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Enhancing University Accessibility with Real-Time Accessibility Monitoring ( via Web Registry Services)

Scheduled at 1:30pm in Colorado G-H on Tuesday, November 12.

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Speaker(s)

  • Gavin S Colborne, Managing Director, Little Forest
  • Gavin Colborne, Managing Director, Little Forest

Session Details

  • Length of Session: 3-hr
  • Format: Interactive/Discussion
  • Expertise Level: All Levels
  • Type of session: Pre-conference

Summary

Enhancing University Accessibility with Real-Time Web Registry Services

Learn how top universities in the UK and US are using Real-Time Web Registry Services to improve web accessibility and compliance. This session covers the benefits, practical implementation, and success stories, providing actionable strategies to enhance accessibility and inclusivity. Topics include challenges, tools, strategies, and future prospects of real-time monitoring, with insights on leveraging the April 2024 update to the ADA.

Abstract

Discover how the world’s top universities are revolutionizing web accessibility and achieving stringent compliance standards through Real-Time Web Registry Services. In this session, we will cover the key benefits of deploying these services, provide a practical implementation guide, and share success stories from renowned institutions. Learn actionable strategies to elevate accessibility and inclusivity at your university.

Topics we will discuss include:

  • Challenges facing Universities
  • The size of the problem
  • The tools and data that are needed
  • Strategies for regaining control of your web estate
  • Practical steps that leading institutions have taken
  • What does the future look like with real time accessibility monitoring?

With the April 2024 update to the ADA, institutions have a unique opportunity to win funding internally to remediate hundreds of their websites for Accessibility. For the first time legislation, technology and education have the ability to come together to really affect Accessibility at Scale.

With case studies and lessons from institutions such as Harvard, Berkeley, Stanford, Cornell and the University of Edinburgh, find out how the top Accessibility teams are tackling Accessibility at Scale in their institutions and making a difference.

Keypoints

  1. Measuring website accessibility across thousands of websites within a single University
  2. Accessibility at scale, how we are at a unique inflection related to legislation, technology and education
  3. Working with digital accessibility liasons across multiple faculties, colleges and schools

Disability Areas

All Areas

Topic Areas

Artificial Intelligence, Legal, Other, Procurement, Uncategorized, Web/Media/App Access

Speaker Bio(s)

Gavin S Colborne

Gavin Colborne is the Managing Director at Little Forest, a service provider that focuses on accessibility solutions for universities. Little Forest’s award winning software deploys their intelligent, real time web registry platform to ensure institutions web estate’s stay inclusive and compliant. Gavin is passionate about making the web accessible and inclusive for everyone. He is excited to be immersed in the field of Web Governance and WCAG compliance for universities and multi-national organisations. With over 20 years of experience in the industry, Gavin understands the challenges faced by people who manage large suites of web domains and strives to improve the online experience for all website visitors. Throughout his career, he has provided technical constancy and innovative software solutions to support inherent accessibility needs.

Gavin Colborne

Gavin Colborne is the Managing Director at Little Forest, a service provider that focuses on accessibility solutions for universities. Little Forest’s award winning software deploys their intelligent, real time web registry platform to ensure institutions web estate’s stay inclusive and compliant. Gavin is passionate about making the web accessible and inclusive for everyone. He is excited to be immersed in the field of Web Governance and WCAG compliance for universities and multi-national organisations. With over 20 years of experience in the industry, Gavin understands the challenges faced by people who manage large suites of web domains and strives to improve the online experience for all website visitors. Throughout his career, he has provided technical constancy and innovative software solutions to support inherent accessibility needs.