- From: Reidy Brown <rbrown@blackboard.com>
- Date: Tue, 21 Dec 1999 14:43:39 -0500
- To: "'w3c-wai-ig@w3.org'" <w3c-wai-ig@w3.org>, disacc@onelist.com
Thanks to everyone who has sent me information about current requirements for universities and state regulations. (Have more? mailto:rbrown@blackboard.com) I realized that I should give more context to my request, to help target the sort of information that I'm trying to find. Blackboard builds online teaching and learning platforms for schools, corporations, and other clients. What exactly does this mean? One of our product lines is an web application designed to help teachers place their courses online and to interact with their students over the internet. Since this is a complete teaching and learning environment, we're very concerned about making it accessible. I'm interested in the state and university regulations pertaining to online educational resources, because we want to make certain that we are meeting the needs of the educational community. We're trying to position ourselves ahead of the curve on accessibility, and to do that we need to know both current regulations and anticipated future requirements. In addition to current recommendations, requirements, and regulations, I'm also very interested in feedback from teachers, web/technology coordinators, and other members of the educational community. Does your university have an official accessibility policy? Is one in the works? What level of compliance is required? Is the issue just starting to be raised? Is the issue coming from the top down (legal departments, management) or the bottom up (teachers and students)? And (just to put it in terms that competitive analysts can understand) how much of a competitive edge _is_ accessibility? Please email any hints, rumors, or anecdotes about accessibility to mailto:rbrown@blackboard.com. (Wish lists are welcome, too.) Thanks, Reidy _________________________________________ Reidy Brown Accessibility Coordinator/ Senior Web Application Developer mailto:rbrown@blackboard.com http://www.blackboard.com _________________________________________ -----Original Message----- From: Reidy Brown Sent: Tuesday, December 21, 1999 10:06 AM To: w3c-wai-ig@w3.org Subject: How to track State Regulations and University Policies? Is there a good resource that tracks state regulations and university policies on accessibility and ADA compliance? I'm putting together some resources for our product strategy team, and need some specific information to convince them to move accessibility closer to the top of the priority list. Best case scenario: is there a central repository of accessibility requirements by state or by university? Otherwise: Please feel free to send me (mailto:rbrown@blackboard.com) any information that you have regarding individual universities or states, and I'll start compiling my own list. Reidy Brown _________________________________________ Reidy Brown Accessibility Coordinator/ Senior Web Application Developer mailto:rbrown@blackboard.com http://www.blackboard.com ____________________________________________
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