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

Thu May 31 14:22:10 PDT 2012

Nate,
Thanks very much for your efforts in raising accessibility to the URG. 

I think Joe is right, it would be better to wait. I'm hoping that the final official report will be finished very soon. 

Perhaps you could arrange a time when Joe could present the executive summary to the URG during one of the URG conference calls?

- Eli 

On May 31, 2012, at 2:00 PM, Nate Angell wrote:

> 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!
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> I'm just anxious to raise the stature of accessibility in the project, and saw this as good info to make that case.
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> Keep me posted, or, as you now know, I'm a long-time AWG list lurker ;)
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> = nate
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> On Thu, May 31, 2012 at 1:42 PM, Humbert, Joseph A <johumber at iupui.edu> wrote:
> Hi Nate,
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> 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.
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> Joe Humbert, Assistive Technology and Web Accessibility Specialist
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> UITS Adaptive Technology and Accessibility Centers
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> Indiana University, Indianapolis and Bloomington
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> 535 W Michigan St. IT214 E
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> Indianapolis, IN 46202
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> Office Phone: (317) 274-4378
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> Cell Phone: (317) 644-6824
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> johumber at iupui.edu
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> http://iuadapts.Indiana.edu/
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> 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!!
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> 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.
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> = nate
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> I would like to thank the AWG for this thorough and thoughtful work.
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> 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.
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> 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.
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> 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:
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> 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?
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> 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.
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> 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.
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> 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.
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> --
> Nate Angell
> Sakai Product Manager
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> </draft>
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> On Thu, May 31, 2012 at 8:13 AM, Humbert, Joseph A <johumber at iupui.edu> wrote:
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> Hi All Accessibility Working Group members,
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> 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.
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> 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/
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Educational Technology Services, UC Berkeley

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