Fifteen years ago I went to my first #HEWeb conference. I took #Amtrak to Chicago, went to a Cubs game with @knewquist and Jason Alley, and then we all drove up together.
It's 2024. #HEWeb24 is in Albuquerque. @knewquist and I are on the bus to New York. The Lake Shore Limited leaves in five hours. The Southwest Chief leaves Chicago tomorrow afternoon.
See y'all soon.
Digital Accessibility Blogs and Newsletters (hat tip to Joshua Walker of the University of Michigan, who posted about this over on #HEWEB Slack).
Now to find the time to read all of these... #accessibility
https://www.tpgi.com/digital-accessibility-blogs-and-newsletters/
Looks like I'll be speaking at the 2023 HighEdWeb conference in October: https://events.highedweb.org/heweb23/session/1435422/
Today is the last day to nominate yourself (or someone else) for the new #WPCampus Board of Directors!
Here is our writeup on the process, which includes links to all of the data and resources: https://www.wpcampus.org/blog/2022/10/opening-nominations-for-wpcampus-board-of-directors/
If you are at all interested, please feel free to ping me with your thoughts, questions, hesitations, etc.
If you know someone who would be a good fit, please nominate them (or yourself) using our form: https://wpcampus.org/forms/nomination-for-wpcampus-director/
In April, Rachel Cherry announced she was stepping down as the Director of WPCampus. Since the announcement, WPCampus formed a community working group to design, implement, and lead our community...
Why yes, I *am* curious.
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RT @wpcampusorg
Curious what happened after the #WPCampus Gutenberg #accessibility audit? Join @joedolson at #WPCampus 2020 Online (free event) as he shares outcomes from the report and the state of progress within #WordPress #a11y. https://2020.wpcampus.org/schedule/update-on-gutenberg-accessibility-audit/ #HigherEd #heweb #edtech
https://twitter.com/wpcampusorg/status/1280162086941671425
In late 2018, WPCampus released a request for proposals to conduct an accessibility audit of the WordPress Gutenberg editor. The vendor was selected, and a fundraising goal of $31,200 was met. On April 29, 2019, Tenon LLC provided the final audit report to WPCampus. On May 1, 2019, WPCampus publicly shared the report documents. What happened over…
WPCampus has released a request for proposals seeking an accessibility audit of the WordPress “Gutenberg” editor. Our organization is sensitive to the legal requirements set by Section 508 of the Rehabilitation Act. The recent 508 refresh brought these requirements in line with WCAG 2.0 level AA, an industry standard that helps ensure accessibility. WCAG 2.0 …
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