How can Blue Ridge Community College develop an accessible electronic and IT policy?
• Make sure that all stakeholders, including potential students, instructors, and other staff with disabilities, are represented as policies, procedures, and standards are being developed. • Review what policies and procedures currently exist for procurement, use, and development of electronic and information technology and considering how accessibility issues might be incorporated within existing policies and procedures. • Consider at what level the policy should reside–instruction, IT, administration–and be sure to involve decision-makers at the appropriate levels in the policy development process. • Consult with legal counsel to determine what legal issues apply in this policy area. • Review policies and guidelines that have been created by other organizations, including: • Distance learning courses developed by California Community Colleges; • Software procurement guidelines developed by Oregon State University; • Web accessibility policy developed by the University of Wisconsin.
