[CATO] Vector Solutions and accessibility?

Tue Aug 13 14:16:10 PDT 2024

Hi all,

I JUST NOW received the VPAT from Vector Solutions moments ago from the company. Talk about timing! The VPAT is not good; I have attached it for your review. I've also called a meeting with my new contact at Vector Solutions and will be looping in Abraham, our Contracts Officer as well.

Before now, the materials Vicki and I had collected were all from Get Inclusive before the buyout with VS. The documents that Zach send appear to be a Remediations addendum to the VPAT itself.

~Monica

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Subject: Re: [CATO] Vector Solutions and accessibility?

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Hello CATO,

As you can see from the attached report, the Vector training that Clark was most recently looking at was nowhere NEAR ready for prime time.  Still missing the basics like heading levels and charts necessary for answering questions missing image descriptions.  I agree with your VP’s assessment that the colleges shouldn’t be using it.  At Clark we made the argument that ESPECIALLY for something that advertises itself as an inclusive DEI training, in 2024 these oversights are just not acceptable for student-facing content.  Clark is finally going the route of making our own Canvas training content to meet these requirements.  We have now assessed Vector at least twice and they’re just not there yet.

--Zach

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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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