Procurement and EdTech Tool Selection with a Focus on Accessibility
Concurrent Session 9

Brief Abstract
Part of the OLC and WCET year-long focus on accessibility. Will the software or hardware selected by your institution’s RFP meet accessibility requirements? How do you help faculty and student services personnel understand that the one-off selection of a piece of software needs to be usable by everyone? Panelists will share their different approaches in solving these issues in software and hardware selection processes, whether through RFP, other formal procurement processes, or individual decisions. Learn how to protect the institution, but, more importantly, how to make choices that best serve students and faculty.
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Extended Abstract
Part of the OLC and WCET year-long focus on accessibility. Will the software or hardware selected by your institution’s RFP meet accessibility requirements? How do you help faculty and student services personnel understand that the one-off selection of a piece of software needs to be usable by everyone? Panelists will share their different approaches in solving these issues in software and hardware selection processes, whether through RFP, other formal procurement processes, or individual decisions. Learn how to protect the institution, but, more importantly, how to make choices that best serve students and faculty.