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--></style></head><body lang="EN-US" link="#0563C1" vlink="#954F72"><div class="WordSection1"><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1f497d">HI Peter,</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1f497d">Thank you for the information. </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1f497d"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1f497d">Hypothetically speaking, when you are finished with the re-evaluation and continue to see very serious accessibility errors, will you renew with an Accommodation-based Exception again? We did a very cursory review last year – the timing was rushed among other things. We included language in the contract last year that has largely been ignored and meaningful progress toward fixing the few errors we did discover in our hurried-testing has not been made. </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1f497d"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1f497d">I’m at a loss as to how long we really *<b>want to</b>* and *<b>should</b>* work with this company…</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1f497d"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1f497d">My university wants to get into a 3-year contract with them, but after being ignored last year and finding numerous other accessibility errors in our more thorough testing this year, I’m recommending a one-year contract only. </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1f497d"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1f497d">I get the feeling from the requesting department that Handshake the only viable game in town, but I really do not know. </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1f497d"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1f497d">Thanks again!</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1f497d">Cassandra </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1f497d"> </span></p><div><div style="border:none;border-top:solid #e1e1e1 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in"><p class="MsoNormal"><b>From:</b> Bossley, Peter A. [mailto:<a href="mailto:bossley.5@osu.edu">bossley.5@osu.edu</a>] <br><b>Sent:</b> Sunday, May 12, 2019 5:05 PM<br><b>To:</b> Access Technology Higher Education Network <<a href="mailto:athen-list@u.washington.edu">athen-list@u.washington.edu</a>><br><b>Cc:</b> Cassandra L Tex <<a href="mailto:cassandra.tex@humboldt.edu">cassandra.tex@humboldt.edu</a>><br><b>Subject:</b> RE: [Athen] Review of Handshake - Career Services Platform</p></div></div><p class="MsoNormal"> </p><p class="MsoNormal">Cassandra,</p><p class="MsoNormal">Ohio State reviewed it last year prior to it being implemented. We found much the same, it had a number of serious problems. Currently the tool operates under an <a href="https://accessibility.osu.edu/exceptions">Accommodation-based Exception</a> on our campus.</p><p class="MsoNormal">It is currently up for review again, my team isn’t quite finished with the evaluation yet but once it is finished I would be happy to share the results.</p><p class="MsoNormal">Our review from last spring is attached.</p><p class="MsoNormal">Best,</p><p class="MsoNormal"> </p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.5pt;background:white"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#333333"><img border="0" width="224" height="45" id="Picture_x0020_1" src="cid:image001.png@01D50962.C89F8480" alt="The Ohio State University"><br></span><b><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#bb0000;background:white">Peter Bossley</span></b><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#333333"><br>Director, Digital Accessibility Center<br></span><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#bb0000;background:white">ADA Coordinator's Office</span><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#333333"> - Office of University Compliance and Integrity<br>Student Life Disability Services<br>950 Lincoln Tower, 1800 Cannon Dr, Columbus, OH 43210<br>614-688-3028 Office<br><a href="mailto:bossley.5@osu.edu"><span style="color:blue;background:white">bossley.5@osu.edu</span></a> <a href="http://accessibility.osu.edu/"><span style="color:blue;background:white">accessibility.osu.edu</span></a> </span></p><div class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><hr size="2" width="100%" align="center"></span></div><p class="MsoNormal"> </p><p class="MsoNormal"> </p><p class="MsoNormal"> </p><div><div style="border:none;border-top:solid #e1e1e1 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in"><p class="MsoNormal"><b>From:</b> athen-list <<a href="mailto:athen-list-bounces@mailman12.u.washington.edu">athen-list-bounces@mailman12.u.washington.edu</a>> <b>On Behalf Of </b>Cassandra L Tex<br><b>Sent:</b> Friday, May 10, 2019 1:50 PM<br><b>To:</b> ATHEN Listserv <<a href="mailto:athen-list@u.washington.edu">athen-list@u.washington.edu</a>>; Alt Media CCC Listserv <<a href="mailto:ALTMEDIA@listserv.cccnext.net">ALTMEDIA@listserv.cccnext.net</a>><br><b>Subject:</b> [Athen] Review of Handshake - Career Services Platform</p></div></div><p class="MsoNormal"> </p><p class="MsoNormal">Greetings All,</p><p class="MsoNormal">Sorry for the cross posting…</p><p class="MsoNormal"> </p><p class="MsoNormal">Wondering if anyone has recently reviewed Handshake – a Career Services platform that is “the college career network helping all students build a meaningful career – no matter where they go to school or who they know”.</p><p class="MsoNormal"> </p><p class="MsoNormal">Their VPAT is old (May 2017) and vague at best with their descriptions. Explanations such as “strives to provide” and “works to ensure” compliance with WCAG 2.0 guidelines are rampant throughout this old and outdated VPAT. Our Accessibility Review group is conducting manual testing on a sampling of pages for their Students, Career Services, and Employers applications. We are finding some very serious and critical accessibility errors in our sampling.</p><p class="MsoNormal"> </p><p class="MsoNormal">I know Handshake is widely used across the country. Universities such as: Stanford, Colorado State, Princeton, UC Berkeley, Brown, and Johns Hopkins to name just a few are noted on Handshake’s website. My question….have any of your campuses reviewed Handshake prior to implementation? What were the results of your reviews? </p><p class="MsoNormal"> </p><p class="MsoNormal">Very interested in results if your campus has reviewed Handshake – particularly if the review has been done recently. </p><p class="MsoNormal"> </p><p class="MsoNormal">Thanks in advance!</p><p class="MsoNormal">Cassandra Tex</p><p class="MsoNormal">Assistive Technology Specialist</p><p class="MsoNormal">Humboldt State University</p><p class="MsoNormal"><a href="mailto:tex@humboldt.edu">tex@humboldt.edu</a></p></div></body></html>