Define ownership/governance of the plan. Responsibilities will be clearly defined and managed during this two year phase. Provide mandatory training to improve overall Increase knowledge and understanding of accessibility for persons with awareness, and reduce stigma. disabilities. Develop a strategy for sharing resources and Increased knowledge and easier communicating with employees, students and access to resources and stakeholders. information. Make it clear that alternate formats for all Include alternate format communication materials are available upon statement on all communications. request. Area Initiatives/Actions Expected Outcomes RRC website Implement or upgrade Content Accessibility-compliant website. Management System (CMS) to power websites to the proposed accessibility standard. RRC intranet and Review intranet and other systems to New accessibility-compliant other information identify accessibility compliance and gaps, systems will be implemented upon systems leveraging the current review process. approval. Continue to migrate course content onto Increase the percentage of course LEARN, to take advantage of accessibility content available on LEARN. features. When purchasing or developing new New accessibility-compliant systems, include accessibility standards as systems will be implemented upon part of the overall criteria. approval. Marketing Create process for providing closed Increase in the number of videos captioning to new video materials and available with closed captioning. previously developed priority materials. User-generated Develop accessibility guidelines/standards Guidelines created and content for academic content. distributed. Develop accessibility guidelines/standards Guidelines created and for other user content. distributed. Provide training/resources related to that Have training available to standard for all user-generated content, and employees. ensure that all new content meets the new guidelines/standards. Signage Develop a strategy for upgrading signage. Strategy established, with some increase in new signage that is
Define ownership/governance of the plan. Responsibilities will be clearly defined and managed during this two year phase. Provide mandatory training to improve overall understanding of accessibility for persons with disabilities. Increase knowledge and awareness, and reduce stigma. Develop a strategy for sharing resources and communicating with employees, students and stakeholders. Increased knowledge and easier access to resources and information. Make it clear that alternate formats for all communication materials are available upon request. Include alternate format statement on all communications. Area Initiatives/Actions Expected Outcomes RRC website Implement or upgrade Content Management System (CMS) to power websites to the proposed accessibility standard. Accessibility-compliant website. RRC intranet and other information systems Review intranet and other systems to identify accessibility compliance and gaps, leveraging the current review process. New accessibility-compliant systems will be implemented upon approval. Continue to migrate course content onto LEARN, to take advantage of accessibility features. Increase the percentage of course content available on LEARN. When purchasing or developing new systems, include accessibility standards as part of the overall criteria. New accessibility-compliant systems will be implemented upon approval. Marketing Create process for providing closed captioning to new video materials and previously developed priority materials. Increase in the number of videos available with closed captioning. User-generated content Develop accessibility guidelines/standards for academic content. Guidelines created and distributed. Develop accessibility guidelines/standards for other user content. Guidelines created and distributed. Provide training/resources related to that standard for all user-generated content, and ensure that all new content meets the new guidelines/standards. Have training available to employees. Signage Develop a strategy for upgrading signage. Strategy established, with some increase in new signage that is