Community of Educational Technology Support (ComETS)

Accessibility Special Interest Group

Spring 2008 Event

Technology Accessibility:

Refresher, Updates, and Student Experiences

Brownbag lunch

Date: Thursday, May 8, 2008

Time: 11:30 AM-1:00 PM

Location: 126 Memorial Library [map] 

Event planning:

  Alice Anderson, DoIT

  Blaire Bundy, DoIT

  Todd Schwanke, McBurney Disability Resource Center

  Nicole Soukup, McBurney Disability Resource Center

  Joyce Tikalsky, Engineering External Relations

SPEAKER BIOS

PROGRAM

11:30 AM-11:35 AM

Welcome - Lisa Jansen, ComETS Steering Committee

ComETS mission: ComETS is a UW-Madison educational technology support community

designed to encourage networking and collaboration to better share resources and expertise

Introductions: First- or second-time ComETS event participants

Announcements: (1) ComETS events handout, and (2) other events or announcements that might be interesting to educational tech support community.

Introduction of Speakers - Joyce Tikalsky, ComETS Steering Committee

11:35- AM-12:45 PM

Web Accessibility at UW-Madison: Student Access & Stories

• 11:35 AM- 11:55 AM Students' Use of Campus Accessibility Services - Nicole Soukup and Todd Schwanke, McBurney Disability Resource Center
   
  Brief discussion and overview of the students that McBurney serves, distributions of students on campus, the services/accommodations they receive, and some of the barriers we are working on.
   
• 11:55 AM-12:10 PM The 2008 DoIT Information Technology Survey of Students with Disabilities - Alice Anderson

   

  Making learning resources accessible to students with disabilities while addressing the preferences of students overall is a fascinating process. Through annual surveys, students at UW-Madison have told us what technologies they own, and their opinions and preferences for "technologies and learning," as well as how they would like to access their course materials/resources or the barriers they experience.

   
• 12:10 PM-12:45 PM Making Learning Resources Accessible to Students with Disabilities: Audio and Video Materials - Alice Anderson
   
  A case study with World Caption software that shows how 26 videos were quickly captioned for a real class, including data on costs to obtain transcripts, and time to caption.
   
  12:45 PM-1:00 PM Making Learning Resources Accessible to Students with Disabilities: How Can ComETS Help Lower Barriers to PDFs? - Joyce Tikalsky

   

  Students continue to encounter inaccessible PDFs in their work. What ideas and suggestions do ComETS members have for processes that could overcome this barrier? We've come a long way since the university announced an accessibility policy in 2000. Is there more we can do? Ideas and suggestions for making PDFs accessible on university websites, with a priority on class materials 

   

12:45 PM-1:00 PM

Web Accessibility News and Resources:

• New and recommended online resources for making course materials accessible: tutorials, course management systems,

captioning tools, website reviews, audio transcript services (Knowledge Base pages) - Alice Anderson

Wrap-up - Invitation for future ComETS Accessibility SIG activities - Alice Anderson

Planning checklist:

X_ Draft wiki for use during the event (Joyce, Dec. 20, 2007). http://cometsaccsig.pbwiki.org/

X_Check campus calendar (AA and JT).

X_Reserve room 126 Memorial Library - dgrow@library.wisc.edu, 263-1721, Room 170, 11am-1pm, May 8, 2008

X_Draft SAVE THE DATE email and send to the event group for review (Joyce, April 8, 2008).

X_Send the SAVE THE DATE draft approved by the five of us to the ComETS Streering Committee for preview.

X_Send the SAVE THE DATE draft approved by the ComETS Steering Committee to John Thomson (ComETS Steering Committee) for distribution.

X_Share the pbwiki site with all collaborators. Confirm all participants.

X_Set up a meeting of presenters, if applicable (AA and JT) - April 28, 9 AM, McBurney Conference Room

X_All presenters: Check descriptions on the wiki.

X_Send the PROGRAM DETAILS email to ComETS (John Thomson, ComETS steering committee) by April 29

X_Extend invitations to guests and campus groups with a special interest in this topic.

X_Send thank-you letters to presenters and facility coordinators (Joyce, May 16, 2008).

This is a real PBwiki page that you can edit.

!

Step 1: Fix the typo

As an educator, you're great at spotting little details. Can you find the typo in this senence? Click Edit Page, fix it, and then save this page. It's easy!

Step 2: Use PBwiki to collaborate

• Click "New Page" to create a universe of pages using pre-made templates
• PBwiki FAQ
• Get PBwiki tips & tricks at our blog