[CATO] Vector Solutions and accessibility?

[Monica Olsson]

Hi Michael,

Sigh. Vicki and I have updates to share about this and are currently beginning review of the new Vector Solutions platform, which the colleges are not on yet, FYI. For what it's worth, I don't agree with that quote.

I hope the Co-Chairs can discuss this with Vicki and I at our next planning meeting and then put it on our agenda for group discussion, please.

Additionally, I am working on scheduling a meeting with Vector Solutions in the near future. Would a CATO representative like to join that?



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Monica M. Olsson (she/her/hers)

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Subject: [CATO] Vector Solutions and accessibility?

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Hi all,



Highline (and I believe all of you as well) uses Vector Solutions (formerly Get Inclusive) for both employee and student-facing training. I know that a year ago Monica sent an update to CATO about accessibility improvements that Get Inclusive had made, but that was while the transition to Vector Solutions was just getting started.



I just got a (third- or fourth-hand) report that our VP of EDI heard through the Diversity and Equity Officers Commission (DEOC) that Vector Solutions “is completely inaccessible and the colleges shouldn’t be using it” (quoting what I was told, which is likely a paraphrase of what the VP said, which is likely a paraphrase of what was said at DEOC…etc.).



Is there any good current information on the accessibility of Vector Solutions’ training offerings? This is everything I know at this point, and that “completely inaccessible” judgement could cover everything from Vector Solutions itself being a problem to VS providing a platform that may or may not be okay, but the particular trainings in question haven't been built with accessibility in mind.



Thanks!



Michael Hanscom (he/him), Accessible Technology Program Manager, Highline College

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