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Last Call! Does your college use PeopleSoft? Please complete this survey

Posted By Monica Olsson 10-02-2023 04:52:09 PM
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Dear EDUCAUSE colleagues, I sent this request last month and am resending with a last call for responses. Washington state's 34 community and technical colleges use PeopleSoft applications across our college system, and we are advocating for accessibility improvements for our users. Does your college ...

RE: H5P Flashcards in Canvas

Posted By Monica Olsson 10-02-2023 04:42:00 PM
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Thanks for this helpful link, Joshua! Are faculty at your college using the flashcards? Monica M. Olsson (she/her/hers) Policy Associate – Accessible IT Coordinator Washington State Board for Community and Technical Colleges •Email: molsson@sbctc.edu • Phone: 360-704-3922 The power of ...

H5P Flashcards in Canvas

Posted By Monica Olsson 10-02-2023 04:35:00 PM
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Hi all, Does anyone have experience with using the H5P Flashcards in Canvas and what the user experience is like for AT users? I am hoping I hear from folks that it performs better than Quizlet from an accessibility standpoint. Thanks! Monica Monica M. Olsson (she/her/hers) Policy Associate ...

RE: HECVAT accessibility

Posted By Monica Olsson 09-07-2023 05:17:20 PM
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Thanks for your response, Kristina. That makes sense. Monica M. Olsson (she/her/hers) Policy Associate – Accessible IT Coordinator Washington State Board for Community and Technical Colleges •Email: molsson@sbctc.edu • Phone: 360-704-3922 The power of the Web is in its universality. ...

RE: HECVAT accessibility

Posted By Monica Olsson 08-24-2023 09:54:59 AM
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Thanks, Kristina. I echo these sentiments, too! Are you open to sharing the internal questionnaire that you use in lieu of the HECVAT? Monica M. Olsson (she/her/hers) Policy Associate – Accessible IT Coordinator Washington State Board for Community and Technical Colleges •Email: molsson@sbctc.edu ...

Does your college use PeopleSoft applications? If so, please complete this 5 minute survey!

Posted By Monica Olsson 08-22-2023 02:47:52 PM
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Dear colleagues, Washington state's 34 community and technical colleges use PeopleSoft applications across our college system, and we are advocating for accessibility improvements for our users. Does your college also use PeopleSoft? If so, the State Board for Community and Technical Colleges (SBCTC) ...

[Athen] Flip Cards in Canvas

Posted By Monica Olsson 06-30-2023 02:57:18 PM
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Hi Heather, The way my inbox is filtering ATHEN email is awful right now, so I don' have a good sense on the response you have already received. I want to echo Dan Comden's sentiment here. You don't need to know much about HTML or CSS to do a very basic accessibility/usability audit of the flip card ...

Chromebook accessibility?

Posted By Monica Olsson 06-02-2023 12:25:00 PM
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Hello all, Have you investigated Chromebook's accessibility support and compatibly with AT recently? If so, would you mind sharing this information with me? I personally have very little experience with Chromebooks and am trying to help a colleague out whose college is interested in purchasing them ...

RE: Volunteers?

Posted By Monica Olsson 03-10-2023 09:19:24 PM
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Hi Laura, I am disappointed I didn't see this until now and learned about the meeting today from my colleague at Terrill. How did the conversation go? I am curious to see your scoring rubric and if the scores take into consideration items like the document's overall thoroughness, if a third-party tester ...

Best practices for developing a public-facing employee directory?

Posted By Monica Olsson 09-16-2022 01:39:18 PM
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Hello all, I am working with a Web and Communications team at one of the schools in my state. They have asked me for best practices and examples of accessibly designed employee directories that are public facing on a college website. Can you point me towards good examples that you are aware of, code ...

RE: Zoom Events Conference and Webex accessibility

Posted By Monica Olsson 08-10-2022 04:55:23 PM
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Hi Lori, I was referring to Zoom meetings and Conferences, not Events. I don't know much about Events. Monica M. Olsson (she/her/hers) Policy Associate – Accessible IT Coordinator Washington State Board for Community and Technical Colleges molsson@sbctc.edu • o: 360-704-3922 • c: 206-914-7187 ...

RE: Zoom Events Conference and Webex accessibility

Posted By Monica Olsson 08-09-2022 12:46:22 PM
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Hi Lori, I have been told more than once by everyday/full-time screen reader users that Zoom currently provides a more accessible user experience than Webex. I personally think that Zoom also does a better job documenting their product's accessibility status than Webex does. Monica M. Olsson ...

When is the September CG Meeting

Posted By Monica Olsson 08-04-2022 01:41:29 PM
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Hello @Kyle Shachmut and others, I am looking for the meeting date, time, and Zoom details for our September meeting with OCR as our guest speaker. I'd love to share this event with an accessibility group that I work with in our state community and technical college system.​ Thank you! Monica ---- ...

RE: Text-to-Speech Recommendation

Posted By Monica Olsson 07-27-2022 04:59:43 PM
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Yes, here is a recording of the Speechify webinar hosted by NOAT back in March. Monica M. Olsson (she/her/hers) Policy Associate – Accessible IT Coordinator Washington State Board for Community and Technical Colleges molsson@sbctc.edu • o: 360-704-3922 • c: 206-914-7187 sbctc.edu • Twitter: ...

RE: Text-to-Speech Recommendation

Posted By Monica Olsson 07-27-2022 04:49:44 PM
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I attended a webinar hosted by NOAT to learn more about Speechify and left feeling excited about the product, though haven't personally used it myself. Have not heard of the others you've listed. Monica M. Olsson (she/her/hers) Policy Associate – Accessible IT Coordinator Washington State Board ...

RE: Process for centrally storing and sharing accessibility information at your schools

Posted By Monica Olsson 06-15-2022 03:08:32 PM
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Thanks, Debra. That is helpful. Monica M. Olsson (she/her/hers) Policy Associate – Accessible IT Coordinator Washington State Board for Community and Technical Colleges molsson@sbctc.edu • o: 360-704-3922 • c: 206-914-7187 sbctc.edu • Twitter: @SBCTCWashington • Facebook: @WASBCTC

Process for centrally storing and sharing accessibility information at your schools

Posted By Monica Olsson 05-31-2022 04:40:09 PM
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Hello all, For those of you at your institutions playing a part in requesting/reviewing VPAT/ACR documentation, meeting with vendors etc. during IT Procurement process, I have a question for you. Do you have an identified location and process for centrally storing documentation submitted by vendors ...

RE: New more usable version of the W3C ARIA Authoring Practices website is now available!

Posted By Monica Olsson 05-26-2022 02:17:53 PM
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The index is great and I'm excited to share this resource and announcement with our agency's developers. Monica M. Olsson (she/her/hers) Policy Associate – Accessible IT Coordinator Washington State Board for Community and Technical Colleges molsson@sbctc.edu • o: 360-704-3922 • c: 206-914-7187 ...

RE: Adobe Sign radio buttons and SR support

Posted By Monica Olsson 03-17-2022 01:36:58 PM
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Doug, if you do end up looking at the form from John I hope you will share any insight with us. Monica M. Olsson (she/her/hers) Policy Associate – Accessible IT Coordinator Washington State Board for Community and Technical Colleges molsson@sbctc.edu • o: 360-704-3922 • c: 206-914-7187 sbctc.edu ...

Conformance versus Functional testing

Posted By Monica Olsson 03-09-2022 10:35:32 AM
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Hi everyone, I participate in a group within WA state's community and technical college system called the Committee for Accessible Technology Oversight, or CATO. Yesterday, at our monthly meeting, members discussed accessibility conformance testing versus functional testing. We expressed some frustration ...