Tag Archive: Accessibility
UC IT Blog
April 22, 2020
All ArticlesAccessibility, Siteimprove, social media, UC Electronic Accessibility Committee, UC Office of the President, UCOP, virtual classrooms, Yvonne Tevis
By Yvonne Tevis. Did you know images in a website or document need “alt tags” to be accessible? Or that links should never be “here” or “read more?” Find out how and why through two new tip sheets from Siteimprove. Getting Started with the Basics The UC Electronic Accessibility Committee is partnering…
Read more about Document and Web Accessibility: Basic Tips and Online Training
UC IT Blog
January 22, 2020
All ArticlesAccessibility, Amazon Web Services, Artificial Intelligence, CHIME, diversity, Google Cloud Platform, Healthcare, inclusion, Mark Cianca, UCCSC, UCTech, UCTech 2019, Yvonne Tevis
By Mark Cianca and Yvonne Tevis. Diversity and Inclusion Get the Spotlight The UC IT community is focusing on diversity from all angles. A new “Diversifying the IT Culture” track boasted 16 sessions at our big annual UC Tech…
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UC IT Blog
May 15, 2019
All ArticlesAccessibility, Global Accessibility Awareness Day, Systemwide
Thursday, May 16 is Global Accessibility Awareness Day, affectionately known as GAAD. The purpose of GAAD is to get everyone talking, thinking and learning about digital access/inclusion and people with different abilities. That means that’s the day you make…
Read more about GAAD! Think Accessibility
UC IT Blog
March 20, 2019
All Articles, Feature ArticlesAccessibility, Healthcare, innovation, UC Health, UC Los Angeles, UCLA
Children with severe disabilities, serious cognitive impairments and medically complex situations require more specialized health care during their lifetimes. But establishing a consistent way to identify their overall health needs and measure progress in meeting those needs has been an…
Read more about For Children with Complex Medical Situations, A New Roadmap for Improving Health
UC IT Blog
March 20, 2019
All ArticlesAccessibility, Cal State Northridge, CSUN, Events, Lucy Greco, Travis Lee, UC Berkeley, UC Los Angeles, UCB, UCLA
By Yvonne Tevis. Just a few blocks from Disneyland, the CSUN Assistive Technology Conference – the largest annual accessibility conference in the country – concluded its 34th year last week. Hosted by Cal State Northridge, the conference attracts a global…
Read more about UC Experts Present at Assistive Technology Conference
UC IT Blog
February 6, 2019
All ArticlesAccessibility, innovation, UCOP, webinar, Yvonne Tevis
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….
Read more about What Can You Do for Accessibility? Take the New Online Training
UC IT Blog
November 14, 2018
All ArticlesAccessibility, Closed captioning, Todd McGill, UC Irvine, UCI, Youtube
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…
Read more about YouTube Caption Audit Tool Now Available from UCI
UC IT Blog
September 26, 2018
All ArticlesAccessibility, electronic accessibility committee, Siteimprove, Yvonne Tevis
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…
Read more about UC Gets Systemwide Website Accessibility Checker
UC IT Blog
August 8, 2018
All Articles, Feature ArticlesAccessibility, Judy Olson, Savannah Gray, UC Irvine, UCI, Veronica Newhart
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…
Read more about Telepresence Learning with Robots at UC Irvine
UC IT Blog
May 16, 2018
All Articles, Feature ArticlesAccessibility, GAAD, Global Accessibilty Awareness Day
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…
Read more about How Do People with Disabilities Use IT?