Author: Jennifer Vinciguerra
At home and away, the Digital Solutions team is hard at work spreading the messages of usability and accessibility in North Carolina.
In July, we trekked into the Appalachian Mountains to engage with the Drupal developer community at Drupal Camp Asheville. A handful of our crew were selected as presenters for this event, which was featured by Drupal news outlet, The Drop Times. Presentations given by Digital Solutions team members were recorded and are available on YouTube:
- Improving Page Builder UX with Layout Paragraphs and Single Directory Components, presented by Mark Colebank.
- Accessibility is Whole Team Responsibility, presented by Elena Talanker and Marla Laubisch.
Back home in Raleigh, accessibility specialist Amy Hepler served as an expert panelist for a discussion on human-centered design and accessibility at the North Carolina Digital Government Summit in August. The panel, Designing for All: The Future of the Constituent Experience, also included City of Raleigh Chief Information Officer Mark Wittenburg and was moderated by Steve Rao, Town of Morrisville Council Member. The NC Digital Government Summit is an annual event bringing together public sector IT professionals from across our state for insightful discussion about North Carolina’s technology landscape and how we can best meet our state’s IT needs. Open a photo gallery from the summit on NCDIT’s Flickr account.
Looking ahead, training for our user community is under development that will provide guidance as you work towards making sure that your content is accessible to people with disabilities and conforms to the updated regulations of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA). Until this training is available, we encourage you to explore the ruling fact sheet, browse the accessibility resources on the Digital Commons Support website, and join the Accessibility Community of Practice.