Thank you for your interest in the Non-Discrimination Accessibility Across Campus webinar. In this webinar we are joined by Kara Zirkle, IT Accessibility Coordinator at George Mason University, and explore legal compliance requirements (WCAG, Section 508), cross-functional policy adoption, and how to integrate accessibility into your campus culture.
Discussion topics:
- The pressures universities are facing with closed captioning and non-discrimination accessibility
- How to incorporate accessibility into your curriculum through ‘Life Cycle Design’ processes (IT, Instructional Design, Faculty, Procurement, Web Developer and Content Manager areas)
- Documenting overall accessibility plan, policy, procurement and testing
- Creating buy-in, motivating faculty and staff and improving communication around non-discrimination accessibility
ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Kara Zirkle has over 15 years of experience working with individuals with disabilities. She has worked at George Mason University as the IT Accessibility Coordinator for 8 years. She works to ensure that Section 508 and WCAG 2.0 compliance laws are incorporated.
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