1. What Did I Sign Up For? Technology Accessibility for New Professionals

2. A little audience participation… What is your role?

3. A little audience participation… How long have you been in your current role?

4. A little audience participation… How did you inherit the responsibilities of technology accessibility?

5. Our Stories Steve Salter, Director of Student Access and Wellness at Ashford University

6. Our Stories Beth Lund, Technology Accessibility Specialist at Ashford University

7. Ashford University at a Glance Approximately 50,000 students enrolled in the online environment

8. Ashford University at a Glance 3,000 + unduplicated students per quarter accessing accommodations

9. Ashford University at a Glance Approximately 7% of students accessing accommodations experience some type of sensory impairment

10. What we are working with LMS – eCollege (a Pearson product)

11. What we are working with Over 600 unique course offerings

12. What we are working with Greater than 50% of courses utilize Course Digital Materials (CDM) on a homegrown platform

13. What we are working with Approximately 300 full-time faculty and close to 2,000 adjunct instructors

14. What we are working with Countless outside vendors and content providers leveraged to build an engaging student experience

15. If you are feeling overwhelmed, that’s ok!

16. Don’t think about how much you don’t know, focus on the areas you can learn.

17. How do you know where to begin? The hardest part about knowing where to begin is not knowing what you don’t know

18. How do you know where to begin? It’s helpful to start small and to focus on the situation at hand – if there isn’t an issue presenting itself, begin with some light reading

19. Understanding your Responsibilities What does your role entail?

20. Understanding your Responsibilities What does your role entail? Alt. Text Formatting?

21. Understanding your Responsibilities What does your role entail? Alt. Text Formatting? Maintaining and promoting compliance?

22. Understanding your Responsibilities What does your role entail? Alt. Text Formatting? Maintaining and promoting compliance? Web Accessibility?

23. Understanding your Responsibilities What does your role entail? Alt. Text Formatting? Maintaining and promoting compliance? Web Accessibility? Disability Support and Advising?

24. Understanding your Responsibilities What does your role entail? Alt. Text Formatting? Maintaining and promoting compliance? Web Accessibility? Disability Support and Advising? Staff support and professional development?

25. Alt. Text Formatting Acquiring Text Materials

26. Alt. Text Formatting Student Alternate Media Agreement Request Process

27. Alt. Text Formatting Student Alternate Media Agreement Request Process The University is responsible for verifying a print disability

28. Alt. Text Formatting Student Alternate Media Agreement Request Process Student agreement to purchase requested works and provide verification

29. Alt. Text Formatting Student Alternate Media Agreement Request Process Opportunity to introduce other resources like Bookshare.org

30. Alt. Text Formatting Student Alternate Media Agreement Request

31. Alt. Text Formatting Access Text Network https://accesstext.org

32. Alt. Text Formatting Amazon – Great Source for Publisher/ISBN Information

33. Alt. Text Formatting Publisher Look-Up Service www.publisherlookup.org www.publisherlookup.org

34. Alt. Text Formatting Look for information on the Publisher’s Website

35. Alt. Text Formatting Call the Publisher Directly

36. Alt. Text Formatting Consider a Third Party Vendor for Scanning

37. Alt. Text Formatting Formatting Text Materials Perform OCR Tag Document Check Tagging Order Remove Hidden Content Crop the Document Add Page Numbers Designate a Default Language Crop the Document Split Text Books by Chapters

38. Alt. Text Formatting Tip! Learn Keyboard Shortcuts

39. Maintaining and Promoting Compliance Understand Current Climate

40. Maintaining and Promoting Compliance Understand Current Climate – 3 Play White Papers http://www.3playmedia.com/how-it- works/white- papers/http://www.3playmedia.com/how-it- works/white- papers/

41. Maintaining and Promoting Compliance Understand Current Climate – Disability Compliance for Higher Education http://www.disabilitycomplianceforhighereducati on.com/ http://www.disabilitycomplianceforhighereducati on.com/

42. Maintaining and Promoting Compliance Gain Historical Perspective ADA.Gov http://www.ada.gov/http://www.ada.gov/

43. Maintaining and Promoting Compliance Accessibility is a shared responsibility - work to build a culture of compliance across your campus

44. Maintaining and Promoting Compliance Consider creating forums for sharing best practices in ensuring compliance

45. Maintaining and Promoting Compliance Consider Developing and Adopting a Technology Accessibility Policy

46. Other Resources Case Law Review http://lflegal.com/category/settlements/web- accessibility-settlements/ http://lflegal.com/category/settlements/web- accessibility-settlements/ http://www.karlgroves.com/2011/11/15/list-of- web-accessibility-related-litigation-and- settlements/ http://www.karlgroves.com/2011/11/15/list-of- web-accessibility-related-litigation-and- settlements/

47. Web Accessibility Look for Accessibility Statement

48. Web Accessibility Check that images have Alt. Text WebAIM.org

49. Web Accessibility Keyboard Test Can You Tab through the website without the use of a mouse?

50. Web Accessibility Check Color Contrast WebAIM Contrast Checker http://webaim.org/resources/contrastchecker/

51. Web Accessibility JavaScript Test Can you highlight content on a page with your mouse?

52. Web Accessibility JavaScript Test JavaScript and Flash are not accessible with a screen reader

53. Web Accessibility Test with a Screen Reader Web2Access http://www.web2access.org.uk/disability http://www.web2access.org.uk/disability

54. Web Accessibility Resources Download Tools Wave tool http://wave.webaim.org/http://wave.webaim.org/ Chrome Plugin https://chrome.google.com/webstore/deta il/accessibility-developer- t/fpkknkljclfencbdbgkenhalefipecmb?hl=enhttps://chrome.google.com/webstore/deta il/accessibility-developer- t/fpkknkljclfencbdbgkenhalefipecmb?hl=en

55. Web Accessibility Resources WebAIM Seminar http://webaim.org/services/training/ http://webaim.org/services/training/

56. Web Accessibility Resources CSUN- http://www.csun.edu/cod/conference/2016/s essions/ http://www.csun.edu/cod/conference/2016/s essions/

57. Disability Support and Advising Work to gain an understanding of the student’s needs

58. Disability Support and Advising Remain solution oriented; don’t be afraid to make recommendations or explore new potential solutions

59. Disability Support and Advising Rely on the student’s input, your professional expertise, and leverage your professional community for support

60. Staff Support and Professional Development Work to build partnerships with faculty, instructional designers and your IT team

61. Staff Support and Professional Development Provide regular opportunities to share experiences What barriers exist within the community What solutions have worked What best practices are being implemented to ensure accessibility

62. Our Biggest Challenge: Captioning Nature of online education relies heavily on asynchronous student experience

63. Our Biggest Challenge: Captioning Videos created both in-house and through third party content providers

64. Our Biggest Challenge: Captioning Building awareness and a strong partnership with faculty and instructional designers is imperative

65. Understanding how to meet your Captioning Needs

66. Third-party vendors who caption

67. Understanding how to meet your Captioning Needs Third-party vendors who caption Leveraging YouTube Beta Captioning

68. Understanding how to meet your Captioning Needs Third-party vendors who caption Leveraging YouTube Beta Captioning QIAT Webinar to learn the ‘Hows”

69. Understanding how to meet your Captioning Needs Third-party vendors who caption Leveraging YouTube Beta Captioning QIAT Webinar to learn the ‘Hows” CSUN Copyright Session

70. Understanding how to meet your Captioning Needs Third-party vendors who caption Leveraging YouTube Beta Captioning QIAT Webinar to learn the ‘Hows” CSUN Copyright Session 3 Play Media White Paper

71. Overcoming Other Potential Challenges

72. Budget Constraints Limited funding for professional development Alt-Text Requisition and support

73. Overcoming Other Potential Challenges Fostering shared-responsibility of accessibility Building collaborative partnerships across the University Teaching others “how to fish”

74. Overcoming Other Potential Challenges Expanding Alternate Text formats Leveraging third party resources like Bookshare Trial and Error

75. Overcoming Other Potential Challenges Math Accessibility The Road to Understanding MATHML Design Science Website Connecting the Missing Pieces through Testing

76. Tips for Building Your Accessibility Toolkit

77. It’s a lot of information! It’s okay, stay calm

78. Tips for Building Your Accessibility Toolkit If you don’t know the answer it is a great opportunity to learn!

79. Tips for Building Your Accessibility Toolkit Start with the areas you feel comfortable with and move forward from there

80. Tips for Building Your Accessibility Toolkit Tackling some of the more challenging items with help to build your confidence

81. Tips for Building Your Accessibility Toolkit Brush up on Case Law to understand the climate of AT

82. Tips for Building Your Accessibility Toolkit Expand your professional network – Join a list serve or twelve

83. Tips for Building Your Accessibility Toolkit Ask questions – There is a lot to learn from this great community of practitioners and we’ve all been in your place

84. Tips for Building Your Accessibility Toolkit Share your experiences. Others can learn from your challenges and successes and it will reinforce your confidence to know you are on the right track

85. Other Resources Google - When you don’t know, Google it!

86. Other Resources HTCTU http://www.htctu.net/divisions/altmedia/captioni ng/cc/ccmain.htm http://www.htctu.net/divisions/altmedia/captioni ng/cc/ccmain.htm

87. Other Resources QIAT http://qiat-ps.org/http://qiat-ps.org/

88. Other Resources Hearing Loss Org http://www.hearingloss.org/content/basic-facts- about-hearing-loss http://www.hearingloss.org/content/basic-facts- about-hearing-loss

89. Other Resources Bookshare https://www.bookshare.org/cmshttps://www.bookshare.org/cms

90. Other Resources WebAim http://webaim.org/http://webaim.org/

91. Other Resources Webinars EASI http://easi.cc/clinic.htmhttp://easi.cc/clinic.htm 3 Play http://www.3playmedia.com/how-it- works/webinars/http://www.3playmedia.com/how-it- works/webinars/ Accessibility Online https://secure71.inmotionhosting.com/~access20 /ArchiveAttendance/ https://secure71.inmotionhosting.com/~access20 /ArchiveAttendance/

92. Other Resources Washington http://www.washington.edu/doit/ http://www.washington.edu/doit/

93. Other Resources Ohlone College http://www.ohlone.edu/org/webcenter/texttr anscripts.html http://www.ohlone.edu/org/webcenter/texttr anscripts.html

94. Other Resources Chronicle of Higher Education http://chronicle.com/section/Home/5 http://chronicle.com/section/Home/5

95. Other Resources JPED https://www.ahead.org/publications/jped https://www.ahead.org/publications/jped

96. Other Resources List Serves ATHEN Access Technology Higher Education Network- http://www.athenpro.org/http://www.athenpro.org/ HTC - http://htclistserv.htctu.fhda.edu/read/all_forums/ http://htclistserv.htctu.fhda.edu/read/all_forums/

97. Other Resources Academic Impressions https://www.academicimpressions.com/acade mic-impressions-online-training https://www.academicimpressions.com/acade mic-impressions-online-training

98. Other Resources CSUN Certificate Program http://www.csun.edu/cod/assistive- technology-certificate-program http://www.csun.edu/cod/assistive- technology-certificate-program