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Opening Doors to AccessibilityHow and Where to Share the Work and Make Accessibility Happen
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Challenges and Frustrations• Digital accessibility is unknown/misunderstood• Little to no built-in support• Little to no research base• Few initiatives to point to as templates• Misunderstood constituents on campus
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It’s Big• Not easy to put boundaries on digital accessibility
• Where does it live?• Who owns it?• Who implements it?• Where, again, does it live???
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Paradigm• Build it in, don’t bolt it on
• Remove bottlenecks• Create efficiency• Build redundancy• Create sustainability• Change campus culture
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Find or Make a Champion• Standard bearer• Advocate• Evangelist• Un-silo’d• Subject matter expert• Firefighter over cop*…more often than not
*Credit: John Foliot
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Can you…• …talk to people easily?• …listen to people and relate?• …stay even-keeled?• …talk about accessibility so that it relates to roles?• …think short and long term?• …handle rejection?• …dedicate the time to it?
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Co-headlining Tours• It might take two to tango to this one.
• Information• Resources• Moral support
• Be the subject matter expert.
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Assemble your team• Team functions
• Policy and standards• Implementation and integration planning• Timeline, approach• Implementation
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Identify Who Needs to be on Board• Leadership is absolutely key, at every level
• But not every campus leader…
• People that do the work• But not every employee…
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Committee Member or Stakeholder?• Committee: does the work, meets regularly• Stakeholders: Provide support, guidance, information• Committee: Small• Stakeholders: Big(-ger), stays updated• Create a bunch of advocates
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Roles and Institutional Accessibility• Identify who has a hand in it• Work up the organizational chart to find their bosses• Keep going up
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Roles and Accessibility
• Purchasing agents• Content authors• Content managers• Developers• Web/UX designers• Student Disability
Services Academic Technology Specialists
• Instructional Designers
• Librarians• Print designers• Project Managers• Business Analysts• Information Architects• Human Relations• Institution Lawyers• Internal Auditors• Sports Information
Directors
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Who do I Start With?• Close proximity• Follow critical pathways for students, faculty, staff, public
• Students, for example• Recruitment• Application• Enrollment• Housing application• Course material• On-campus jobs• Graduation• Career placement
• Identify where they touch technology that you serve up
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Pro Tip
•Start the conversation!
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Move Deliberately• It’s OK to start small• A small group can grow• Too big of a group is hard to shrink without political fallout• Your core group will fluctuate
• Clarity of understanding• Job changes
• Spin off focused functions
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How do I Engage?• Tailor your message
• Provost• Instructional Designer• Chief Information Officer• Technical Writer
• Refine and repeat as needed
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Message Themes• Solve problems• Enhance skill sets• Say “please” and “thank you”• Get past “right thing to do” and “Section 508”• Risks to the institution
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Carrots• Lower risk profile
• Americans with Disabilities Act changes
• Better student outcomes• Better employment opportunities• Content that’s easier to use and maintain• Easier on select authors• SEO• Code base improvement
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Sticks• Complaints
• Americans with Disabilities Act• State laws
• Look for settlements announced by National Federation of the Blind
• Look for cost information • National Center on Disability and Access to Education (NCDAE)
• Department of Justice tends to look at a lot if the door opens• Policy and/or administrative consequences
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In Sum• You and your campus can do this• Find a banner carrier• It takes a village• Speak the right language
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Questions?Rob Carr, Accessibility Coordinator
Oklahoma ABLE Tech, Oklahoma State University
@okabletech, @rgcarrjr on Twitter