Digital.gov /preview/gsa/digitalgov.gov/bc-archive-content-3/authors/angela-hooker/ Recent content on Digital.gov Hugo en-us 6 Digital Media Trends for 2015: You Can Make Them Accessible! /preview/gsa/digitalgov.gov/bc-archive-content-3/2015/01/28/6-digital-media-trends-for-2015-you-can-make-them-accessible/ Wed, 28 Jan 2015 02:30:19 -0400 /preview/gsa/digitalgov.gov/bc-archive-content-3/2015/01/28/6-digital-media-trends-for-2015-you-can-make-them-accessible/ Resolutions and predictions abound this time of year. If you’ve already lost the fight to finally give up sardine ice cream, you can always resolve to maintain or improve your digital media accessibility. Some people say that accessibility and Section 508 compliance squashes Crowdsourcing for Accessibility /preview/gsa/digitalgov.gov/bc-archive-content-3/2014/12/29/crowdsourcing-for-accessibility/ Mon, 29 Dec 2014 10:00:11 -0400 /preview/gsa/digitalgov.gov/bc-archive-content-3/2014/12/29/crowdsourcing-for-accessibility/ While we’re anticipating the Section 508 refresh, many government digital media teams are facing the task of incorporating WCAG 2.0 standards (Web Content Accessibility Guidelines) in their projects despite having limited staff resources and budget constraints. We can use creative solutions, such as crowdsourcing, to overcome those challenges and make our works accessible. Our teams User Experience Impossible: The Line Between Accessibility and Usability /preview/gsa/digitalgov.gov/bc-archive-content-3/2014/11/17/user-experience-impossible-the-line-between-accessibility-and-usability/ Mon, 17 Nov 2014 10:00:39 -0400 /preview/gsa/digitalgov.gov/bc-archive-content-3/2014/11/17/user-experience-impossible-the-line-between-accessibility-and-usability/ Bob goes to a popular federal government site, using his assistive technology, and starts reading a teaser for an article. Just below the teaser, there’s an embedded video on the page. He presses the tab key, trying to navigate to a link for the full article, but suddenly he’s trapped—he can’t tab past the video. Celebrate the Americans with Disabilities Act and Section 508 /preview/gsa/digitalgov.gov/bc-archive-content-3/2014/08/07/celebrate-the-americans-with-disabilities-act-and-section-508/ Thu, 07 Aug 2014 10:00:58 -0400 /preview/gsa/digitalgov.gov/bc-archive-content-3/2014/08/07/celebrate-the-americans-with-disabilities-act-and-section-508/ Happy anniversary, baby! Seventies pop songs aside, July 26, 2014, was the 24th anniversary of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), and on August 7 of this year, Section 508 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, as amended in 1998, will have its 16th anniversary. Sometimes these two laws are mistaken one for the other, Making Multimedia Section 508-Compliant and Accessible /preview/gsa/digitalgov.gov/bc-archive-content-3/2013/06/26/making-multimedia-section-508-compliant-and-accessible/ Wed, 26 Jun 2013 14:18:22 -0400 /preview/gsa/digitalgov.gov/bc-archive-content-3/2013/06/26/making-multimedia-section-508-compliant-and-accessible/ If you plan for accessibility when creating and posting media, you can create a rich, interactive community where users can get important government information from your agency’s official website or blog and dialogue with government.