Accessible Technology Initiative (ATI)

 

Resources Created or Recommended by the ATI

Professional Development for Accessibility Website

This site provides a library of resources on accessibility. You will find training materials that other campuses have created, materials created and recommended by the ATI, Webinar archives, Spotlights on Faculty in the CSU, and promotional and awareness materials, such as the "From Where I Sit" video series. The library of resources are intended to help faculty and staff learn or teach the accessibility of documents, multimedia, procurement and website accessibility. This site was developed by Jean Wells, jwells@calstate.edu.

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Center for Accessible Media (CAM)

CAM is a centralized web-based application allowing alternate media staff at CSU and UC campuses to list, identify, and distribute accessible, electronic reading materials (predominantly textbooks) for use by eligible students with print disabilities. Since its inception in 2004, CAM has logged 17,000 holdings and facilitated more than 4,200 exchanges of reading materials. The goals for operating CAM include reducing redundant alternate media production efforts, increasing timeliness of delivery, providing system-wide tracking of alternate media inventory and request data, providing campus advocacy to publishers and distributors of reading materials, and coordinating research and training on promising practices in alternate media production. For more information about this resource contact Mark Turner, mturner@calstate.edu at the ATI in the Chancellor's Office.

ATI Community of Practice Website

This site allows CSU individuals involved in the Accessible Technology Initiative (ATI) on campuses and the Chancellor's Office to communicate and share information about ATI related topics. It is also in use for the Executive Sponsors Steering Committee (ESSC) and the ATI Leadership Council. The site includes announcements of events such as CoP meetings and webinars, notes of meetings, a library of materials and threaded discussions. CSU employees who are interested in participating should contact Sam Ogami, sogami@calstate.edu to sign up and receive a password.

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VPAT DATABASE

The VPAT database, or "VPATdb", is a central electronic repository for sharing Voluntary Product Accessibility Templates (VPAT's) and other accessibility documentation used in evaluating electronic and information technology (E&IT) related equipment. Resources are collected by the Chancellor's Office, California State University campuses, and other organizations involved in accessible procurement and uploaded to the database.

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The Center for Usability in Design and Accessibility - CUDA

CSU Long Beach and the Accessible Technology Initiative (ATI) at the CSU Chancellor's Office have partnered to provide accessibility evaluation services to the CSU system with funding from the California Emerging Technology Fund (CETF). CUDA has just completed renovating its testing lab to accommodate testing users with disabilities and to support expanded accessibility testing. CUDA and the ATI have also developed and continue to refine basic accessibility testing methodologies.

The CETF grant will provide limited support through the Spring of 2011 for CUDA to conduct accessibility testing of electronic and information technologies for the CSU system and campuses. For more information, contact:

T.R. Rubino-Schaefer trubinos@csulb.edu

Fred Garcia, garcia.fp@gmail.com.

CDUA Website http://www.csulb.edu/centers/cuda/

Phone: 562.985.2348, Fax: 562.985.2386

"FROM WHERE I SIT"

"This video series will have a strong impact on heightening awareness with respect to disability needs for all students and adults in various age groups across the continuum of disability needs. It is something that students and adults need to hear whether they are in the mainstream of general education or not. It packs a multitude of lessons about sensitivity, advocacy, accommodations, Universal Design for Learning principles, and diversity."

Laurel Colimon, Transition Specialist

Placement and Referral Transition Center

New York, NY

Resources Developed For CSU Staff and Faculty

Campus ATI Websites

Tips and Tutorials for Creating Assessible Content