1. 5/22/2001 NIST Accessibility 2001 5/22-2/23/01 1 Information Technology Technical Assistance and Training Center Center for Rehabilitation Technology Georgia Institute of Technology

2. 5/22/2001 NIST Accessibility 2001 5/22-2/23/01 2 ITTATC Mission Support Industry in developing electronic and information technology that is accessible to people with disabilities through development of training material on accessible design techniques, providing training and providing technical assistance.

3. 5/22/2001 NIST Accessibility 2001 5/22-2/23/01 3 Major tasks Assessment of needs for training and technical support Develop training material Technical assistance Web based training on accessible design Website - www.ittatc.org Coordinate with RERCs, Fed. Agencies, State AT projects, DBTAC

4. 5/22/2001 NIST Accessibility 2001 5/22-2/23/01 4 Project Partners Georgia Tech - Center for Rehabilitation Technology GTRI Human Factors Branch Office of Assessment Industrial Design, College of Computing & ISyE World Institute for Disability Community Options Information Technology Association of America Trace Research Center, U. Wisconsin Inclusive Technologies, Jim Tobias Regional DBTACs, RESNA TA project State Assistive Technology Projects, ATAP

5. 5/22/2001 NIST Accessibility 2001 5/22-2/23/01 5 Assess Needs of Stakeholders IT and Telecomm Industry managers technical staff support staff Web developers State IT and procurement staff Consumers

6. 5/22/2001 NIST Accessibility 2001 5/22-2/23/01 6 Leverage Training and TA 10 regional DBTACs 56 State Assistive Technology Projects Industry associations Industry partners

7. 5/22/2001 NIST Accessibility 2001 5/22-2/23/01 7 Develop Literature Overview of 255 for Telecomm Overview of 508 for IT Industry Summary of 508 for Consumers Quick references on web access, IT access, Telecomm access, FAQ How-to brochures for Industry

8. 5/22/2001 NIST Accessibility 2001 5/22-2/23/01 8 Develop Project Website Initial website - 5/1/2001 Project goals and partners Overview of Training Scheduled events Resources Contact information Add decision tree for DBTAC TA Literature online

9. 5/22/2001 NIST Accessibility 2001 5/22-2/23/01 9 Training Courses Overview for Management 1/2 day Accessible Web Design 1/2 day Accessible Design Principles for Professional disciplines 2 - 4 days Software Engineers Engineers Industrial designers Consumer training State IT procurement

10. 5/22/2001 NIST Accessibility 2001 5/22-2/23/01 10 Management Training Overview of 508 and 255 Business Case for Accessible Design Demographics and markets Functional Limitations Strategies for implementation of Accessible Design Resources

11. 5/22/2001 NIST Accessibility 2001 5/22-2/23/01 11 Technical Training Nature of functional limitations hands on experience with products Technical requirements of 255, 508 User Centered Design + wider user group considered Tools and Techniques Cases and exercises

12. 5/22/2001 NIST Accessibility 2001 5/22-2/23/01 12 Training for Web developers Why make pages accessible Technical requirements Text equivalents for graphics / media Visual equivalent for audio Image maps Headers for tables, titles for frames Accessible forms, applets, scripts Test and repair tools

13. 5/22/2001 NIST Accessibility 2001 5/22-2/23/01 13 Training for State government What are 508 standards How they can help with 504 and ADA compliance How to use standards in procurement Best practices from Federal Gov. Best practices from States

14. 5/22/2001 NIST Accessibility 2001 5/22-2/23/01 14 Consumer Training How to work with Industry The product development process Technical primer Functional limitations Consumer input in design process Market research, prototype evaluation Product testing, problem resolution

15. 5/22/2001 NIST Accessibility 2001 5/22-2/23/01 15 Schedule for 2001 Needs assessment 9/30/01 Develop literature - 3/31/01 Train DBTAC staff - 3/27/01 Develop management training 7/01 Develop technical training 9/01 Develop state training10/01 Develop consumer training12/01

16. 5/22/2001 NIST Accessibility 2001 5/22-2/23/01 16 Increasing Capacity Questions How to increase capacity Consultants Train Co-op students for placement Continuing Education series Quality assurance for consultants Certification via professional society

17. 5/22/2001 NIST Accessibility 2001 5/22-2/23/01 17 Existing training resources Project EASI WebAIM Blackboard.com HTML Writers Guild WebAble Accessible-Systems

18. 5/22/2001 NIST Accessibility 2001 5/22-2/23/01 18 EASI Web Access Training Beginning Barrier-free Web Design: a four week web based course $275 April 30, July 9, Sept. 10, Oct. 29 Advanced Barrier-free Web Design: a four week web based course $275 July 2, October 1 Barrier-free E-learning: 8 week May 7, September 10

19. 5/22/2001 NIST Accessibility 2001 5/22-2/23/01 19 EASI IT Accessibility Training Barrier-free Information Technology Workshop: a four week web course June 4, August 6, October 1, December 3 Business Benefits of Accessible Electronic and Information Technology: May 7, September 10 http://easi.cc

20. 5/22/2001 NIST Accessibility 2001 5/22-2/23/01 20 WebAIM Web Access Course www.webaim.org/tutorial Univeral Web Design and Disability Access: Blackboard.com INST5320 www.blackboard.com/ Utah State U.- SPED 5790ST Inclusive Web Design: Disability Usability and Accessibility June 11 - August 3

21. 5/22/2001 NIST Accessibility 2001 5/22-2/23/01 21 HTML Writers Guild Designing for Universal Accessibility D201, Kynn Bartlett, $75 for trial members www.hwg.org June 4, 2001 for seven weeks July 16, 2001

22. 5/22/2001 NIST Accessibility 2001 5/22-2/23/01 22 WebAble On-site training, seminars, and hands-on web and software accessibility workshops. www.webable.com Accessible-Systems www.accessible-systems.com

23. 5/22/2001 NIST Accessibility 2001 5/22-2/23/01 23 Technical assistance resources IT Design guidelines Accessible design methods Telecomm. design guidelines Consumer device guidelines Instructional technology guidelines

24. 5/22/2001 NIST Accessibility 2001 5/22-2/23/01 24 IT design guidelines IBM guidelines Microsoft Software guidelines for developers Trace Center Guidelines www.ittatc.org - Technical Assistance page

25. 5/22/2001 NIST Accessibility 2001 5/22-2/23/01 25 Accessible design methods Trace Center User Centred Design Methodology and Tools - USERfit www.stakes.fi/include/1-0.htm “User Interfaces for All” Usability Methods Toolbook

26. 5/22/2001 NIST Accessibility 2001 5/22-2/23/01 26 Telecomm Design Guidelines Guideline for accessibility www.tiresias.org/telecoms/index.ht m Telephones - what features do disabled people need? www.tiresias.org/phoneability Mobile phone guidelines www.stakes.fi/cost219/mobileteleph one.htm

27. 5/22/2001 NIST Accessibility 2001 5/22-2/23/01 27 Telecomm. Design tools Trace Universal Design filters Trace Reference designs for cell phones Trace Product Design Browser

28. 5/22/2001 NIST Accessibility 2001 5/22-2/23/01 28 Instructional Technology WGBH National Center for Accessible Media www.wgbh.org/wgbh/pages/ncam U. Illinois Ctr for Instructional Technology Accessibility cita.rehab.uiuc.edu/design