About the CBI

A speaker asking a question during Hadi's Collaborator Q&A.

The University of Washington Accessible IT CBI provided a forum to share expertise, practices, suggestions for future collaborations, and funding ideas. Attendees came from all three UW campuses. Broad issues discussed included

  • Exploring legal obligations for creating and using accessible IT
  • Ensuring the accessibility of websites; Word, PDF and PowerPoint documents; and learning management systems (LMSs)
  • Captioning videos
  • Developing accessible online learning courses
  • Promoting universal design and accessible IT
  • Engaging IT vendors in accessibility improvements

The CBI included presentations and small and large group discussions. In small working groups, participants responded to the following questions:

  • What can be done campus-wide at the UW to promote the development, procurement, and use of accessible IT?
  • What can be done within your unit to promote the development, procurement, and use of accessible IT? What support do you need to undertake this effort?

In this CBI

  • all participants contributed to its success;
  • experts in all topic areas were in the audience; and
  • new concepts evolved from discussions.

CBI participants shared their diverse perspectives and expertise. The agenda for the CBI and summaries of the presentations are provided on the following pages.