All times are in U.S. Central Daylight Time.
Day 1 – Tuesday, April 20
Sarah Horton, Your Role in Making a Web for Everyone
9:00 – 9:45 A.M.
The web we want is a web for everyone, and each of us has a role to play. In this interactive session, we will explore different roles and look at some of the tools and resources we can use to meet our accessibility responsibilities.
Sheri Byrne-Haber, Overlays are not the solution to your accessibility issues
11:00 – 11:45 A.M.
Widgets, plugins, overlays, tools – whatever you call them, they don’t live up to the advertising. This talk discusses how these “solutions” came into being, why many people with disabilities hate them, how they aren’t improving accessibility or preventing lawsuits, and what you as an accessibility leader can do to dissuade people from using them.
Day 2 – Wednesday, April 21
Sarah Fossheim, Accessible Data Visualizations 101
9:00 – 9:45 A.M.
How can we best use data visualizations to make complex data more accessible and easier to understand, and what are the main challenges in doing so? This talk explores what can go wrong if your data is inaccessible, common mistakes, and best practices for each step in the process, from design to implementation.
Lightning Talks
10:00 – 10:45 A.M.
Dennis Lembree, Easy Chirp Innovation
Easy Chirp is a 12-year old, web-based Twitter application which set a high standard for digital accessibility in social media and websites in general. This talk will discuss the history of Easy Chirp, why it was needed, how it was built, and who built it. Topics also include the innovations it provided; notable user feedback; some fun facts; and several tips on making tweets accessible.
Jennifer Smith, Start Simple
I’ll outline practical tips that everyone can take to begin their accessibility journey that can address misconceptions that accessibility is too hard and too complex. You can start today without a specialized knowledge or skillsets using some simple, learnable techniques that are easy to incorporate and scale across your experiences.
Rob Carr, Who is Oklahoma ABLE Tech?
Description coming soon
Colleen Gratzer, Designing With Accessibility in Mind
11:00 – 11:45 A.M.
Designing with accessibility in mind is good not only for your audience but for you. It makes for a more efficient and cost-effective workflow. But it also helps you have more impact by reaching more people.
You’ll learn:
- Common misconceptions about accessible design
- How your audience benefits from accessible design
- How you benefit from accessible design
- Guidelines that apply to design and
- How to check your designs.
Networking Breakout Sessions
12:00 – 12:30 P.M.
We will have four breakout rooms in which you can meet with peers and talk accessibility! You can vote for your favorite topic here.
Day 3 – Thursday, April 22
Dax Castro, Top 10 Errors in Acrobat and How to Fix Them
9:00 – 9:45 A.M.
Download Dax’s Presentation (PPT)
In this session you will learn how to handle some of the most common errors when converting your source document to a PDF. You will learn techniques for untagged annotations, multi-line hyperlinks, nested figure tags and even some Acrobat bugs and workarounds. Basic accessibility errors sometimes require more than basic skills to fix. These techniques will help ensure your documents are compliant while saving you time and headaches.
Meryl Evans, How to Create Accessible Social Media and Website Content
10:00 – 10:45 A.M.
Content accessibility isn’t just the responsibility of the design and production team. It’s everyone’s job.
OK. Maybe a writer doesn’t know to add ALT text to images. Maybe a content marketer writer doesn’t emojis can cause frowny faces to screen readers. Maybe an educator working with slides doesn’t know about contrast beyond complementary colors. It’s not anyone’s fault. We need more accessibility education integrated in education and organizations.
Meryl will cover how to:
• Make images accessible
• Optimize content accessibility
• Create accessible videos, audio, and podcast
• Stay vigilant with content accessibility
Devon Persing, Accessibility is hard, and other myths
11:00 – 11:45 A.M.
Accessibility work is complex. It’s easy to get overwhelmed when you’re first starting out – especially if you don’t have access to an accessibility specialist on your team or in your organization. Devon will go through common misconceptions about digital accessibility work and introduce ways to think about disability, assistive technology, and a more holistic approach to accessibility.