1. The Whos of Accessibility
Accessibility in Roles and Teams
@rgcarrjr

2. Quality Assurance is the Place! Right?
Eggs in One Basket, John Unsworth, Creative Commons

3. Themes
Integration
Sustainability
Scalability

4. My Big Picture Approach (YMMV)
Help institution to think through all technology that it puts in front of people
Help institution to identify who owns those tools
Product ownership vs. development/implementation/acquisition ownership
Align accessibility with those people
Think about how a11y integrates going in
Set scope and priority
Train and support accordingly

5. Rules of the Game Discuss where your shop lives
Discuss Jobs that make your web (in your shop, or outside of it)
Detail Roles for the Jobs
ID where accessibility fits into the Roles and Jobs

6. Volunteer Today!

7. Jobs, Roles and Accessibility

8. Who, Part 1 Purchasing decision makers Content authors
UX/UI/Web designers
Print designers
Graphic designers
Web developers
Managers and administrators
Product managers
Multimedia producers
Leadership (Provost, Bursar, VPs, Chairs, Directors)

9. Who, Part 2 Project Managers Business Analysts Information Architects
Professional development creators and approvers
Quality assurance and testing
Librarians
ADA Coordinators
Legal Counsel
Human Relations

10. A few specifics
Higher Ed Roles and Accessibility

11. Project Managers and Accessibility
Bake it in, don’t bolt it on
Assign responsibility for accessibility
Tools, limitations and workarounds
Time allocation and scheduling
Process integration
Documentation specific to accessibility, standards

12. IA and Accessibility Bake it in, don’t bolt it on
Early accounting for accessibility
Documentation
Wireframes
Mockups
Whatever you do
Consistent, logical architecture
Structure, interaction

13. Web Designers and Accessibility
Bake it in, don’t bolt it on
Color use and contrast
Reading order
Page structure
Headings
Lists
Tables
Interactive elements
Third-party features

14. Content Creators and Accessibility
Bake it in, don’t bolt it on
Respect and use the authoring tools
Structure
Headings
Lists
Tables
Text equivalents
Color use and contrast

15. Librarians and Accessibility
Bake it in, don’t bolt it on
Digital archiving
Tool selection and configuration
Process definition
Procurement and use

16. Print Designers and Accessibility
LOL WUT

17. Seriously… Bake it in, don’t bolt it on Tool configuration Visuals
Color use and contrast
Font size, justification, style
Layout
PDF accessibility!

18. Human Relations Professional development
Budget
Direct training
Job descriptions that include accessibility
Hiring technology infrastructure

19. Management and Leadership
By Evan-Amos (Own work) [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons

20. Procurement and Purchasing
Bake it in, don’t bolt it on
More than VPAT acquisition
Vetting process
Paper
Demo
Documentation
Weighing

21. Framing the Conversation
Illustrate campus-wide responsibility (or at least, wide-r)
“This is a shared responsibility across the campus. See how accessibility is integral with these people?”
Tailor the tone and content
Understand challenges
Individual level
Departmental/college level

22. Additional Reading
World Wide Web Consortium Accessibility Responsibility Breakdown
Deque Blog: Accessibility for UX Designers
Deque Blog: Accessibility for IA, Part 1

23. Questions and Contact
Rob on on Twitter, Facebook, etc.