Sustaining accessibility efforts through accessibility-related appraisal objectives

Presented on 19 May 2022 at Digital Accessibility Awareness Week, University of Westminster.

Presentation recording and transcript

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Presenters

• Matthew Deeprose
  • Senior Learning Designer
  • University of Southampton
  • @VLEguru
• Tamsyn Smith
  • Senior Learning Designer Team Lead
  • University of Southampton
  • @TamsynMSmith

Synopsis

How can IT departments sustain their accessibility efforts? While there are vital procedural and technical answers we should also consider the importance of cultural change. In this presentation, Tamsyn Smith and Matthew Deeprose will discuss early work on embedding accessibility within appraisal objectives.

Materials

• Slide Deck [16MB PPTX]
• Draft Working Document: Accessibility-related Appraisal Outcomes [Google Docs]

Links and Resources

• Tweet by @McgarrDana: Accessibility isn't more work, you were just cutting corners before. The work was incomplete.
• Planning and Managing Web Accessibility from the W3C Web Accessibility Initiative (WAI)
• The 8-Step Process for Leading Change.
• Lilian Joy: Shifting digital accessibility practice through use of the 8-Step Process for Leading Change.
• Lilian Joy's JISC Accessibility Community presentation on shifting digital accessiblity practice, evaluating impact.
• Craig Abbott: Defining a strategy for accessibility.
• DWP Accessibility Manual.
• Teach Access Institutions course list (coded), 2018.
• Accessible Technology Skills Gap Report, PEAT, 2018.
• Wall Street Journal: More Companies Are Looking to Hire Accessibility Specialists.
• TeachAccess: Accessibility Skills Hiring Toolkit.
• Accessibility Interview Questions.
• W3C: Curricula on Web Accessibility - A Framework to Build Your Own Courses.
• TeachAccess: Tutorial for developers.
• Microsoft: Accessibility fundamentals.
• LinkedIn Learning: Digital Accessibility for the Modern Workplace.
• Lexdis: Inclusive Teaching and Learning Strategies
• Intuit’s Accessibility Champion Program
• Dylan Barrell: Agile Accessibility Handbook.
• Mark Steadman: Pair programming tweet.
• Mark Steadman's posts on dev.to.