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Hello New Accessibility Assistant (AA)!
Welcome to the Student-workers in Technology and Accessible Resource Services (STARS) Team! We are so glad you're joining us in making Yale more accessible for students with disabilities. In the Accessibility Assistant (AA) Role, you will be directly in charge of remediating a wide range of file types to make them readable by screen readers, and accessible to navigate. In this training, we will teach you the basics of accessibility, and give some helpful tips for developing your skills further.
Remediating files is similar to learning a new language, which definitely takes some time to get used to, but with each document, you will get better and faster! If you have any questions while remediating documents, please feel free to email or schedule office hours with the LAA or the AA Support Team, and we can help you navigate these questions!
Please watch the video, read through the information below, and answer the questions in the form to complete this section of the training module.
AA Module 1 Video
AA Module 1 Video
Module 1 Reading
Module 1 Reading
In this introductory module, we will learn more about SAS, the STARS Team, the guidelines we follow, and the role you'll play in making Yale a more accessible place!
Thank you for joining the Assistive Technology Staff at the Student Accessibility Services office here at Yale University! We are excited to have you join our team of Accessibility Assistants (AA), who are all Yale student-workers committed to making their fellow peers’ coursework accessible. In the role of an Accessibility Assistant, you will be responsible for making electronic documents accessible through the use of online software and tools.
Accessibility refers to the ease with which individuals, primarily individuals with disabilities, can interact with their environment at the same level as their peers who may be able-bodied. Accessibility can be facilitated through academic accommodations, electronic documents and the internet, and employment modifications. This is governed by legal compliance with the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, and its following legislation American with Disabilities Act (ADA, 1990), and the Americans with Disabilities Act Amendment Act (ADAAA, 2008).
In this role, Accessibility Assistants will be working under the guidance of the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines 2.2 (WCAG 2.2). You will be focused on remediating and ensuring that courses with electronic documents, such as PDF and Word docs, are meeting these guidelines. To do that, documents are expected to be remediated in a relatively quick period. Depending on volume, assignments should be completed within a week of being assigned. Accessibility Assistants are expected to be working at least 10-15 hours per week on the provided assignments.
If there is any difficulty meeting this requirement or if you are in need of support, please contact your Graduate Accessibility Assistant (GAA); Lead Graduate Accessibility Assistant (LAA), Yuyi Bei (yuyi.bei@yale.edu); or the Associate Director of Assistive Technology with SAS, Jordan Colbert (jordan.colbert@yale.edu).
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