Aligning the Team Effort Toward Accessible Content
Aligning the Team Effort Toward Accessible Content
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Speaker(s)
- Jeff Singleton, Principal, Converge Accessibility
Session Details
- Length of Session: 1-hr
- Format: Lecture
- Expertise Level: Intermediate
- Type of session: General Conference
Summary
Accessibility is a team effort. Achieving accessible web content is all too often left to a few people and possibly just a single individual! Learn the steps to create an effective organizational policy and how to align all team members toward the same accessibility goal.
Abstract
Accessibility policies helps document and align an organization’s commitment to accessible content and helps all team members understand the company’s accessibility goals and milestones. But who is responsible for creating accessible content?
This presentation provides an overview of Developing Organizational Policies on Web Accessibility and then takes it a step further by discussing the steps beyond policy creation…that being empowering the team to execute on the policy! Aligning the team players to focus on the same accessibility goal is key to a successful accessibility effort.
Knowing what is required for each role that is part of the web content lifecycle also allows for organizations to provide more effective and targeted training…at less cost! Each team member in the lifecycle is now also accountable for their piece of the puzzle and if a piece is missing, team members will know where to look to obtain those details instead of making assumptions or even worse…doing nothing!
Keypoints
- Understand why WCAG needs to be extended to a clearer set of requirements.
- Learn how and why to implement clearer WCAG requirements in organizations.
- How to quickly create a culture of accessibility.
Disability Areas
Other
Topic Areas
Accessible Course Design, Administrative/Campus Policy, Procurement, Research, Uncategorized, Web/Media/App Access
Speaker Bio(s)
Jeff Singleton
Jeff Singleton is one of the nation's leading authorities on web accessibility and testing. He is a former member of Microsoft's Accessible Technology Group (ATG) and led the quality assurance team for Windows Narrator. An expert user of most assistive technologies, Jeff has a keen understanding of accessibility standards (such as WCAG and Section 508) as well as the practical impact of accessibility issues on people with disabilities.
Jeff has led important projects with leading companies such as HP and Microsoft. And he has helped government agencies like the Veteran's Health Administration make their technology accessible. For the last several years, NASA has also trusted Jeff to perform accessibility reviews of the technologies (including web sites) used by its grantees.
One of Jeff's strongest talents and passions is educating others about accessibility. For the last twelve years, he has led training sessions at important international accessibility conferences, such as the California State University, Northridge Center on Disabilities CSUN Assistive Technology Conference, and the National ADA Symposium. Jeff also holds an ADA Coordinator Title III Business Certificate and is a Microsoft Certified Systems Engineer (MCSE).