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Raymond M. RoseRose & Smith Associates
Port Aransas, TX
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Why All the Attention to Accessibility?
speaks VOLumes 2015
Ray’s Background• K-12 teacher, curriculum coordinator, counselor, adminstrator• Civil Rights Specialist with Mass Dept of Education• Civil Rights Specialist/Manager New England equity assistance center• Virtual High School designer/manager• 1st virtual school special needs policy• 2007 1st publication access and equity in online education• Faculty, Instructional Technology and Distance Learning Coordinator,
Huston-Tillotson U.• Technical Working Group, Center on Online Learning and Students with
Disabilities• 2014 Access and Equity for All Learners in Blended and Online Education
First, a little history…
1973Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act
"No otherwise qualified individual with a disability in the United States . . . shall, solely by reason of her or his disability, be excluded from the
participation in, be denied the benefits of, or be subjected to discrimination under any program or activity receiving Federal financial
assistance . . . ."
First, a little history…
July 26, 1990
The ADA was signed into law by President George H.W. Bush, to “ensure that people with disabilities are given the basic guarantees for
which they have worked so long and so hard: independence, freedom of choice, control of their lives, the opportunity to blend fully and equally
into the rich mosaic of the American mainstream.”
First, a little history… 2011
•Google Apps for Education (NYU, NU) – March 2011•Penn State – 2011 --suit
First, a little history… 2012
Florida State University – March 2012 -- suitUniversity of Montana – September 2012 -- reviewGrand Rapids Community College –November 2012 -- complaint
First, a little history… 2013South Carolina Technical College System –March 2013Crowley ISD – March 2013 – complaint Lockhart ISD – July 2013Louisiana Tech University – July 2013 --complaintVirtual Community School of Ohio – November 2013
First, a little history… 2014South Carolina Virtual Charter Schools –March 2014University of Montana-Missoula – March 2014 – complaintH&R Block – March 2014 - suitManchester School District – April 2014U. Cincinnati & Youngstown State U –December 2014
2014
http://www.inacol.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/iNACOL-Access-and-Equity-for-All-Learners-in-Blended-and-Online-Education-Oct2014.pdf
2015April 2nd.
http://www.justice.gov/usao-ma/pr/united-states-reaches-settlement-provider-massive-open-online-courses-make-its-content
Quiz • Identify your institution’s Section 504 Coordinator?• Identify the person responsible for your online learning
program?• Has your institution adopted quality standards for online
resources/courses?• Does your institution include an accessibility check for all
technology purchases?• When was the last accessibility audit of the institutional
website?
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
Access and Equity Checklist
•Policies•Online Course Design•Program and Course Monitoring
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Policy Recommendations:Institution has adopted, as policy, a set of quality standards to
which all online learning courses adhere.
All of the institution’s online courses (including those from outside profit and non-profit vendors) are reviewed to insure they meet legal accessibility standards.
Institution has determined process, responsibility, and timeline for retrofitting accessibility or replacing courses that are not accessible.
Policy Recommendations:
Institution has a designated 504 Coordinator, Grievance Policy, and conducts annual notifications. (Required)
Institution has policy and activities to ensure organizational website meets accessibility requirements.
Institution has no gateway exam/test where a specific score is required to participate in online learning activities.
Website & Online Course Design:
Color selection does not impede students with color blindness.
All graphics have meaningful, learning-related Alt Tags.
There is no use of graphical eye-candy.
All content in PDFs is searchable (if a graphic, follow requirements for graphics).
Website & Online Course Design All audio is accompanied by text transcripts.
All video includes synchronized captioning.
Course navigation is possible without the use of a mouse.
Courses are reviewed with access by a screen reader in mind.
Content at all external links meets the same accessibility standards.
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Access and Equity for All Learners in Blended and Online Education• http://www.inacol.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/iNACOL-Access-and-
Equity-for-All-Learners-in-Blended-and-Online-Education-Oct2014.pdf
Higher Ed Accessibility Lawsuits, Complaints, and Settlements• http://www.d.umn.edu/~lcarlson/atteam/lawsuits.html
US DoE Office of Educational Technology
Ed Tech Developers Guide
A primer for software developers, startups, and entrepreneurs• http://tech.ed.gov/files/2015/04/Developer-Toolkit.pdf
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FREE Video Captioning Apps•NCAM.wgbh.org
•MAGpie•CC for FLASH
How to add closed captions to YouTube• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9K4WJs94FfY
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Adobe and Accessibility website (PDF info)• www.adobe.com/accessibility.html
Creating Accessible Tables and Data Tables• http://webaim.org/techniques/tables/• http://webaim.org/techniques/tables/data
2014 Access and equity for all learners in blended and online education• http://inacol.org
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Color 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
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Color advice for cartography• http://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
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FREE website accessibility testers•http://CynthiaSays.com•http://WAVE.webaim.org
Browser Based Accessibility Testers
Accessibility Evaluator for Firefox 1.5.7.1*
WAVE Evaluation Tool for Google Chrome
*2008 uses WCAG 1.0
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More Browser Based Accessibility Testers
HTML CodeSniffer• http://squizlabs.github.io/HTML_CodeSniffer/
Tota11y• http://khan.github.io/tota11y/
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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 computerised 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.
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10 Free Screen Readers
http://usabilitygeek.com/10-free-screen-reader-blind-visually-impaired-users/
Upcoming Scheduled and Previously Recorded Webinars
Accessibility Tips for Effective Teaching and Learning
http://www.3playmedia.com/how-it-works/webinars/
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SSB YouTube Video Series: Web Accessibility 101
Introductory level (short) videos demonstrating assistive technology and common accessibility challenges.
Search SSB Bart Group on YouTube
Contact Info
Raymond Rose• [email protected]• 512.791.3100
Presentation slides on this topic are available at SlideShare.net under RaymondRoseAnd at my blog: rmrose.blogspot.com