Description: Join Keith Hays, the University of Illinois ADA IT Coordinator, for an update on digital accessibility tools, targets, and the 2026 Title II deadline. About this event: Presenters: Track: Accessibility, Communication, Collaboration, and Training Experience Needed: All Levels Learning Outcome: Maximum Capacity: No maximum capacity Additional Keywords: Title II Time: 11-11:45am November 13
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Keith Hays
Tags: Keith Hays, PresenterADA IT Coordinator, Office of Access and Equity
The Digital Accessibility Exception Process and You
Tags: Keith HaysHave you recently received notice following a product accessibility evaluation that an accessibility exception is required and aren’t sure what that means? Are you feeling a little fuzzy about what you need to do to submit an exception? Maybe you’ve heard about accessibility exceptions and simply want to know what they are. If so, then […]
Best Practices for Inclusive IT Experiences part 1*
Tags: Keith HaysWe often make many assumptions when it comes to offering technical support to persons with disabilities, unintentionally othering and failing to be inclusive despite our best intent. This workshop will dispel some myths surrounding accessibility and invite participants to learn about and apply practical tips for fostering inclusive experiences with IT.
Best Practices for Inclusive IT Experiences part 2*
Tags: Keith HaysWe often make many assumptions when it comes to offering technical support to persons with disabilities, unintentionally othering and failing to be inclusive despite our best intent. This workshop will dispel some myths surrounding accessibility and invite participants to learn about and apply practical tips for fostering inclusive experiences with IT.
Accessibility in the Procurement Process
Tags: Keith Hays, Leslie Sherman, Teri MerrellThis panel will discuss the recent updates to the procurement process to ensure the products we purchase follow the campus Digital Accessibility Policy. Learn how you can help ensure the information and communication services, tools, and applications we implement are inclusive for all of our users.
W3C and You: Get Involved!
Tags: JaEun (Jemma) Ku, Jon Gunderson, Keith Hays, Mark McCarthyWorld Wide Web Consortium(W3C) has been the international web standards leader since 1994. As W3C member organization, University of Illinois has been actively contributing to web accessibility standards for the last two decades. Accessibility experts on campus will share their own working group member experience as well as how to utilize various W3C resources in […]
ARIA: What’s in a Name?
Tags: Keith Hays, Mark McCarthyARIA, or Accessible Rich Internet Applications, can be an overwhelming topic at first. By learning some basics of the standard, as well as some rules and guidelines around its use, you may be able to vastly improve the accessibility of your site or web application. We’ll be discussing some of the basic tenets of ARIA […]
Accessibility Tools & Resources for IT Pros
Tags: Allison (Al) Payne, Ann Fredricksen, Keith Hays, Mark McCarthyWe have a lot of accessibility tools and resources on this campus – Aira, Otter.ai, ZoomText, JAWS, captioning services, DRES, the IT Accessibility Liaison program, and more. Every IT Pro is likely to run into a situation where they need one or more of these, whether for themselves or their customers. In this series of […]
Championing Accessibility Takes Down Barriers
Tags: James Quisenberry, Keith Hays, Leslie Sherman, Mike Bohlmann, Tim OffensteinAccessibility for technology has received attention in higher education due to some high profile legal action against Universities with web sites or tools that were not accessible. But this kind of accessibility is not only required by law, it is the right thing to do. The University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign is committed to making […]