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Information Technology Technical Assistance and Training Center

Center for Rehabilitation Technology

Georgia Institute of Technology

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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.

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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

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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

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Assess Needs of Stakeholders

IT and Telecomm Industry managers technical staff support staff

Web developers State IT and procurement staff Consumers

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Leverage Training and TA

10 regional DBTACs 56 State Assistive Technology

Projects Industry associations Industry partners

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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

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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

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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

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Management Training

Overview of 508 and 255 Business Case for Accessible Design Demographics and markets Functional Limitations Strategies for implementation of

Accessible Design Resources

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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 training 10/01 Develop consumer training 12/01

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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

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Existing training resources

Project EASI WebAIM Blackboard.com HTML Writers Guild WebAble Accessible-Systems

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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

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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

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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

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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

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WebAble

On-site training, seminars, and hands-on web and software accessibility workshops.

www.webable.com

Accessible-Systems www.accessible-systems.com

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Technical assistance resources

IT Design guidelines Accessible design methods Telecomm. design guidelines Consumer device guidelines Instructional technology guidelines

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IT design guidelines

IBM guidelines Microsoft Software guidelines for

developers Trace Center Guidelines

www.ittatc.org - Technical Assistance page

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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

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Telecomm Design Guidelines

Guideline for accessibility www.tiresias.org/telecoms/index.htm

Telephones - what features do disabled people need? www.tiresias.org/phoneability

Mobile phone guidelines www.stakes.fi/cost219/mobiletelephone.htm

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Telecomm. Design tools

Trace Universal Design filters Trace Reference designs for cell

phones Trace Product Design Browser

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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