Accessibility

IC Workplan item 3.2.c: Assure accessibility of eLearning and other online resources. 

Members:

• Kathleen Chambers: Liaison with Professional Development group

• Ann Garnsey- Harter, Shoreline CC

• Alissa Sells, SBCTC

• Tina Torres, EdCC

• Lori Tiede, EdCC

• Amy Rovner, Shoreline CC

• Vanessa Scee, SVC

• Marty Heilstedt, Pierce JBLM

• Jess Thompson, SBCTC

• Marc Lentini, Highline

Goals:

Professional development - Kathleen and Alissa

• Ensure state training is accessible

• Create online training on UDL and accessibility

• Run an accessibility retreat for the east/dry side

Support state-wide captioning initiative - Marc and Jess

• Monday morning LMS Admin meetings - bring in vendors for demos of captioning services. On hold: will have demos as part of the state-wide RFP. 

• Preliminary leg work for captioning RFP - (Complete. Captioning RFP aiming to hit the streets this Winter, contract in place next FY.)

Build Bridges with DSS council - Vanessa and Jess

• Conduct a joint meeting with ELC and DSS. Aiming for winter, 2016.

Activity Detail

Accessible State Training

Two classes - OER and Canvas Intro. 

Canvas Intro is partly done, gets worked on in between other projects. 

• Only using materials produced by Instructure. 

• Intro video created locally is captioned. 

• Syllabus is table-free. 

• Home page is icon driven, but not in tables and alt attributes are set.

• Appropriate heading structure on all the pages. 

• Nothing underlined but links, color is not the only indicator of emphasis. 

Alissa is already building this into the workflow for new materials. PPTs/other materials for face-to-face training are being created accessible. Jen Whetham is creating accessible materials. 

OpenWA website is being redone, accessibility review is just starting. 

Action item: Review OER course for accessibility. 

Create Online Training on UDL and Accessibility

Ideally, find a group to develop a set of modules on captioning, accessibility, disability culture, etc. Could be shared across campuses. 

Jess has a good outline that we can build off. Shoreline has an in-house FLC on accessibility too. 

Key goals

• Guidance for how to get through it, why it matters. 

• There are a lot of materials out there; we need to filter it down. 

• Should be customized to elearning tools being used in the system.

Accessibility Retreat  for East/Dry side

Support Requested from ELC

• Regional Day Trainings: One on documents, another on captioning

• Estimate: 4-8 trainings X 30 participants X 14.00 =$1,700-$3,400.00

• Single Day Training Captioning one day: Documents another day

Support state-wide captioning initiative - Marc and Jess

Will use some Monday morning LMS Admin meetings to bring in vendors for demos of captioning services.

Preliminary leg work for captioning RFP - (Complete: surveys on usage, policy, process currently in place at colleges.) 

Build Bridges with DSS council - Vanessa and Jess

Jess will be talking to DSS meeting Oct 28 in Walla^2. 

Jess and Vanessa will contact them to coordinate the meeting.

Update Report February 11, 2016

 Fall-Feb. 11, 2016

• • Completed DSS and eLearning joint meeting

  • Accessibility Retreat

    • Locations scouted: Will take place in Spokane

    • Trainers still to be decided

  • Accessibility Online Training

    • Prototype shared

    • Kathleen, Amy and Alissa scheduling meetings to create a Task Analysis for the content

To Be Continued:

• • Choose location in Spokane for retreat

    • Kathleen writing a grant to SBCTC

    • Designate trainers

    • Marketing information

    • Update last year’s classroom for the retreat

    • Facilitate the retreat in July

  • Complete outline and outcomes for online training

  • Build the Canvas course

Update Report April 22, 2016

Retreat - Columbia Basin College & Best Western (college foodservice to do meals)

• • • July 28-29, 2016

    • FREE for faculty, funded by SBCTC

    • 40 faculty + up to 5 facilitators

• • Attendees

    • 4 slots plus 1 alternate per college.

    • Open up to east side schools and then remaining seats to westside schools

      • Spokane Falls, Spokane, Moses Lake, Wenatchee, Columbia Basin, Yakima Valley, Walla Walla, Big Bend, Bates and Clark (b/c no one attended west side retreats)

      • Need to book by July 1 for hotel names

      • Plus Zachary from Clark - volunteered to do session on NVDA screen reader; Accessible MATH!!!  Ask colleges to think about Math faculty to invite.

      • Invite a few DSS for anecdotes; error correctors; Vanessa inviting messaging DSS Council to ask for 2 representatives

    • Amy @ ATL Accessibility Talk - Can mention to interested faculty, if you want to be a faculty/campus leader - go talk to your eLearning office re: retreat opportunity

  • Action Steps:

    • Send out registration information

      • East side schools get priority through Wednesday, May 25

      • Open up to the west side if extra seats after May 25th

        • Send confirmation email for those registered and remind that there’s a waitlist; follow up before conference to confirm attendance

        • Need ALL attendees signed up by July 1

      • 2 seats to DSS council for reps - preferably from east side (and one alternate)  (Vanessa inviting)

      • (if 5 folks come from Columbia Basin - save their hotel room funds and possibly add 2 more)

      • Kathleen managing invitations - 4/25/16 and hotel reservations

      • Alissa managing catering

      • Alissa contacting Zachary to invite

    • Future Next Steps:

      • Identify presenters

      • Update agenda based on presenters

      • Update Canvas Classroom

    • Handouts/takeaways  from UDOIT Center (Amy may have extras)