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<span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; margin: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" class="ContentPasted1">Dear ATHEN colleagues,</span>
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Washington state's 34 community and technical colleges use PeopleSoft applications across our college system, and we are advocating for accessibility improvements for our users. </div>
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<b class="ContentPasted1">Does your college also use PeopleSoft? If so, the State Board for Community and Technical Colleges (SBCTC) would like to hear from you!</b></div>
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Please take 5 minutes to complete this <a href="https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfUKGC9P1er55gPnRyfKznVyaYvVoaTx5g3lEhs4QqwDU4pHA/viewform" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" data-auth="NotApplicable" title="https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfUKGC9P1er55gPnRyfKznVyaYvVoaTx5g3lEhs4QqwDU4pHA/viewform" data-linkindex="6" style="margin: 0px; text-decoration: underline; color: blue;" id="OWA0066a2f9-0831-6558-8ce6-a6e54caad89d" class="OWAAutoLink ContentPasted1"><span style="font-size:14pt;margin:0px"><b>PeopleSoft
User Survey for Educause IT Accessibility Group</b></span></a>.</div>
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Below is additional information about the goal of the survey. Thank you for your valuable input.</div>
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~Monica</div>
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<h1 dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:24pt;margin-bottom:6pt"><span style="font-weight:700;font-size:18pt;font-family:Calibri, sans-serif;margin:0px;text-decoration:none" class="ContentPasted1">Oracle PeopleSoft User Survey for Educause IT Accessibility
User Group</span></h1>
<p dir="ltr" style="margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;line-height:1.38"><span style="font-weight:400;font-family:Calibri, sans-serif;margin:0px;text-decoration:none" class="ContentPasted1">August 2023</span></p>
<h2 dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:18pt;margin-bottom:4pt"><span style="font-weight:700;font-size:16pt;font-family:Calibri, sans-serif;margin:0px;text-decoration:none" class="ContentPasted1">Context</span></h2>
<p dir="ltr" style="margin-top:12pt;margin-bottom:12pt;line-height:1.38"><span style="font-weight:400;font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri, sans-serif;margin:0px;text-decoration:none" class="ContentPasted1">The State Board for Community and Technical Colleges
(SBCTC) is an agency that serves Washington state's 34 community and technical colleges. Over the last decade SBCTC has worked to facilitate the procurement and adoption of</span><a href="https://www.oracle.com/applications/peoplesoft/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" data-auth="NotApplicable" title="https://www.oracle.com/applications/peoplesoft/" data-linkindex="7" style="margin: 0px; text-decoration: underline; color: blue;" id="OWA0cc673ef-a6dc-274d-2c43-7aeaa31d5ce1" class="OWAAutoLink ContentPasted1"><span style="font-weight: 400; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0px; text-decoration: underline; color: rgb(17, 85, 204);"> PeopleSoft
software</span></a><span style="font-weight:400;font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri, sans-serif;margin:0px;text-decoration:none" class="ContentPasted1"> across our entire college system. PeopleSoft is developed by<span class="ContentPasted1"> </span></span><a href="https://www.oracle.com/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" data-auth="NotApplicable" title="https://www.oracle.com/" data-linkindex="8" style="margin: 0px; text-decoration: underline; color: blue;" id="OWA40dc3809-2f56-b078-391c-2d4f597b3871" class="OWAAutoLink ContentPasted1"><span style="font-weight: 400; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0px; text-decoration: underline; color: rgb(17, 85, 204);">Oracle</span></a><span style="font-weight:400;font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri, sans-serif;margin:0px;text-decoration:none" class="ContentPasted1"> and
is an electronic information and records system used by students, staff, and faculty to complete tasks such as class registration, academic advising, budget management and more. Here is information about<span class="ContentPasted1"> </span></span><a href="https://www.oracle.com/corporate/accessibility/policy.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" data-auth="NotApplicable" title="https://www.oracle.com/corporate/accessibility/policy.html" data-linkindex="9" style="margin: 0px; text-decoration: underline; color: blue;" id="OWA8539d646-baf5-e16f-1021-7ffdf26bf859" class="OWAAutoLink ContentPasted1"><span style="font-weight: 400; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0px; text-decoration: underline; color: rgb(17, 85, 204);">Oracle's
accessibility policies and standards.</span></a></p>
<p dir="ltr" style="margin-top:12pt;margin-bottom:12pt;line-height:1.38"><span style="font-weight:400;font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri, sans-serif;margin:0px;text-decoration:none" class="ContentPasted1">Furthermore, there are persistent technical and design
accessibility issues that impact the experience of disabled users in the PeopleSoft environment. Our agency performs internal functional testing, advocates for improvement during monthly meetings with Oracle, and hosts an accessibility open forum for our college
stakeholders to help keep everyone informed.</span></p>
<h2 dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:18pt;margin-bottom:4pt"><span style="font-weight:700;font-size:16pt;font-family:Calibri, sans-serif;margin:0px;text-decoration:none" class="ContentPasted1">Goal of the Survey</span></h2>
<p dir="ltr" style="margin-top:12pt;margin-bottom:12pt;line-height:1.38"><span style="font-weight:400;font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri, sans-serif;margin:0px;text-decoration:none" class="ContentPasted1">The goal of this survey is to help SBCTC to gain a better
understanding of how many colleges/institutions within this Educause group also use PeopleSoft applications at their college/institution. If so, SBCTC would also like to know if your college is tracking accessibility issues, if your college is engaged with
Oracle representatives or not, and finally, if your college is interested in partnering with SBCTC in our advocacy efforts.</span></p>
<h2 dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:18pt;margin-bottom:4pt"><span style="font-weight:700;font-size:16pt;font-family:Calibri, sans-serif;margin:0px;text-decoration:none" class="ContentPasted1">How will this information be used?</span></h2>
<p dir="ltr" style="margin-top:12pt;margin-bottom:12pt;line-height:1.38"><span style="font-weight:400;font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri, sans-serif;margin:0px;text-decoration:none" class="ContentPasted1">The results of this survey will be reviewed by the Accessibility
team members at SBCTC, the agency's Chief Information Officer, and the Executive Director. The results of the survey will not be shared or posted publicly and will not be shared with Oracle.</span></p>
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the survey to give permission for their answers to be shared with the other colleges/institutions that have completed the survey or not.</span></p>
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<p dir="ltr" style="margin-top:12pt;margin-bottom:12pt;line-height:1.38"><span style="font-weight:400;font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri, sans-serif;margin:0px;text-decoration:none" class="ContentPasted1">If you have any questions, please contact Monica Olsson
at:<span class="ContentPasted1"> </span></span><a href="mailto:molsson@sbctc.edu" title="mailto:molsson@sbctc.edu" data-linkindex="10" style="margin: 0px; text-decoration: underline; color: blue;" id="OWA3e3cb6f8-9a86-3d12-8de6-55a0c9f735b8" class="OWAAutoLink ContentPasted1"><span style="font-weight: 400; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0px; text-decoration: underline; color: rgb(17, 85, 204);">molsson@sbctc.edu</span></a><span style="font-weight:400;font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri, sans-serif;margin:0px;text-decoration:none" class="ContentPasted1"> </span></p>
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