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Building a culture of content accountability

For better or for worse (mostly the latter), distributed authorship models seem to be here to stay in higher ed, along with all of the risks that come with them: “zombie” content, accessibility issues, widely varying voice and tone, and overwhelming content debt, just to name a few. At Roosevelt University, we’ve done our best […]

Whose responsibility is it anyway? Creating an accessibility education program for employees

From procurement to deployment, accessibility has often been seen as someone in IT or communication’s wheelhouse. Without proper decentralization, no organization will successfully overcome ingrained processes which impede full accessibility compliance. Enter the employee accessibility education program! Having an easy-to-access accessibility wiki has enabled me to slowly decentralize accessibility from one person’s job to many. […]

Watering the lawn: Tips for building a grass-roots Digital Accessibility Coalition

When digital accessibility is a priority, but budgets are in a crunch, it’s time to get creative. With the recent establishment of a campus Information Communications Technology Accessibility Policy, the University of Central Oklahoma elevated the importance of digital accessibility. The leadership team at the Center for eLearning and Connected Environments saw this as an […]