Open Lab
Join us at any time during Open Lab hours.
Date: October 18, 2024
Time: 9:30 A.M. to 11:00 A.M.
Location: Virtual | Zoom (Zoom meeting link)
Bring your questions, problems, glitches, show & tell (share what you’ve been working on), or just listen in.
All are welcome to attend.
Open Labs for October 2024
- October 18
- October 25
Reminders
Accessibility Assessment, User Roles, and Login Procedures
Web Communication is moving to include Digital Accessibility procedures within its WordPress platform per the WSU policy (EP07) and procedures (BPPM 85.55). This will consist of updating the Web Support Tickets, adding accessibility roles to User Profiles, and connecting the OKTA login with the user’s digital accessibility assessment status.
- Web Support Tickets
Implementation: September 2024 - Accessibility Roles
Implementation: October 2024 - OKTA Login and Assessment
Implementation: December 2024/January 2025
Open Lab Notes
- Apr. 24, 2026 Open Lab Notes Updates, tutorials, and resources from Jan 1, 2026 Open Lab, including guides for Excel accessibility, forms & FERPA, Guidance on the DOJ’s Extension of Accessibility Compliance Dates.
- Apr. 17, 2026 Open Lab Notes Updates, tutorials, and resources from Apr 17, 2026 Open Lab, including our new director, Top 10 Seniors, and resources for audio and video accessibility compliance.
Posts
- Guidance on the DOJ’s Extension of Accessibility Compliance Dates The U.S. Department of Justice extended the compliance deadline for web content and mobile application accessibility to April 26, 2027. This does not exempt WSU from compliance with existing state law (USER-01) and WSU policy (UPPM 10.45).
- Web Accessibility Open Lab in 2026 Join us in 2026 for a once-a-month open lab focused on web accessibility. On the 2nd Thurs of the month from 9:30 to 11:00 AM bring your web accessibility questions and problems, or listen to the conversation around web accessibility.
- Web Accessibility and Systemwide Communicators and Marketers Fall Meeting Web Accessibility Updates and Reminders This is information and resources presented by Danial Bleile and Lesa McPeak during the Systemwide Communicators and Marketers Fall Meeting 2025. Department of Justice (DOJ) […]