The 2019 Winter Accessibility Workshop was held January 8 at the California Community Colleges Collaboration Hub in Sacramento. Offered twice annually, this full-day workshop presents strategies and solutions for incorporating accessibility into ICT practices at the college and district levels. Look for information about our Summer Workshop soon.
Workshops, webinars and self-paced, online courses are available to California community college staff and faculty, on topics related to accessible information technology and instructional materials.
The California Community Colleges has adopted an accessibility standard that reinforces the requirement that colleges within the system create, purchase, and utilize IT products and instructional materials that comply with the accessibility requirements of Section 508 of the Federal Rehabilitation Act of 1973.
A white paper from the Accessibility Center explores the liabilities surrounding web and information technology accessibility, where these are commonly found in the California Community Colleges, and the resources we provide to help college leaders better serve their communities.
Headings, images, keyboard navigation, color contrast - these are just a few of the accessibility concepts and techniques to be aware of when creating accessible web content. The Teach Access project offers a short, hands-on tutorial to learn how to support accessibility practices and make a difference on the Web!
The 2019 Winter Accessibility Workshop was held January 8 at the California Community Colleges Collaboration Hub in Sacramento. Offered twice annually, this full-day workshop presents strategies and solutions for incorporating accessibility into ICT practices at the college and district levels. Look for information about our Summer Workshop soon.
The CCC Accessibility Center proactively assesses the California community college system's web and information technology accessibility needs and offers services, guidance and technical assistance to help colleges in realizing an accessible technology environment. Diversity and inclusion are core values embraced by the California Community Colleges. Accessible websites and information technology positively impacts individuals with disabilities, offering greater opportunity for engagement and participation in pursuit of lifelong learning throughout California's community colleges.
All federally funded learning institutions must strive to avoid excluding anyone from information that requires dissemination ... read more
To meet the needs of all users, colleges and universities must weave a mind-set of accessibility into institutional culture ... read more
Strong executive leadership and planning is needed to support the accessibility policies and campus accessibility planning required for compliance ... read more