0:00:01.717,0:00:04.313 (Michael Young) We are committed to [br]the notion that everyone should have 0:00:04.313,0:00:06.909 an opportunity to participate in [br]higher education 0:00:06.909,0:00:09.506 whether it be from the learning [br]perspective, or the research 0:00:09.506,0:00:13.166 perspective, or an opportunity [br]to work here at this institution. 0:00:13.166,0:00:16.826 We benefit from that because we get[br]to enjoy the talents and the skills 0:00:16.826,0:00:20.486 of those people who come in, [br]and also their perspective, 0:00:20.535,0:00:24.815 which in many cases will be different[br]from the perspective of others on campus. 0:00:24.835,0:00:28.835 So accessibility becomes a very[br]important value at the university. 0:00:44.941,0:00:48.265 (Tracy Mitrano) We're a leading [br]university globally. 0:00:48.265,0:00:51.589 We want the best talent in the world[br]for our students, our staff, 0:00:51.589,0:00:54.914 and our faculty. And we want to [br]be sure if that talent has a disability 0:00:54.918,0:00:57.958 that they know that we are a[br]welcoming community. 0:00:58.427,0:01:02.509 (Pablo Molino) We're competing with[br]other prestigious 0:01:02.509,0:01:06.591 and highly accomplished institutions.[br]We want to make sure that we can target 0:01:06.591,0:01:10.674 the right candidates to join our community[br]regardless of their disability status. 0:01:12.837,0:01:17.637 (Pete Siegel) We want to do everything [br]we can to ensure that they have 0:01:17.695,0:01:21.297 the same access to smart faculty, [br]to fellow students, 0:01:21.297,0:01:24.899 and to the resources at UC Davis. 0:01:24.899,0:01:28.501 (Edward Ray) In fact, we genuinely [br]believe that excellence 0:01:28.726,0:01:32.887 is achieved through diversity and that [br]a commitment to equity and inclusion 0:01:32.887,0:01:37.048 really enriches each of our lives. 0:01:37.048,0:01:41.210 (Linda Cahill) It would be inconceivable [br]not to have a social conscience, at least, 0:01:41.372,0:01:45.982 and be completely committed [br]to making our resources 0:01:46.089,0:01:49.189 at Barry University accessible[br]to all students. 0:01:49.778,0:01:53.970 (Edward Ray) We believe that the use of [br]technology can be very powerful. 0:01:53.970,0:01:58.162 It connects people to each other, 0:01:58.162,0:02:01.776 but it also enhances their [br]learning capabilities; 0:02:01.776,0:02:05.390 it increases what they can do through[br]their research and creative work; 0:02:05.390,0:02:09.006 it really makes it possible for them to [br]have a more powerful impact in the world 0:02:09.166,0:02:14.551 and that's basically what we're all about. 0:02:14.666,0:02:17.856 And we want that to be true [br]for every member of our community 0:02:17.915,0:02:25.985 regardless of limitations, of physical, [br]spacial, time or other dimension. 0:02:26.767,0:02:27.987 (Hernan Londono) As an IT professional, 0:02:28.020,0:02:34.880 sometimes some of us concentrate in [br]the technical side of the house only 0:02:34.902,0:02:39.022 and we forget that finally [br]the technology is to serve the people. 0:02:39.090,0:02:42.312 (Michael Young) What the university[br]offers and makes available 0:02:42.312,0:02:45.534 has to be offered to everybody. 0:02:45.534,0:02:48.756 We can't afford to waste the talents [br]or the brilliance or the minds of anybody 0:02:48.794,0:02:53.604 and making things accessible allows [br]everybody to engage in the university. 0:02:53.645,0:02:58.545 Equal opportunity is a part of our value[br]system, but it's also required by law. 0:02:58.596,0:03:02.336 (Pete Siegel) Compliance is extremely [br]important. Compliance is the law. 0:03:03.000,0:03:06.650 But that isn't the motivator [br]for most of us at universities. 0:03:06.699,0:03:12.659 Our motivation has always been[br]to provide easily accessible tools... 0:03:12.712,0:03:15.482 excellent experiences for our students... 0:03:15.506,0:03:19.366 and really to give them the sense that[br]this is a place they want to be, 0:03:19.384,0:03:21.924 a place they want to learn, [br]a place where they can thrive. 0:03:31.122,0:03:34.462 (Michael Young) Universal design is a very[br]powerful concept because what it means is 0:03:34.492,0:03:40.252 we look at the issue of accessibility[br]at the outset rather than buying something 0:03:40.273,0:03:44.003 or engaging something, or developing [br]something that we have to retrofit. 0:03:44.020,0:03:46.460 Which not only makes it cheaper [br]and more efficient, 0:03:46.460,0:03:48.900 it likely makes it much better in terms[br]of both the quality of the product 0:03:48.900,0:03:51.341 and the accessibility to those... 0:03:51.375,0:03:54.325 all the people that we want [br]to be able to use it. 0:03:54.367,0:03:58.229 (Tracy Mitrano) I think the other direction [br]that colleges and universities 0:03:58.229,0:04:02.091 could and should take is [br]to think about accommodation 0:04:02.091,0:04:05.955 as really the beginning 0:04:05.984,0:04:08.068 It was the appropriate measure[br] 0:04:08.068,0:04:10.152 that was taken in the [br]Americans with Disabilities Act 0:04:10.152,0:04:12.238 that was passed in 1990 0:04:12.238,0:04:15.366 and that's well over a generation ago. 0:04:15.401,0:04:19.748 I think now we really have to think less [br]about how we're going to measure 0:04:19.748,0:04:24.095 specifically this accommodation [br]or that accommodation 0:04:24.095,0:04:28.444 and recognize that we can make [br]accessibility open and available 0:04:28.474,0:04:32.114 so that individual staff, faculty [br]or students 0:04:32.114,0:04:35.754 do not have to go to get an accommodation. 0:04:35.754,0:04:39.394 It will be automatically available in the webpage that they visit, in the device that they use. 0:04:39.435,0:04:46.725 (Brady Deaton) We envision a campus that has [br]a concept of universal design in all aspects[br]of information technology, 0:04:47.022,0:04:49.742 that a student is not impeded in any way, 0:04:49.780,0:04:57.780 but in fact, that technology is utilized not only directly by those who benefit because of certain challenges[br]they may have, 0:04:57.826,0:05:04.066 but also is illustrative to the broader student body and to the faculty and to alums 0:05:04.094,0:05:07.004 about what an inclusive learning environment is. 0:05:07.034,0:05:11.114 (Pete Seigel) We have some things we have [br]to learn in order to move into accessibility[br]space, 0:05:11.155,0:05:15.675 but the basic goals and the basic values are things we already know and love. 0:05:15.704,0:05:18.094 Then we bring in things like universal design, 0:05:18.094,0:05:24.884 the notion that if we design things well right[br]from the start, they actually aren't more expensive. 0:05:24.956,0:05:28.276 This is something that we can fit[br]into even our very, very tight budgets. 9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000 (Eileen McDonough) We make a great effort[br]in our graduate and our undergraduate counsel 9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000 to make sure that faculty and deans are aware[br]that in program design, in offering a new major, 9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000 that they take into account that they might have to have specialized software available, 9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000 and they have to build that into their program[br]development. 9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000 And then to certainly just be aware of all the different ways that students can learn, 9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000 to help faculty and deans understand the concept of universal design. 9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000 (Gerry Hanley) The first step really needs to be an assessment of where we are, 9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000 so we can then inform our planning process, develop plans, implement a project, 9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000 and then really assess the results of it. 9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000 (Pablo Molino) Key to our approach to making[br]sure that our campus and our technology is 9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000 accessible to people with disabilities, is[br]to ensure we do this by design. 9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000 This is not an afterthought that we do after we have implemented a new classroom. 9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000 Instead, this is something that we do from the initial conception of a new project or idea. 9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000 The same way we do this for privacy and security, we do this for accessibility. 9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000 (Bruce Maas) It is less costly, in the long[br]run, to be thinking through the issues of accessibility comprehensively. 9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000 Therefore, having a plan for accessibility insures that from the beginning we think through our issues 9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000 with regard to the delivery of our services. 9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000 Doing so in a strategic way means that we[br]can hold down costs over the long haul 9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000 and actually deliver better services in the bargain. 9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000 (Brady Deaton) It is very important that a university follows a policy and a process that is a can-do kind of process. 9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000 It assumes that we are going to undertake the investments that we need, 9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000 we're going to demonstrate the values that we need, 9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000 that not only address the needs of students who may be challenged with vision or hearing or other disabilities, 9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000 but also draw on the technology that is not only exciting for those people who are developing[br]the technology, 9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000 it's intellectually exciting, it provides new jobs for that matter, 9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000 and it stimulates learning in so many parts of the university. 9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000 So that attitude of the university administration, as well as faculty and staff and students, 9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000 becomes very, very important because everyone gains from this. It's a win-win situation. 9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000 (Tracy Mitrano) A policy really is an important way to go, because it will focus everyone's attention. 9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000 It's also probably the way that you have to go now that there are legal pressures on higher education in this area. 9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000 The second thing I would say about policy is there are[br]really two types in general. 9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000 One is a policy that you have because you have a law, 9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000 for example, the Family Education Rights Privacy Act Policy. 9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000 So you want to be clear and sure that you're going to have compliance on your campus. 9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000 There's another kind of policy that I would call aspirational policy and maybe accessibility fits a little bit in both 9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000 but you most certainly can err on the aspirational side. 9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000 An aspirational policy is something you establish for your institution as a path moving towards something, moving forward. 9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000 It does not have to have one hundred percent compliance 9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000 because it's really a direction that you're setting strategically for your institution. 9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000 (Gerry Hanley) I'd say another critical aspect around our strategy is a shared governance strategy. 9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000 Because education is a shared responsibility 9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000 0:09:25.980,0:09:32.980[br]across faculty, staff, students, venders,[br]all of us working together have to share in 9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000 0:09:34.389,0:09:41.389[br]that responsibility. Now, a shared governance[br]process means if you are responsible in delivering 9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000 0:09:42.189,0:09:48.240[br]the service, then you have an opportunity[br]to share in governing how we're going to 9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000 0:09:48.240,0:09:52.629[br]manage the implementation of these services.[br](Brady Deaton) The administrators of the university 9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000 0:09:52.629,0:09:57.949[br]must reflect the values that demonstrate the[br]importance of this to the learning environment 9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000 0:09:57.949,0:10:00.779[br]and it has to be built in then to every aspect[br]of what we do. 9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000 0:10:00.779,0:10:04.139[br](Michael Young) Right now we have a number[br]of projects and initiatives underway at the 9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000 0:10:04.139,0:10:09.269[br]UW in which we're testing new technologies.[br]Accessibility is an important consideration 9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000 0:10:09.269,0:10:13.079[br]in these evaluations. Many of the vendors[br]we work with have completed 9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000 0:10:13.079,0:10:18.569[br]Voluntary Product Accessibility Templates[br]or VPATs, which offer a checklist of accessibility 9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000 0:10:18.569,0:10:23.649[br]criteria and vendors' self-assessment as to[br]how well they meet those criteria. It's a 9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000 0:10:23.649,0:10:28.269[br]good starting point, but we go beyond that[br]to ask a vendor specific questions and to 9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000 0:10:28.269,0:10:33.569[br]test their products with respect to accessibility.[br](Gerry Hanley) We begin with our vendors saying 9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000 0:10:33.569,0:10:40.569[br](a) this is not only important, that this[br]is required for working with the CSU. Every 9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000 0:10:42.309,0:10:48.990[br]student who comes into our institution, we[br]have to provide equally effective access to 9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000 0:10:48.990,0:10:55.860[br]those services and you are a partner in delivering[br]those services to us. So we will tell you 9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000 0:10:55.860,0:11:02.860[br]what we need and then we will help you inform[br]your staff, educate your staff, provide them 9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000 0:11:03.930,0:11:10.699[br]some consultation and guidance in partnership[br]with us, so you can deliver the successful 9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000 0:11:10.699,0:11:13.370[br]service for us.[br](Pat Burns) So we work with our vendors to 9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000 0:11:13.370,0:11:19.180[br]try to put pressure on them to make things[br]accessible. We actually have a purchasing 9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000 0:11:19.180,0:11:26.180[br]process where we work through and ask the[br]issues about accessibility for software and 9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000 0:11:26.490,0:11:31.529[br]hardware that we buy as well.[br](Bruce Maas) Individual efforts really need 9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000 0:11:31.529,0:11:37.879[br]to be able to scale well. If we go about things[br]in an ad hoc approach, one by one, we're not 9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000 0:11:37.879,0:11:43.910[br]likely to get the same results as if we work[br]together as a community in higher education, 9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000 0:11:43.910,0:11:48.990[br]to work with vendors to improve accessibility[br]for everyone with regard to the products that 9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000 0:11:48.990,0:11:55.269[br]are offered. That's a much more pragmatic[br]approach rather than institution by institution. 9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000 0:11:55.269,0:12:02.269[br](Gerry Hanley) Making accessibility a priority[br]in their development roadmap is going to be 9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000 0:12:02.300,0:12:09.300[br]driven by the market demand. And if an institution[br]never says a word, the vendor isn't going 9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000 0:12:11.059,0:12:17.269[br]to do anything about it. So if we begin to[br]communicate our demands collectively, then 9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000 0:12:17.269,0:12:20.490[br]the vendor will recognize the market value[br]of accessibility. 9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000 0:12:20.490,0:12:26.670[br](Joel Hartman) As we acquire IT resources,[br]we have to embed accessibility in our contracts. 9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000 0:12:26.670,0:12:31.019[br]As we develop resources, we have to employ[br]universal design in our thinking about how 9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000 0:12:31.019,0:12:35.930[br]to make these resources available and we have[br]to continue to monitor students to see if 9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000 0:12:35.930,0:12:42.930[br]we're really delivering to them the resources[br]in a form that they can actually use. 9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000 0:12:43.309,0:12:50.309[br](Michael Young) Accessibility requires effort[br]on the part of everyone in the higher education 9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000 0:12:53.610,0:12:59.209[br]community - faculty, staff, technology vendors.[br]If we all do our part, our institutions can 9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000 0:12:59.209,0:13:04.529[br]provide everyone with an equal opportunity[br]to participate. And we all benefit from the 9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000 0:13:04.529,0:13:07.709[br]perspectives of a diverse group.[br](Hernan Londonono) Having that peace of mind 9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000 0:13:07.709,0:13:12.959[br]that we are doing all we can to provide an[br]accessible campus is -- gives us a lot of 9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000 0:13:12.959,0:13:17.670[br]pride and we feel very happy about what, what[br]we do. 9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000 0:13:17.670,0:13:22.199[br](Linda Cahill) Why wouldn't we make our campus[br]accessible to students with disabilities and 9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000 0:13:22.199,0:13:27.439[br]why wouldn't we do everything we could to[br]see the technology is accessible to our students? 9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000 0:13:27.439,0:13:32.490[br](Tracy Mitrano) The spirit of what has made[br]higher education the jewel in the crown of 9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000 0:13:32.490,0:13:36.939[br]American society is part and parcel of the[br]message of accessibility. 9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000 0:13:36.939,0:13:43.139[br](Ed Ray) Every way in which we touch the lives[br]of others, whether it's in the classroom, 9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000 0:13:43.139,0:13:50.139[br]the laboratory, through live performances,[br]through events on campus, we want everyone 9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000 0:13:50.170,0:13:57.170[br]who comes here and creates those experiences[br]to be as fully engaged and as fully benefited 9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000 0:14:00.290,0:14:07.290[br]by the activity as possible. And that simply[br]can't be done if people have artificial challenges 9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000 0:14:08.179,0:14:09.889[br]or barriers to try to overcome. 9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000 0:14:09.889,0:14:16.319[br](Ed Ray) I would say to those out there who[br]are just getting started or maybe struggling 9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000 0:14:16.319,0:14:23.319[br]to figure out how to use technology to advance[br]accessibility on their campuses that there's 9:59:59.000,9:59:59.000 0:14:23.629,0:14:25.549[br]no such thing as a bad time to start.