Upcoming Accessibility Events

Summary

Attend University accessibility events sponsored by the Accessibility Ambassadors and other community groups.

Upcoming Events

VPATs and ACRs: Demystifying Documentation

When evaluating accessibility of software, the Voluntary Product Accessibility Template (VPAT) is the standard for reporting how accessible the product is. The VPAT is a very dense and technical document, and often seems like something only an expert could interpret. In this session, Neal Sorensen and Luke Kudryashov will break down what you need to know about how a VPAT is turned into an Accessibility Conformance Report, and how to read the results to determine the impact of accessibility issues. This will be a beginner-friendly session and include tools and resources for working with VPATs.

Neal Sorensen has a background in disability accommodations and broad experience in digital accessibility work. As a dyslexic person, Neal practices what they teach and is an advocate for dyslexic literacy and public art.

Luke Kudryashov is the senior digital accessibility analyst and deputy ADA coordinator at the Office for Digital Accessibility. Luke performs digital accessibility consultations, evaluations, trainings, and purchasing reviews to ensure the University’s digital resources are accessible to all. His interdisciplinary background in disability studies, gender studies, user experience, and library science allows him to merge cultural and technical approaches to digital accessibility.

Date and Time

Presenters

  • Neal
    Sorensen
    Office of Information Technology Academic Technology
  • Luke
    Kudryashov
    Office for Digital Accessibility

Sponsors

Accessibility Ambassadors

Registration

Registration for this session is required. Let us know if you are attending. UMN employees are able to earn 200 Wellbeing Points for attending. Please indicate your interest in receiving points during registration, and a voucher code will be emailed to you after the event.

By default, we enable auto-captioning in the webinar. Please let us know what additional accommodations we can provide. Two weeks’ notice (June 11) at z.umn.edu/a11y-zoom will help us to better fulfill requests. This session will be recorded, captioned, and shared with the Google Group.