Summer Accessibility Institute
July 9-12, 2007
San José State University
DRAFT - Updated 07-05-07, 6:30 p.m.
Monday, July 9, 2007
All Participants
Perspectives on Universal Design for Learning in Higher Education
Time
9:00 – 12:00
Event
Conference Housing Checkin: Joe West Hall is open from
7:30 a.m. to 10:30 p.m.
Check-in for Summer
Accessibility Institute
Lunch
Presenter
1:30 – 1:45
Welcome and Vision for the
Summer Institute
1:45 – 2:45
Student Voices Panel: Often
misunderstood, the
experiences of students with
disabilities remain a complex
yet vital perspective when
considering how we support
their participation at the post
secondary level. This session,
presented in a panel format,
will offer participants a personfirst perspective of the barriers
and benefits that students with
Emiliano Ayala, EnACT
Project Director; Mary
Cheng, ATI Director;
Lorie Roth, Assistant Vice
Chancellor of Academic
Affairs, Chancellor’s
Office
San José State University
Students; Dr. Emiliano C.
Ayala, Sonoma State
University
10:00 – 1:00
12:00 – 1:15
Room Location
Joe West Hall,
San José State
University
King Library
Room 225/229
King Library
Rooms 225 &
255
King Library
Room 225/229
King Library,
Room 225/229
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2:45 – 3:00
3:00 – 4:45
4:50 – 5:05
5:15 – 6:30
disabilities experience at the
postsecondary level. In
particular, insight as to “what
works” and what doesn’t work”
when interacting and
supporting students with
disabilities will be provided.
Break
Perspectives on Universal
Design for Learning in
Higher Education
DocSoft AV Captioning
Solution Demo: Product
demonstration of the DocSoft:
AV automatic closed
captioning and transcribing
appliance.
Dinner: Meal Ticket Required.
Rebecca C. Cory, Ph.D.,
Research Coordinator,
DO-IT, University of
Washington
Jacob Butcher, President
of DocSoft, Inc.
King Library,
Room 225/229
King Library,
Room 225/229
Dining Commons
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Tuesday, July 10, 2007
All Participants
Accessible Instructional Materials
Time
7:15 – 8:15
8:30 – 10:30
10:30 – 10:45
10:45 – 11:55
Workshop 1
Workshop 2
Workshop 3
Event
Breakfast: Meal Ticket Required.
General Session: Disability
Awareness, Assistive
Technology and Accessible
Technology: The three topics
covered in this general session will
provide background information
and context to the workshops
offered on this day. Each topic will
be covered in a 30 minute slot with
a 10 minute break in-between.
This session will occur in three
separate rooms since we are
unable to fit everyone into one
room. Participants will stay in the
same room for all three topics
while the presenters rotate around.
Refreshment Break
Concurrent Session 1: 6
workshops offered four times:
Accessible Word: Participants
will learn how to author an
accessible syllabus that complies
with 508 standards. Demonstration
of the Illinois Web Accessibility
Tool.
Accessible PDF: Participants will
learn how to create accessible
documents from MS Word as well
as by editing for accessibility
within Adobe Acrobat
Professional. Remediation
workflow strategies and
associated toolsets will be
included in the session.
Accessible PowerPoint: An
overview of key document features
of PowerPoint presentations and
implications for accessibility.
Demonstration of LecShare, a tool
to create accessible PowerPoint
Presenter
Mary Shojai,
Disability Services
Director, SDSU; Eric
Christierson,
Alternative Media
Coordinator, SJSU;
Jyotsna Kaki,
Google, Inc.; Wayne
Dick, Professor and
Chair of Computer
Science and
Engineering, CSULB
Room Location
Dining Commons
Three mini
sessions are
offered in all
three locations.
Participants will
not need to
move. Rooms
225,229,255
Rooms 225/229
Kathy Kimball,
Assistive
Technology
Specialist, Cal Poly
SLO
Room 213 (Lab)
Sean Keegan, Web
Accessibility
Specialist
Room 219 (Lab)
Sue Cullen, ITC,
Assistive
Technology
Specialist, Part-time
Faculty, Department
of Special
Room 255/257
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Workshop 4
Workshop 5
Workshop 6
presentations.
Education, CSUN;
Randal Cummings,
Director, Online
Instruction, CSUN;
Greg Kraus,
President,
LecShare, Inc.
Accessible Web Content for
Instruction – Visual Grammar
and Meaning: Proprietary file
formats like Word DOC, Power
Point PPT, and Acrobat PDF hide
the structural components of
accessibility. The open format of
Web Markup and Style Languages
reveals invisible language entities
that raise or remove access
barriers. This session will
compare two visually identical
versions of the same syllabus one accessible, one not. It will
compare their structure and
illustrate how these differences
compromise some individuals'
ability to perceive, operate and
understand the content. It will
show how a robust document
structure enables use for every
qualified user.
Accessible Online Instruction
and Learning Management
Systems: Overview of what
faculty members and students can
do to make online activities more
accessible and usable. Session
facilitators will provide guidelines
for replicating best practices.
Wayne Dick, Ph.D., Room 217
Professor Computer (Lab)
Engineering and
Computer Science,
CSULB; Cheryl
Pruitt, Web
Developer for
College of
Engineering, CSULB
PDF Accessibility Tools:
This will showcase tools that make
accessibility easy for PDF at the
content author, enterprise and
Room 229
SF State Team:
Kevin Kelly, Online
Teaching and
Learning
Coordinator,
Academic
Technology; Clare
Ramsaran,
Accessible
Technology
Consultant,
Disability Programs
and Resource
Center
Ferass ElRayes,
Vice President,
Product
Development,
Room 225
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tester level for new and existing
documents.
12:00 – 1:00
1:00 – 1:20
1:20 – 2:30
2:30 – 2:45
2:45 – 3:55
3:55 – 4:15
4:15 – 5:25
5:25 – 6:00
6:00 – 8:30
Lunch: Meal Ticket Required.
Break
Concurrent Session 2: Pick from
6 workshop offerings, see
Concurrent Session 1.
Refreshment Break
Concurrent Session 3: Pick from
6 workshop offerings, see
Concurrent Session 1.
Break
Concurrent Session 4: Pick from
6 workshop offerings, see
Concurrent Session 1.
Break
Dinner with Guest Speaker
NetCentric; Andrew
Oesteriech, Vice
President, Business
Development,
NetCentric
Dining Commons
See above,
Concurrent Session
I
See above,
Concurrent Session
I
See above,
Concurrent
Session I
Rooms 225/229
See above,
Concurrent
Session I
See above,
Concurrent Session
I
See above,
Concurrent
Session I
David Roche
Student Union,
Loma Prieta
Room
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Wednesday, July 11, 2007
EnACT Participants
Implementing EnACT on your Campus
Time
7:15 – 8:15
8:30 – 9:30
9:30 – 10:15
Event
Breakfast: Meal Ticket
Required.
Faculty Learning
Communities: This
session will
demonstrate the
process and
experiences of faculty
members who have
engaged in a Faculty
Learning Community
(FLC) focused on
Universal Design for
Learning (UDL). The
FLC process involves a
structured,
interdisciplinary focus
group that meets over
the course of an
academic year, making
fundamental course
changes according to
the principles of UDL.
This presentation will
include sharing from
FLC participants as to
their efforts with UDL
and increased learning
by their students.
Accessible
Instructional
Multimedia (AIM): An
important goal of
EnACT is to create
Accessible Instruction
Multimedia (AIM) to
assist university faculty
in providing all students
access to high quality
instruction via
Participants
Location
Dining Commons
All EnACT
King Library 225/229
Participants;
Leader: Dr. Brett
Christie, Sonoma
State University
All EnACT
King Library 225/229
Participants;
Leader: Dr. Jim
Fouché, Sonoma
State University
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10:15 – 10:30
10:30 – 11:15
technology and to
facilitate dissemination
of academic content
and processes. This
session will provide
current AIM examples,
review the key elements
and steps for
prospective authors,
identify specific areas
where AIM are sought
and remind EnACT
campuses of their
responsibilities
regarding AIM
development and
utilization. Audience
interaction will be
encouraged.
Refreshment Break
Universal Design for
Learning Faculty
Workshop: This
session will offer
EnACT Partner
campuses an
opportunity to review
the re-designed
Universal Design for
Learning in Higher
Education training
materials. These
materials provide the
framework, resources,
and related documents
necessary to offer a
UDL workshop at each
partner campus.
Packaged in both a
binder and CD format,
campuses are provided
all the necessary
materials to offer a UDL
workshop as well as
establish a Faculty
Learning Community
(FLC). Also included in
these materials are
All EnACT
Participants;
Leader: Dr.
Emiliano C.
Ayala, Sonoma
State University
Rooms 225/229
King Library 225/229
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11:15 – 11:50
12:00 – 1:00
1:00 – 1:30
1:30 – 3:00
Sample Promotional
UDL Flyers, UDL
Training Evaluation
Forms, and additional
Supplemental UDL
Training resources.
EnACT Evaluation:
This presentation will
provide information from
Public Works, Inc.,
which has been
contracted to evaluate
the implementation of
the EnACT grant across
the partner campuses.
Join us to understand
the scope of the
evaluation and to learn
about the results of the
evaluation conducted
during the first two
years of the project.
Lunch: Meal Ticket
Required.
Break
Campus-Based
Meetings: Campus
based meetings will
provide an opportunity
to have each existing
EnACT campus teams
(SSU, Chico, Humboldt,
SFSU & SJSU) meet as
a group (Leadership,
DSS/DRC Staff,
Faculty, etc) and
consider specific issues
related to the
implementation of
EnACT on their
campus. Each campus
will electronically record
this information so we
may consider and
evaluate our EnACT
efforts project wide:
Sonoma State
University
All EnACT
Participants;
Leader: Dr.
Mikala Rahn,
President, Public
Works, Inc.;
Patty O’Driscoll,
Consultant,
Public Works,
Inc.
King Library 225/229
Dining Commons
Campus specific
Leadership
Team
King Library
Sonoma State
Study Room 626 (6th floor)
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1:30 – 3:00
3:00 – 3:15
3:15 – 5:00
5:00 – 6:00
6:00 – 8:00
CSU Chico
Humboldt State
University
San Francisco State
University
San Jose State
University
Joining EnACT: This
workshop, for our new
2007/2008 partner
campuses, will provide
a detailed overview of
EnACT including a
review of the
organizational structure
of EnACT, specific
project goals and
objectives, project
evaluation procedures,
review of the project
Management Plan and
campus-based budgets.
New partners will have
an opportunity to ask
questions of the SSU
Grant Management
Team and begin
planning key events as
they prepare to
implement EnACT
activities on their
campus beginning Fall
2007.
Refreshment Break
EnACT Leadership
Team Meeting:
Reflection and
Planning: This session
will offer EnACT
Leadership members
from all our partner
campuses an
opportunity to reflect on
EnACT activities and
plan for the 2007/2008
project cycle.
Break
Dinner
CSU Chico
Humboldt State
Study Room 624 (6th floor)
Study Room 632 (6th floor)
San Francisco
State
San Jose State
Study Room 664 (6th floor)
SSU
Management
Team with Year
3 Partners, Dr.
Emiliano C.
Ayala, Sonoma
State University
King Library, Fifth Floor
Cultural Heritage Center,
Conference Room
EnACT
Leadership
Team & Year 3
Partners, Dr.
Emiliano C.
Ayala, Sonoma
State University
Study Room 634 (6th floor)
Room 255/257
King Library, Fifth Floor
Cultural Heritage Center,
Conference Room
Student Union, Loma Prieta
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Room
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Wednesday, July 11, 2007
ATI Participants
Accessible Technology Initiative
Time
7:15 – 8:15
8:30 – 9:30
Event
Breakfast
General Session:
Applying Accessibility
Principles to Real World
Cases
9:30 – 9:40
9:40 – 10:50
Refreshment Break
Concurrent Session 1:
Series of panels repeated
at 1:30:
Application of Universal
Design for Learning and
Successful Practices in
Working with Students
with Disabilities: This
presentation will
demonstrate the process
and experiences of faculty
members who have
engaged in a Faculty
Learning Community (FLC)
focused on Universal
Design for Learning (UDL).
UDL is a framework for
designing curricula that
enables all individuals to
gain knowledge, skills, and
enthusiasm for learning.
The FLC process involves
a structured,
Panel 1
Presenter
Gene Chelberg,
Disability Services
Director and ADA
Compliance Officer,
SFSU; Mary Cheng,
Accessible
Technology Initiative
(ATI) Director; Wayne
Dick, Professor and
Chair of Computer
Science and
Engineering; and
Mark Turner, Center
for Accessible Media
(CAM) Director.
Room Location
Dining Commons
Room 255/257
Rooms 255/257
Dr. Brett Christie,
Director of Faculty
Development,
Sonoma State; Dr.
Beez Schell,
Associate Professor,
Kinesiology, Sonoma
State
In Room
255/257 during
Concurrent
Session I and in
Room 225/229
during Concurrent
Session II
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Panel 2
Panel 3
interdisciplinary focus
group that meets over the
course of an academic
year. This presentation will
include sharing from FLC
participants as to their
efforts with UDL and
increased learning by their
students.
Building an ATI
Professional
Development/Faculty
Support Program on
Campus: What are the
elements of a successful
program to support faculty
in meeting ATI instructional
materials accessibility
goals? A panel will discuss
the roles that each plays in
the collaborative team effort
that provides professional
development in Universal
Design for Learning
principles that leads to
student success for all,
including those with
disabilities. (This session
will only be offered in the
morning.)
SJSU Team: Dr. Mary Room 213 (Lab)
Jo Gorney-Moreno,
49 capacity
AVP, Academic
Technology, Interim
Director, Center for
Faculty Development;
Mary Fran Breiling,
Interim Associate
Director, Center for
Faculty Development;
Mei Fang,
Instructional Designer,
Center for Faculty
Development; Mary
Male, Faculty-inResidence, Center for
Faculty Development;
Shauna Moriarty,
Retention Services
Coordinator, Disability
Resource Center
Building a Campus Policy
Initiative for
Accessibility: Public Trust,
Academic Issues, Workload
and Budget: The ATI asks
a lot of faculty and
governance. This is a
working session where
faculty and other campus
leaders discuss practical
steps for developing buy-in,
adequate support,
intellectual acceptance, and
fair and effective budget
requests. Bring copies of
your Campus ATI Plans
(complete sections and
Wayne Dick,
Room 219 (Lab)
Professor and Chair of 32 capacity
Computer Science
and Engineering,
CSULB and ATI
Academic Technology
Accessibility
Coordinator; Tapie
Rohm, Professor of
Information and
Decision Sciences
and Statewide
Academic Senator
from CSU San
Bernardino and a
member of Academic
Technology Advisory
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10:50 – 11:00
11:00 – 12:00
Session 1
Session 2
Session 3
drafts).
Break
Resources 1: Three
sessions offered two times:
“From Where I Sit”
Videos: This video series
is based on the principle
that “stories change
attitudes”. We receive an
imprint in our memory when
we hear another person’s
story. During this session
we will explore ways to use
these videos to help faculty
gain awareness of
classroom access issues.
IMAT - Instructional
Materials Access ToolKit:
Participants will view the
Instructional Materials
ToolKit (IMAT), a Webbased service that allows
instructors on all CSU
campuses to utilize a fully
accessible, passwordprotected online application
that runs a course survey,
calculates the results, and
provides comprehensive
training to help make
course materials
accessible. This fullfeatured system offers data
tracking of the IMAT
survey, creates customized
self-paced training modules
that cover many broad
topics and is easily
refreshed and updated.
The end result is training
that is comprehensive and
scalable.
Resources for Accessible
Instructional Materials:
CSU is undertaking a
number of projects to
increase the amount of
accessible instructional
Committee (ATAC)
Roberta Ambrosino,
Room 219 (Lab)
Acting Director,
32 capacity
Center for Teaching
and Learning, CSUDH
Jean Wells, AT
Coordinator, CSU
East Bay
Room 213 (Lab)
49 capacity
Lisa Moske, Director,
Systemwide
Electronic Information
Resources, California
State University,
Office of the
Room 255/257 for
the 11-12 noon
session and
Room 225/229 for
the 3:00-4:00 pm
session
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12:00 – 1:00
1:00 – 1:30
1:30 – 2:40
2:40 – 3:00
3:00 – 4:00
4:00 – 4:10
4:10 – 5:30
materials available to its
faculty and students. This
session will introduce three
current efforts. Lisa Moske
will present on Systemwide
Electronic Information
Resources (SEIR) efforts to
incorporate accessibility
into the procurement of
digital collections for CSU
libraries. Mark Turner will
demonstrate a new
functionality within the
Center for Accessible
Media (CAM) that will allow
faculty to check the CAM
database for accessible
electronic textbooks; and
Mary Cheng will introduce
the CSU Digital
Marketplace Accessibility
Project.
Lunch: Meal Ticket
Required.
Break
Concurrent Session 2:
Panel 1 and Panel 3 of
Concurrent Session 1
above will be offered during
this timeframe.
Refreshment Break
Resources 2: See
Resources 1 above for
session offerings and
rooms.
Break
Concluding Workshop:
Putting it all Together:
Launching a successful
Instructional Materials
Accessibility program or
“Where do I go from here?”:
There are three outcomes
designed for this workshop.
First, participants will
explore the institutional
reasons to develop an
Accessible Instructional
Chancellor; Mark
Turner, Director,
Center for Accessible
Media (CAM),
California State
University, Office of
the Chancellor; Mary
Cheng, Director,
Accessible
Technology Initiative,
California State
University, Office of
the Chancellor
Dining Commons
(see Concurrent
Session I)
(see Concurrent
Session I)
(see Resources I)
Rooms 255/257
(see Resources I)
Roberta Ambrosino,
Acting Director,
Center for Teaching
and Learning,
CSUDH; Dave
Sanfillipo, Director,
Disability Services,
CSULB; Joe Grimes,
Faculty Development
Director, SLO; Kevin
Kelly, Coordinator for
Online Teaching &
225/229
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5:30 – 6:00
6:00 – 8:30
Materials Program on home Learning, SFSU
campuses. Next,
participants will be given a
tool with which to design or
evaluate professional
development programs
appropriate for variable
campus cultures and
diverse participants. Finally,
participants will discuss
specific challenges and
solutions related to
implementing such a
program.
Break
Dinner
Student Union,
Loma Prieta Room
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Thursday, July 12, 2007
All Participants
Breakfast & Checkout
Time
7:15 – 8:15
9:00 – 11:00
Event
Breakfast: Meal Ticket
Required.
Checkout: Everyone
must checkout before
11:00 a.m. Joe West
Hall opens at 7:30 a.m.
Participants
Location
Dining Commons
Joe West Hall, San José
State University
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