ADA and Information Technology

Information technologyand accessibility

• Enterprise software– Accessibility issues addressed by IS – In some cases, only recourse is accommodation

• Local software– Software used only in a particular school or department– School or department needs to ensure accessibility

features are available– School or department will have to provide

accommodation if not

Accessibility incourse materials online

• OIT can provide guidance and advice• Implementation is the faculty member’s

responsibility– Making material accessible– Making accommodations for students

Accessibility resourcesfor Powerpoint

• Creating accessible Powerpoint presentations– http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/powerpoint-help/creating-accessible-powe

rpoint-presentations-HA102013555.aspx– http://webaim.org/techniques/powerpoint/

• Checking accessibility of a Powerpoint presentation– http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/powerpoint-help/check-for-accessibility-iss

ues-HA010369192.aspx

Accessibility resources for Word

• Creating accessible Word documents– http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/word-help/creating-accessible-word

-documents-HA101999993.aspx– http://webaim.org/techniques/word/

Accessibility resources for video

• Manual captioning software– http://ncam.wgbh.org/invent_build/web_multimedia/tools-guidelines/

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