Introduction to ATI Concepts. California State University Fullerton Campus Information Technology Timothy Benbow

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1 Introduction to ATI Concepts California State University Fullerton Campus Information Technology Timothy Benbow

2 What we will discuss What is the Accessible Technology Initiative What is Accessibility Accessibility and Usability What role do you play in making ATI a reality ATI Training Roadmap Introduction to basic concepts behind accessible information

3 What is ATI? The Accessible Technology Initiative A system wide program Primary focus on accessible electronic information State and Federal ADA laws ADA 508 Standards

4 Our ATI Audience Visual Impaired and differently sighted individuals that cannot use a standard resolution screen to access information Hearing impaired individuals that cannot hear audio messages or elements within electronic documents People with motor impairments that do not use a mouse or standard keyboard for input People with learning disabilities

5 Adaptive Technology Screen Readers and Resolution Magnifiers (JAWS and MAGic) On demand audio captioning Alternative input devices None of this technology works unless the content creators and developers design information with accessibility in mind

6 What Role Do You Play Three different roles in supporting ATI Content Authors Web Developers Cheerleaders How does Campus Information Technology support people in these roles

7 Training Road Map Campus Information Technology offers a series of classes each semester focused on accessibility skills. The classes you take depend on your role in supporting campus ATI

8 Content Authors A campus Content Author Creates and edits content on a webpage that is already created Creates and edits documents that are ed or posted to a website for distribution.

9 Content Authors These courses apply to content authors Introduction to ATI Concepts Creating and Working with Accessible Word and PDF Documents Creating and Working with Accessible Word and PDF Forms Creating and Working with Long Documents in Microsoft Word 2007 Creating Accessible Information for Web Content Authors

10 Web Developers A web designer works with the underlying code of a web site They are responsible for making sure the structure and navigation of sites and pages is accessible They may also add special content such as audio and video

11 Web Developers Web Developers may wish to take some or all of the preceding courses. Courses directed at web developers would include: Creating Accessible Electronic Information: Understanding the ADA 508 standards Writing Accessible HTML and CSS Working with Accessible Multimedia and Interactive Elements

12 Cheerleaders Cheerleaders are individuals on campus that are not directly involved in making content accessible but support those that do Cheerleaders should consider Introduction to ATI Concepts Creating Accessible Electronic Information: Understanding the ADA 508 standards

13 Accessibility Auditing Campus Scans and their limitations Tools within authoring/development software Manual checks

14 ATI Concepts For electronic information to be accessible it must be both: Structurally Accessible Content Accessible Structural accessibility assists in getting to the information Content accessibility ensures that once someone gets to the information, the information itself can be accessed effectively

15 ATI Concepts Structural Accessibility The structure of the document itself Semantic markup of content structure The navigation system used to access the content Structure - Content - Presentation Layers

16 ATI Concepts Content Accessibility Simple and Complex Images Simple and Complex Tables of Information Accessible Text - Font, Color, Spacing Page Links and Document Links Color and Contrast Forms and Interactive elements Audio and Video elements

17 Where To Get Support Training - Timothy Benbow tbenbow@fullerton.edu or x4417 Accessibility Scans - Brian Resnik bresnik@fullerton.edu or xxxxx Adaptive Technology - Jeff Senge jsenge@fullerton.edu or xxxxx

18 Thank You For Your Participation California State University Fullerton Campus Information Technology