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From: Ann Wawrose
Date: Apr 4, 2014 12:34PM

I recently gave a five minute lightning talk about accessibility and i focused on making sure markup is correct (and gave a live demo with voiceOver on how people can navigate the page by looking at a list of links or headings) and also that everything is keyboard operable & why that affects more than just visually impaired users.

I chose those because I thought those might be two things that are easy to communicate in a short time but might have a big impact.

I think screenreader demos are handy for those that have never experienced that before. And screen readers can be funny sometimes. (I like how voiceOver’s voice sounds like i’m poking it with a needle when I type in caps)

Ann

On Apr 4, 2014, at 10:45 AM, Shuttlesworth, Rachel < <EMAIL REMOVED> > wrote:

> Hi, all.
>
> I am presenting to a group of 25-30 web developers/site owners/ content
> creators from across our campus about web accessibility and our
> responsibilities as an institution of higher ed. This is a group with
> varying levels of interest and expertise. Some already focus on
> accessibility in their site development and maintenance processes and
> others do not focus on it at all. What would you include?
>
> Rachel
>
> Dr. Rachel S. Thompson
> Director, Emerging Technology and Accessibility
> Center for Instructional Technology
> University of Alabama
> http://accessibility.ua.edu
>
> May 12-13, 2014 | UA System Scholars Institute |
> http://scholarsinstitute.ua.edu
>
>
> > >