Accessibility Tips to Accessibility Tips to Engage All StudentsEngage All Students

~~University of Washington University of Washington

TRiO Training 2012TRiO Training 2012

~~Alan Parks, M. EdAlan Parks, M. Ed

University of Washington TRiO Training 2012 - Alan Parks, UMaine

Accessibility Overview

• What does accessibility mean?

• For whom does it matter?

• Should you care?

• How do you improve the accessibility of our products and technologies?

• What resources can help?

University of Washington TRiO Training 2012 - Alan Parks, UMaine

Questions

• How do people with vision impairments or people who are blind use a computer?

• How do Deaf people understand the audio content of your videos or synchronous video sessions?

• Is all technology automatically accessible to all users?

University of Washington TRiO Training 2012 - Alan Parks, UMaine

Answers-a

• How do people with vision impairments or people who are blind use a computer? – With a screen reader!

University of Washington TRiO Training 2012 - Alan Parks, UMaine

Answers-b

• How do Deaf people understand the audio content of your videos or synchronous video sessions? – With captioning!

University of Washington TRiO Training 2012 - Alan Parks, UMaine

Answers-c

• Is all technology automatically accessible to all users?– Absolutely not!

– But when we do it right for people with disabilities, everyone benefits!

University of Washington TRiO Training 2012 - Alan Parks, UMaine

Why does accessibility matter?

• Let’s view this video to find out: http://webaim.org/media/common/video/k12.asx

University of Washington TRiO Training 2012 - Alan Parks, UMaine

What should you focus on?

• Your websites

• Your multimedia presentations – videos, chats, PowerPoints

• Word and PDF documents

• What else?

University of Washington TRiO Training 2012 - Alan Parks, UMaine

Accessibility Resources

• Alan’s page for this workshop: http://www.umaine.edu/csp/staff/triotraining2012/

• Web AIM: www.webaim.org

• UWashington DO-IT: http://www.washington.edu/doit/

University of Washington TRiO Training 2012 - Alan Parks, UMaine

Thanks!

The power of the Web is in its universality. Access by everyone regardless of disability is an essential

aspect. -Tim Berners-Lee