designing digital materials that are accessible for all learners: university of otago webinar 18...
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Raymond RoseRose & Smith Associates
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Webinar for University of Otago 18 July 2016
Designing Digital Materials That are Accessible for All Learners
2http://www.inacol.org/resource/access-and-equity-for-all-learners-in-blended-and-online-education/
Access and Equity for All Learners in Blended and Online Education
2014iNACOL
http://tinyurl.com/accessandequityforall
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https://www.hrc.co.nz/your-rights/people-disabilities/your-rights
/The Human Rights Act of 1993 covers disabilities, which people have presently, have had in the past, or which they are believed to have.
The Human Rights Act of 1993 makes discrimination unlawful when it occurs in:• public education and health services• and access to education.
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Accessibility:OCR’s Operational Definition
“those with a disability are able to acquire the same information and engage in the same interactions — and within the same time frame — as those without disabilities.”
OCR Compliance Review 11-11-2128, 06121583, paraphrased from 11-13-5001, 10122118, 11-11-6002
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Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) Overview
WCAG 2.0 is a stable, referenceable technical standard. It has 12 guidelines that are organized under 4 principles: perceivable, operable, understandable, and robust. For each guideline, there are testable success criteria, which are at three levels: A, AA, and AAA.
https://www.w3.org/WAI/intro/wcag
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Common OCR Findings1. Lack of Alternative Text on All Images2. Documents Not Posted in an Accessible
Format3. Lack of Captions on All Videos and the
Inability to Operate Video Controls Using Assistive Technology
4. Improperly Structured Data Tables
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Common OCR Findings5. Improperly Formatted and Labeled Form
Fields6. Improper Contrast Between Background
and Foreground Colors7. Frames Not Titled with Text that
Facilitates Frame Identification and Navigation
Website & Online Course Design Recommendations (1of2):
Color selection does not impede students with color blindness.
There is no use of graphical eye-candy.
All graphics have meaningful, learning-related Alt Tags.
All content in PDFs is searchable (if a graphic, follow requirements for graphics).
Website & Online Course Design Recommendations (2of2):
All audio is accompanied by text transcripts.
All video includes synchronized captioning.
Course navigation is possible without the use of a mouse.
Content at all external links meets the same accessibility standards.
Courses are reviewed with access by a screen reader in mind.
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Universal Design for Learning (UDL)
• Principle I: Provide Multiple Means of Representation (the “what” of learning)
• Principle II: Provide Multiple Means of Action and Expression (the “how” of learning)
• Principle III: Provide Multiple Means of Engagement (the “why” of learning)
National Center on UDL http://www.udlcenter.org/
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Contact Info
Raymond Rose [email protected]
Presentation slides on this topic are available at SlideShare.net under http://www.slideshare.net/RaymondRoseAnd at my blog: rmrose.blogspot.com
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Resources
The following compilation of resources can be helpful when developing accessible online courses and websites.
This is not intended to be a comprehensive list.
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Step 1. Check* your websiteFREE website accessibility test sites
http://CynthiaSays.com
http://WAVE.webaim.org
http://achecker.ca/checker/index.php
* Not comprehensive and will not check all accessibility issues but is a good quick check of the basic issues.
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AInspector Sidebar 1.0.0-beta.1 for FireFox
WAVE Evaluation Tool for Google Chrome
Resource: Browser Based Accessibility Tools*
* Not comprehensive and will not check all accessibility issues but is a good quick check of the basic issues.
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Vendor Guide to Web Accessibility for Higher Education Customers
By the Committee on Institutional Cooperation (CIC, Big 10 Universities + University of Chicago)
http://tinyurl.com/j6crq63
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TxDLAPiloted 2016
Online Accessibility Certificate Will be offered again 2017
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Universal Design for Learning (UDL)
• Principle I: Provide Multiple Means of Representation (the “what” of learning)
• Principle II: Provide Multiple Means of Action and Expression (the “how” of learning)
• Principle III: Provide Multiple Means of Engagement (the “why” of learning)
http://www.udlcenter.org/
Resources
HHS Section 508 Accessiblity checklists
http://www.hhs.gov/web/section-508/making-files-accessible/checklist
ResourceColor Blindness Simulator
http://www.seewald.at/en/2012/01/color_blindness_correction_and_simulator
See through the eyes of your red, green or blue colorblind student.
Android only
ResourcesColor advice for cartographyhttp://colorbrewer2.org/ Vischeck simulates colorblind vision.http://www.vischeck.com/ Daltonize corrects images for colorblind viewers.http://www.vischeck.com/daltonize/
More Color Blindness Tools
Resources
Colour Contrast Analyzer for Mac and Windows
https://www.paciellogroup.com/resources/contrastanalyser/
More Color Blindness Tools
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1 page accessibility resources for a variety of applications including MS Office and Adobe
http://ncdae.org/resources/cheatsheets/
Cheatsheets
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Tools and Tips for creating accessible digital images
http://diagramcenter.org/
Diagram Center
Resources FREE Video Captioning AppsNCAM.wgbh.org
MAGpieCC for FLASH
How to add closed captions to YouTubehttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9K4WJs94FfY
ResourcesAdobe and Accessibility website (PDF info)www.adobe.com/accessibility.html
Creating Accessible Tables and Data Tableshttp://webaim.org/techniques/tables/http://webaim.org/techniques/tables/data
Resources10 Free Screen Readers
http://usabilitygeek.com/10-free-screen-reader-blind-visually-impaired-users/
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NVDA http://www.nvaccess.org/
NVDA (NonVisual Desktop Access) is a free “screen reader” which enables blind and vision impaired people to use computers. It reads the text on the screen in a computerized voice. You can control what is read to you by moving the cursor to the relevant area of text with a mouse or the arrows on your keyboard.
FREE Screen Reader
Accessibility White Papers on Web Accessibility and Captioning
http://www.3playmedia.com/how-it-works/white-papers/inars/
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Raymond Rose [email protected]
Presentation slides on this topic are available at:http://www.slideshare.net/RaymondRose
And at my blog: http://rmrose.blogspot.com