Jeff Wiseman
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Do schools need to make special considerations for social media platforms (Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, etc.)?
Social media is often a primary mechanism for communication and information dissemination for schools. Even though schools cannot control the accessibility of such platforms, this does not mean tha...
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ADA compliance - Social Media
Social media is often a primary mechanism for communication and information dissemination for schools and though schools cannot control the accessibility of such platforms, this does not mean that ...
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We use social media feeds on our website (Facebook, etc.). Are those sites ADA compliant, and are we liable if they aren’t and we feature their content on our site?
Facebook is not fully ADA compliant, and most websites have yet to be. Find Facebook’s Accessibility information here. While the Americans with Disabilities Act has been around for a long while, a...
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Must transcripts have to be created for the entire website, or just multi-media portions?
Thanks again to Jared Smith, Associate Director of the WebAIM (Web Accessibility in Mind) project at the Center for Persons with Disabilities at Utah State University, for leading this informative ...
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Between Vimeo and YouTube, which has better support for accessibility?
Vimeo has historically had poorer support for accessibility of their player and support for captions than YouTube, though Vimeo does currently support good accessibility for such things, though not...
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If we embed a YouTube video into the website, doesn’t YouTube automatically handle the accessibility issues?
Yes, at least partially. The YouTube video player has acceptable accessibility, however, the video author is still responsible to provide captions for the media.
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Does WebAIM provide a service to test for accessibility, broken links and spelling errors?
We do provide the free WAVE accessibility testing accessibility service – http://wave.webaim.org/ This tool focuses on accessibility and does not test broken links, spelling, etc.
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Are charter schools and private schools required to be compliant in the same way public schools are?
We can’t speak definitively to the legal requirements except to note that discrimination laws clearly apply to such entities. Public entities have clearer requirements, particularly because they re...
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Are the WCAG 2.0 guidelines applicable to all websites or only public school district sites?
WCAG functions independently of the nature of the site. It is simply a way to measure the accessibility of any web site. Legal or contractual requirements may vary based on the content or nature of...
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Accessibility videos for users of Assistive Technology
Rob Dodson over at Google Chrome Developers is teaching fundamentals in his new series dedicated entirely to the art of accessibility on his A11ycasts YouTube Channel. Geared more towards teaching ...