itAccessibility Program:
Annual Report: 2014 – 2015
Consultation
Enterprise / Campus-Wide services
- Main Library- captioning; search engine accessibility (Summon); library tutorials
- OIA- Panopto accessibility (including outreach to company); Synchronous Meeting Tool RFP committee
- Provostâs Office and Classroom Technology Upgrade Program- Collaborative Learning Spaces, student and faculty access; Digital Ecosystem review, Cisco Telepresence Accessibility
- Marketing and Brand Management- UA Website redesign; UA News site redesign;
- UITS- NetID Plus Documentation; website accessibility; Mosaic accessibility testing; Helpdesk/Remedy Project; 24X7 accessible remote access solution deployment; Notebowl accessibility review; CSR 2.0; Arizona Mobile; UA Portals (student, faculty/employee)
- UA Online- accessibility consultant for best practices; accessibility of application; general accessibility; captioning initiative
- UA Main- Online applications for Undergraduate and Graduate enrollment
Content Accessibility â Websites, Programs, and PDF Documents, Courses/Academic Programs
- Think Tank- Online Course review
- Arizona State Museum- ARIA Forms
- UAccess Research- Website accessibility; PDF Form accessibility; added information on EIT accessibility to resources available to grant applicants
- Campus Health- online newsletter accessibility
- Human Resources- accessibility of benefits training and accessible EMS trainings
- Student Unions- Menu accessibility review and consultation
- SASG- employee database accessibility
- SAEM- captioning educational lectures; email accessibility
- Eller College- accessibility in online masters programs
- Biosphere- Science Academy Website and forms review
- OIA- Articulate StoryLine accessibility
- UA Financials Office- PDF form accessibility
Trainings/Education
- itAccessibility Program Training (presentation and quick-tips on EIT access)- ~180 UA staff from:
- SBS Technology Group
- UA Web Digital Group
- IT Summit Presentation
- UITS 24/7 Team
- D2L Team
- UITS/UAccess Teams
- UA Library
- IT Summit presentation- Web accessibility and scanning solutions
- CS 337 guest lectures- week-long lectures on Web Accessibility to students
Service
National
- ATHEN (Access Technology Higher Education Network)- Executive Committee member (by invitation)
- D2L Accessibility Team Member (in conjunction with OIA)- focused on documentation review to include more inclusive language
- Microsoft, Google and Apple Accessibility Consultant (advising accessibility divisions at a high, product development level)
- Presentation: âPaying for and Implementing Captioning, both Proactively and Reactivelyâ (joint presentation with North Carolina State University and George Mason University); Accessing Higher Ground 2014 (national conference)
State-Wide
- Arizona Council on Blindness and Visually Impaired member (Governor appointment)
- State-wide Assistive Technology Committee Chair
- Unified English Braille Committee member (State-wide planning)
University
- Classroom Technology Upgrade Program- committee member
- Innovative Learning Oversight and Collaborative Learning Spaces Committee member
- Canvas Accessibility Working Group.
- UITS Helpdesk/Remedy Project- core member (accessibility focus)
- UITS Project Success office- attending regular meetings (accessibility focus)
- Marketing and Brand Management, UA Digital Group member
Software Implementation
- Implementation of HiSoftwareâs compliance sheriff- Website accessibility validation tool
Current Priorities
- Campus-Wide solution for Captioning media
- IT Student Advisory Board Proposal for campus-wide licensing of Text-to-Speech software Read & Write Gold from TextHelp
- Review of UA Vitae system
- Development of additional trainings based on feedback from itAccessibility Program trainings:
- Demonstration of a screen reader and other assistive technologies,
- PDF accessibility,
- Overview of assistive technologies offered at the UA,
- Hands-on workshop,
- Email Accessibility, and
- Specific training for Web developers and programmers.
- itAccessibility Website
- Increase campus-wide awareness