[CATO] Fw: Digital Accessibility Standards (I recalled the last email because I didn't change the subject...)

[Andy Duckworth]

Morning CATO folks!

I received this email today from one of our Corrections Education Deans. I found it a bit disconcerting that one of the colleges was not planning to include Corrections Education content in their review for Title II. Could we include, in our guidance documentation, the importance of reviewing ALL educational content as it shouldn't matter the audience, correct?


Andy Duckworth (he|him)

Technology Innovation Officer

w (360) 704-4311 c (253) 318-7586

[cid:85cd69f2-885e-467d-90f1-aede80554591]<https://outlook.office.com/bookwithme/user/a19387ebdf9440c3a7d1ee06ca22cc62@sbctc.edu?anonymous&ep=signature>                Book time to meet with me<https://outlook.office.com/bookwithme/user/a19387ebdf9440c3a7d1ee06ca22cc62@sbctc.edu?anonymous&ep=signature>
________________________________
From: Maria Ethier <MEthier at pencol.edu>
Sent: Tuesday, August 20, 2024 9:53 AM
To: Hanan Al-Zubaidy <hal-zubaidy at sbctc.edu>; Fitzgerald, Carol L. 'WWCC' (DOC) <clfitzgerald at doc1.wa.gov>; Kammers, Denise D. 'WWCC' (DOC) <dkammers at doc1.wa.gov>; Liselotte Thompson <Liselotte.thompson at centralia.edu>; Arbes, Brent W. 'ECC' (DOC) <brent.arbes at doc1.wa.gov>; Boerner, Paula M. 'GHC' (DOC) <pmboerner at DOC1.WA.GOV>; Chastity Pennington <cpennington at sbctc.edu>; Roberton, Kelly <Kelly.Roberton at scc.spokane.edu>; Chavez, Ricardo B. 'WWCC' (DOC) <rbchavez at DOC1.WA.GOV>; Cox, Terry (ESD Partner) <tcox at olympic.edu>; Stevens, Syrena R. 'CNC' (DOC) <syrena.stevens at doc1.wa.gov>; Kane, Charolette A. 'CCS' (DOC) <charolette.kane at doc1.wa.gov>; Andy Duckworth <aduckworth at sbctc.edu>; John Michel <jmichel at sbctc.edu>; Raymond Pulsipher <rpulsipher at sbctc.edu>
Subject: Digital Accessibility Standards (I recalled the last email because I didn't change the subject...)

[Sent from outside SBCTC]


Hi All,



Has anyone started looking at the new Digital Accessibility Standards for higher education? I am not confident that our current CANVAS courses meet the new standards – where is everyone in the evaluation process?  It is my understanding that we have until April 2026 to make everything compliant.  I know that Peninsula is working on ensuring that all digital materials meet the new standards, but our offline classes and the classes on the OSN won’t be included in the review – at least not at PC.



Here is a blog that provides some basic information -



Preparing for New ADA Digital Accessibility Standards • TechNotes Blog (tcea.org)<https://blog.tcea.org/preparing-for-new-ada-digital-accessibility-standards/#:~:text=For%20K-12%20schools%20in%20areas%20with%20populations%20of,in%20smaller%20areas%20have%20until%202027%20to%20comply.>



Thanks,

-Maria



[cid:image001.png at 01DAF2E6.DA0E6FB0]

Maria Ethier (she/her/ella)

Director of Corrections Education

Clallam Bay Corrections Center

Olympic Corrections Center



methier at pencol.edu<mailto:methier at pencol.edu>

maria.ethier at doc1.wa.gov<mailto:maria.ethier at doc1.wa.gov>

(360) 417-5692 (Peninsula College Main Campus)

(360) 203-1341 (Clallam Bay Correctional Center)

1502 E Lauridsen Blvd

Port Angeles, WA 98362



www.pencol.edu<http://www.pencol.edu/>


-------------- next part --------------
An HTML attachment was scrubbed...
URL: <http://lists.ctc.edu/pipermail/cato_lists.ctc.edu/attachments/20240820/0a7693ac/attachment-0001.htm>
-------------- next part --------------
A non-text attachment was scrubbed...
Name: image001.png
Type: image/png
Size: 12363 bytes
Desc: image001.png
URL: <http://lists.ctc.edu/pipermail/cato_lists.ctc.edu/attachments/20240820/0a7693ac/attachment-0002.png>
-------------- next part --------------
A non-text attachment was scrubbed...
Name: Outlook-5rh4h0zi.png
Type: image/png
Size: 528 bytes
Desc: Outlook-5rh4h0zi.png
URL: <http://lists.ctc.edu/pipermail/cato_lists.ctc.edu/attachments/20240820/0a7693ac/attachment-0003.png>