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Alison Haynes

Assistant Director, Digital Accessibility, User Experience, and Divisional Comms,
Kent State University

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RE: Accessibility Awards

Posted By Alison Haynes 01-05-2023 01:47:35 PM
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Hi there! We have an employee spotlight feature in our Inside Equal Access newsletter. We have profiled 3 different employees so far (just started the newsletter in 2021) and they've consistently been in our top-viewed articles. (please ignore wonky layouts – we've just migrated to Drupal 9 and we're ...

RE: September 7 | Discussing Digital Accessibility with the Office for Civil RIghts - IT Accessibility CG (Educause)

Posted By Alison Haynes 09-08-2022 06:19:52 AM
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Agreed on not having the resources to examine everything. That's why we do the risk matrix – we're a 2 person team for a 40K+ student/fac/staff body. Your comments resonated with me, and even the 'accepting what they tell you bc we don't have time/people to review' is a big part of what we do. Thanks ...

RE: September 7 | Discussing Digital Accessibility with the Office for Civil RIghts - IT Accessibility CG (Educause)

Posted By Alison Haynes 09-07-2022 02:38:06 PM
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The part that has held me back with sharing testing results is the scope/use part of it. We do a risk analysis metric here at Kent State so we can prioritize our review efforts on the prods that will impact the most people and/or have the highest cost. BUT the product review process is begun by an individual ...

Kent State's Equal Access Academy Trainings Open for Students/Guests

Posted By Alison Haynes 09-07-2022 08:45:00 AM
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Hello, accessibility colleagues! Kent State University, Kent, Ohio, has formed a cooperative between divisions to advance accessibility efforts across campus. We've called it Equal Access, and was founded in 2021 by the Digital Accessibility team and Student Accessibility Services. We are now publishing ...

RE: June 1 | IT Access CG meeting: Accessibility in Libraries

Posted By Alison Haynes 06-01-2022 12:13:45 PM
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Hello! I got on the call 10 minutes late and didn't see the slides or documents anywhere. Can you help me get those? Thanks! Alison Haynes, M.S. Digital Accessibility Compliance Coordinator Division of Information Technology Kent State University 330-672-2686

RE: Anyone doing campus Accessibility/Disability-themed newsletters?

Posted By Alison Haynes 04-08-2022 08:00:03 AM
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No – we're writing the material ourselves. Please let me know if/when you want to talk this through! Putting them in Canvas is a great idea, also. Alison Haynes, M.S. Digital Accessibility Compliance Coordinator Division of Information Technology Kent State University 330-672-2686

RE: April 6 | IT Access CG meeting: Classroom Accessibility Standards

Posted By Alison Haynes 04-05-2022 03:41:35 PM
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Can you please record? I'm hosting a training during that hour. ☹ Alison Haynes, M.S. Digital Accessibility Compliance Coordinator Division of Information Technology Kent State University 330-672-2686

Anyone doing campus Accessibility/Disability-themed newsletters?

Posted By Alison Haynes 04-05-2022 12:24:00 PM
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This semester at Kent State University we've launched an all-campus initiative called the Equal Access Cooperative. My team, Digital Accessibility (housed in Division of IT) and my partner team in Student Accessibility Services (Division of Student Affairs) are sharing the load on this project. Essentially, ...

RE: Accessible IT Procurement - rubric for scoring vendors

Posted By Alison Haynes 12-13-2021 01:16:00 PM
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Unfortunately, there isn't an industry-standard scoring rubric YET. I created one specific to our environment here at Kent State, but you are free to edit with numbers and answers that match your campus/org. We use the resulting category to determine how thoroughly we evaluate and test each product. ...

Accessible IT Procurement - rubric for scoring vendors Attachments

Posted By Alison Haynes 12-13-2021 01:15:43 PM
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