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IT Unconference

How to Work with the Office of Digital Accessibility

Proposed by Clare O'Keeffe

Number of Attendees
40
The Office of Digital Accessibility exists to provide resources and assistance to the Stanford Community in support of the creation, development, and procurement of accessible electronic content and services. If you've never worked with us before, or have only had minimal contact with us, this is a chance to learn more about the what we do and how we can help you, including our offerings related to procurement support, accessibility reviews, consulting and training, and accessibility tools.
Notes

Introduction

  • Clare O'Keeffe, Senior Manager - presenter
  • Who is part of the accessibility team?

What is Accessibility?

Definition of What is Accessibility - see Admin Guide: 6.8.1:

https://adminguide.stanford.edu/chapter-6/subchapter-8/policy-6-8-1

Tim Berner’s Lee quotation: “The power of the web is in its universality. Access by everyone regardless of disability is an essential aspect.”

How do we support you?

  • During Procurement
  • Accessibility Review
    • Can review websites, web-apps, mobile apps, electronic documents, etc.
    • Both internally developed and external systems
    • Reviews can be a spot check, high level review, or full audits
    • What you will learn -
      • Is it usable by someone with a disability?
      • What are the access barriers present?
    • Get an executive summary at the end
  • Consulting and Training
    • Lots of options for ongoing training and consultations
    • Can teach you how to make content accessible as well as build accessibility into your processes
    • One-off questions are welcomed!
    • Office Hours
    • Available Tools
      • Siteimprove
        • Scan public-facing websites; flags automated accessibility issues
        • Flag other content type issues (e.g., broken links, etc.)
      • Equidox
        • PDF remediation tool; will help authors fix PDF issues
      • Guides and Concepts pages on websites
        • Information on making content accessible
      • Canvas Instructor Accessibility Guide tool
        • Available in Canvas - will test a Canvas page for accessibility issues
      • Color contrast checker
    • Master Service Agreement for Captioning
      • Vendors who can provide captions and audio description
        • 3Play Media
        • Cielo24
      • Have pre-negotiated Stanford rate

Questions from Audience

What happens when a product is not accessible? Can we not go forward with it?

Color contrast and accessibility - what are appropriate fall-back options for people who have various types of color blindness? What may be tools that can show the types of color blindness.

Accessibility Plugins and Tools (see bottom of page for color contrast)- https://uit.stanford.edu/accessibility/testing/instructor-accessibility-guide

What are steps after fixing the issues? Is there an opportunity to get a second assessment to validate the work?

 

Access the slides on Google Drive