyperlinks: I think by default, MS Word does automatically turn URLs into hyperlinks, although you can change that in your settings. Also, once it has turned something into a hyperlink, you can right-click to remove the hyperlink. Christine Robinson | Technical Trainer/Writer | Center for Teaching Excellence Georgia Gwinnett College | 1000 University Center Lane| Lawrenceville, GA 30043 From: athen-list [mailto:athen-list-bounces@mailman12.u.washington.edu] On Behalf Of Samantha Johns Sent: Wednesday, December 12, 2018 2:09 PM To: Access Technology Higher Education Network Subject: Re: [Athen] Book titles that are also hyperlinks Looks like Google made that automatically clickable but in MS Word it will not. Fundamentals of Financial Accounting W/ Connect Plus, Phillips, Libby & Libby, 5th edition ISBN: 9781259721908, https://www.amazon.com/Fundamentals-Financial-Accounting-Associate-Professor/dp/0078025915 Warm Regards, Samantha Johns, M.S. (Pronouns: she, her, hers) 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 [https://docs.google.com/uc?export=download&id=0B5rT_cYNvyAzYWxVdDFKSGxKZDg&revid=0B5rT_cYNvyAzak42WDBqQ0lTMlFBTHJLSmpvakJteVBmMHNVPQ] 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 Wed, Dec 12, 2018 at 11:07 AM Samantha Johns > wrote: Hello, I would suggest only hyperlinking to the a descriptive link of the title of the book, as you like APA etc. and for print purposes include the hyperlink text but do not make it clickable. See example: Fundamentals of Financial Accounting W/ Connect Plus, Phillips, Libby & Libby, 5th edition ISBN: 9781259721908, https://www.amazon.com/Fundamentals-Financial-Accounting-Associate-Professor/dp/0078025915 Warm Regards, Samantha Johns, M.S. (Pronouns: she, her, hers) 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 [https://docs.google.com/uc?export=download&id=0B5rT_cYNvyAzYWxVdDFKSGxKZDg&revid=0B5rT_cYNvyAzak42WDBqQ0lTMlFBTHJLSmpvakJteVBmMHNVPQ] 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 Wed, Dec 12, 2018 at 10:54 AM Robert Beach > wrote: I would simply select the text of the title and make it a link. I don?t see any reason for marking it with a title style. 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 > On Behalf Of Christine Robinson Sent: Wednesday, December 12, 2018 12:40 PM To: Access Technology Higher Education Network > Subject: [Athen] Book titles that are also hyperlinks In their syllabi, many of our faculty members want to turn their textbook titles into hyperlinks - to websites such as Amazon, where the students can buy the book. We use MS Word documents for our syllabi. What?s the best way of making these book-title/hyperlinks accessible? My best guess is to use MS Word?s Book Title style, and then make the text of the book title into a hyperlink. For example, Disability Studies: An Interdisciplinary Introduction Would a screen reader identify that as both a book title and a hyperlink? Is there a better way to do it? Thanks, Chris Christine Robinson | Technical Trainer/Writer | Center for Teaching Excellence Georgia Gwinnett College | 1000 University Center Lane| Lawrenceville, GA 30043 _______________________________________________ athen-list mailing list athen-list@mailman12.u.washington.edu http://mailman12.u.washington.edu/mailman/listinfo/athen-list -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From am2621 at hunter.cuny.edu Wed Dec 12 12:49:52 2018 From: am2621 at hunter.cuny.edu (Adina Mulliken) Date: Wed Dec 12 12:52:04 2018 Subject: [Athen] athen-list Digest, Vol 155, Issue 6 In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <53C9E4531F8C3242952C26904E099603021FA27691@h-mem1> I agree with Robert Beach that I thought there was no need to use a style because when I had tried reading MS Word styles with Jaws a few years ago, the only styles that Jaws read by default were the headings. I was able to change my settings in Jaws to make it ready all the styles, but many of the blind students I meet are not very advanced screen reader users. There are people on the list much more experienced than me and I appreciate anyone's information if this isn't correct, but it seems very unlikely to me that many screen reader users would change those settings. On a related note that doesn't exactly address your question, a librarian who has more technical accessibility expertise than me had advice that I liked regarding accessibility and citation style. Since some citation styles such as APA require you to list the url, but accessibility guidelines advise meaningful link text, she suggested making the title the link, as you planned to do, and also including the url. However that was for a bibliography, where there's an argument that having the url text preserved over time is important. For a syllabus, I think it would be better to leave out the url text so it isn't extra clutter for everyone, especially blind users, because if the url is broken the professor is going to need to figure out what to do about that anyway; you don't have to preserve the url text for the potential that the document was printed and someone needs the url for historical record. I'm bringing this up as a consideration if any sticklers for citation style think the syllabus should have to follow citation style, which it does not sound like you've run into. (I'm always interested in citation style and accessibility, if anyone has other thoughts or points of view about that.) Adina Mulliken Assistant Professor, Librarian Social Work and Public Health Library Hunter College, CUNY Phone: 212-396-7665 Pronouns: she, her -----Original Message----- From: athen-list [mailto:athen-list-bounces@mailman12.u.washington.edu] On Behalf Of athen-list-request@mailman12.u.washington.edu Sent: Wednesday, December 12, 2018 3:01 PM To: athen-list@u.washington.edu Subject: athen-list Digest, Vol 155, Issue 6 Send athen-list mailing list submissions to athen-list@u.washington.edu To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit http://mailman12.u.washington.edu/mailman/listinfo/athen-list or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to athen-list-request@mailman12.u.washington.edu You can reach the person managing the list at athen-list-owner@mailman12.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. Book titles that are also hyperlinks (Christine Robinson) 2. Re: Book titles that are also hyperlinks (Robert Beach) 3. Re: Book titles that are also hyperlinks (Samantha Johns) 4. Re: Book titles that are also hyperlinks (Samantha Johns) 5. Re: Book titles that are also hyperlinks (Christine Robinson) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Message: 1 Date: Wed, 12 Dec 2018 18:40:21 +0000 From: Christine Robinson To: Access Technology Higher Education Network Subject: [Athen] Book titles that are also hyperlinks Message-ID: Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" In their syllabi, many of our faculty members want to turn their textbook titles into hyperlinks - to websites such as Amazon, where the students can buy the book. We use MS Word documents for our syllabi. What's the best way of making these book-title/hyperlinks accessible? My best guess is to use MS Word's Book Title style, and then make the text of the book title into a hyperlink. For example, Disability Studies: An Interdisciplinary Introduction Would a screen reader identify that as both a book title and a hyperlink? Is there a better way to do it? Thanks, Chris Christine Robinson | Technical Trainer/Writer | Center for Teaching Excellence Georgia Gwinnett College | 1000 University Center Lane| Lawrenceville, GA 30043 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: ------------------------------ Message: 2 Date: Wed, 12 Dec 2018 18:50:05 +0000 From: Robert Beach To: Access Technology Higher Education Network Subject: Re: [Athen] Book titles that are also hyperlinks Message-ID: <34D068EC55A9914494617A37B8D8FA8401424FC975@EROS3.EMPLOYEES.KCKCC.LOCAL> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" I would simply select the text of the title and make it a link. I don't see any reason for marking it with a title style. 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 On Behalf Of Christine Robinson Sent: Wednesday, December 12, 2018 12:40 PM To: Access Technology Higher Education Network Subject: [Athen] Book titles that are also hyperlinks In their syllabi, many of our faculty members want to turn their textbook titles into hyperlinks - to websites such as Amazon, where the students can buy the book. We use MS Word documents for our syllabi. What's the best way of making these book-title/hyperlinks accessible? My best guess is to use MS Word's Book Title style, and then make the text of the book title into a hyperlink. For example, Disability Studies: An Interdisciplinary Introduction Would a screen reader identify that as both a book title and a hyperlink? Is there a better way to do it? 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See example: Fundamentals of Financial Accounting W/ Connect Plus, Phillips, Libby & Libby, 5th edition ISBN: 9781259721908, https://www.amazon.com/Fundamentals-Financial-Accounting-Associate-Professor/dp/0078025915 Warm Regards, *Samantha Johns, M.S.* (Pronouns: she, her, hers) *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 Wed, Dec 12, 2018 at 10:54 AM Robert Beach wrote: > I would simply select the text of the title and make it a link. I don?t > see any reason for marking it with a title style. > > > > > > 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 *On > Behalf Of *Christine Robinson > *Sent:* Wednesday, December 12, 2018 12:40 PM > *To:* Access Technology Higher Education Network < > athen-list@u.washington.edu> > *Subject:* [Athen] Book titles that are also hyperlinks > > > > In their syllabi, many of our faculty members want to turn their textbook > titles into hyperlinks - to websites such as Amazon, where the students can > buy the book. > > > > We use MS Word documents for our syllabi. What?s the best way of making > these book-title/hyperlinks accessible? > > > > My best guess is to use MS Word?s Book Title style, and then make the text > of the book title into a hyperlink. > > For example, Disability Studies: An Interdisciplinary Introduction > > > Would a screen reader identify that as both a book title and a hyperlink? > > Is there a better way to do it? > > > > Thanks, > > Chris > > > > *Christine Robinson* | Technical Trainer/Writer | Center for Teaching > Excellence > > *Georgia Gwinnett College* | 1000 University Center Lane| Lawrenceville, > GA 30043 > > > _______________________________________________ > athen-list mailing list > athen-list@mailman12.u.washington.edu > http://mailman12.u.washington.edu/mailman/listinfo/athen-list > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: ------------------------------ Message: 4 Date: Wed, 12 Dec 2018 11:09:18 -0800 From: Samantha Johns To: Access Technology Higher Education Network Subject: Re: [Athen] Book titles that are also hyperlinks Message-ID: Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" Looks like Google made that automatically clickable but in MS Word it will not. Fundamentals of Financial Accounting W/ Connect Plus, Phillips, Libby & Libby, 5th edition ISBN: 9781259721908, https://www.amazon.com/Fundamentals-Financial-Accounting-Associate-Professor/dp/0078025915 Warm Regards, *Samantha Johns, M.S.* (Pronouns: she, her, hers) *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 Wed, Dec 12, 2018 at 11:07 AM Samantha Johns wrote: > Hello, > > I would suggest only hyperlinking to the a descriptive link of the title > of the book, as you like APA etc. > and for print purposes include the hyperlink text but do not make it > clickable. > > See example: > > Fundamentals of Financial Accounting W/ Connect Plus, Phillips, Libby & > Libby, 5th edition > > > > ISBN: 9781259721908, > https://www.amazon.com/Fundamentals-Financial-Accounting-Associate-Professor/dp/0078025915 > > > > Warm Regards, > > > > *Samantha Johns, M.S.* > > (Pronouns: she, her, hers) > > *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 Wed, Dec 12, 2018 at 10:54 AM Robert Beach wrote: > >> I would simply select the text of the title and make it a link. I don?t >> see any reason for marking it with a title style. >> >> >> >> >> >> 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 *On >> Behalf Of *Christine Robinson >> *Sent:* Wednesday, December 12, 2018 12:40 PM >> *To:* Access Technology Higher Education Network < >> athen-list@u.washington.edu> >> *Subject:* [Athen] Book titles that are also hyperlinks >> >> >> >> In their syllabi, many of our faculty members want to turn their textbook >> titles into hyperlinks - to websites such as Amazon, where the students can >> buy the book. >> >> >> >> We use MS Word documents for our syllabi. What?s the best way of making >> these book-title/hyperlinks accessible? >> >> >> >> My best guess is to use MS Word?s Book Title style, and then make the >> text of the book title into a hyperlink. >> >> For example, Disability Studies: An Interdisciplinary Introduction >> >> >> Would a screen reader identify that as both a book title and a hyperlink? >> >> Is there a better way to do it? >> >> >> >> Thanks, >> >> Chris >> >> >> >> *Christine Robinson* | Technical Trainer/Writer | Center for Teaching >> Excellence >> >> *Georgia Gwinnett College* | 1000 University Center Lane| Lawrenceville, >> GA 30043 >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> athen-list mailing list >> athen-list@mailman12.u.washington.edu >> http://mailman12.u.washington.edu/mailman/listinfo/athen-list >> > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: ------------------------------ Message: 5 Date: Wed, 12 Dec 2018 19:29:59 +0000 From: Christine Robinson To: Access Technology Higher Education Network Subject: Re: [Athen] Book titles that are also hyperlinks Message-ID: Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" As to MS Word turning URLs into hyperlinks: I think by default, MS Word does automatically turn URLs into hyperlinks, although you can change that in your settings. Also, once it has turned something into a hyperlink, you can right-click to remove the hyperlink. Christine Robinson | Technical Trainer/Writer | Center for Teaching Excellence Georgia Gwinnett College | 1000 University Center Lane| Lawrenceville, GA 30043 From: athen-list [mailto:athen-list-bounces@mailman12.u.washington.edu] On Behalf Of Samantha Johns Sent: Wednesday, December 12, 2018 2:09 PM To: Access Technology Higher Education Network Subject: Re: [Athen] Book titles that are also hyperlinks Looks like Google made that automatically clickable but in MS Word it will not. Fundamentals of Financial Accounting W/ Connect Plus, Phillips, Libby & Libby, 5th edition ISBN: 9781259721908, https://www.amazon.com/Fundamentals-Financial-Accounting-Associate-Professor/dp/0078025915 Warm Regards, Samantha Johns, M.S. (Pronouns: she, her, hers) 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 [https://docs.google.com/uc?export=download&id=0B5rT_cYNvyAzYWxVdDFKSGxKZDg&revid=0B5rT_cYNvyAzak42WDBqQ0lTMlFBTHJLSmpvakJteVBmMHNVPQ] 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 Wed, Dec 12, 2018 at 11:07 AM Samantha Johns > wrote: Hello, I would suggest only hyperlinking to the a descriptive link of the title of the book, as you like APA etc. and for print purposes include the hyperlink text but do not make it clickable. See example: Fundamentals of Financial Accounting W/ Connect Plus, Phillips, Libby & Libby, 5th edition ISBN: 9781259721908, https://www.amazon.com/Fundamentals-Financial-Accounting-Associate-Professor/dp/0078025915 Warm Regards, Samantha Johns, M.S. (Pronouns: she, her, hers) 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 [https://docs.google.com/uc?export=download&id=0B5rT_cYNvyAzYWxVdDFKSGxKZDg&revid=0B5rT_cYNvyAzak42WDBqQ0lTMlFBTHJLSmpvakJteVBmMHNVPQ] 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 Wed, Dec 12, 2018 at 10:54 AM Robert Beach > wrote: I would simply select the text of the title and make it a link. I don?t see any reason for marking it with a title style. 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 > On Behalf Of Christine Robinson Sent: Wednesday, December 12, 2018 12:40 PM To: Access Technology Higher Education Network > Subject: [Athen] Book titles that are also hyperlinks In their syllabi, many of our faculty members want to turn their textbook titles into hyperlinks - to websites such as Amazon, where the students can buy the book. We use MS Word documents for our syllabi. What?s the best way of making these book-title/hyperlinks accessible? My best guess is to use MS Word?s Book Title style, and then make the text of the book title into a hyperlink. For example, Disability Studies: An Interdisciplinary Introduction Would a screen reader identify that as both a book title and a hyperlink? Is there a better way to do it? Thanks, Chris Christine Robinson | Technical Trainer/Writer | Center for Teaching Excellence Georgia Gwinnett College | 1000 University Center Lane| Lawrenceville, GA 30043 _______________________________________________ athen-list mailing list athen-list@mailman12.u.washington.edu http://mailman12.u.washington.edu/mailman/listinfo/athen-list -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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There are a myriad of applications installed in computer labs for students to use in different discipline and checking them all would be extremely time consuming for a group with limited resources and time. I understand all applications should be made accessible, but there are some that might not provide full access for testing unless it is purchased. If anyone has any thoughts or input on this I would appreciate it. Thank you, Khoa -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From info at karlencommunications.com Fri Dec 14 05:46:27 2018 From: info at karlencommunications.com (Karlen Communications) Date: Fri Dec 14 05:46:46 2018 Subject: [Athen] Office 365/Office 2016 Insider - Keep Accessibility Checker running in background Message-ID: <001201d493b3$6993a5e0$3cbaf1a0$@karlencommunications.com> The Office Insider twitter ID tweeted this yesterday. I signed up for the Office Insider program. The setting is turned on by default through the Word Options, Ease of Access category or through the Review Ribbon. If you are on the Office Insider program, it will be the first setting under Ease of Access. When you want to view the Accessibility Checker Pane, you can either access it from the Status Bar, the Review Ribbon or the Info tab under the File/Backstage area. Close it as usual by clicking the X or by pressing Ctrl + Spacebar, followed by C once the Accessibility Checker Pane has focus. It still runs in the background and can be seen on the Status Bar. Cheers, Karen -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From Steven.Sullam at csi.cuny.edu Fri Dec 14 11:14:20 2018 From: Steven.Sullam at csi.cuny.edu (Steven Sullam) Date: Fri Dec 14 11:14:47 2018 Subject: [Athen] Livescribe Ink Refills In-Reply-To: References: <62ee8a3c8243482580c38841835dc61e@CSI-EX01.FLAS.CSI.CUNY.EDU> Message-ID: <9603879350084a13b7e58caeb23cb2df@CSI-EX02.FLAS.CSI.CUNY.EDU> Christine, Thanks so much for your response. I really appreciate it. Steve Sullam From: athen-list [mailto:athen-list-bounces@mailman12.u.washington.edu] On Behalf Of Christine Robinson Sent: Monday, December 10, 2018 12:39 PM To: Access Technology Higher Education Network Subject: Re: [Athen] Livescribe Ink Refills Steve, I've used Livescribe pens for several years. I buy generic refills and they have done fine for me. I order mine from Amazon; I just look for refills that say they can be used with those pens. Christine Robinson | Technical Trainer/Writer | Center for Teaching Excellence Georgia Gwinnett College | 1000 University Center Lane| Lawrenceville, GA 30043 From: athen-list [mailto:athen-list-bounces@mailman12.u.washington.edu] On Behalf Of Steven Sullam Sent: Monday, December 10, 2018 12:23 PM To: 'Access Technology Higher Education Network' > Subject: [Athen] Livescribe Ink Refills What do people use for Livescribe Pen Ink Refills, Livescribe original or generic? The generic are about half the price of the originals Thanks, Steve Sullam College of Staten Island -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From hunziker at email.arizona.edu Wed Dec 19 10:03:01 2018 From: hunziker at email.arizona.edu (Hunziker, Dawn A - (hunziker)) Date: Wed Dec 19 10:04:02 2018 Subject: [Athen] Reminder - Special Election: ATHEN Call for Nominations closes today! In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: Hello ATHEN members, We are requesting your nominations for the following ATHEN Executive positions: - Vice President (1 year term, filling a vacancy due to resignation) - Secretary (2 year term) For a general overview of the job responsibilities, please see the following web page under the heading "ARTICLE V--EXECUTIVE OFFICERS": http://athenpro.org/node/3 You are welcome to nominate yourself for these positions. If you are nominating another individual, it is highly recommended that you check with that person as to their availability. These positions are members of the ATHEN Executive Council and require some participation. Please submit all nominations via email to the ATHEN President, Dawn Hunziker, at: election@athenpro.org Nominations will close on Wednesday, December 19 at 5PM (Pacific). Voting will become available in early 2019. Thank you for your time. Dawn Hunziker ATHEN President ~~ Dawn Hunziker IT Accessibility Consultant, Sr. |Disability Resources The University of Arizona | hunziker@email.arizona.edu drc.arizona.edu | itaccessibility.arizona.edu 520-626-9409 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From lissner.2 at osu.edu Fri Dec 28 20:49:57 2018 From: lissner.2 at osu.edu (Lissner, Scott) Date: Sun Dec 30 08:49:34 2018 Subject: [Athen] Fwd: Airline Fined $200, 000 for Separate-But-Equal Approach to Web Accessibility In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: Neither Justice nor Education have established a regulatory standard for web sites; Transportation did in 2016 (14 CFR Part 382). While this is not a higher education case it is informative. Transportation is the only agency I know of that has established a regulatory standard (WCAG 2.0 AA) that applies not to agency websites but those under its jurisdiction. Additionally the standard matches the one most often used by the Courts, The EEOC, Education and Justice. Transportation made it clear that a separate website to address accessibility is not compliant fining reject Scandinavian Airlines System?s arguments for this approach and levying a $200,000 fine concluding an investigation that began in February of 2017. Transportation stated in the consent decree with Scandinavian Airline System ?It is a well-established principle of disability non-discrimination law that separate or different aids, benefits or services can only be provided to individuals with disabilities when necessary to provide aids, benefits or service that are as effective as those provided to others.? In the preamble to its rule Transportation asserts that creating a separate website for accessibility perpetuates the problem of unequal access as carriers will likely allot fewer resources than needed over time to properly maintain the second site. 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