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IT Accessibility Initiatives at Illinois

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1 IT Accessibility Initiatives at Illinois
November 7th, 2012 Jon Gunderson, Ph.D Coordinator of IT Accessibility University of Illinois at Urbana/Champaign

2 IT Accessibility at Illinois
Creating infrastructure Developing policies Creating resources Working with vendors Purchasing

3 Creating Infrastructure
Disability Services (DRES) 3 FTE alternative media specialists (eText and captioning) Coordinator of IT Accessibility (me) IT Accessibility Specialist: Training IT Accessibility Specialist: Web applications and vendors Software developer and user interface designer: Tools Departmental/Campus/Educatonal IT (CITES) Accessible Design Specialist: Internal CITES development Accessible Design Specialist: Outreach to campus unit Enterprise Administrative IT (AITS) 1.5 FTE Accessibility Evaluators in QA group Distributed responsibilities in units

4 Developing Policies and Procedures
Illinois Information Technology Accessibility Act (2007) Developing captioning policy All 3 campuses eText production

5 Creating Resources Web accessibility best practices working group Open source tools for accessibility evaluation OpenAjax Alliance Evaluation Library OAA Cache Inspector for Firefox AInspector for Firebug

6 NOTE: Assume web applications are not accessible unless you test them
Working Vendors Few vendors understand accessibility Educate and prioritize accessibility solutions Do not assume vendors do not care Build inter-institutional coalitions Testing with students, faculty and staff with disabilities NOTE: Assume web applications are not accessible unless you test them

7 IT Purchasing Include IITAA requirements in RFPs
Most vendors claim some level of accessibility Purchasing decisions for IT are very decentralized People making purchasing decisions do not understand accessibility Need to improve their capabilities in accessing accessibility

8 Ask Vendors about.. Demonstrate accessibility features
Demonstrate compatibility with assistive technologies Help you create accessible instructional materials Accessibility by default (instead of exception or impossible) Support HTML standards Captions Audio descriptions

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