What I Learned in My First Six Months

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What I Learned in My First Six Months as an Accessibility Compliance Analyst Darcy

What I Learned in My First Six Months as an Accessibility Compliance Analyst Darcy Adams Maelzer, M. Ed. Interim E-Business Manager and Accessibility Compliance Analyst Center for Public Management University of Oklahoma 07 June 2019

Fail Forward • The reality • The concept • The potential

Fail Forward • The reality • The concept • The potential

All Accessibility, All The Time • Your sole focus is accessibility. Great! • Share

All Accessibility, All The Time • Your sole focus is accessibility. Great! • Share the passion • Build Relationships • Learn • Provide trainings and resources • Fail Forward

More than Accessibility, All the Time • Accessibility is your favorite of all the

More than Accessibility, All the Time • Accessibility is your favorite of all the awesome duties you have. Great! • Share the Passion • Build Relationships • Learn • Provide trainings and resources • Fail Forward • Get a Time Turner so you have more time to devote to accessibility

Workflows • Creating • Remediating • Auditing • Training • Planning • Miscellaneous Items

Workflows • Creating • Remediating • Auditing • Training • Planning • Miscellaneous Items as Needed

Other Thoughts – in no particular order • User Experience • Keep it Simple

Other Thoughts – in no particular order • User Experience • Keep it Simple • Technically accessible • Cringeworthy terms • Rabbit holing • Incremental change

Other Thoughts – continued • Forms • 97% • Screen Readers • Tables •

Other Thoughts – continued • Forms • 97% • Screen Readers • Tables • Magic fix • Remediating

Remediation File Naming – some examples • document-original • document-styles_cleared • document-autotagged • document-updated_reading_order

Remediation File Naming – some examples • document-original • document-styles_cleared • document-autotagged • document-updated_reading_order • document-what_happened_here_ugh • document-it_happened_again_how_ugh • document-looks_like_i_am_manually_tagging_this • document-well_manual_tagging_did_not_work

Questions, Comments, Concerns • All thoughts are welcome

Questions, Comments, Concerns • All thoughts are welcome

Parting Wisdom • You start with a limited amount of knowledge and resources •

Parting Wisdom • You start with a limited amount of knowledge and resources • That’s okay • Use that knowledge and those resources • Build upon them • Don’t overthink it • Just keep swimming • Fail forward • You’ve got this

Thank You! (and keep in touch) Darcy Adams Maelzer, M. Ed. Interim E-Business Manager

Thank You! (and keep in touch) Darcy Adams Maelzer, M. Ed. Interim E-Business Manager and Accessibility Compliance Analyst Center for Public Management University of Oklahoma dcadams@ou. edu 405. 325. 8048

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