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AUDITs

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AUDIT = Accessibility and Universal Design Information Tool

AUDIT’s are measurement tools created and developed by the ACCESS-ed Project.  They provide a method to document quantifiable summaries of accessibility and usability features of teaching methods, campus forms and documents, and the built environment. Each AUDIT has 2 files.  The AUDIT itself is an Excel workbook file.  Instructions and additional detail for scoring specific AUDIT items are provided in an accompanying manual. All AUDITs are developed by a team of accessibility and UD specialists.

 

All AUDITs have been tested for compatibility with Excel 2004 in Mac OS X and Excel 2003 in Windows XP and Windows Vista.  

Note: If you are a PC user, in order to use the AUDITs, Macro Security must be set to Medium (recommended) or Low (not recommended). The AUDITs will run on a Mac system without needing this adjustment.

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EqTD AUDIT

Use this AUDIT to evaluate the accessibility and usability of non-text graphics in a variety of media.

 

 

R2D2 Center at UW-Milwaukee

(Excel Document) EqTD AUDIT

(Word Document) EqTD Manual

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In-line EqTD AUDIT

Here is the AUDIT to use to evaluate the accessibility of in-line text characters that need to be treated as graphic elements for accessibility e.g. subscript,  ampersand, foreign letters.

 

 

R2D2 Center at UW-Milwaukee

(Excel Document) In-line EqTD AUDIT

(Word Document) In-line EqTD AUDIT Manual (Version 1.3)

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Test AUDIT

For evaluating the accessibility of a test.

R2D2 Center at UW-Milwaukee

(Excel Document) Test and Test Items AUDIT

(Word Document) Test and Test Items AUDIT Manual

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Doorway AUDIT

 How universally designed is that doorway?

R2D2 Center at UW-Milwaukee

(Excel Document) Doorway AUDIT

(Word Document) Doorway AUDIT Manual

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Electronic Information Kiosk AUDIT

Use this AUDIT to determine how universally designed a kiosk is.

(Excel Document) Electronic Information Kiosk AUDIT

(Word Document) Electronic Information Kiosk Manual

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Elevator AUDIT

Elevators are comprised of multiple features that must be considered for full accessibility.  Use this AUDIT to determine how successful your elevators are at providing access and usability for all students, staff and faculty.

(Excel Document) Elevator AUDIT

(Word Document) Elevator AUDIT Version 1-2 Manual

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P3 AUDIT

"P3" is the acronym for "The Presenter Presenting the Presentation". 

How well are you incorporating UD principles in your presentations?  This AUDIT will give you a quantitative assessment. 

R2D2 Center at UW-Milwaukee

(Excel Document) P3 AUDIT

(Word Document) P3 AUDIT Manual

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Syllabus AUDIT Draft

We are confident of the categories here, but this AUDIT is mounted as a "draft" at this time because the manual is not yet available. Feel free to try it out to see how universally designed your syllabus is.

R2D2 Center at UW-Milwaukee

(Excel Document) Syllabus AUDIT Draft

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It took me several years of struggling with the heavy door to my building, sometimes having to wait until a person stronger came along, to realize that the door was an accessibility problem, not only for me, but for others as well. And I did not notice, until one of my students pointed it out, that the lack of signs that could be read from a distance at my university forced people with mobility impairments to expend a lot of energy unnecessarily, searching for rooms and offices. Although I have encountered this difficulty myself on days when walking was exhausting to me, I interpreted it, automatically, as a problem arising from my illness (as I did with the door), rather than as a problem arising from the built environment having been created for too narrow a range of people and situations.

Susan Wendell, author of
The Rejected Body: Feminist Philosophical Reflections on Disability