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Publications: Accessible IT
The Southeast DBTAC works with the National Center on Accessible Information Technology (AccessIT) at the University of Washington to develop publications that explain how making information technology accessible to everyone benefits schools, colleges and universities.
Southeast DBTAC Publications
- Closing the Circuit: Accessibility from the Ground-Up
- Developing Effective Policies for Information Technology Accessibility for Students with Disabilities
- Equal Access for People with Disabilities to Electronic Library Services
AccessIT Publications
Select a category and then, select a topical question to view the information on the AccessIT website.
- Desktop and Portable computers
- Distance Learning
- General
- Legal Issues
- Operating Systems
- Policy Issues
- Resources
- Self-contained, closed products
- Software Applications
- Telecommunications Products
- Video and Multimedia Products
- Web-based Information and Applications
Desktop and Portable computers
Distance Learning
- Are chat rooms accessible to people with disabilities?
- Are electronic whiteboards accessible to people with disabilities?
- Are peer review tools accessible?
- BizTech Accessibility Award: A Promising Practice on Promoting Information Technology Accessibility
- Distance Learning 101: A Case Study on Accessibility in Collaboration
- DO-IT Mentoring: A Promising Practice in Creating an Accessible Electronic Community
- Dr. Doe's Internet Course: A Case Study on Accessible Distance Learning
- How do courseware products differ on accessibility?
- How widespread is the use of information technology in preschool through high school?
- Marion's New Job: A Case Study on Web Accessibility for Instructors
- PIVoT: A Promising Practice in Making an Online Physics Course Accessible
- What considerations should be made in order to develop accessible web-based distance learning courses?
General
- How can I design a school computer lab to be accessible to all students?
- How do we make electronic resources accessible in our school library?
- What standards exist for procuring accessible desktop and portable computers?
- What are the functional performance criteria specified by Section 508?
- What are examples of accessible electronic and information technology in education?
- What is electronic and information technology?
- What makes electronic and information technology inaccessible to people with disabilities?
- What is universal design?
- What is assistive technology?
- What is accessible electronic and information technology?
- Where can I get information about accessible electronic and information technology in educational institutions?
- How can the use of accessible EIT be promoted to K-12 educational entities?
Legal Issues
- Are there any court cases on web accessibility and the obligations of postsecondary institutions under Section 504 or ADA?
- Can more than one Section 508 standard apply to a product or technology?
- Do postsecondary institutions have to provide assistive technology (for example, screen enlargement or voice recognition software) to students with disabilities who enroll in distance learning courses?
- Does a postsecondary institution have to provide specific hardware or software (known as assistive technology) that an individual with a disability requests so that he or she can access information technology used on campus?
- Does Section 508 apply to a state university or community college?
- Does the information on public websites, intranets, and distance learning courses at postsecondary institutions have to be accessible to visitors with disabilities?
- Does the website developed by a professor for a particular course at a university or college have to meet accessibility standards?
- Has the Office for Civil Rights (OCR) provided guidance in addition to the "effective communication" standard that is relevant to the obligation of postsecondary institutions to provide accessible websites?
- What civil rights challenges might our postsecondary institution have if our websites are not accessible?
- What does it mean to "effectively communicate" website content to individuals with disabilities as required by Section 504 and the ADA?
- What does Section 508 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 require?
- What Federal civil rights laws cover the obligations of postsecondary institutions to develop and maintain accessible websites?
- What is the Clinger-Cohen Act, and how does it affect people with disabilities?
- What is the relationship between Section 508 and the Clinger-Cohen Act?
Operating Systems
Policy Issues
- How can our school or district go about developing an accessible electronic and information technology policy?
- SMSU: A Promising Practice on Building Accessibility into Mainstream IT Policies
- Oregon State University: A Promising Practice in Establishing Hardware Purchasing Accessibility Guidelines
- California Community Colleges: A Promising Practice for Distance Learning Accessibility Guidelines
- California Community Colleges: A Promising Practice for Alternate Media Accessibility Guidelines
- Letter to the President: A Promising Practice of University Presidents Promoting Technology Accessibility
- Promising Practice: A Product Accessibility Template that can be Completed by Technology Companies to Help Procurement Officers
Resources
- Are there any discussion lists that address technology access issues for people with blindness or visual impairments?
- The Federal Government: A Promising Practice in Providing Assistance to Procurement Officials
- What are the goals and activities of AccessIT?
- What are the similarities and differences in the goals and services of the ITTATC and AccessIT?
- What is the Access Board?
- What is the National Council on Disability (NCD), and how are they involved in accessible electronic and information technology?
- What is the United States Department of Education Office for Civil Rights (OCR) and what do they do?
- Where can I find information on the digital divide?
- Where can I find online resources for learning about accessible information technology?
- Where can I learn more about technology accessibility in Canadian postsecondary institutions?
- Which educational entities have information technology accessibility policies?
- Who can benefit from AccessIT?
Self-contained, closed products
- Are there standards for developing or purchasing accessible fax machines, photocopiers, and other office equipment?
- Are touch screens accessible?
Software Applications
- How can I tell whether a software application is accessible?
- Is PDF accessible?
- Which web browsers are most accessible?
- Is K-12 instructional software typically accessible to students with disabilities?
- What standards exist for developing and purchasing accessible software?
- What is rich media and how can I learn more about its accessibility?
- What is MSAA?
- How can postsecondary technology-enhanced learning environments be made accessible?
- Oregon State University: A Promising Practice on Establishing Software Accessibility Guidelines
- How do I create accessible educational software?
Telecommunications Products
- What access challenges do people with disabilities face when using a telephone?
- What are relay services, and how do I access them?
- What standards exist for developing and purchasing accessible telecommunications products?
Video and Multimedia Products
- Is it better to caption or transcribe educational multimedia?
- What is the difference between open and closed captioning?
- How do I make multimedia accessible?
- What is the difference between SMIL and SAMI?
- What is audio description?
- What standards exist for developing and purchasing accessible video and multimedia products?
- To make our school web content accessible, does it mean I cannot use multimedia on my site?
- How can I display accessible rich media in Real Player, Quicktime, and Windows Media Player?
- DO-IT: A Promising Practice on Designing Accessible Videotapes
- NAD: A Promising Practice in Streaming Captioned Educational Video
Web-based Information and Applications
- Are text-only web pages an accessible alternative?
- Are there accessibility guidelines for web browsers?
- Are there resources to help me in planning my web accessibility training?
- Can I make accessible web pages using web authoring tools such as FrontPage and Dreamweaver?
- How can educational entities determine if their websites are accessible?
- How can I better understand the Section 508 standards?
- How can I develop accessible web-based forms?
- How can I select a web accessibility software tool?
- How can I test my website for accessibility?
- How do cascading style sheets affect web accessibility?
- How do I make my online PowerPoint presentation accessible?
- How do I make websites accessible?
- How do scripting languages affect accessibility?
- How does accessible web design benefit all web users?
- How well do screen readers support web accessibility guidelines?
- Is Flash content accessible?
- Is Java accessible?
- Is XML accessible?
- Ohio State University: A Promising Practice on Web Accessibility Support
- PubMed at the UW: A promising practice in universal web design
- University of Wisconsin-Madison: A Promising Practice on Development, Articulation, and Support of a Web Accessibility Policy
- What is the difference between the W3C Guidelines and the Section 508 standards for web accessibility?
- What is the Web Accessibility Initiative (WAI)?
- What web accessibility evaluation and repair tools are available?
- Where can I find a useful list of web resources regarding web accessibility?
- Where can I locate the results of studies that test the accessibility of web pages?
- Which educational entities have developed web accessibility policies?
- Which library databases are accessible?
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Events Calendar
- Jul. 21, 2009
Audioconference: ADA Update - 19 Years Later - Aug. 18, 2009
Audioconference: Effective Communication: Whose responsibility is it? - Sep. 15, 2009
Audioconference: Best Practices in Accommodating Students with Autism Spectrum Disorders, Intellectual Disability and other emerging groups within Post Secondary Education - Sep. 21 - 23, 2009
Wireless Emergency Communications State of Technology Conference 2009 - Sep. 22, 2009
Webinar: Pretext Cases: Sound Business Decision or Discriminatory Action? - More Events >>
