<div dir="ltr"><div>I think it's safe to say a majority of sessions have been cancelled at this point. Sadly, Sheryl, Hadi, Tami, and I from the University of Washington have joined those who won't be attending, so between us that's 6 more sessions cancelled.</div><div><br></div><div>There's talk of organizing a virtual conference for a later date with many of the same presentations, independently of CSUN, and presumably free for all. And Deque for one is offering all of their sessions virtually: <br></div><div><a href="https://www.deque.com/blog/deque-to-shift-its-csun-2020-presence-to-virtual/">https://www.deque.com/blog/deque-to-shift-its-csun-2020-presence-to-virtual/</a></div><div><br></div><div>I think there are other major vendors doing the same thing. <br></div><br><div>Terrill <br> </div><div><div><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><br>--- <br>Terrill Thompson<br>Manager, IT Accessibility Team <br>UW-IT Accessible Technology Services<br>University of Washington<br><a href="mailto:tft@uw.edu" target="_blank">tft@uw.edu</a></div></div></div></div><br></div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Wed, Mar 4, 2020 at 3:13 PM Doug Hayman <<a href="mailto:dhayman@uw.edu">dhayman@uw.edu</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr">A rough audio-description would read aloud, "A chart appears on a page. On the right-hand side of each row on page one is a red X indicating that the session has been cancelled."<div><br></div><div>Each of those red X marks are images with no alt tag. Access fail.</div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Wed, Mar 4, 2020 at 3:04 PM Lucy GRECO <<a href="mailto:lgreco@berkeley.edu" target="_blank">lgreco@berkeley.edu</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr">i have to say reading that list of what has been cansaled fails my accessibility review there is no quick way to review with a screen reader they forgot blind people need that information to. i reely did not need to here all the dam numbers before every event and they could have made it a more navakable format just another reason i am starting to wonder if this conference is still viable <br clear="all"><div><div><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr">Lucia Greco<br>Web Accessibility Evangelist <br>IST - Architecture, Platforms, and Integration<br>University of California, Berkeley<br>(510) 289-6008 skype: lucia1-greco<br><a href="http://webaccess.berkeley.edu" target="_blank">http://webaccess.berkeley.edu</a><br>Follow me on twitter @accessaces<br><br></div></div></div></div></div><br></div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Wed, Mar 4, 2020 at 2:20 PM Karen Latimer <<a href="mailto:klatimer@udel.edu" target="_blank">klatimer@udel.edu</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif;font-size:large">actually did find a list of the cancelled sessions on the website--here's the link: <a href="https://www.csun.edu/cod/conference/sessions/index.php/public/addendums" style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small" target="_blank">https://www.csun.edu/cod/conference/sessions/index.php/public/addendums</a></div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Wed, Mar 4, 2020 at 3:23 PM Million, Carrie <<a href="mailto:CMillion@dvc.edu" target="_blank">CMillion@dvc.edu</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">Howard, <br>
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I am signed up to attend, but was unaware of the cancellation of exhibitors. Are sessions being cancelled too? <br>
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Have any of you looked at or worked with Blackboard Ultra and tested the accessibility. Any feedback or information you can share would be great.<br>
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I see quite a number of companies - Deque, Microsoft, Verizon, Pearson, Amazon, Adobe, CapitolOne - have pulled out of attending CSUN because of Coronavirus. And the latest cancellation is Teach Access.<br>
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A WAI working group meeting I was scheduled to attend has also been cancelled.<br>
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Just gauging other folks thoughts on this as I contemplate whether to change my plans.<br>
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