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Making Accessibility Accessible
Terrill ThompsonTechnology Accessibility Specialist
University of [email protected]
@terrillthompsonhttp://uw.edu/accessibility
#a11y
Photo source: FEMA/Bill Koplitz
The Typical Computer User
People are diverseand the technologies they use are diverse
Ability on a continuum
See
Hear
Walk
Read print
Write with pen or pencil
Communicate verbally
Tune out distraction
etc.
#gaad
GlobalAccessibilityAwarenessDay.org
#nomouse
nomouse.org
Canvas Accessibility
• The People:– Accessibility Project Manager, Dana Danger– Dedicated software engineer, Aaron Cannon– Software developers with accessibility training – QA engineers with accessibility experience– Executives who support accessibility initiatives
ATHEN
• Access Technology Higher Education Network
• http://athenpro.org• Founded at CSUN in 2002 • A long history of supporting collaborations
with vendors• http://collaborate.athenpro.org
Accessibility Collaboration• Started with:
– a conversation with our Canvas reps – a post to the ATHEN list seeking others – a report of accessibility issues that we
shared with Instructure• First teleconference was February 2014• Now has 83 participants• 396 accessibility bugs fixed in 2014
Accessibility within Canvas
• It is possible within Canvas to have an accessible course.
• It is possible within Canvas to have an inaccessible course.
Course Accessibility in Five Simple Steps
1. Use headings
2. Add alternate text to images
3. Caption videos
4. Upload accessible course materials
5. Ask questions about accessibility before selecting other features or tools
Introduction to Physics Course Syllabus Textbook Our sole text for this course will be Introduction to
Physics, Second Edition, authored by the instructor. Course Objectives to offer students exposure to
basic principles of Physics to provide students with rich, thought-provoking discussions during
lecture sessions to provide students with experiential learning opportunities during laboratory
sessions. Class Schedule Week Topic Reading Assignment 1 Course Introduction Chapter 1 2 Inertia,
equilibrium, kinematics Chapters 2-3 3 Newton’s laws, vectors, momentum, energy Chapters 4-7 4
Matter, elasticity, scaling Chapters 8-10 5 Wave kinematics, sound, electricity, magnetism, induction
Chapter 11-15 6 Light, reflection and refraction, emission Chapters 15-18 7 Review, final exam
Grades Grades will be assigned on a ten point scale (90 to 100 is an A, 80 to 89 is a B, etc.).
Homework, exams, and projects will be weighted as follows: Homework Exams Projects 1 2 Final 1 2
Final 15% 15% 15% 20% 10% 10% 15% Ce programme es également disponible en français sur
demande.
Example: Text with no structure
Example: Syllabus with structure
Step 1. Use Headings
Headings apply to all document types
Shown: Microsoft Word
Step 2. Add alternate text to images.
Alt text = equivalent communication
Photo source: Wikimedia Commons
Use the shortcuts to answer
Reminder:
Ctrl 1 = a
Ctrl 2 = b
Ctrl 3 = c
Ctrl 4 = d
Ctrl 5 = e
What is the best alt-text for this image?
a. Mount Rainier
b. Photo of Mount Rainier
c. Aerial photo of Mount Rainier from the Northwest on a clear blue summer day
d. Photo of Mount Rainier from the Northwest, showing the receding Russell Glacier
e. Ptarmigan Ridge, a Grade III climb on mixed terrain with a 5.8 pitch on rock
Step 3. Add captions to videos
http://ableplayer.github.io/ableplayer
And adding them to videos is easy
Caption files are plain text files
And there are free tools to help you create them
Shown: Amara.org
Step 4. Upload Accessible Course Content
• Accessible Microsoft Word documents• Accessible PowerPoint files • Accessible PDFs
Adobe PDF
• First released in 1993• PDF 1.4 (2001) introduced "tagged PDF"• Supported in Adobe Acrobat 5.0• Three general types of PDF:
– Image– Image with embedded fonts– Tagged (optimized for accessibility)
Is My PDF Tagged? Ctrl (or Command) + D
To Create an Accessible PDF
• Use an authoring tool that supports: – Creating documents with headings &
subheadings– Adding alt text to images– Exporting to tagged PDF
• Use these accessibility features anytime you create a document
Authoring tools that are known to support Tagged PDF
With Adobe Acrobat Pro, you can make an accessible
PDF from an inaccessible one
Adobe Acrobat Full Screen
Step 5. Ask questions about accessibility before selecting other features or tools.
Discussions
Conferencing
Collaboration
Accessible Technology Resources
• UW Accessible Technologyhttp://uw.edu/accessibility
• AccessComputinghttp://uw.edu/accesscomputing
• The DO-IT Centerhttp://uw.edu/doit