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

3. 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
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4. 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
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5. Reminder from Modules 1-4: “Accessibility”
Are we all talking about the same thing?
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6. 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
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7. 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:
as a person without a disability
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8. Search and Select Accessible OER
Definition of OER
Appeal and Challenges of OER
Finding Accessible OER
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9. 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)
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10. 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)
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11. 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
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12. OER Challenges Quality and consistency, including accessibility
Accessibility – curation and creation
Discoverability of accessible content
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13. 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
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14. 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
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15. 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
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16. 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
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17. Tagging an OER: Its Metadata
Content area
Grade level
Standards
Media type
Accessibility
Image free for commercial use/no attribution required – Pixabay
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18. Accessibility Metadata
Accessibility tags can be added to search criteria- for example:
Alt text for images
Closed captions
Audio description
Full keyboard control
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19. “Tagging on A11Y”
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You’re searching for a video to support your 4th grade curriculum on photosynthesis: photosynthesis + grade 4 + NextGen Science Standards + video + captions
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20. 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
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21. Examples of OER Sources with A11Y Metadata
PBS Learning Media
MERLOT
OER Commons
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22. PBS Learning Media
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23. MERLOT
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24. Accessibility Info
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25. OER Commons
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26. OER Commons Advanced Search
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27. 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
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28. 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
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29. 5 Guidelines to Buy Accessible
Five Things Educators Can Do to Buy Accessible
Available on the AEM Center website
Accessible PDF
Accessible EPUB
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30. #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 -
Original Author: Nick Youngson - link to -
Original Image: 
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31. 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?
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32. 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 -
Original Author: Nick Youngson - link to -
Original Image: 
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33. #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 -
Original Author: Nick Youngson - link to -
Original Image: 
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34. 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
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35. 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.
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36. POUR: A Tool for A11Y Best Practices
Perceivable, Operable, Understandable, Robust
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37. #3 Include Accessibility Language in Contracts
Public domain image from US Army shared on Wikipedia.
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38. Sample Language on the AEM Center Website

39. #4 Ask the Vendor for a VPAT®
Voluntary Product Accessibility Template
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40. 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
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41. VPAT® Guidance on the AEM Center Website
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42. #5: Recruit End User Beneficiaries of A11Y
Image by Lucélia Ribeiro on Flickr
Attribution-ShareAlike 2.0 Generic (CC BY-SA 2.0)
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43. 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
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44. 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?
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45. 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!
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46. Contact Information
Cynthia Curry
@clcurry on Twitter
Luis Perez
@eyeonaxs on Twitter
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47. Disclaimer
The contents of this presentation were developed under a cooperative agreement with the US Department of Education, #H327Z 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.