Welcome to this interactive learning journey! You will be presented with 7 main questions. Your answers will help set foundation for organizing your community around digital accessibility.
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What are the digital accessibility needs of your employees and clients?
* (link: "Select this text if you are not sure")[(set: $path1 to "does not know accessibility needs of community")(goto: "Question 2")]
* Or input your answer here (input-box: bind $lines1) (link: "Submit")[(set: $path1 to "answered accessibility needs of community")(goto: "Following up Question 1")]
How experienced are the people in your organization with making their documents, websites, and content accessible?
* (link: "Very experienced")[(set:$path3 to "experienced staff")(goto: "Question 3")]
* (link: "Some are experienced, others are not.")[(set:$path3 to "somewhat experienced")(goto: "Question 3")]
* (link: "Not experienced.")[(set:$path3 to "not experienced")(goto: "Question 3")]
How do your employees and clients communicate their digital accessibility needs or challenges?
* (link:"We do not have a process for people to communicate their needs yet")[(set: $path2 to "no communication process")(goto:"Question 2")]
* (input-box:bind $lines2)(link:"Submit")[(set: $path2 to "has communication process")(goto:"Question 2")]
# Overview
Thank you for completing this interactive learning journey. Based on your answers, here are some recomendations for organization your community around digital accessibility:
##Strategic Planning
* (if:$path4 is "answered departments")[Reach out to the leaders of each of your departments ($lines3) to organize a digital accessibility strategic planning meeting.](else-if:$path4 is "no department info")[Contact your director or human resources personnel to get a full list of department contacts. Reach out to the leaders of each of your departments to organize a digital accessibility strategic planning meeting.](else-if: $path4 is "no leader info")[Contact your director or human resources personnel to get a full contact list of organizational leaders. Get in touch with the leaders to organize a digital accessibility strategic planning meeting.](else-if: $path4 is "answered leaders")[Get in touch with the listed leaders to organize a digital accessibility strategic planning meeting: $lines4.]
* (if:$path5 is "no infastructure")[Contact your tech support to ask: What digital infrastructure is our organization using? This may help your team identify tools that could support digital accessibility workflows and compliance tracking. ](else-if:$path5 is "Google")[You have selected $path5 as your organization's main digital infastructure. Get in touch with your tech team to identify tools within the $path5 suite that could support digital accessibility workflows and compliance tracking. ](else-if:$path5 is "Microsoft")[You have selected $path5 as your organization's main digital infastructure. Get in touch with your tech team to identify tools within the $path5 suite that could support digital accessibility workflows and compliance tracking. ](else-if:$path5 is "AWS")[You have selected $path5 as your organization's main digital infastructure. Get in touch with your tech team to identify tools within the $path5 suite that could support digital accessibility workflows and compliance tracking. ](else-if:$path5 is "Other")[You highlighted the main digital platform used by your organization as: $lines5. Get in touch with your tech team to identify tools within the suite that could support digital accessibility workflows and compliance tracking.]
* (if: $path6 is "computer")[In your organization, files are typically stored on people's computers, this may be a factor to consider in your compliance tracking process.](else-if:$path6 is "cloud")[In your organization, files are typically stored in $lines5 cloud storage, this may be a factor to consider as you form digital accessibility workflows and compliance tracking processes](else-if:$path6 is "Other")[In your organization, files are typically stored on: $lines6. This may be a factor to consider as you form digital accessibility workflows and compliance tracking processes.]
* (if:$path7 is "unsure")[During your strategic planning meetings, pose the question "What platforms are being used to publish digital content?". This will spotlight areas for your organization to prioritize digital accessibility (along with any other content that is client facing).](else-if:$path7 is "answered")[You highlighted "$lines7" as the platforms being used to publish digital content. The content on these platforms are "high risk" items that should be prioritized for remediation or archiving (along with any other content that is client facing).]
* (if:$path8 is "unsure")[Throughout the process of strategic planning, get feedback from leadership about any third party tools they are aware of being used. Your team will have to request/evaluate a VPAT for all third party tools. (link: "Learn more about VPATs")[(goto-url: "https://it.sonoma.edu/kb/it-purchasing-requirements/what-vpat-and-why-do-we-need-it")]](else-if:$path8 is "answered")[You have a great sense of what third party tools are being used throughout your organization. You will need to request a VPAT from the companies of all the tools listed: $lines8. (link: "Learn more about VPATs")[(goto-url: "https://it.sonoma.edu/kb/it-purchasing-requirements/what-vpat-and-why-do-we-need-it")]]
##Community Work
* (if:$path3 is "experienced staff")[Focus on helping your staff remediate complex pdfs, excel sheets, tables, charts, and forms.](else-if:$path3 is "somewhat experienced")[Focus on educating your staff on the core concepts of digital accessibility, offer follow-up sessions on how to fix and create complex documents.](else-if:$path3 is "not experienced")[Focus on educating your entire staff on the core concepts of digital accessibility.]
* (if: $path1 is "does not know accessibility needs of community")[Establish a channel of communication channel with your community and clients to understand their digital accessibility needs (ex. surveys, online forums, events centered on digital accessibility awareness).
](else-if: $path1 is "answered accessibility needs of community")[ You have highlighted the digital accessibility needs of your community as, "$lines1" address this need in your trainings.](if: $path2 is "We do not have a process for people to communicate their needs yet")[Keep building an understanding of your community's digital accessibility needs by establishing a channel of communication (ex. recurring surveys, online forums, events centered on digital accessibility awareness).](else-if:$path2 is "has communication process")[Continue to support your communication process stated as "$lines2" by getting in touch with the people responsible for the process and identify changes needed to improve communication.]
* (if:$path8 is "unsure")[As you train and communicate with your staff, check-in with people to get a sense of any third-party tools being used internally. ](else-if:$path8 is "answered")[Continously check-in with people about what third party tools they are using. These tools may change over time and your team will have to request/evaluate a VPAT for any new tools.]
What are the departments in your organization?
* (link: "Select this text if you are not sure")[(set: $path4 to "no department info")(goto: "Question 4")]
* [[I don't have departments in my organization->Follow up 1 Question 3]]
* Input your answer here (input-box: bind $lines3) (link: "Submit")[(set: $path4 to "answered departments")(goto: "Question 4")]What is the main digital infrastructure of your institution?
* (link: "Select this text if you are not sure")[(set: $path5 to "no infastructure")(goto: "Question 5")]
* (link: "Google")[(set:$path5 to "Google")(goto: "Question 5")]
* (link: "Microsoft")[(set:$path5 to "Microsoft")(goto: "Question 5")]
* (link: "Amazon Web Services")[(set:$path5 to "AWS")(goto: "Question 5")]
* ''Other,'' input your answer here (input-box: bind $lines5) (link: "Submit")[(set: $path5 to "Other")(goto: "Question 5")]Who are the key leaders in your organization?
* (link: "Select this text if you are not sure")[(set: $path4 to "no leader info")(goto: "Question 4")]
* Input your answer here (input-box: bind $lines4) (link: "Submit")[(set: $path4 to "answered leaders")(goto: "Question 4")]Where are files stored?
* (link: "On people’s computers")[(set:$path6 to "computer")(goto: "Question 6")]
* (link: "In cloud storage")[(set:$path6 to "cloud")(goto: "Question 6")]
* ''Other,'' input your answer here (input-box: bind $lines6) (link: "Submit")[(set: $path6 to "Other")(goto: "Question 6")]
What platforms are being used to publish digital content (files, web content, forms)?
* (link: "Select this text if you are not sure")[(set:$path7 to "unsure")(goto: "Question 7")]
* Input your answer here (input-box: bind $lines7) (link: "Submit")[(set: $path7 to "answered")(goto: "Question 7")]What third party tools are you aware of that are being used across your organization?
* (link: "Select this text if you are not sure")[(set:$path8 to "unsure")(goto: "End Summary")]
* Input your answer here (input-box: bind $lines8) (link: "Submit")[(set: $path8 to "answered")(goto: "End Summary")]