Conquer the Deadline: Using FACT to Crawl Course Content and Level Up Accessibility

With the impending ADA Title II compliance deadline, we are all facing stark but manageable challenges remediating years of high-quality course materials into digitally accessible online content. In response, ATLAS created a tool for Moodle instructors called FACT (Functional Accessibility Checking Tool) by analyzing existing accessibility tools and gathering user feedback. FACT makes it simple for instructors to find and fix accessibility issues directly via an editor sidebar offering quick-fix buttons and fill-in-the-blanks to quickly capture the needed information with minimal creator effort.

In this session, the developer, project manager, and accessibility consultant behind FACT will discuss the tool’s core design considerations, the piloting and feedback process, and show a demo of the tool. They will frame the discussion in the larger context of producing high-quality web content and the wide range of benefits that accessible content provides to all users. Attendees will leave with actionable strategies for building user-centric accessibility pipelines of their own, regardless of the specific tools used.

About this event:

Presenters:

• Riana Beachy-Hasenick, Educational Technology Specialist, ATLAS
• Julie Baker, Assistant Director of Digital Learning Assessment, ATLAS
• Dan Davis, Web Developer, ATLAS

Track:

Unlocking Achievements — Share accessibility practices and solutions that remove barriers and improve the experience for every crawler.

Experience Needed:

All Levels

Learning Outcome:

Attendees will learn about:

-The approach the College of LAS has taken for remediation outreach and support for the ADA Title II deadline

-FACT, the custom tool ATLAS developed to flag and remediate issues in Moodle materials

-ATLAS’s design considerations

-What FACT checks for and how it works

-How FACT helps instructors prioritize issues in their courses

-ATLAS’s user-centered approach to development

-The wide range of benefits of accessible content, aside from compliance.

Additional Keywords:

accessibility, ADA, remediation, LMS, courses, web development, user feedback