http://www.merlot.org:80/merlot/ A search of MERLOT materials Copyright 1997-2013 MERLOT. All rights reserved. Fri, 24 May 2013 08:52:16 PDT Fri, 24 May 2013 08:52:16 PDT http://www.merlot.org:80/merlot/images/merlot.gif http://www.merlot.org:80/merlot/ 44 34 http://www.merlot.org/merlot/viewMaterial.htm?id=739494 The Cal State University grant supported project create an website that provides a wide range of resources to support faculty adoption of UDL principles and practices http://www.merlot.org/merlot/viewMaterial.htm?id=684051 The Accessible Technology Initiative (ATI) reflects the California State University's (CSU) ongoing commitment to provide access to information resources and technologies to individuals with disabilities. This commitment is articulated in Executive Order 926 (EO 926), the CSU Board of Trustees Policy on Disability Support and Accommodations:״It is the policy of the CSU to make information technology resources and services accessible to all CSU students, faculty, staff and the general public regardless of disability.״The Accessible Technology Initiative'sVision: To create a culture of access for an inclusive learning and working environment.Mission: To help CSU campuses in carrying out EO926 by developing guidelines, implementation strategies, tools and resources.Principle: To apply universal design, an approach to the design of products and services to be usable by the greatest number of people including individuals with disabilities.Strategy: To stimulate collaboration to effect changes that will ultimately benefit all.Coded Memoranda: Coded Memorandum AA-2010-13 Revision of Accessible Technology Initiative (ATI) - Issued on June 14, 2010. Coded Memorandum AA-2011-21Modifications to campus plan requirements in Section 5 (Responsibilities) in Coded Memo AA 2010-13. http://www.merlot.org/merlot/viewMaterial.htm?id=684098 The California State University (CSU) requires each campus to provide an Annual Accessible Technology Initiative (ATI) Report to the CSU Office of the Chancellor. The intent of these Annual Reports is to provide campuses with a common framework for documenting progress toward achieving their goals as set forthour systemwide accessibility policy. The CSU accessibility strategy focuses on supporting campuses continuously improving their capabilities to reliably, promptly, and effectively meet the accessibility needs of their students, staff, faculty, and campus community members. This approach is based on the Capability Maturity Model Integration and encourages campuses to assess their current capabilities and priorities to best determine where institutional efforts and available resources should be directed and then tailor their accessibility implementation to the specific needs of their campus community. Institutions submit ongoing reports of their status level of their capabilities (e.g. not started, initiated, defined, established, managed, and optimizing) on each of the defined goals, and this information is shared across campuses so institutions can compare their status with those of their peers. Through our shared governance processes, we developed an annual assessment methodology which includes a rubric for campuses to assess their current capabilities across the 3 major areas of web accessibility, instructional materials, and procurement, with multiple indicators/metrics within these major areas. This annual and systematic accessibility assessment process enables the CSU to recognize where there are exemplary practices that need to be shared and scaled and where there are significant gaps in our campuses capabilities to reliably, promptly, and effectively provide educational services for our campus members with disabilities. The website provides the information about our goals, success indicators, rubrics for evaluating capabilities, and instructions to guide campuses on implementing the annual reporting process. http://www.merlot.org/merlot/viewMaterial.htm?id=674028 DO-IT (Disabilities, Opportunities, Internetworking, and Technology) serves toincrease the success of people with disabilities in challenging academic programs and careers. promote the application of universal design to physical spaces, information technology, instruction, and services. freely distribute publications and videos for use in presentations, exhibits, and the classroom. provide resources for students with disabilities, K-12 educators, postsecondary faculty and administrators, librarians, employers, parents, and mentors.