The Accessible Virtual Campus
Student Union
Diverse activities take place in this building - meetings, food service, exhibitions and theater to list a few. There are many accessibility considerations for students and staff in their activities and jobs.
Also, see the Instructional Methods and Media & Materials pages for creating accessible materials. How many announcements or forms are universally designed? Information about many campus activities is disseminated electronically now, but is the content of those announcements accessible to all?
44 items: 8 internal 36 external
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Creating an Accessible Tri-fold Brochure
If you are using “Adobe InDesign Creative Suite 2” and “Adobe Acrobat 7.0 Professional” this document teaches you how make accessible brochures.
R2D2 Center at UW-Milwaukee
Creating an Accessible Tri-fold Brochure
Doorway AUDIT
How universally designed is that doorway?
R2D2 Center at UW-Milwaukee
Doorway AUDIT
Electronic Information Kiosk AUDIT
Use this AUDIT to determine how universally designed a kiosk is.
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.
No Manual Formatting
In word processed documents (that are not RTF files), formatting with the use of "B" or "I" or by manually organizing content with tabs, underlines, etc. provides structure and organization that is only available to sighted readers. Using the "styles" features of word processing software is essential to creating documents that are universally designed.
Procurement for Accessible Goods & Materials
This posterette describes recommended steps to ensure maximum accessibility when acquiring goods and materials - custom or "off the shelf".
R2D2 Center at UW-Milwaukee
Video Closed Captioning Protocol
This protocol will help you to create a video with a caption track. Videos captioned with this method will be playable by older versions of QuickTime, back to QuickTime 3 (depending on video and audio code used).
Video Descriptive Track Protocol (Draft)
This protocol will help you create a video with an additional audio track that attempts to describe the visual component of the video. Note that the file created from this document will always have the additional track playing. We are currently examining the possibility of adding a toggle button.
[Research-based] Environmental barriers and disability
A National Rehabilitation Information Center (NARIC) link and abstract to a focus group report of how people with disabilities encounter environmental barriers. The findings highlight the need for successful interchange between built environment professionals and people with disabilities before construction begins.
Gray, D, Gould, M & Bickenbach, JE
[Research-based] National Survey: Support for On-Campus Advocacy Organizations
This 3-page brief offers the results of a study of self-advocacy organizations on campuses.
University of Hawai'i at Manoa
A Guide for Planning Meetings, Conferences and Gatherings
Comprehensive booklet. Their appendices of sample forms go above and beyond what is typically included on registration or hotel registration forms. Good set of related resources.
The Home and Community-Based Services Resource Network
A Guide to Evaluating the Universal Design Performance of Products
“This document contains the designers’ version of the Universal Design Performance Measures for Products. These Performance Measures are intended to guide the development of more universally usable products. The Performance Measures are based on the Principles of Universal Design (The Center for Universal Design, 1997), beginning with the initial, overall concept of Equitable Use (Principle One) and proceeding to the physical detail of Size and Space for Approach and Use (Principle Seven). Depending on the nature of the product, some Principles may not apply, and it may sometimes be more effective to apply them out of order.”
Copyright 2003, The Center for Universal Design, N.C. State University
Accessibility Checklist, Special Events and Programs
A basic checklist developed at Ball State University, Disabled Student Development Office, to determine if a campus program, activity or event is accessible.
Ball State University
Accessible Exhibition Design
A document that provides guidelines and design tools to make accessible exhibitions that work for people with disabilities as well as for the rest of the public.
Smithsonian Accessibility Program
Accessible Picnic Tables: Requirements and Recommendations
A collaborative program of Indiana University and the National Park Service, the National Center on Accessibility is the nation's premiere resource promoting access for people with disabilities in recreation. This is their information on picnic tables.
National Center on Accessibility
Accessible Solutions: Bath and Toilet Room Plans and Finishes
From the work of Bob Vila (originally - the This Old House TV show). The web pages have quite a lot of advertising, but the content is comprehensive. Many accessibility topics have "how to" videos.
Bob Vila
Accessible Solutions: Entrances
From the work of Bob Vila (originally - the This Old House TV show). The web pages have quite a lot of advertising, but the content is comprehensive. Many accessibility topics have "how to" videos.
Bob Vila
Accessible Solutions: Kitchens
From the work of Bob Vila (originally - the This Old House TV show). The web pages have quite a lot of advertising, but the content is comprehensive. Many accessibility topics have "how to" videos.
Bob Vila
Accommodating Patrons with Disabilities: A Survey of Ticket and Accommodation Policies for Performance Venues, Theaters and Sports Arenas - Executive Summary
Approximately 114 professionals from performance venues, theaters and sports arenas participated in the on-line survey. Data is summarized with conclusions and recommendations.
Skulski, JK, Bloomer, R & Chait, J - National Center on Accessibility
ADAAG SURVEY FORM 14: ROOMS AND SPACES
The checklist presents information in summary form on the Department of Transportation (DOT) and the Department of Justice (DOJ) regulations implementing the ADA. The checklist must be used with the DOT and DOJ regulations and ADAAG to ensure accuracy. This checklist is intended for technical assistance purposes only.
United States Access Board
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