Digital Accessibility
Digital accessibility guidance for Aalto web sites, e-services, mobile applications and documents to implement the national Act on the Provision of Digital Services (306/2019).
Symposium of Digital Accessibility in Higher Education
Symposium will be in English for enabling participation of our English speaking academic colleagues. However, comments and questions can be made in Finnish, too.
When
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Where
U wing, Floor 1, room U9
Registration period:
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Event language(s)
English
Hybrid symposium of Digital Accessibility on Wednesday 11th January, 2023 at 12-16.15
- Online:
- On site: , U9
Programme
11.50 Informal warming up begins - who's who on site, checking the Teams connection
12.00 . Development Manager Martti Rahkila, Aalto University IT Services
12.15 Presentation 鈥Accessibility as part of Aalto strategy鈥 (EDI / digitalization), 15 min
- Provost Kristiina M盲kel盲, Aalto University
12.30 Keynote presentation: 鈥淒igital Accessibility 鈥 Don鈥檛 think black & white鈥, 45 min
- , Hochschule der Medien Stuttgart, Germany. Publications
13.15 Presentation as a comment of the keynote: 鈥淒igital Accessibility and UNITE鈥 15 min
- Head of Aalto Online Learning Tomi Kauppinen, Aalto University
13.30 Break 15 min
13.45 Workshops on site (no screening), 60 min
- 鈥淟egal grounds of digital accessibility鈥 - How to interpret the legal requirements in university context (色色啦) - room U264
- Guidelines for teachers on making on-line courses accessible (In English) - room U9 (U271)
14.45 Break 15 min
15.00 Case stories 30 min
- University of Helsinki (): Piloting IT support for Accessible digital systems. , 15 min
- Aalto University (): The road to an accessible communications platform. Head of Digital Experience Robert Salven, 15 min
15.30 Panel discussion: 鈥淒igital future (in Higher Education): Challenges and solutions for digital accessibility鈥, 30 min
16.00 Closing remarks
Background material for the symposium
- "The application of the Finnish Act on the Provision of Digital Services in universities" and "Training series supporting the implementation of the Digital Services Act autumn 2022" only in Finnish.
- "Digital Accessibility" in English, Finnish and Swedish.
- "Video introduction" in English.
Available only in Finnish: T盲ss盲 artikkelissa tarkastellaan digipalvelulain aiheuttamia muutoksia yliopistojen vastuissa liittyen tuottamiinsa digitaalisten palveluiden saatavuuteen ja saavutettavuuteen. Artikkeli my枚s avaa keskeiset lakiin liittyv盲t k盲sitteet.
(Only in Finnish) Digitalisaation edist盲misen ohjelman lains盲盲d盲nt枚ty枚ryhm盲 j盲rjesti DPL-koulutusta syyskuussa 2022. T盲ll盲 sivustolla julkaistaan tallenteet ja materiaalit. Koulutuksissa keskityttiin tarkentamaan digipalvelulain velvoitteita ja avaamaan seurannassa ja kyselyill盲 esiin nousseita ongelmakohtia digipalvelulain (DPL) toimeenpanossa. Kohderyhm盲n盲 ovat viranomaiset kuten korkeakoulut.
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Past Accessibility events at Aalto University
Opportunities and Challenges for People with Disabilities on the Web
Act on the Provision of Digital Services, W3C WCAG 2.1 AA level and digital accessibility. Broaden your understanding of the EU web accessibility directive, usability for people with disabilities, training IT staff in higher education and how to include accessibility in IT architecture.
Annual Aalto goes Accessible symposiums in the beginning of January are for learning, sharing and innovating best practices to promote equality and diversity at Aalto University. We will learn the opportunities offered by the blended learning environments of Aalto University. The goal is to provide faculty and staff with a good general knowledge of the benefits of blended learning environments and teaching methods and to train them in referring the students for the university services they need.