1. Accessibility Tips to Engage All Students ~ University of Washington TRiO Training 2012 ~ Alan Parks, M. Ed

2. University of Washington TRiO Training 2012 - Alan Parks, UMaine Accessibility Overview What does accessibility mean? For whom does it matter? Should you care? How do you improve the accessibility of our products and technologies? What resources can help?

3. University of Washington TRiO Training 2012 - Alan Parks, UMaine Questions How do people with vision impairments or people who are blind use a computer? How do Deaf people understand the audio content of your videos or synchronous video sessions? Is all technology automatically accessible to all users?

4. University of Washington TRiO Training 2012 - Alan Parks, UMaine Answers-a How do people with vision impairments or people who are blind use a computer? –With a screen reader!

5. University of Washington TRiO Training 2012 - Alan Parks, UMaine Answers-b How do Deaf people understand the audio content of your videos or synchronous video sessions? –With captioning!

6. University of Washington TRiO Training 2012 - Alan Parks, UMaine Answers-c Is all technology automatically accessible to all users? –Absolutely not! –But when we do it right for people with disabilities, everyone benefits!

7. University of Washington TRiO Training 2012 - Alan Parks, UMaine Why does accessibility matter? Let’s view this video to find out: http://webaim.org/media/common/vid eo/k12.asx http://webaim.org/media/common/vid eo/k12.asx

8. University of Washington TRiO Training 2012 - Alan Parks, UMaine What should you focus on? Your websites Your multimedia presentations – videos, chats, PowerPoints Word and PDF documents What else?

9. University of Washington TRiO Training 2012 - Alan Parks, UMaine Accessibility Resources Alan’s page for this workshop: http://www.umaine.edu/csp/staff/triotrain ing2012/ http://www.umaine.edu/csp/staff/triotrain ing2012/ Web AIM: www.webaim.orgwww.webaim.org UWashington DO-IT: http://www.washington.edu/doit/ http://www.washington.edu/doit/

10. University of Washington TRiO Training 2012 - Alan Parks, UMaine Thanks! The power of the Web is in its universality. Access by everyone regardless of disability is an essential aspect. -Tim Berners-Lee