[Athen] athen-list Digest, Vol 149, Issue 12

Corrine Schoeb kschoeb1 at swarthmore.edu
Mon Jun 18 13:37:51 PDT 2018


Re: alt text

Benetech is service have heard good things about in the image description
area -
http://diagramcenter.org/making-images-accessible.html

Also Office 365 is using crowd sourcing to describe images in Word




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> 1. Re: Alt Text guidelines for distance education classes

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> 3. Two Technologist Positions at the Community College

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> Message: 1

> Date: Thu, 14 Jun 2018 18:03:50 -0400

> From: Karl Groves <karlgroves at gmail.com>

> To: Access Technology Higher Education Network

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> Subject: Re: [Athen] Alt Text guidelines for distance education

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> This document should be considered the ultimate manifesto in image

> alternatives:

> http://w3c.github.io/alt-techniques/

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> On Mon, Jun 4, 2018 at 4:49 PM, Norwich, Lorraine S <lnorwich at bu.edu>

> wrote:

> > Dear All,

> >

> >

> >

> > I hope the Summer session are going well.

> >

> >

> >

> > We are working closely with Distance Education and are looking for

> different

> > resources on how to write up the the alternative text for the courses.

> This

> > would also include grouping and or categorizing the different subject

> areas

> > that we are working with. I know we have not clear cut guidelines but If

> > anyone has any ideas, sites or thoughts that they can share or could chat

> > with me I would really appreciate it.

> >

> >

> >

> > Thanks for your help

> >

> >

> >

> > Lorraine

> >

> >

> >

> >

> >

> > Lorraine S. Norwich, BSME, MSIS

> >

> > Assistant Director of Disability Services

> >

> > Boston University

> >

> > 19 Deerfield Street, 2nd Floor

> >

> > Boston, MA 02215

> >

> > lnorwich at bu.edu (email)

> >

> > 617-353-3658 (vox)

> >

> > 617-353-9646 (fax)

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> > www.bu.edu/disability (website)

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> Karl Groves

> www.karlgroves.com

> @karlgroves

> http://www.linkedin.com/in/karlgroves

> Phone: +1 410.541.6829

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> www.tenon.io

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> Message: 2

> Date: Thu, 14 Jun 2018 18:03:50 -0400

> From: Karl Groves <karlgroves at gmail.com>

> To: Access Technology Higher Education Network

> <athen-list at u.washington.edu>

> Cc: "athen-list at mailman1.u.washington.edu"

> <athen-list at mailman11.u.washington.edu>

> Subject: Re: [Athen] Alt Text guidelines for distance education

> classes

> Message-ID:

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> CABScKPDr_zJ-VrrLYWcFvwY1YYa7pbZFUTzMbLhiYSrs_NjT1g at mail.gmail.com>

> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8"

>

> This document should be considered the ultimate manifesto in image

> alternatives:

> http://w3c.github.io/alt-techniques/

>

>

>

> On Mon, Jun 4, 2018 at 4:49 PM, Norwich, Lorraine S <lnorwich at bu.edu>

> wrote:

> > Dear All,

> >

> >

> >

> > I hope the Summer session are going well.

> >

> >

> >

> > We are working closely with Distance Education and are looking for

> different

> > resources on how to write up the the alternative text for the courses.

> This

> > would also include grouping and or categorizing the different subject

> areas

> > that we are working with. I know we have not clear cut guidelines but If

> > anyone has any ideas, sites or thoughts that they can share or could chat

> > with me I would really appreciate it.

> >

> >

> >

> > Thanks for your help

> >

> >

> >

> > Lorraine

> >

> >

> >

> >

> >

> > Lorraine S. Norwich, BSME, MSIS

> >

> > Assistant Director of Disability Services

> >

> > Boston University

> >

> > 19 Deerfield Street, 2nd Floor

> >

> > Boston, MA 02215

> >

> > lnorwich at bu.edu (email)

> >

> > 617-353-3658 (vox)

> >

> > 617-353-9646 (fax)

> >

> > www.bu.edu/disability (website)

> >

> >

> >

> >

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> --

> Karl Groves

> www.karlgroves.com

> @karlgroves

> http://www.linkedin.com/in/karlgroves

> Phone: +1 410.541.6829

>

> www.tenon.io

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> Message: 3

> Date: Fri, 15 Jun 2018 17:46:36 +0000

> From: "Maxwell, Jennifer" <Jennifer.Maxwell at ccd.edu>

> To: "'athen-list at u.washington.edu'" <athen-list at u.washington.edu>

> Subject: [Athen] Two Technologist Positions at the Community College

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> Happy Friday All!

>

> I just wanted to share with everyone that we have two brand new

> Technologist positions in our Excel! Tutoring Centers. While AT and

> accessibility are not required experience, the new Director finds these

> skills highly important! She has asked me to share:

>

> Technology Coordinator:

>

> https://ccd-openhire.silkroad.com/epostings/index.cfm?fuseaction=app.jobinfo&jobid=452&source=ONLINE&JobOwner=992334&company_id=17019&version=1&byBusinessUnit=NULL&bycountry=0&bystate=0&byRegion=NULL&bylocation=NULL&keywords=&byCat=&proximityCountry=&postalCode=&radiusDistance=&isKilometers=&tosearch=yes&city=

>

> Assistant Technologist:

>

> https://ccd-openhire.silkroad.com/epostings/index.cfm?fuseaction=app.jobinfo&jobid=453&source=ONLINE&JobOwner=992334&company_id=17019&version=1&byBusinessUnit=NULL&bycountry=0&bystate=0&byRegion=NULL&bylocation=NULL&keywords=&byCat=&proximityCountry=&postalCode=&radiusDistance=&isKilometers=&tosearch=yes&city=

>

> Please apply, or feel free to share with others!

>

> Regards,

>

> Jennifer Maxwell

> Digital Accessibility Coordinator

> Teaching-Learning Center & Online Learning

> Cherry Creek - Room 224H

> Community College of Denver

> Phone: 303-352-3002

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