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Implementing System-wide Web Accessibility

Implementing System-wide Web Accessibility. Jonathan Whiting. Improving Digital Access on the College & University Campus August 25, 2011. GOALS Consortium (or what I call the “NASCAR slide”). The need for the GOALS project.

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Implementing System-wide Web Accessibility

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  1. Implementing System-wide Web Accessibility Jonathan Whiting Improving Digital Access on the College & University Campus August 25, 2011

  2. GOALS Consortium(or what I call the “NASCAR slide”)

  3. The need for the GOALS project • Successful adoption of accessibility requires a knowledge of technical as well as strategic accessibility. • There are many resources relating to technical accessibility, but very few for strategic accessibility. • There is little (if any) data about the real cost of institutional accessibility. • Institutions need solutions, not more problems.

  4. GOALS model for reform • Make a Choice • Make the Case • Make a Plan • Make it Happen

  5. 1. Make a ChoiceHow GOALS can help • Presentations (like this one) • Action Paper for Higher Education Administrators www.ncdae.org/goals/actionpaper.cfm • Handouts for recruitment

  6. 1. Make a ChoiceLessons learned • As accessibility gains ground, consider adding more than one person, or splitting the work. • An accessibility champion can become an accessibility tyrant. • What happens if that champion moves on?

  7. 2. Make the CaseHow GOALS can help • Action Paper • Resources demonstrating how web accessibility may tie into regional accreditation • Templates to help create an accessibility proposal • Case studies

  8. 2. Make the CaseLessons learned • Ground-level adoption is important. • Look to your University’s mission statement. • Most people want to do the right thing. • Include people with disabilities when making the pitch. • If avoiding legal trouble is the primary motivator, compliance is usually the goal.

  9. 3. Make a PlanHow GOALS can help • Templates to help you form your committee, create a policy, create an action plan • Best Practice Indicators for Web Accessibility in Higher Education www.ncdae.org/goals/indicators.cfm • Benchmarking & Planning Tool (Coming next month) www.ncdae.org/goals/planningtool.php

  10. Screenshot of GOALS benchmarking and planning tool assessment of Indicator 2: Planning and Implementation. Displays progress of team members and progress on the process

  11. 3. Make a PlanLessons learned • Web Accessibility is often passed around, but sometimes it’s because no one knows where to put it. • Universities love committees. • Include key players frequently, other stakeholders occasionally.

  12. 4. Make it HappenHow GOALS can help • Templates and resources added regularly • Coming Soon: • Communities of Practice • Resources for Content Creators

  13. 4. Make it HappenLessons learned • Institutional Accessibility is not easy (or everyone would do it). • You won’t get it all right the first time. • There are more of us than we think. We need to work together.

  14. GOALS is seeking: • Participating institutions to use the Self-Study tool. • First 50 institutions receive a free Premium tool account. • Institutions to take part in our cost study. Contact me: jonathan@webaim.org 435-797-8284

  15. Thank you! • More information on the GOALS project- http://ncdae.org/goals • Additional web accessibility resources- http://webaim.org

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