Update on Web Accessibility Initiative and ADA Title II Work Group Progress
Stay informed about the latest developments in web accessibility with updates from the W3C Web Accessibility Initiative and the ADA Title II Work Group. Learn about completed milestones, ongoing initiatives, and upcoming events to ensure digital accessibility for all users.
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Accessibility: Essential for some, useful for all. ~ W3C Web Accessibility Initiative ADA TITLE II WORK GROUP STATUS UPDATE FOR WACTC-TECH January 23, 2025 Monica Olsson, SBCTC Policy Associate Accessible IT Coordinator Carrie Powell, SBCTC PMO Team Project Manager
STATUS: COMPLETED (1 OF 2) STATUS: COMPLETED (1 OF 2) October 11, 2024: ADA Title II Work Group ADA Title II Work Group formed for system-wide coordinated response to DOJ ADA Title II Web Accessibility ruling. October 22, 2024: Distributed Issue Brief (attached) Issue Brief (attached) on DOJ Accessibility Compliance Deadlines. November 1, 2024: Presented DOJ Ruling and Accessible IT (AIT) Coordinator Tracker Survey Tracker Survey to Information Technology Commission. (ITC) November 6, 2024: Attended Department of Enterprise Services (DES) sourcing kickoff to learn about RFP for statewide contract for document and PDF statewide contract for document and PDF remediation remediation. (Ongoing) Accessible IT (AIT) Coordinator 2
STATUS: COMPLETED (2 OF 2) STATUS: COMPLETED (2 OF 2) Nov 22 Nov 22 - - Dec stakeholders, including eLearning staff at Highline College and the SBCTC Educational Technology Advisory Group (ETAG) regarding the Ally Accessibility tool for Canvas. December 31, 2024: December 31, 2024: All colleges responded to AIT Coordinator Tracker. January 9, 2025: January 9, 2025: Invitations sent for AIT Coordinator Kickoff session on Friday, January 31, 2025. Dec 3, 2024: 3, 2024: Held conversations with educational technology 3
STATUS: IN PROGRESS STATUS: IN PROGRESS 1. Revitalize Mailman list for AIT Coordinators (AT 2. Collect and share system-wide baseline accessibility data Survey: College Digital Accessibility Readiness Survey College Digital Accessibility Readiness Survey went out to all colleges on Thursday, Jan 9. Deadline Friday, Jan 24. Results will be shared with AIT Coordinators at Kickoff session Jan 31. Memo attached. Prototype all-college dashboard for Ally Accessibility tool in Canvas Web Accessibility Tool Survey Web Accessibility Tool Survey for college Web Administrators. 3. SBCTC Accessibility Task Force (AT- -COORD listserv) COORD listserv) Memo attached. Ally Accessibility tool in Canvas. 4
STATUS: UP NEXT STATUS: UP NEXT January 31, 2025: January 31, 2025: System-wide Accessible IT Coordinator Kickoff meeting. February 6, 2025: February 6, 2025: Present Canvas Ally Accessibility dashboard prototype to eLearning Council (eLC) for discussion and feedback. February 14, 2025 February 14, 2025: Q&A session with Rob Carr from WebAIM attorney Judith Risch. WebAIM and guest 6
GAPS GAPS Staff capacity, skillset, and funds for audit of third-party web and mobile applications. Example: Over 200 unique applications across the system are used by faculty and students integrated into Canvas (LTI) with unknown levels of accessibility compliance. Many colleges allow faculty control to add or edit LTI configurations in courses. 7
ADA TITLE II WORK GROUP THANK YOU! THANK YOU! Questions? Questions? Work Group Members: Work Group Members: Monica Olsson molsson@sbctc.edu Andy Duckworth aduckworth@sbctc.edu Carrie Powell cpowell@sbctc.edu Kevin Bouwman kbouwman@sbctc.edu 8
