2018 Accessing Higher Ground Conference Cara Barnes Office of Marketing and Strategic Communications Overview of the conference Tools and resources Looking ahead About the conference From accessinghighergroundorg ID: 778277
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Web accessibilityNotes from the 2018 Accessing Higher Ground ConferenceCara BarnesOffice of Marketing and Strategic Communications
Overview of the conference
Tools and resources
Looking ahead
Slide2About the conferenceFrom accessinghigherground.org
/about
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Accessing Higher Ground focuses on the implementation and benefits of:
Accessible media, universal design and assistive technology in university, business and public settings.
Legal and policy issues, including ADA and 508 compliance.
The creation of accessible media and information sources, including webpages and library resources.
Slide3Accessing Higher Ground 2018Westminster, Colorado — Nov. 12-16
Slide4SponsorsTrip sponsored by the 2017-18 Disability, Access and Holistic Inclusion in Higher Education Everyone Counts Learning Community:
Christie
Bierlein
Adriana Cardoso Reyes
Lisa Carnell
Jennifer Clements
James
Kison
Nathan Nguyen
David Paul
Chuck Pearson
Christopher Roach
Slide5Accessing Higher Ground 2018: Some of the sessionsEverything You Need to Know About Accessibility Testing
Introduction to Online Course Accessibility
Demystifying Assistive Listening Devices
All Numbers and Notes: Creating Accessible Math and Music Materials for Students Who Are Blind
The ABCs of a11y—Creating a Common Vocabulary
Accessible Interactive Simulations for Science Learning
“We Don’t Have Enough Staff Assigned to Making IT Accessible!”
Introduction to Accessible PDF Documents
Audio Description: An In-depth Review and Analysis
Finding the Ways to Make Wayfinding Work
IT Procurement: Accessibility as a Functional Criterion
More Than Disability…Captioning for the World
Slide6Accessing Higher Ground 2018: Sessions I attended
Understanding and Evaluating WCAG 2.0 Color and Contrast
Mobile Accessibility Challenges, Best Practices and Techniques
Accessibility: How to Deal with Documents
Understanding WCAG 2.1
How to Design and Create Accessible Documents and Contribute to Barrier-free Education
Evaluating and Repairing Word and PowerPoint Files
What’s New in Adobe Acrobat
Social Media and Accessibility
Building Interdepartmental Relationships That Promote Change
Getting to Governance: Prepare Your Digital Content for an Ongoing Accessibility Governance Program
Our Other Tools: Courage, Freedom, Hospitality, Aspiration and More
Slide7Online resources from the conferenceGeneral info:
WebAIM infographic: Web accessibility for designers
WebAIM WCAG 2.0 checklist
Color contrast:
Color contrast checker
Colorzilla
—use to get color value for any hue on your screen
Document conversion
SensusAccess
(free for occasional use only)
Blogs
Adobe accessibility blog
and
Adobe tech blog focusing on accessibility
Accessibility Voices blog
Slide8On-campus resourcesSiteImprove
Social media guides
Accessibility information for faculty (includes resource guides)
Video captioning and transcripts
WMU Web Accessibility Policy
And…
Slide9…The Marcom web team, of course
Slide10Speaking of SiteImprove…
Accessibility overview
(a guided tour of the accessibility dashboard features for your section; view when logged in)
Report walk-through
(must be logged in to view your section)
Accessibility FAQ
Complete list of SiteImprove tutorials
SiteImprove
Academy
Slide11Accessibility Technology CommitteeRepresentatives from units including OIT, EUP, Marcom, academic affairs, diversity and inclusion, faculty senate, general counsel
Has an ongoing advisory role and authority in developing procedures and implementing best practices in relation to accessible information technologies and assistive technologies.
Charged to assess, evaluate and implement accessibility initiatives that standardize procedures, and ensure compliance and equitable access.
Slide12A growing intentionWMU graduate student Abby Tongue on the value, and balance, of providing audio descriptions for theatrical performances:
“I think as sighted people, we don't get that feeling of confusion as often as someone who is blind trying to put together the pieces of what's funny or what's going on…So, as an audio descriptionist, you want to relieve some of that (confusion) without stepping on the toes of the actors.”
wmich.edu/news/2019/03/52232
Slide13Thank you!