TAMU-Corpus Christi Connect and Reflect 2/25/2015

The latest legal requirements for designing digital materials that are accessible for all learners.

Connect and Reflect

Raymond M. Rose

Rose & Smith Associates

Port Aransas, TX

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http://www.inacol.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/iNACOL-Access-and-Equity-for-All-Learners-in-Blended-and-Online-Education-Oct2014.pdf

Easier, go to iNACOL.org and find the publication listed under Latest News, Research and Resources

OCR Findings: UCincinnati & Youngstown StateU• Lack of Alternative Text on All Images

• Documents Not Posted in an Accessible Format

• Lack of Captions on All Videos and the Inability to Operate Video Controls Using Assistive Technology

• Improperly Structured Data Tables

• Improperly Formatted and Labeled Form Fields

• Improper Contrast Between Background and Foreground Colors

• Frames Not Titled with Text that Facilitates Frame Identification and Navigation (Youngstown only)

Legal BackingOCR initiated this review* under Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 (Section 504), as amended, 29 U.S.C. § 794, and its implementing regulation at 34 C.F.R. Part 104, and Title II of the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 (Title II), 42 U.S.C. § 12131 et seq., and its implementing regulation at 28 C.F.R. Part 35. These laws prohibit discrimination on the basis of disability in programs or activities receiving financial assistance from the U.S. Department of Education (the Department) and by certain public entities. As a recipient of financial assistance from the Department and as a public entity, the University is subject to Section 504 and Title II.

*From Youngstown Case Resolution letter

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

Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) 2.0

•Perceivable

•Operable

•Understandable

•Robust

http://www.w3.org/TR/WCAG20/

Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) 2.0

•Perceivable• Text alternatives• Time-based media alternatives•Content can be presented in different

ways• Easier for users to see and hear content

Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) 2.0

•Operable•Keyboard functionality• Time constraints removed• Sensitivity to seizure-inducing design• Easily navigate and find content

Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) 2.0

•Understandable• Text content readable and

understandable•Web pages are predictable in

appearance and operation•Help users avoid and correct mistakes

Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) 2.0

•Robust •Maximize current and future user

compatibility• Including assistive technologies

•Policies

•Course Design

•Program and Course Monitoring

Rose & Smith Associates

Policy Recommendations:

Institution has adopted, as policy, a set of quality standards to which all courses adhere.

All of the institution’s 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 designated a 504 Coordinator, Grievance Policy, and conducts annual notifications.

Institution has policy and activities to ensure organizational website meets accessibility requirements.

Policy Recommendations (K-12)

Institution has created and promulgated a Special Needs Online Learning Policy.

Institution has no gateway exam/test where a specific score is required to participate in online learning activities.

Course Design:

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).

Course Design 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.

Program and Course Monitoring (K-12)

Disaggregated enrollment data is collected for all online programs and courses.

Enrollment data is analyzed for comparison with sending population.

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FREE Video Captioning Apps

•NCAM.wgbh.org•MAGpie•CC for FLASH

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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

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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

Resources5 of 8

FREE website accessibility testers

•http://CynthiaSays.com

•http://WAVE.webaim.org

•https://amp.ssbbartgroup.com/express

•Accessibility Evaluator for Firefox 1.5.7.1

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10 Free Screen Readers

http://usabilitygeek.com/10-free-screen-reader-blind-visually-impaired-users/

Accessibility Evaluator for Firefox 1.5.7.1

The tool supports web developers in testing their web resources for functional accessibility based on the iCITA HTML Best Practices*.

*2008 uses WCAG 1.0)

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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.

Contact Info

Raymond Rose• [email protected]• 512.791.3100

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