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Accessibility and the Media Center

Accessibility and the Media Center. John Jones, CPACC Director, Media Resources Center Wichita State University bit.ly/ accessmediacenter. Where We’re Going. Introduction The Legal Landscape MRC Teams and Accessibility Accessibility as Opportunity.

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Accessibility and the Media Center

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  1. Accessibility and the Media Center John Jones, CPACC Director, Media Resources Center Wichita State University bit.ly/accessmediacenter

  2. Where We’re Going • Introduction • The Legal Landscape • MRC Teams and Accessibility • Accessibility as Opportunity • Better service for students in all years of their WSU experience • Students will be more equipped to navigate career paths over four years • Deeper relationships with colleges and more impactful engagement where students need it • One WSU office for employers to contact for all employment needs • Scale-up services for students and their desire to connect with employers

  3. Introduction

  4. Who is this guy? • MA & MFA • Higher ed, startup, and Fortune 500 Experience • Accessibility has been a factor all the way

  5. WSU Media Resources Center (old) • Campus Media Services • Instructional Design and Technology • MRC – Video Services • MRC – Web Services

  6. An incomplete timeline • Atlantic Cape Community College (2015) • Wichita State University (2016) • Southern Oregon State University (2017) • Los Angeles Community College District (LACCD) (2019)

  7. The National Federation of the Blind Came to Town • Student Complaint in 2016 • Agreement signed in July 2016 • Requires (in part) • New Positions • New/Updated policies • EIT Audit & Corrective Action Strategy • Faculty and Staff training • Accessible Web site within 12 months • Accessible Instruction within 48 months • Successful accommodation immediately

  8. What Is Accessibility • Accessibility is proactive • Accessibility makes content available to all users • Accessibility targets populations, not individuals • Accessibility is less complicated than Accommodations, but the scope of the challenge means it requires everyone’s contribution; we all must own the responsibility for our own content. For example: A textbook that is available to purchase (or bundled with the textbook purchase) in a screen reader accessible PDF format is accessible.

  9. And so Accommodations are • Accommodations are reactive • Accommodations make content available to one specific person • Accommodations target individuals • Accommodations are often more challenging, but are supported or provided by the Office of Disability Services For example: providing a sign language interpreter for a student with a hearing disability is an accommodation for that one student.

  10. New Policy (1/3) “All University owned or contracted content, interfaces, and navigation elements to be used by WSU faculty, staff, students, or other WSU constituencies will be compliant with the Americans with Disabilities Act, as amended, and will be accessible to people with disabilities.”

  11. New Policy (2/3) “All instructional materials, co-curricular materials, Electronic and Information Technology (EIT), LMS's, and online courses created or used by a WSU department or instructional staff with any WSU academic course offering will be accessible to students with disabilities, and at the same time as they are available to any other student enrolled in that setting, to the best of WSU's ability.”

  12. New Policy (1/3) Any educational materials or content that is required, optional, or for enrichment for any WSU student will be accessible or an equally effective alternate access will be provided.

  13. The MRC as Ground Zero

  14. WSU Media Resources Center (Ground 0) • Campus Media Services – Accessibility in the Classroom • Instructional Design and Technology – Accessible Instruction and faculty training, EIT Audit • MRC – Video Services – Captions and video best practices • MRC – Web Services – Accessible web sites.

  15. WSU Media Resources Center (Access) • Academic Accessibility and Accommodations • Campus Media Services • Instructional Design and Access • MRC – Video Services • MRC – Web Services

  16. The Accessible Classroom

  17. Accessible Classroom Technology • ADA Compliant Technology (Yesterday’s excellent pre-session covered a lot of this) • ADA Podiums (workstation vs assembly station) • ADA compliant room design • Assistive Listening Systems • Live Captions

  18. Accessible Instruction • Accessible Technology fails if the instruction is not delivered in an accessible way • Instructional staff need to be trained and encouraged to comply with standards • But whose standards?

  19. Visual Accessibility • For Whiteboards/Blackboards • For screens/projection

  20. Presenting Accessibly • Describe Graphics • Share all information in multiple modes • Ensure good color contrast • If there is a microphone, use it • Repeat or rephrase questions • In-class video: Also requires captions

  21. Website Accessibility

  22. The Standards • Web Contact Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) • Referenced in Federal standards • Everything should be: • Perceivable • Understandable • Operable • Robust • Major Issues: • Captions • Well-formed HTML (including Alt Text for images)

  23. Online Instruction

  24. Textbooks and Publisher Resources • Textbooks without digital options (paper only) • Inaccessible web-based functionality • Accessibility of the LMS • Student-created content • Accessibility and Academic Freedom

  25. Academic Freedom and Accessibility • Inside Higher Ed: “Defining Academic Freedom” (Dec 21,2010) • What it does do (highlights): • “1. Academic freedom means that both faculty members and students can engage in intellectual debate without fear of censorship or retaliation.” • “11. Academic freedom gives faculty members substantial latitude in deciding how to teach the courses for which they are responsible.” • What it does not do (highlights) • “6. Academic freedom does not give students or faculty the right to ignore college or university regulations, though it does give faculty and students the right to criticize regulations they believe are unfair.”

  26. Resources and Links

  27. Important Tools • Blackboard Ally • Aira • WebAim • Content Manager with integrated Accessibility Check

  28. WSU Resources • WSU Accessibility Site • Resources Page • Legal Landscape • Accessibility for F2F instruction • WSU Policies • Discrimination Review Procedures for Students, Employees, and Visitors (Policy 3.47) • Students With Disabilities (Policy 8.10) • Accessible Content (Policy 8.11)

  29. Kansas Accessibility Resources Network (KSARN.org) • Free accessibility Resources • Text-size sticker tempaltes • Short Training Course • Free • Earn a Credly (Acclaim soon) badge • Aimed at students, instructional staff, and other beginners

  30. Social Media and Accessibility • Social media for people with a disability (Media Access Australia) • Improving the Accessibility of Social Media in Government • Federal Social Media Accessibility Toolkit Hackpad • Captions and subtitles with Facebook video (3Play Media) • Adding subtitles and closed captioning on Youtube • Adding alt text to images on Twitter

  31. Questions? John Jones John.jones@Wichita.edu 316-978-7751

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