example, if a textbook is available in EPUB or PDF format, the textbooks must meet the international standard for that file format. For PDF it is ISO 14289 and for EPUB it is the W3C Digital Publishing Guidelines currently under review. If a textbook is available in print, the publisher should be required to provide the digital version of the textbook in an accessible format (for example, EPUB or PDF) at the same time the print version is delivered to the school/Board. Both of these formats, if created to be accessible, provide conversion-ready content for students who might need Braille or large print versions. TDSB should establish, implement and publicize information technology procurement accessibility requirements, to ensure that no information technology is purchased unless it ensures full digital accessibility. Digital and information technology accessibility should be included in all Requests for Proposal (RFP) or other tenders for sale of products and services to TDSB. As recommended in Motion #3, TDSB should establish the position of accessibility officer, who should have ultimate responsibility for digital accessibility. TDSB should establish a detailed plan for ensuring digital accessibility. It should include a monitoring/ audit component. TDSB should semi-annually report on progress towards digital and information technology accessibility to TDSB trustees and to SEAC. TDSB should include in its digital accessibility plan a detailed plan for training TDSB staff, including teachers, on ensuring digital/information technology accessibility in the classroom, on the use of access technology (where needed) and on steps how to create accessible documents and web content.
example, if a textbook is available in EPUB or PDF format, the textbooks must meet the international standard for that file format. For PDF it is ISO 14289 and for EPUB it is the W3C Digital Publishing Guidelines currently under review. If a textbook is available in print, the publisher should be required to provide the digital version of the textbook in an accessible format (for example, EPUB or PDF) at the same time the print version is delivered to the school/Board. Both of these formats, if created to be accessible, provide conversion-ready content for students who might need Braille or large print versions. TDSB should establish, implement and publicize information technology procurement accessibility requirements, to ensure that no information technology is purchased unless it ensures full digital accessibility. Digital and information technology accessibility should be included in all Requests for Proposal (RFP) or other tenders for sale of products and services to TDSB. As recommended in Motion #3, TDSB should establish the position of accessibility officer, who should have ultimate responsibility for digital accessibility. TDSB should establish a detailed plan for ensuring digital accessibility. It should include a monitoring/ audit component. TDSB should semi-annually report on progress towards digital and information technology accessibility to TDSB trustees and to SEAC. TDSB should include in its digital accessibility plan a detailed plan for training TDSB staff, including teachers, on ensuring digital/information technology accessibility in the classroom, on the use of access technology (where needed) and on steps how to create accessible documents and web content.
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