8 Reasons Information Professionals Should Care About Accessibility
outlines how using technology to create accessible course materials, presentations, events, documents, web sites and online resources relates directly to the central mission of both the University and information technology.
And in IT Accessibility: What Campus Leaders Have to Say, university presidents and IT leaders discuss how ensuring accessibility benefits all stakeholders in higher education.
Below are links to local and Internet resources to help your organization ensure it uses technology appropriately and provides accessibility.
Accessible classrooms, presentations and events
ITS’ LEMP group is SU’s hub for accessible classroom and public presentations, including real-time captioning of events, sign language interpretation services, assisted listening devices, and media captioning.
Accessible desktop documents
- Accessibility in Microsoft Office 2010
- Apple Accessibility Resources
- Accessible Digital Office Document (ADOD) Project
Accessible websites and online resources
- Web Accessibility in Mind (WebAIM)
- WAVE Web Accessibility Evaluation Tool
- W3C Accessibility Evaluation Resources
- W3C Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) 2.0
- Total Validator: (X)HTML and accessibility validator, and more
WCAG (1.0 and 2.0)US Section 508W3C Markup StandardsAcquisition of Electronic or Information Technology Services or ProductsSection 508 Electronic and Information Technology Accessibility Standards