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VPAT/ACR Scorecard

Posted By Laura Hopkins 03-25-2023 12:35:00 PM
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Hello, all! We held two review sessions for UTA's current ACR scorecard. I received fantastic feedback, and I am making a few updates to the scorecard. Also, before sharing with Educause, I need to be sure that the Excel file is accessible. I've run into some delays working on this project due to UTA's ...

Submitted new support tickets to Adobe

Posted By Laura Hopkins 03-24-2023 11:06:36 AM
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Good morning, all! UTA has submitted new support tickets with Adobe. These issues aren't new and have been around since at least 2021, but we are trying to get visibility to the problems. If you are so inclined, we invite you to submit your own tickets to Adobe. Issue #1 Auto Tag Form stopped working ...

RE: Volunteers?

Posted By Laura Hopkins 03-08-2023 03:38:47 PM
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Hi! I've received great response to my request for volunteers. Thank you! Unfortunately, some of the replies did not include email addresses. Instead of trying to invite people individually, I think it makes more sense to just give everyone the meeting links. I've scheduled two sessions. The first ...

Volunteers?

Posted By Laura Hopkins 03-08-2023 12:15:00 PM
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Hi! I've created a scorecard that we are using to assess ACRs (completed VPATs). Would anyone be interested in having a Teams meeting to review and discuss? I'd be very interested to know what others think about the way I've weighted the different WCAG criteria. LAURA HOPKINS MS ITM, CAPM, CPACC, ...

Looking for an on-line platform for marketing collateral templates

Posted By Laura Hopkins 02-23-2023 02:44:32 PM
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Has anyone found an on-line vendor that will produce accessible PDFs? We've reviewed Marq (formerly, LucidPress), Issuu, Canva and Yumpu. LAURA HOPKINS MS ITM, CAPM, CPACC, CTCD/CTCM EIR Accessibility Coordinator (EIRAC) Office of Information Technology The University of Texas at Arlington ...

accessible wayfaring

Posted By Laura Hopkins 02-21-2023 08:34:00 AM
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I recently visited with Northern Illinois University about their use of NaviLens. Does anyone else have experience with this vendor or other accessible wayfinding tools? LAURA HOPKINS MS ITM, CAPM, CPACC, CTCD/CTCM EIR Accessibility Coordinator (EIRAC) Office of Information Technology The University ...

Question about captions

Posted By Laura Hopkins 02-17-2023 09:27:00 AM
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[I'm sure this has been answered previously but I can't find it!] For a video that has a narrator but the narration is basically just reading the text visible on the slides - are captions required? I'm thinking that the captions are still required but I'm having a difficult time articulating why ...

RE: Making Crossword Puzzle Accessible to Blind Student

Posted By Laura Hopkins 02-09-2023 07:04:55 AM
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This article might be helpful: https://www.perkins.org/resource/aph-accessible-crossword-puzzle-app-review/ Create New Puzzles Also included in the User Guide is information on how to create new puzzles. This is a fantastic opportunity for teachers to take those crossword puzzle worksheets and make them ...

RE: Microsoft set to charge more for live captions in Teams

Posted By Laura Hopkins 02-07-2023 08:57:45 AM
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We have been told that "text to speech" counts as a translation. So this would indicate that Microsoft intends to require a Premium subscription for Teams to provide live captions. LAURA HOPKINS MS ITM, CAPM, CPACC, CTCD/CTCM EIR Accessibility Coordinator Office of Information Technology The ...

RE: Offering automatic captioning by default

Posted By Laura Hopkins 01-09-2023 06:35:55 AM
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We use Echo360 for our classroom lectures to be recorded and captioned. LAURA HOPKINS MS ITM, CAPM, CPACC, CTCD/CTCM EIR Accessibility Coordinator Office of Information Technology The University of Texas at Arlington laura.hopkins@uta.edu Office: 817-272-5961 eiraccessibility.uta.edu Accessibility ...

Recommendations for an accessible on-line magazine

Posted By Laura Hopkins 12-12-2022 09:34:00 AM
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Does anyone have an accessible on-line magazine vendor? We met last week with Marq (formerly, LucidPress) and discussed the fact that the PDFs generated from their platform are not accessible. After several weeks of conversations, we were told by the vendor that accessibility is not a top priority ...

RE: new accessibility guide

Posted By Laura Hopkins 11-11-2022 06:39:30 AM
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Henry, I sent my comments to both the support email address and their accessibility email address: accessibility@cielo24.com In addition to expressing my disappointment regarding their PDF on accessibility that wasn't accessible, I also noticed that they are using an Accessibe web overlay on their ...

RE: Vendors of web applications and accessibility

Posted By Laura Hopkins 09-26-2022 12:59:17 PM
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Per TAC 213.37, you will need to document the purchase of inaccessible resources with an exception form. DIR provides a template for an exception form: https://dir.texas.gov/resource-library-item/eir-accessibility-exception-request-template (I didn't notice until today that they've changed the name ...

RE: Accessible Math

Posted By Laura Hopkins 09-14-2022 04:39:10 PM
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This is what our Center for Distance Education team is using: The solution we ended up going with was using GrindEq (a paid software) to convert LaTeX to Word, where the equations were generated with Word's equation editor. This yielded a lot of "blank" paragraphs that were fixed with deleting the empty ...

Is Socrative Pro accessible?

Posted By Laura Hopkins 08-15-2022 08:36:39 AM
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Does anyone have experience with Socrative Pro? Have you completed an accessibility assessment? Requests for a VPAT have gone unanswered. LAURA HOPKINS She/Her, MS ITM EIR Accessibility Coordinator Office of Information Technology laura.hopkins@uta.edu accessibility@uta.edu Office: 817-272-5961 ...

Electronic magazine

Posted By Laura Hopkins 07-25-2022 08:58:16 AM
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Does anyone know of an accessible on-line magazine platform? I've looked at LucidPress, Issuu.com and Yumpu but none of these are accessible and/or do not provide accessible PDFs. LAURA HOPKINS She/Her, MS ITM EIR Accessibility Coordinator Office of Information Technology laura.hopkins@uta.edu ...

Accessible alternative to Padlet?

Posted By Laura Hopkins 06-01-2022 06:47:59 AM
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Does anyone know of an alternative to Padlet or Symbaloo that is accessible? LAURA HOPKINS She/Her, MS ITM EIR Accessibility Coordinator Office of Information Technology laura.hopkins@uta.edu accessibility@uta.edu Office: 817-272-5961 eiraccessibility.uta.edu

RE: LucidPress - Accessibility

Posted By Laura Hopkins 05-09-2022 06:27:33 AM
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Angie, Sad to say, no, we have not made any headway. LucidPress has not indicated that they will make any effort to provide an accessible resource. Issuu is at least having the conversation. LAURA HOPKINS She/Her, MS ITM EIR Accessibility Coordinator Office of Information Technology laura.hopkins@uta.edu ...

SignUp Genius

Posted By Laura Hopkins 04-08-2022 01:17:17 PM
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Does anyone know if SignUp Genius is accessible or not? ... Or do you know of any type of on-line signup resource that is accessible? SignUp.com? Laura Hopkins (She/Her), MS ITM EIR Accessibility Coordinator Office of Information Technology The University of Texas at Arlington Laura.Hopkins@uta.edu ...

Equidox

Posted By Laura Hopkins 03-18-2022 12:33:56 PM
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Have any of you used Equidox or assessed Equidox for PDF remediation? Would you please share your experience? Laura Hopkins EIR Accessibility Coordinator Office of Information Technology Laura.Hopkins@uta.edu 817-272-5961 accessibility.uta.edu ACCESSIBILITY - HABIT, NOT HINDSIGHT!

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