Presented at 8:00am in WB II on Thursday, November 16, 2017.
#9230Speaker(s)
- Bevi Chagnon, Designer, Senior Accessibility Trainer, PubCom.com
Session Details
- Length of Session: 1-hr
- Format: Lecture
- Expertise Level: Beginner
- Type of session: General Conference
Summary
How to write accessibility into contracts, purchase orders, grants, agreements, RFPs and RFQs to ensure your organization receives the accessible books, reports, and documents it needs and expects. Includes sample language and examples.
Abstract
It makes no sense to purchase services and goods and then spend more money remediating the document files to be compliant with Sec. 508, WCAG and PDF/UA. The accessibility should be built into the document by the supplier: whoever creates the content is responsible for making it accessible and compliant with our current standards. Whether you’re purchasing books and education materials, outsourcing document remediation, hiring design firms, making research grants, or writing any type of agreement/contract that will require electronic documents as part of the deliverable, then your college needs to develop standard language that requires accessibility. Good contracting language should have these items: — Well-defined deliverables for documents. — The current accessibility standards, included by reference. — How your organization will review/verify the accessibility. This seminar provides sample language and examples you can use and adapt for your organization.
Keypoints
- Learn how to specify accessibility for your deliverables.
- Put accessibility into writing. Includes sample language for contracts, RFQ/RFPs, grants, etc.
- Mandate in writing that accessibility is the responsibility of those who create and/or provide content.
Disability Areas
Cognitive/Learning, Deaf/Hard of Hearing, Mobility, Vision
Topic Areas
Accessible Course Design, Administrative/Campus Policy, Alternate Format, Assistive Technology, Legal, Uncategorized, Web/Media/App Access
Speaker Bio(s)
Bevi Chagnon
Bevi Chagnon has been active in the standards community for 25 years, and currently is a US Delegate to the ISO committees for PDF and PDF/UA. With a long career in publishing, she’s an expert for Adobe InDesign, Acrobat, MS Office, and accessibility. She’s a professional educator, award-winning designer, and former faculty member at Washington DC-area colleges/universities. Bevi is a frequent speaker at industry conferences, and a contributor on many forums, including the Adobe Community Forums where she is an invited Community Expert.