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EDUCAUSE Digital Accessibility survey results

Posted By Trisha Prevett Whiteman Aug 22, 2023 09:57 AM
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Good morning a11ies! Thank you for responding to EDUCAUSE's quick poll last week centered on higher education accessibility. The results are in! Some important/interesting tidbits: Institutions are facing legal and government challenges, and some are facing multiple challenges. Asked about lawsuits, ...

Higher Ed Digital Accessibility Poll

Posted By Trisha Prevett Whiteman Aug 14, 2023 09:25 AM
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Hello UAIG! Educause is running a short QuickPoll about digital accessibility the next few days. This will help provide really important data that I'm happy to share with y'all once it comes out. It closes Tues., Aug 15. Please please if you'd fill it out and share with any higher ed colleagues ...

Happy Global Accessibility Awareness Day!!

Posted By Trisha Prevett Whiteman May 18, 2023 10:45 AM
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Happy Global Accessibility Awareness Day (GAAD)! This celebration is on the third Thursday of each May where its purpose is to get everyone talking, thinking and learning about digital access, inclusion and the more than one billion people with disabilities. Check out the official events on the GAAD ...

RE: UAIG Incoming Convener 2023-24

Posted By Trisha Prevett Whiteman Mar 15, 2023 08:09 AM
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Hello UAIG! Sending out the call again for anyone that is interested in being the next incoming convener for this group. You would be working together with Anaya for the 23-24 year, while being supported by myself as the outgoing convener. Please let us know if anyone would like more information ...

RE: Experiences working with vendors

Posted By Trisha Prevett Whiteman Feb 23, 2023 01:27 PM
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Thank you for sharing both of you! Now that I've moved into the IT space within Rice University as their Digital Information Accessibility Coordinator, I've been doing more reading into utilizing HECVAT or Higher Education Community Vendor Assessment Toolkit as it includes accessibility components. ...

UAIG Incoming Convener 2023-24

Posted By Trisha Prevett Whiteman Feb 23, 2023 01:09 PM
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Hello UAIG members! It's time to start thinking about your UAIG leadership for next year! By May 1, Anaya and I need to submit a member to ACRL to let them know who will serve as incoming convener for your interest group next year (July 1, 2023– June 30, 2024). We are happy to answer any questions ...

UAIG Webinar: Benetech, GCA & Accessibility in Libraries

Posted By Trisha Prevett Whiteman Sep 13, 2022 10:56 AM
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Hello UAIG members! I hope you are well on this fine September day. Anaya and I are pleased to welcome our first guest speaker for a live webinar, Michael Johnson from the non-profit charity Benetech. I've worked with Michael for the past three or so years on spreading the good work that is happening ...

Aug/Sept Chat: What accessibility topics are you currently struggling with?

Posted By Trisha Prevett Whiteman Aug 22, 2022 07:18 AM
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Happy End of Summer Y'all! We are kicking off our monthly chat discussion series where Anaya and I are bringing up topics of interest where we can collaborate and learn from each other. Recognizing many of us are super busy this time of year fitting in the last summer activities and starting new school ...

RE: Accessibility Wishlist Items--Looking for ideas

Posted By Trisha Prevett Whiteman Aug 08, 2022 08:56 AM
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Hi Emily, You have some great suggestions from other members here! I'd second the training budget... Deque and WebAim have some amazing programs that can lead to certs and they are considered industry leaders in accessibility. I've found the more awareness you can provide staff, the more they understand ...

RE: Welcome New and Established UAIG Members!

Posted By Trisha Prevett Whiteman Jul 08, 2022 10:23 AM
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Hello again! My name is Trisha and I use she/her pronouns. I am an eLearning Librarian at Southern New Hampshire University and have been there for about 8 years. As one of the largest education providers, we work with a large number of students that have disabilities and struggle to use our digital ...

Welcome New and Established UAIG Members!

Posted By Trisha Prevett Whiteman Jul 08, 2022 09:52 AM
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Good morning and Happy Friday! Anaya and I would like to welcome all our new and established members of the Universal Accessibilty Interest Group. We are excited to start off a new year and to serve the accessibility needs of our colleagues. Some initial ideas we have include monthly engagement questions ...

UAIG year end wrap up

Posted By Trisha Prevett Whiteman Jun 14, 2022 12:25 PM
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Hello all, We hope you all are doing well and have plans to take some time off and recharge after another challenging year. A month or so ago Maya and I put out a call for a virtual meeting of this group and we did not have a large response. We think this reflects how much we all need to take a breath ...

Accessibility Workshop 2-8 & 2-22

Posted By Trisha Prevett Whiteman Feb 02, 2022 10:13 AM
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Consider joining my colleague and I as we present an accessibility workshop through Educause's group NERCOMP. Moving the Needle: Advancing Digital Accessibility for All Users - Online Workshop Where: Online/Virtual When: Tuesday, February 8, and Tuesday, February 22, 2022 10:30am - 12:00pm ...

RE: Zoom link to today's meeting not working

Posted By Trisha Prevett Whiteman Jun 25, 2021 11:10 AM
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Hi Simon, This is happening for me as well. Sorry I don't have answers but at least solidarity! Trisha ------------------------------ Trisha Prevett ELearning Librarian Southern New Hampshire University, Shapiro Library She/Her/Hers ------------------------------

ALA Session Born Accessible: Creating Equal Digital Learning Experiences for All

Posted By Trisha Prevett Whiteman Jun 24, 2021 02:03 PM
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Good afternoon! There are lots of amazing sessions at this year's virtual ALA conference. I wanted to surface the presentation myself and colleagues recorded Born Accessible: Creating Equal Digital Learning Experiences for All, which is available on demand now to view if you are attending ALA. Looking ...

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