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Module 5 Selecting Accessible Digital Materials Cynthia Curry, Director Luis Pérez, Technical Assistance Specialist 2/1/19 2:20-3:20 Boca III

AEM Online Learning Series Introduction to AEM and Accessible Technologies How to Make Your Documents Accessible How to Locate Captioned Videos and Create Your Own How to Find Specialized Formats of Print Materials (post- survey now open!) How to Select Accessible Digital Materials @AEM_Center

Objectives Participants will be able to Apply accessibility strategies when searching free and open digital materials Follow accessibility guidelines when procuring commercial digital materials Begin Module 5 with confidence! Virtual Office Hours: Thursday, March 7, 4-5 PM ET Wednesday, March 20, 4-5 PM ET @AEM_Center

Reminder from Modules 1-4: “Accessibility” Are we all talking about the same thing? @AEM_Center

Definition Help from SETDA Accessibility for All Students Providing accessibility for all students must be a consideration when acquiring, developing and implementing digital instructional materials. Equity of Access Access to the devices and consistent high-speed broadband access is essential for digital instructional materials implementation. -SETDA, 2017 Navigating the Digital Shift II https://www.setda.org/priorities/digital-content/navigating-the-digital-shiftii_2017/ @AEM_Center | #aem4all

Accessibility as Defined By U.S. DOE/Office for Civil Rights in an equally effective, equally integrated manner, and with substantially equivalent ease of use acquire the same information engage in the same interactions enjoy the same services A person with a disability can Dear Colleague Letter: https://www2.ed.gov/about/offices/list/ocr/letters/colleague-20100629.html as a person without a disability @AEM_Center | #aem4all

Search and Select Accessible OER Definition of OER Appeal and Challenges of OER Finding Accessible OER @AEM_Center

Open Educational Resources (OER) Defined Teaching, learning, and research resources that reside in the public domain or have been released under a license that permits their free use, reuse, modification, and sharing with others. Image hand drawn by Elliot Lepers CC-BY SA 3.0) @AEM_Center

The 5 Rs of OER Educators are free to: Retain Reuse Revise Remix Redistribute according to the license (e.g., share alike, noncommercial, no derivatives) Image hand drawn by Elliot Lepers CC-BY SA 3.0) @AEM_Center

OER Appeal Affordability Adaptable and customizable curriculum resources Can provide multiple representations of course content with a variety of media Flexibility to align content to state standards @AEM_Center

OER Challenges Quality and consistency, including accessibility Accessibility – curation and creation Discoverability of accessible content @AEM_Center

Using Metadata to Discover OER Allows educators to refine search results in order to find resources that match specific learner needs and preferences Also known as “tagging” data @AEM_Center

Tagging a T-shirt What unseen information about this T- shirt can you discover by reading its tag(s)? Image free for commercial use/no attribution required – Pixabay https://pixabay.com/en/t-shirt-shirt-clothing-yellow-153370/ @AEM_Center

Tagging a T-shirt: Its Metadata Size Cost Maker Where it was made What it’s made of How to care for it Identification numbers Image free for commercial use/no attribution required – Pixabay https://pixabay.com/en/t-shirt-shirt-clothing-yellow-153370/ @AEM_Center

Tagging an OER What “tags” (metadata) might you enter in an online search field to find an OER for your curriculum? Image free for commercial use/no attribution required – Pixabay https://pixabay.com/en/document-icon-symbol-paper-1287618/ @AEM_Center

Tagging an OER: Its Metadata Content area Grade level Standards Media type Accessibility Image free for commercial use/no attribution required – Pixabay https://pixabay.com/en/document-icon-symbol-paper-1287618/ @AEM_Center

Accessibility Metadata Accessibility tags can be added to search criteria- for example: Alt text for images Closed captions Audio description Full keyboard control @AEM_Center

“Tagging on A11Y” Image free for commercial use/no attribution required – Pixabay https://pixabay.com/en/office-work-studying-office-working-1149087/ You’re searching for a video to support your 4th grade curriculum on photosynthesis: photosynthesis + grade 4 + NextGen Science Standards + video + captions @AEM_Center

Limitations on A11Y Metadata Accessibility metadata are not yet widely used by Publishers or Creators Searchers need to know what accessibility criteria they’re looking for @AEM_Center

Examples of OER Sources with A11Y Metadata PBS Learning Media MERLOT OER Commons @AEM_Center

PBS Learning Media @AEM_Center

MERLOT @AEM_Center

Accessibility Info @AEM_Center

OER Commons @AEM_Center

OER Commons Advanced Search @AEM_Center

A11Y Metadata Challenges Raising awareness of publishers and content creators to use accessibility metadata Raising awareness of OER users to ask and search for accessible content Providing embossed braille of OER materials in a timely manner to learners who need them @AEM_Center

Procure Accessible Commercial Digital Materials 1. Make a11y a requirement 2. Comply with a11y standards 3. Include a11y language in contracts 4. Request a VPAT 5. Recruit student testers @AEM_Center | #aem4all

5 Guidelines to Buy Accessible Five Things Educators Can Do to Buy Accessible Available on the AEM Center website Accessible PDF Accessible EPUB @AEM_Center

#1 Make A11Y a Requirement Image attribution: Title: Requirement License permits: Sharing, copying and redistributing in any medium or format including adapting, remixing, transforming, and building upon the material for any purpose, even commercially. The image may be redistributed for free under the same Creative Commons license but may not be sold, attribution is required to obtain and maintain a license. License: Creative Commons 3 - CC BY-SA 3.0 Attribution: Alpha Stock Images - http://alphastockimages.com/ Original Author: Nick Youngson - link to - http://www.nyphotographic.com/ Original Image: http://www.picserver.org/highway-signs2/a/requirement.html @AEM_Center | #aem4all

A11Y is a Stance Not just sometimes Not just for certain materials and technologies Not just for certain students Where in your state or district system might accessibility of digital materials be included as a requirement? @AEM_Center | #aem4all

Places for A11Y in Your System Policies Guidelines Rubrics Curriculum Assessment Image attribution: Title: Requirement License permits: Sharing, copying and redistributing in any medium or format including adapting, remixing, transforming, and building upon the material for any purpose, even commercially. The image may be redistributed for free under the same Creative Commons license but may not be sold, attribution is required to obtain and maintain a license. License: Creative Commons 3 - CC BY-SA 3.0 Attribution: Alpha Stock Images - http://alphastockimages.com/ Original Author: Nick Youngson - link to - http://www.nyphotographic.com/ Original Image: http://www.picserver.org/highway-signs2/a/requirement.html @AEM_Center | #aem4all

#2 Comply with A11Y Standards Image attribution: Title: Standards License permits: Sharing, copying and redistributing in any medium or format including adapting, remixing, transforming, and building upon the material for any purpose, even commercially. The image may be redistributed for free under the same Creative Commons license but may not be sold, attribution is required to obtain and maintain a license. License: Creative Commons 3 - CC BY-SA 3.0 Attribution: Alpha Stock Images - http://alphastockimages.com/ Original Author: Nick Youngson - link to - http://www.nyphotographic.com/ Original Image: http://www.picserver.org/highway-signs2/a/standards.html @AEM_Center | #aem4all

Accessibility Standards WCAG Web Content Accessibility Guidelines Created by the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) Level AA is recommended Currently at version 2.1 (includes 2.0) Section 508 refers to WCAG 2.0 Section 508 Requires federal agencies to develop, procure, maintain, and use information & communication technologies (ICT) that is accessible to people with disabilities Applies to agencies and organizations that receive funding @AEM_Center | #aem4all

What Does A11Y Compliance Look Like? What are features of a material or technology that make it comply with Section 508/WCAG? Share your thoughts in the chat. Image free for commercial use/no attribution required – Pixabay https://pixabay.com/en/think-thinking-hand-reflect-622689/ @AEM_Center | #aem4all

POUR: A Tool for A11Y Best Practices Perceivable, Operable, Understandable, Robust @AEM_Center | #aem4all

#3 Include Accessibility Language in Contracts Public domain image from US Army shared on Wikipedia. @AEM_Center | #aem4all

Sample Language on the AEM Center Website

#4 Ask the Vendor for a VPAT® Voluntary Product Accessibility Template Image free for commercial use/no attribution required – Pixabay https://pixabay.com/en/flat-design-symbol-icon-www-2126884/ @AEM_Center | #aem4all

The VPAT® Benefits Measures Section 508/WCAG compliance Applies a standard format for all vendors Serves as an entry point for your a11y discussion with vendors Provides documentation for future reference Limitations Very technical language Voluntary self- assessment means possible Inaccuracies Outdatedness @AEM_Center | #aem4all

VPAT® Guidance on the AEM Center Website @AEM_Center | #aem4all

#5: Recruit End User Beneficiaries of A11Y Image by Lucélia Ribeiro on Flickr https://www.flickr.com/photos/lupuca/8720604364 Attribution-ShareAlike 2.0 Generic (CC BY-SA 2.0) @AEM_Center

Learners as Product Testers Considerations Choose moderate-highly proficient AT users Give students an authentic task under typical conditions to try the product Observe carefully and ask questions @AEM_Center | #aem4all

Guiding Question Are learners with disabilities able to use the product in an equally effective and equally integrated manner, with substantially equivalent ease of use as learners without disabilities? @AEM_Center | #aem4all

Be an A11Y Hero! What will be your first action? Big or small, it matters. Share in the chat and then go forth in Module 5! Image free for commercial use/no attribution required – Pixabay https://pixabay.com/en/achieve-woman-girl-jumping-running-1822503/ @AEM_Center | #aem4all

Contact Information Cynthia Curry ccurry@cast.org @clcurry on Twitter Luis Perez lperez@cast.org @eyeonaxs on Twitter @AEM_Center | #aem4all

Disclaimer The contents of this presentation were developed under a cooperative agreement with the US Department of Education, #H327Z140001. However, those contents do not necessarily represent the policy of the US Department of Education and you should not assume endorsement by the Federal Government, Project Officer, Tara Courchaine, Ed.D.