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<p class="MsoNormal">Hi All,<o:p></o:p></p>
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Here’s the post we shared out with our campus: <o:p></o:p></p>
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<b><span style="font-size:18.0pt;font-family:Oswald;color:#333333">Reminder from the Accessibility Advisory Committee: Global Accessibility Awareness Day is May 19</span></b><span style="font-size:18.0pt;font-family:Oswald;color:#333333"><o:p></o:p></span></h1>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span class="date"><span style="font-size:8.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#333333">May 18, 2022</span></span><span style="font-size:8.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#333333"> by <span class="fn"><a href="https://daag.shoreline.edu/author/pioscc/" title="pioscc"><span style="color:#0094D2">pioscc</span></a></span> <span class="post-comments"><a href="https://daag.shoreline.edu/2022/05/18/reminder-from-the-accessibility-advisory-committee-global-accessibility-awareness-day-is-may-19/#respond"><span style="color:#0094D2">Leave
a Comment</span></a></span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="line-height:16.5pt"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#333333">Global Accessibility Awareness Day (GAAD) is an internationally-celebrated event that takes place annually on the third Thursday of May. This year GAAD
is coming up on Thursday, May 19. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="line-height:16.5pt"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#333333">GAAD is an annual global event, designed to engage people around the world in talking, thinking, and learning about digital access and inclusion. Additional
information about GAAD and online events is available on the GAAD website.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="line-height:16.5pt"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#333333">Mark your calendars and challenge yourself to learn one new thing about creating accessible and inclusive digital content! If you have additional questions,
please reach out to Shoreline’s Assistive Technology Specialist, Jennifer Bryant, via email at
<a href="mailto:jbryant@shoreline.edu">jbryant@shoreline.edu</a>. See below some resources related to assistive/adaptive technology as well:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#333333"><a href="https://gaad.foundation/" target="_blank"><span style="color:#0094D2">The GAAD (Global Accessibility Awareness Day) Foundation</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#333333"><a href="https://www.shoreline.edu/oss/students-with-disabilities/assistive-technology.aspx" target="_blank"><span style="color:#0094D2">Student Accessibility
Services’ Assistive Technology webpage</span></a> (text-to-speech, speech-to-text, and alternative formats)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#333333"><a href="https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/office/improve-accessibility-with-the-accessibility-checker-a16f6de0-2f39-4a2b-8bd8-5ad801426c7f" target="_blank"><span style="color:#0094D2">Improve
accessibility with the Accessibility Checker</span></a> (Microsoft)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#333333"><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=207uC-WzHCI" target="_blank"><span style="color:#0094D2">PDF Training with Gaby de Jongh from the University
of Washington </span></a>(YouTube video)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Happy GAAD everyone!<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Best,<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Amy<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><b><span style="color:#00685E">Amy Rovner, M.P.H., R.D.</span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:black"><br>
Acting Director eLearning Services<br>
Accessible IT Coordinator<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:black">Shoreline Community College</span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:black"><br>
<a href="http://www.shoreline.edu/"><span style="color:#0563C1">www.shoreline.edu</span></a> | 206.546.6937<br>
eLearning Office: 206.546-6966<br>
Pronouns: she, her, hers<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b>From:</b> ATcoord <atcoord-bounces@lists.ctc.edu> <b>On Behalf Of
</b>Monica Olsson via ATcoord<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Thursday, May 19, 2022 3:15 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> atcoord@lists.ctc.edu<br>
<b>Cc:</b> Monica Olsson <molsson@sbctc.edu><br>
<b>Subject:</b> [ATcoord] Fw: Today is Global Accessibility Awareness Day! Read more to earn a prize!<o:p></o:p></p>
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M. Olsson (she/her/hers)</span></b><span style="color:#201F1E"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="background:white"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Franklin Gothic Book",sans-serif;color:#002060">Policy Associate – Accessible IT Coordinator</span><span style="color:#201F1E"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="background:white"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Franklin Gothic Book",sans-serif;color:#002060">Washington State Board for Community and Technical Colleges</span><span style="color:#201F1E"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="background:white"><u><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Franklin Gothic Book",sans-serif;color:#0563C1"><a href="mailto:molsson@sbctc.edu" target="_blank"><b>molsson@sbctc.edu</b></a></span></u><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Franklin Gothic Book",sans-serif;color:#002060"> </span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Franklin Gothic Book",sans-serif;color:#002060">•
o: 360-704-3922 • c: 206-914-7187</span><span style="color:#201F1E"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="background:white"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Franklin Gothic Book",sans-serif;color:#002060"><a href="https://www.sbctc.edu/" target="_blank">sbctc.edu</a> • Twitter: <a href="https://twitter.com/SBCTCWashington" target="_blank"><b>@SBCTCWashington</b></a> •
Facebook:<b> <a href="https://www.facebook.com/wasbctc/" target="_blank">@WASBCTC</a></b></span><span style="color:#201F1E"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color:black">From:</span></b><span style="color:black"> Monica Olsson <<a href="mailto:molsson@sbctc.edu">molsson@sbctc.edu</a>><br>
<b>Sent:</b> Thursday, May 19, 2022 2:33 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> SBCTC All Staff <<a href="mailto:SBCTCAllStaff@sbctc.edu">SBCTCAllStaff@sbctc.edu</a>><br>
<b>Cc:</b> Monica Olsson <<a href="mailto:molsson@sbctc.edu">molsson@sbctc.edu</a>><br>
<b>Subject:</b> Today is Global Accessibility Awareness Day! Read more to earn a prize!</span>
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<p><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif;color:black;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in"><img border="0" width="455" height="111" style="width:4.7395in;height:1.1562in" id="_x0000_i1026" src="https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/xlmufWpPyFYaCgcY5QMRh9vvES4m-5NUDvcN_uwMHK191F3tJLCkdupbVIoyGnzMspXQ-IHmjN_7zvdqMfA8AjMfNDYfLoeh-4fbM8ZgIoP-KM2hvTzjuGMQxrC6teyGT8dpZ9X1aS2sLJI-Rw" alt="Global Awareness Day logo. The acronym GAAD is shown inside a circle with a computer keyboard icon. "></span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif;color:black">Dear SBCTC Colleagues,</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif;color:black">Today is the 11th anniversary of</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"><a href="https://accessibility.day/"><b><span style="font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif;color:#1155CC"> Global
Accessibility Awareness Day, or GAAD!</span></b></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif;color:black">Have you heard of it before?</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif;color:black;font-weight:normal">What is GAAD?</span><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></h2>
<p><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif;color:black">The purpose of this day is to increase disability awareness, to inspire conversations about digital/web accessibility, and the inclusion of people with disabilities.</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif;color:black;font-weight:normal">What is Web Accessibility?</span><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></h2>
<p><span style="font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif;color:black">Web accessibility means that websites, apps, digital tools, and content are designed and developed so that people with disabilities can use them. More specifically, people with disabilities
can:</span><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"></span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<li style="color:black;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1"><span style="font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif">Perceive, Understand, Navigate, and Interact with the Web</span><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"></span><span style="font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif">;
and <o:p></o:p></span></li></ul>
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<li style="color:black;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo2"><span style="font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif">Contribute to the Web<o:p></o:p></span></li></ul>
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<p><span style="font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif;color:black">If you want to keep learning, check out this 4-minute video produced by the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C):
</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=20SHvU2PKsM"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif;color:#1155CC">Introduction to Web Accessibility
and Standards</span></b></a></span><b><span style="font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif;color:black">.</span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif;color:black;font-weight:normal">What is SBCTC doing today?</span><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></h2>
<p><span style="font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif;color:black">Marilyn Varela, Greg Gamble, and I will deliver a Web Accessibility 101 training to SBCTC web developers and content managers. We have over 20 people registered! A guest presenter will join
us to deliver a live demo of his screen reader navigating web content. Missed signing up? Don’t worry! The training will be recorded and shared internally on Staffnet.</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif;color:black;font-weight:normal">What can you do to celebrate?</span><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></h2>
<p><span style="font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif;color:black">I am glad you asked, dear readers. Today is the perfect to sign up for the
</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"><a href="https://sbctc.badgr.com/public/issuers/k1IJMhPyRGOf-AsGWnlJmg/pathways"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif;color:#1155CC">Accessibility
Micro Courses</span></b></a></span><span style="font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif;color:black"> and earn your
</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"><a href="https://sbctc.badgr.com/public/pathway/5c6de118c949480e7545be09"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif;color:#1155CC">Accessibility
Proponent Badge!</span></b></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p><span style="font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif;color:black">You can also view the content of these courses via the public facing SBCTC
</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"><a href="https://sbctc.instructure.com/courses/1578604/"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif;color:#1155CC">Library of Accessibility Resources.</span></b></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif;color:black;font-weight:normal">Use your voice!</span><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></h2>
<p><span style="font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif;color:black">You can help advocate for advancing disability civil rights. The U.S. Department of Education announced its intent to strengthen and protect rights for Students with Disabilities by amending
regulations Implementing Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act.</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p><i><span style="font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif;color:black">“The Department’s Section 504 regulations were the first issued by the federal government that addressed the treatment of people with disabilities through a civil rights framework, rather
than through solely a medical or vocational framework. In the years that followed, these regulations served as a model for the regulations of other federal agencies and were the foundation for many of the provisions of the Americans with Disabilities Act of
1990.”</span></i><span style="font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif;color:black"> (</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#666666"><a href="https://content.govdelivery.com/accounts/USED/bulletins/3168169"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif;color:#1155CC">May
6th, 2022, U.S. Department of Education press release.)</span></b></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p><b><span style="font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif;color:black">Learn more about
</span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"><a href="https://www2.ed.gov/policy/rights/reg/ocr/index.html?utm_content=&utm_medium=email&utm_name=&utm_source=govdelivery&utm_term="><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif;color:#1155CC">how
to submit your public comments</span></b></a></span><b><span style="font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif;color:black"> and strengthen protections for students with disabilities. Submit comments to:
</span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"><a href="mailto:Section504@ed.gov"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif;color:#1155CC">Section504@ed.gov</span></b></a></span><b><span style="font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif;color:black"> by
June 2022!</span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif;color:black;font-weight:normal">Pop Quiz/Earn a Prize!</span><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></h2>
<p><span style="font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif;color:black">Read this article written by WebAIM titled,
</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"><a href="https://webaim.org/intro/"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif;color:#1155CC">Introduction to Web Accessibility.</span></b></a></span><span style="font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif;color:black"> The
first person from our agency to email me with the correct answers for 2 out of the 3 questions below will receive a cup of coffee on me and win a cute little surprise! Email Monica at:
</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"><a href="mailto:molsson@sbctc.edu"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif;color:#1155CC">molsson@sbctc.edu</span></b></a></span><b><span style="font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif;color:black"> </span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<li style="color:black;mso-list:l4 level1 lfo3"><span style="font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif">What does POUR stand for?<o:p></o:p></span></li><li style="color:black;mso-list:l4 level1 lfo3"><span style="font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif">What does a “Skip to Main Content, or “Skip Navigation” allow a user to do on a web page?<o:p></o:p></span></li><li style="color:black;mso-list:l4 level1 lfo3"><span style="font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif">What are the four main disability categories mentioned in the article?<o:p></o:p></span></li></ol>
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