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Hi Sean,<br>
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Sean Keegan wrote:
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size="2"><span class="893075917-24032008">> <font color="#000000"
face="Times New Roman" size="3">Actually, I'm scoping out the
development of an accessibility production </font></span></font></div>
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face="Times New Roman" size="3">> service for our campus, and was
wondering whether anyone has done that somewhere else.</font></span></font></div>
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<div dir="ltr" align="left"><font color="#0000ff" face="Arial"
size="2"><span class="893075917-24032008">I am not quite sure what you
are looking for when you specify an "accessibility production service",
but if you are looking for an example of such a service on a campus,
there is the Badger Accessibility Services at Univ. of
Wisconsin-Madison (<a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="http://www.bas.wisc.edu/">http://www.bas.wisc.edu/</a>). I
believe they do a lot of alternate media production, but may serve as
just one example (there are others, I just cannot think of them right
now).</span></font></div>
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By accessibility production service, I'm talking about a place (most
likely on campus) that faculty can "bring" their online course
materials, and a person/people will make those materials accessible
(e.g., add appropriate alt text, fix tables, caption media (or farm
that out), etc.) <br>
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Thanks for the reference to UW-Madison, I'll try to find someone to
talk to there.<br>
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<font color="#000000" face="Times New Roman" size="3">Our faculty are
generally not experienced web developers, and there is interest in </font></span></font></div>
<div dir="ltr" align="left"><font color="#0000ff" face="Arial"
size="2"><span class="893075917-24032008"><font color="#000000"
face="Times New Roman" size="3">> providing a service that will
work with their online course materials and either redesign </font></span></font></div>
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size="2"><span class="893075917-24032008"><font color="#000000"
face="Times New Roman" size="3">> or retrofit them to be accessible.</font></span></font></div>
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<div dir="ltr" align="left"><font color="#0000ff" face="Arial"
size="2"><span class="893075917-24032008">In some respects, it sounds
like you are looking at an entity to support faculty in the creation of
online materials (that are also accessible). Instructional designers
that also have training in aspects of accessibility/content usability
would be ideal as the designers could direct faculty during the content
creation process. Additionally, such designers would be versed in
using the various campus technologies in such a way that retrofitting
(where possible) would be a simple process.</span></font></div>
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<div dir="ltr" align="left"><font color="#0000ff" face="Arial"
size="2"><span class="893075917-24032008">If possible, I would put
this entity outside of a Disabled Student Services program. You could
certainly have dialogue between such program groups, but I would
suggest keeping them separate.</span></font></div>
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As it stands now, that's what I do in my current role. I work with
faculty to design and develop online course materials, and, of course,
make them accessible. Also, I teach workshops, answer questions in our
help desk queue, and do individual consultations. The problem is that
we do not have staff to provide a "drop-off" service, and I need some
justification for getting that staff and establishing that service.<br>
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size="2"><span class="893075917-24032008">take care,<br>
Sean</span></font></div>
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I appreciate your help in this endeavor.<br>
Thanks,<br>
Lisa<br>
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Lisa Marie Fiedor
Web Accessibility, Usability, & Design Specialist
DELTA Instructional Support Services
Campus Box 7111, NC State University, Raleigh NC 27695-7111
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