NW Heat is a collaboration between the Orbis Cascade Alliance and Northwest Academic Computing Consortium to provide webinars and resources focused on digital accessibility in higher education.
Upcoming Webinar: Collaboration Creates Capacity: Supporting Shared Pathways to Digital Accessibility Maturity, with Michele Joy Bromley and Eleanor Hart of Portland State University
February 11, 11:00am - Noon PST – via Zoom. The webinar will be recorded.
Register now! Registration is free, and open to the public. You are welcome to forward this email to anyone at your institutions who may be interested in accessibility.
Description: Recent changes to Title II of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) establish the first two WCAG levels as the federal accessibility standard for all digital resources, whether public- or internal-facing and academic. This can feel overwhelming for publicly funded institutions that have only just begun to make meaningful progress toward accessibility maturity for their websites. No one department is equipped to bring all digital assets and applications into compliance with WCAG 2.1. While there are key differences to consider in establishing protocols for public-facing versus internal resources, a shared framework and strategy across all units is necessary for scaling our institutional digital accessibility efforts.
RSVP Link: Register now via Zoom
Please visit the NWHeat website for additional information.
-- NW Higher Education Accessible Technology Group Webinar Team
- Gloria Doherty, George Fox University (Chair)
- Marianne Colgrove, NWACC
- Van Davis, WCET – the WICHE Cooperative for Educational Technologies
- Wendy Steele, Washington State University
- Alice Swift, University of Hawai’i System
