{"id":17,"date":"2013-06-04T19:05:35","date_gmt":"2013-06-04T19:05:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/engage.augsburg.edu\/mannj\/?page_id=17"},"modified":"2024-10-29T19:12:24","modified_gmt":"2024-10-29T19:12:24","slug":"accessibility","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/sites.augsburg.edu\/digital\/accessibility\/","title":{"rendered":"Accessibility"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Website accessibility is important not just because it makes it easier for everyone to use our site: these same principles align us with universal web standards. As a content manager, you should be aware of basic accessibility guidelines.<\/p>\n<h2><\/h2>\n<h2>Accessibility Training<\/h2>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/sites.augsburg.edu\/digital\/2020\/08\/27\/web-accessibility-training-instructions\/\"> Accessibility Training Instructions<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h2>Accessibility At Augsburg<\/h2>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/sites.augsburg.edu\/accessibility\/\">Augsburg Accessibility Committee website<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/class\/\">Augsburg Class Office<\/a><\/p>\n<h2>Captions and audio descriptions<\/h2>\n<p>Preferred captioning service: Automatic Sync Technologies. Augsburg has an agreement with Automatic Sync through the Associated Colleges of the Twin Cities (ACTC) for captioning services. For more information, contact:<\/p>\n<p>Margaret Alexandra<br \/>\nAutomatic Sync Technologies<br \/>\n(877) 278-7962 x715<br \/>\n<a href=\"mailto:alexandra@automaticsync.com\">alexandra@automaticsync.com<\/a><\/p>\n<h2>Standards for Content Managers<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/docs.google.com\/a\/augsburg.edu\/document\/d\/1esKh2wcZeKGGr3sd7CW7CCEpEDVO77N1QBojE4lvNss\/edit?usp=sharing\">Web Accessibility Checklist (Google Doc)<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/docs.google.com\/a\/augsburg.edu\/document\/d\/16utMZUZpfoUvDvCc-yDIYWnUb0m0k3Dfbx6vNlJXIho\/edit?usp=sharing\">Website Accessibility Standards Summary for Content Managers (Google Doc)<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/docs.google.com\/a\/augsburg.edu\/document\/d\/1_v3-hMOcJaYcaAVj0oBMiN0PaMRnX2o5Hc7-Ttm5PLA\/edit?usp=sharing\">Video Accessibility Checklist (Google Doc)<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Other Resources<\/h2>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/docs.google.com\/a\/augsburg.edu\/document\/d\/1BJ11p68Ik-DjRlREvW01Os8ZjcRXUysh9lE9uYCP_Gs\/edit?usp=sharing\">Captioning and Audio Description Companies<\/a> &#8211; This is a list of vendors that do video captioning and audio description tracks, compiled by the CLASS office. (You must be logged into your Augsburg account to view this document.)<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/class\/faculty\/alternative-text-services\/\">Alt text &amp; E-Text at Augsburg<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/ncamftp.wgbh.org\/cadet\/\">CADET captioning tool<\/a> &#8211; I have used this tool to create my own captions for videos, and it works quite well.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/webaim.org\/techniques\/screenreader\/\">How Screen Readers Work (WebAIM)<\/a> &#8211; Learn how your web page content will be presented by the most common screen reader software.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/codex.wordpress.org\/Accessibility\">WordPress and Accessibility<\/a> &#8211; Practical explanations on the basics: headers, image alternative text, and descriptive links.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/WAI\/WCAG20\/quickref\/\">W3C Web Accessibility Initiative<\/a> &#8211; We follow the web accessibility guidelines for WCAG 2.0 AA.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.section508.gov\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Section 508<\/a> &#8211; Accessibility requirements for Federal agencies.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.section508.gov\/training-home\">Accessibility online Trainings &amp; Videos by GSA<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.section508.gov\/tools\/\">Section508 (GSA) Tools<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Website accessibility is important not just because it makes it easier for everyone to use our site: these same principles align us with universal web standards. As a content manager, you should be aware of basic accessibility guidelines. Accessibility Training Accessibility Training Instructions. Accessibility At Augsburg Augsburg Accessibility Committee website Augsburg Class Office Captions and &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/sites.augsburg.edu\/digital\/accessibility\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Accessibility&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1255,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-17","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.augsburg.edu\/digital\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/17","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.augsburg.edu\/digital\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.augsburg.edu\/digital\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.augsburg.edu\/digital\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1255"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.augsburg.edu\/digital\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=17"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"https:\/\/sites.augsburg.edu\/digital\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/17\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1548,"href":"https:\/\/sites.augsburg.edu\/digital\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/17\/revisions\/1548"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.augsburg.edu\/digital\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=17"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}