[WG: Accessibility] Sakai OAE v1.1 Accessibility Evaluation Report draft for today's conference !!DO NOT DISTRIBUTE!!

Fri Jun 1 12:12:34 PDT 2012

Nate,
There's this session:
Room:	Tower 1404
Time:	3:45 PM - 4:45 PM
Title:	Accessibility Status of Sakai CLE and OAE
Date:	06/12/2012
Presenter(s):	Joe Humbert (IUPUI)
Brian Richwine (Indiana University)

		https://www.concentra-cms.com/cfp/program/program!digest.action?sid=1149

There may be others but that's the one that I noticed. 

- Eli 

On Jun 1, 2012, at 11:37 AM, Nate Angell wrote:

> Cool. Looking at the calendar tho, it looks like we would either need to do something at the conference or after.
> 
> Sorry I haven't been tracking, but does the AWG have something scheduled at the conference that I can just herd URG members to attend? Or if not, maybe we should try to arrange something?
> 
> = nate
> 
> 
> On Fri, Jun 1, 2012 at 11:27 AM, Mary Stores <mstores at indiana.edu> wrote:
> Hi Nate,
> 
> We didn't get the teleconference notes up yet, so you wouldn't know it...
> 
> However, the AWG plans to finalize the report by Tuesday next week,
> after everyone has given feedback on the statements Joe sent earlier.
> So you won't have to wait very long to hlep promote accessibility. :)
> Thanks so much for your efforts. Your post was fairly timely, I would
> say.
> 
> Mary
> 
> Quoting Nate Angell <nangell at rsmart.com>:
> 
> > No problem Joe! I'm happy to wait and would actually encourage the AWG to
> > put this directly to the URG...sorry if I jumped the gun!
> >
> > I'm just anxious to raise the stature of accessibility in the project, and
> > saw this as good info to make that case.
> >
> > Keep me posted, or, as you now know, I'm a long-time AWG list lurker ;)
> >
> > = nate
> >
> > On Thu, May 31, 2012 at 1:42 PM, Humbert, Joseph A <johumber at iupui.edu>wrote:
> >
> >>  Hi Nate,****
> >>
> >> ** **
> >>
> >> I believe the accessibility working group would like to finalize the
> >> report before it is disseminated any further. As to why the AWG reviewed
> >> v1.1, at the time v1.2 was still in flux and no stable test server was
> >> available.  v1.2 became stable in the middle of testing and it would have
> >> caused numerous issues to switch mid review. Going forward The AWG hopes to
> >> be more deeply involved with and streamline the accessibility reviews.  If
> >> you have any other questions or concerns, please let me know.****
> >>
> >> ** **
> >>
> >> Joe Humbert, Assistive Technology and Web Accessibility Specialist****
> >>
> >> UITS Adaptive Technology and Accessibility Centers****
> >>
> >> Indiana University, Indianapolis and Bloomington****
> >>
> >> 535 W Michigan St. IT214 E****
> >>
> >> Indianapolis, IN 46202****
> >>
> >> Office Phone: (317) 274-4378****
> >>
> >> Cell Phone: (317) 644-6824****
> >>
> >> johumber at iupui.edu****
> >>
> >> http://iuadapts.Indiana.edu/ <http://iuadapts.indiana.edu/>****
> >>
> >> ** **
> >>
> >> *From:* Nate Angell [mailto:nangell at rsmart.com]
> >> *Sent:* Thursday, May 31, 2012 3:59 PM
> >> *To:* accessibility at collab.sakaiproject.org; Humbert, Joseph A
> >> *Subject:* Re: [WG: Accessibility] Sakai OAE v1.1 Accessibility
> >> Evaluation Report draft for today's conference !!DO NOT DISTRIBUTE!!****
> >>
> >> ** **
> >>
> >> AWG: I would like to send the following message to the Sakai OAE URG. Is
> >> that appropriate given where the report stands now? We would not really be
> >> looking at the details, but more the big picture.****
> >>
> >> ** **
> >>
> >> = nate****
> >>
> >> ** **
> >>
> >> <draft>****
> >>
> >> I would like to thank the AWG for this thorough and thoughtful work.****
> >>
> >> ** **
> >>
> >> In the context of the Sakai OAE User Reference Group (URG), I would like
> >> to propose that the URG review and discuss this report at our earliest
> >> convenience (even in its draft form), with an eye to establishing the URG's
> >> view on where accessibility in general falls as a goal in overall OAE
> >> project efforts.****
> >>
> >> ** **
> >>
> >> As a relatively new member of the URG, I apologize if we have already
> >> taken up this topic and come to some determinations. If we have, I
> >> would appreciate a pointer to any records of such.****
> >>
> >> ** **
> >>
> >> I propose that we consider raising the priority of accessibility to be
> >> addressed proactively as a core part of OAE project development processes
> >> for a couple of reasons:****
> >>
> >>
> >> 1) Accessibility is now really not an optional checkbox for platform
> >> adoption, but a key decider. Without some credible accessibility
> >> compliance, a platform is out of consideration in many adoption processes.
> >> With compliance, a platform can then go on to compete on its other
> >> merits?of which OAE has many. Many of us likely have accessibility
> >> requirements at our home institutions. What are those, and to what degree
> >> are they being met and addressed in the OAE project?****
> >>
> >> ** **
> >>
> >> 2) As Eli Cochran?who I've come to think of as my personal accessibility
> >> mentor?often points out: most accessibility wins are wins for general
> >> usability as well, so effort paid to accessibility usually pays off for
> >> general usability as well.****
> >>
> >> ** **
> >>
> >> As the AWG suggests, without a higher priority given to accessibility, we
> >> are left with remediation, and we can already see how that plays out
> >> (always catchup). The AWG is reviewing OAE 1.1 while 1.3 is already in QA.
> >> ****
> >>
> >> ** **
> >>
> >> If we reprioritize accessibility, we would likely need to work with the
> >> project team to identify what resources might be necessary for
> >> review/testing, remediation, etc, and good pathways to push accessibility
> >> practices to be earlier in the development process.****
> >>
> >>
> >> --
> >> Nate Angell
> >> Sakai Product Manager
> >> rSmart
> >> http://www.rsmart.com
> >> http://twitter.com/xolotl
> >> http://xolotl.org****
> >>
> >> </draft>****
> >>
> >> ** **
> >>
> >> On Thu, May 31, 2012 at 8:13 AM, Humbert, Joseph A <johumber at iupui.edu>
> >> wrote:****
> >>
> >> Hi All Accessibility Working Group members,****
> >>
> >>  ****
> >>
> >> Attached is the draft of the Sakai OAE v1.1 Accessibility Evaluation
> >> Report.  We will be discussing the content of the report at today?s
> >> teleconference.  Any constancy or grammatical errors will be address after
> >> the content has been approved by the group.  PLEASE DO NOT DISTRIBUTE this
> >> report. It will be disseminated once the report has been finalized.  Thankx
> >> for all your hard work. ****
> >>
> >>  ****
> >>
> >> Joe Humbert, Assistive Technology and Web Accessibility Specialist****
> >>
> >> UITS Adaptive Technology and Accessibility Centers****
> >>
> >> Indiana University, Indianapolis and Bloomington****
> >>
> >> 535 W Michigan St. IT214 E****
> >>
> >> Indianapolis, IN 46202****
> >>
> >> Office Phone: (317) 274-4378****
> >>
> >> Cell Phone: (317) 644-6824****
> >>
> >> johumber at iupui.edu****
> >>
> >> http://iuadapts.Indiana.edu/ <http://iuadapts.indiana.edu/>****
> >>
> >>  ****
> >>
> >>
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Educational Technology Services, UC Berkeley

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