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<p class="MsoNormal">Testing out the CATO listserv… I just got off of the phone with WaTech’s usability person. Good news. They offer a service where they’ll check websites (a selection of your template pages: home page, landing page, any pages with dynamic
content, forms, etc) for about $1,000 – 2,000 (not bad!). They also provide this service if you’re procuring technology and want to test it against various assistive technologies.
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<p class="MsoNormal">They can offer more extensive usability testing, where they go into the field and have people with disabilities evaluate websites/applications, but that runs $10,000 – 12,000.
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<p class="MsoNormal">They should be sending me a one-pager in a bit and I’ll share that in Basecamp. In the meantime, great news to share if anyone is stressed about how/where to go to find out if the college website or applications are not accessible.
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<p class="MsoNormal">Great seeing/meeting/hearing you all on Monday,<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Jess<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif";color:#404040">Jess Thompson<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif";color:#404040">Program Administrator, eLearning & Open Education</span><b><span style="font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif";color:#404040"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif";color:#404040">Washington State Board for Community & Technical Colleges</span><b><span style="font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif";color:#404040"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif";color:#404040">1300 Quince St SE | PO Box 42495 | Olympia, WA 98504</span><b><span style="font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif";color:#404040"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif";color:#404040">p: 360.704.4327|c: 253.229.8591<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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