Committee Progress
Digital Accessibility Committee

Quarterly progress reports

The Digital Accessibility Committee (DAC) worked with the Colorado Attorney General's Office to understand the impacts and path forward given the Colorado HB24-1454 Grace Period Noncompliance Digital Accessibility.
DAC developed a digital accessibility statement. The College President approved the statement. The statement is in process of being added to footers of Fort Lewis College websites and apps.
DAC began drafting a new digital accessibility policy and plan.

Institution-wide digital accessibility policy updated, approved by President, and uploaded to Policy Library.
Selected and engaged vendor for third-party digital accessibility audit.
Received CO SIPA grant for Allyant CommonLook software, made software available to campus through FLC Remote Apps.
- Held training session on CommonLook PDF software

Further Digital Accessibility Campaign work
Sent member to CSUN conference
Implemented and launched ReadSpeaker in Canvas and updated
PDF outreach and remediation for faculty
Professional Development Trainings around Assistive Technology and Accessibility Tips
Developed and Implemented 2nd training in Canvas for ADA and Accessibility

Work and planning around an Accessibility Campaign
Surveyed faculty about Digital Accessibility, posters for remediation and accessibility, brainstormed around trainings for faculty and staff
Purchased equipment and software to help students utilize more technologies
- Review of ReadSpeaker as it compares to Ally Alternative Formats and Read&Write
- Purchased licenses for Dragon Naturally Speaking

Image accessibility research and implementation
Re-vamp of ADA 2.0 training on Canvas
Reviewed and created standards for accessibility of information and communication technologies policy
Sharing of newsletters and best practices

WCAG Guidelines
Training and Awareness building upon Global Accessibility Awareness
- Tabling in Union to discuss Word checker, PDF checker, screen reader tutorial, Outlook accessibility checker, color contrast, accessibility symbols (low vision, audio description, assistive listening, accessible print, visually impaired, closed captioning)
Blackboard Ally integration with Canvas completed
Online ADA training (2.0)
Dissemination of digital accessibility newsletters and infographics
Campus-wide poll around accessibility
Digital accessibility syllabus statement
Further review of accessibility report from 2015

Formed subcommittee meetings to review metrics, Monsido, digital accessibility website, budget, and spread awareness
State of Captioning (reviewed report by 3Play Media) for overview of video compliance and captioning tools
- Planning around video accessibility compliance
Posters disseminated around digital accessibility Information (created infographic)
Launched Digital Accessibility Committee webpage
Reviewed committee reports, accessibility resources and software, VPATS
Purchased Ally for Canvas

Quote from Panopto regarding educational videos and accessibility
Finalized and approved the Standards for the Accessibility of Information and Communication Technology
Worked on ADA Course development within Canvas
Developing best practices for digital content
VPAT reviewing
Development of digital accessibility webpage

Digital Accessibility policies and procedures development
Ongoing research and communication with other colleges to research policies around digital accessibility
Development of FLC Digital Media Accessibility Policy
Digital signage for policy and ADA recommendations (created and distributed across campus)

Outsourced Accessibility Audit and received report
- Report helped to review existing policy, draft new digital accessibility policies and procedures, look at web accessibility, review of select FLC webpages, and review of select vendor-provided solutions
Continued planning and development around Digital Content and policy