Charlie Watson manages the University of Victoria’s Adaptive Technology Program. As an adaptive technologist, he supports students to find and use assistive and adaptive technology in their studies. He also works with instructors and staff to improve the physical and digital accessibility of the university. He started in this sort of work a decade ago as a STEM tutor for students with disabilities.
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Links (from the resources slide):
- CAL’s adaptive technology program
- Discover Your Assistive Technology from the AT Hive
- Web Accessibility in Mind (WebAIM)
- Microsoft’s best practices for Word documents
- WebAIM’s principles of accessible design
- Adobe’s PDF accessibility checklist
- BC government’s accessible PDF guide
- Web Accessibility Initiative’s PDF techniques
- WAVE web accessibility checker
- Do No Harm Guide: Centering Accessibility in Data Visualization (PDF)
Video:
Second video with colleagues from the Centre for Accessible Learning introducing Academic Access (Rights and Resources)
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