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Awareness for Campus and Community

UIC Areas of Focus Regarding IT Accessibility and Usability Kevin Price Assistive Technology and Web Accessibility Specialist. Awareness for Campus and Community. Digital Accessibility Expo April 2009 and 2010 Open to All

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Awareness for Campus and Community

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  1. UIC Areas of Focus Regarding IT Accessibility and UsabilityKevin PriceAssistive Technology and Web Accessibility Specialist

  2. Awareness for Campus and Community • Digital Accessibility Expo • April 2009 and 2010 • Open to All • Participation from: Pepsico, Blackboard Inc., City of Chicago, Illinois Tollway, Easter Seals, IBHE Colleges and Universities, etc. • High quality presenters (W3C, DO-IT Program)

  3. Awareness - accessweb.uic.edu

  4. Campus Awareness • Meetings with Campus Departments • Library • Purchasing • Public Affairs • Faculty Representatives • REACH –(Resident Experts Are Convenient Help) Off Campus • iFactory (outsourced Web developer)

  5. Campus Standards • HTML Validation • CSS Validation • FAE Results • Manual Checks according to IITAA Standards

  6. Campus Standards

  7. Campus Support • Accessibility Integrated into Instruction Technology Lab (ITL) Trainings - (Faculty/Staff) • Email support by Web Accessibility Committee • One on one support for those needing more guidance • Specialized trainings on topics • Communications to UIC-Webmasters list

  8. Web Accessibility Committee • Guiding the process • Representation from variety of campus entities • Regularly meeting • Moving the campus forward towards improved accessibility

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