{"id":2300,"date":"2024-11-01T08:00:00","date_gmt":"2024-11-01T15:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wsu.edu\/digital-accessibility\/?p=2300"},"modified":"2025-01-10T09:04:06","modified_gmt":"2025-01-10T17:04:06","slug":"november-1-2024-digital-accessibility-updates-trainings-and-guides","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wsu.edu\/digital-accessibility\/announcements\/2024\/11\/01\/november-1-2024-digital-accessibility-updates-trainings-and-guides\/","title":{"rendered":"November 1, 2024: Digital Accessibility Updates, Trainings, and Guides"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>A monthly email with the latest updates on Digital Accessibility and additional information and training relevant to digital accessibility.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2>Resources &amp; Trainings<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>These are external resources you might find beneficial<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3><a href=\"https:\/\/wsu.edu\/digital-accessibility\/guides\/resources\/\">Resources<\/a><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=LTWxadXcFME\">PDF Accessibility on the Web: Tricks and Traps: Ricky Onsman<\/a>: PDF documents on the web can be made accessible if the proper techniques are applied \u2013 but even then, there are some things to watch out for. TPGi\u2019s Principal Technical Writer, Ricky Onsman, highlights some problems and solutions.<br><strong>Source<\/strong>: Equalize Digital<\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tpgi.com\/pdf-accessibility-on-the-web-tricks-and-traps-part-1\/\">PDF Accessibility on the Web: Tricks and Traps \u2013 Part 1<\/a>: We look at some general background on PDFs and accessibility, tools for checking and remediation PDF accessibility issues and what some of those are related to document structure, using Acrobat Pro as our main tool.<br><strong>Source<\/strong>: TPGi<\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tpgi.com\/pdf-accessibility-on-the-web-tricks-and-traps-part-2\/\">PDF Accessibility on the Web: Tricks and Traps \u2013 Part 2<\/a>: We look at page structure, navigation, forms, and browser-native PDF Reader (where all your hard work in making your PDF accessible can come undone).<br><strong>Source<\/strong>: TPGi<\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/webaim.org\/blog\/25-tips\/\">25 Accessibility Tips to Celebrate 25 Years<\/a>: WebAIM shared 25 accessibility tips on our&nbsp;social media channels. All 25 quick tips are compiled here.<br><strong>Source<\/strong>: WebAIM<\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/tarnoff.info\/2024\/10\/14\/understanding-vpats-and-acrs-key-insights\/\">Understanding VPATs and ACRs: Key Insights: A living article about VPATs and ACRs<\/a>.<br><strong>Source<\/strong>: Nat Tarnoff<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3><a href=\"https:\/\/wsu.edu\/digital-accessibility\/events\/\">Trainings<\/a><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Trainings from around the web that may be of interest. These trainings are free unless noted. See the event\u2019s information page about registration, changes, or cancelation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/wsu.edu\/digital-accessibility\/event\/catching-up-with-ada-title-ii-regulations-for-web-content-and-mobile-app-accessibility\/\">Catching up with ADA Title II Regulations for Web Content and Mobile App Accessibility<\/a><br><strong>Details<\/strong>: Explore ADA\u2019s Title II rule on the accessibility of web content and mobile apps \u2013 which organizations and what kind of digital assets the rule applies to, what the requirements are, and how your organization can effectively implement a strategy for meeting the requirements when building and maintaining digital assets.<br><strong>Time<\/strong>: November 12 at 9:00 a.m.&nbsp;&#8211;&nbsp;10:00 a.m.<br><strong>Source<\/strong>: TPGi<\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/wsu.edu\/digital-accessibility\/event\/judith-risch-grand-river-solutions\/\">ADA Title II Regulations Exemptions and Questions<\/a><br>Details: Judy Risch, J.D., Ph.D., brings over two decades of invaluable experience from her tenure at the Office for Civil Rights (OCR) in the U.S. Department of Education. Judy regularly advises and presents to educational institutions and business leaders throughout the country about how to effectively comply with federal civil rights laws, especially those that relate to disability discrimination, access, and technology.<br><strong>Time<\/strong>: November 20 at 2:00 p.m. &#8211; 3:00 p.m.<br><strong>Source<\/strong>: NWHeat<\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/wsu.edu\/digital-accessibility\/event\/2024-digital-accessibility-legal-update-with-lainey-feingold\/\">2024 Digital Accessibility Legal Update with Lainey Feingold<\/a><br>Details: The 2024 Digital Accessibility Legal Update shares the latest information about what is happening in the United States in a straightforward way designed for everyone.<br><strong>Time<\/strong>: December 12 at 11:00 a.m.&nbsp;&#8211;&nbsp;12:00 p.m.<br><strong>Details<\/strong>: 3PlayMedia<\/li><\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The November 1, 2024 email with the latest updates on Digital Accessibility and additional information and training relevant to digital accessibility.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":41717,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[21],"tags":[],"wsuwp_university_category":[],"wsuwp_university_location":[],"wsuwp_university_org":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wsu.edu\/digital-accessibility\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2300"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wsu.edu\/digital-accessibility\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wsu.edu\/digital-accessibility\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wsu.edu\/digital-accessibility\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/41717"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wsu.edu\/digital-accessibility\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2300"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/wsu.edu\/digital-accessibility\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2300\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2548,"href":"https:\/\/wsu.edu\/digital-accessibility\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2300\/revisions\/2548"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wsu.edu\/digital-accessibility\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2300"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wsu.edu\/digital-accessibility\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2300"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wsu.edu\/digital-accessibility\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2300"},{"taxonomy":"wsuwp_university_category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wsu.edu\/digital-accessibility\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/wsuwp_university_category?post=2300"},{"taxonomy":"wsuwp_university_location","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wsu.edu\/digital-accessibility\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/wsuwp_university_location?post=2300"},{"taxonomy":"wsuwp_university_org","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wsu.edu\/digital-accessibility\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/wsuwp_university_org?post=2300"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}