Coordinator of Digital Accessibility & Online Teaching

The Coordinator of Digital Accessibility & Online Teaching is responsible for ensuring digital teaching materials, created and offered by teaching faculty in classroom and online teaching, and related learning experiences, meet accessibility standards and regulations. The person in this role will support accessibility development, analysis, documentation, and remediation of digital teaching and learning experiences. Oversight of accessibility validation as well as training faculty and staff involved in the development of digital materials, media, and technology, is essential. This is a full time, on-site, position reporting to the Library Director.

Job Duties:

• Methodically assess and report on accessibility status of digital learning materials and technology-enabled learning experiences, including vendor resources
• Utilize the POUR principles of web accessibility (Perceivable, Operable, Understandable, and Robust) to produce, design, or assist in the development of ADA-compliant digital learning materials
• Develop and perform technical remediation plans for improving the accessibility of digital learning resources, files, and related faculty teaching
• Recommend disability-related digital accommodations or technology-driven solutions for teaching faculty to use in their courses
• Assist the Director of Digital Accessibility with review and revision of workflows, establishment of benchmarks, and progress toward College-wide digital accessibility goals
• Assist TLTC staff with review of online teaching materials and resources to help ensure teaching faculty are utilizing current best practices for posting accessible digital content for students
• Develop training materials and conduct workshops on accessibility guidelines as well as assist staff and/or faculty in accessibility conversion best practices
• Document, assess, and report data and metrics for all projects and workshops monthly
• Utilize and test AI tools and software programs in support of digital accessibility
• Promote OER resources to teaching faculty
• Become proficient in the use of the Brightspace LMS
• Edit and/or create, and post content that meets current accessibility standards and regulations for all Library communication channels
• Sustain currency with accessibility standards
• Represent accessibility best interests on related campus committees/events.

Required Education and/or Experience

• Bachelor’s Degree in education, information management, computer science, instructional design, educational development, or related field
• Experience in web accessibility, instructional design, and/or educational development using digital accessibility best practices and standards for online teaching and instruction
• Experience producing or assessing digital instructional materials that adhere to accessibility standards (WCAG 2.0, Sections 504 and 508 of the Rehabilitation Act, WAI-ARIA, UAAG, and ATAG)
• Experience with accessibility evaluation tools such as Chrome accessibility developer tools, a11y, aXE, Inspect, WAI toolbar
• Experience with assistive technologies (eg. JAWS, NVDA, VoiceOver, ReadOutLoud, Zoomtext, MAGic, braille keyboards, embossers, textbook conversion, speech recognition, captioning, etc.) and various accessibility tools.
• Excellent project management and communication skills.
• Ability to create clear, concise documentation

Preferred Qualifications

• Advanced degree or certification in technology, accessibility, or education
• CPACC, WAS or other web accessibility certification(s) preferred
• User Experience testing skills to evaluate the accessibility and user-friendliness of applications and training resources
• Experience in higher education
• Ability to evaluate VPATs and vendor-supplied information to understand conformance
• Experience evaluating third-party technology systems against accessibility standards.

LocationSUNY Purchase College 735 Anderson Hill Road Purchase, NY 10577

Compensation

$63,400 yearly

Application URL or Email

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Submit specified application materials to [email protected].