February 6, 2019 All Articles 0
By Yvonne Tevis.
Imagine if you were blocked from using the Internet – no websites, no shopping, no apps, no Uber… How frustrating would that be? How would you get anything done?
That’s the experience people with disabilities can have….
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November 14, 2018 All Articles 1
By Todd McGill. Released via GitHub on July 27, 2018, the YouTube Caption Audit is a distributable web application that reports uncaptioned public videos for a given YouTube channel.
Surprisingly, this is not something that can be done within the…
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September 26, 2018 All Articles 0
By Yvonne Tevis. Website accessibility just got a bit easier at UC.
You probably already know that everything we put online – from websites, to PDFs, to images – needs to be accessible. That means it must be designed so people…
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August 8, 2018 All Articles, Feature Articles 0
By Savannah Gray. Being a student is tough. On top of trying to succeed academically, one has to navigate the social aspect of making friends, interacting with others, and figuring out one’s identity. Now, imagine doing all that while being…
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May 16, 2018 All Articles, Feature Articles 0
By Yvonne Tevis.
May 17, 2018, is Global Accessibility Awareness Day or “GAAD,” as they say.
What does that mean? Well, walk for a minute in someone else’s shoes – particularly someone who is disabled and has to use assistive…
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July 25, 2017 All Articles, Feature Articles 0
By Alison Spencer, UCB Student Intern, UCOP. In 1993, Jason Lorgan’s boss told him digital textbooks were three years away. “Of course, years passed before we had them,” said Lorgan, now the director of stores for the University of California,…
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June 16, 2016 All Articles, Spotlights 3
Posted by Leah Burns, IT Communications Coordinator, UCOP. Scott Simmons has a natural curiosity, a passion for his job, and is committed to the University. Celebrating ten years at UCSC as of May 2016, he’s an IT programmer analyst working…
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Last month the EDUCAUSE Review published an article, “Implementing an Accessibility Policy: An Insider’s Guide,” by two IT staff at UCB – Lucy Greco (pictured) and Anna Gazdowicz. Lucy tells her personal story as a blind person, and how technology…
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Posted by Jim Phillips, Director of Learning Technologies and IT Accessibility, UCSC. UC Santa Cruz did an unusual thing this past May. To honor Global Accessibility Awareness Day (GAAD), we invited members of the Office of Civil Rights (OCR)…
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Posted by Lucy Greco, web accessibility evangelist, UCB. In August 2013, UC adopted the Information Technology Accessibility Policy, establishing that all UC locations will strive to make their electronic content accessible to people with disabilities. Specifically, websites will adhere…
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