Right, first pre-conference on the rather dry subject of 'Accessibility'. Here goes - and I do appreciate that I've been on the periphery of Acessibility up until now.
Around 15 in seminar. Almost all are creating or already have an 'accessibility committee' - couple of participants have 'accessibility' in their job title...
Great set of accessibility guides, documention here:
http://accessibility.ncsu.edu/
There is also a procurement guide which might be helpful for us:
"All information and communication technology purchases must adhere to the Information and Communication Technology (ICT) Accessibility Regulation. Additionally, bidders for purchase orders must provide additional accessibility documentation"
Great but slightly scary templates for vendors to fill in as part of an ITT and procurement process:
http://www.calstate.edu/Accessibility/EIT_Procurement/ A standard US Federal 'VPAT' accessibility set of criteria has been taken up by some forward thinking US Universities.
10 key facts about English contract law: http://www.seqlegal.com/blog/10-key-facts-about-english-contract-law
All this accessibility stuff might be helpful for our new web site (CMS - SiteCore) and new student management system (SITS Core).
Maybe especially good material here: http://accessibility.oit.ncsu.edu/training/it-accessibility-quick-guide.php
Even more at California State University:
http://www.calstate.edu/accessibility/
A pretty good 'status level' evaluation definition for where you are in the accessibility journey:
https://www.educause.edu/annual-conference/2014/seminar-13p-implementing-it-accessibility-your-campus-sharing-strategies-succeed-separate-registration
Actually, there are pretty well developed templates and guidance for almost everything you might need on the link above. The presenters from Cal State Uni were keen that their efforts might be of help to others.
Not to be outdone, the UK government provides guidance on how to get to at least AA status
https://www.gov.uk/service-manual/user-centred-design/accessibility
A reminder of the legal position. The Equality Act 2010 says that "A person ... concerned with the provision of a service to the public or a section of the public (for payment or not) must not discriminate against a person requiring the service by not providing the person with the service."
http://www.seqlegal.com/blog/website-accessibility-and-equality-act-2010
Contributions to the round-table discussions may have been compromised by my accent somewhat. Presenter suggested a good use of 'Captioning' was for the new Scottish Dr Who but he was looking at me.
Finally, the RNIB has a great page on accessibility:
http://www.rnib.org.uk/about-rnib/web-accessibility-statement
http://www.w3.org/TR/WAI-WEBCONTENT/
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