EOWG Deliverables Planning

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This page lists planned and potential deliverables of the Education and Outreach Working Group (EOWG). Completed EOWG deliverables and other WAI deliverables are listed on the WAI Resources page. Please note:

• Current and recent EOWG work:
  • Actions Items wiki page lists current work in 2014
  • Projects Archives wiki page lists completed work in 2014
  • Current Work on the EOWG home page lists some in-progress and pending projects
• WAI Outreach Planning has related information
• Many documents listed here are drafts, and should not be referenced.
• Work in a Task Force is indicated with a colored bar along the left and [TF] in the listing.

Active Projects:

1. Easy Checks - A First Review of Web Accessibility (wiki for Easy Checks)
2. Tutorials (Application Notes/Tutorials Analysis developing under WAI-ACT Project)
3. Polishing and promoting ATAG, promoting Components & ATAG wiki page
4. Promotions listed in EOWG wiki
5. Engaging folks in WAI work

Contributing to:

• Mobile Accessibility page updates
• Participating in WAI update
• RD Symposia Design - specs, draft, wiki for RD Symposia design
• Accessibility intro pages
• Evaluation overview page edit
• Accessibility Responsibility Breakdown in WAI-Engage wiki
• WAI-ACT Project deliverables
• Work of WAI and W3C groups, such as WCAG-EM

Pending:

1. Policies Relating to Web Accessibility update, Planning Updates to Policies
   Status: on hold pending Director action.
2. Using BAD (Before-After Demo) for Training
   Status: on hold pending WG availability.
3. Education and training big picture
   Status: on hold pending Editor and WG availability.
4. Start with Accessibility
   Status: on hold pending coordination with Shadi & WAI-ACT project.
5. Web Accessibility and Older People - consider revising to clarify age-related disabilities directly addressed by 'accessibility' (other issues, such as inexperience & old technology, in broader consideration)
   Status: will consider in 2013 Q4
6. WAI-AGE project:
   • How People With Disabilities Use the Web
     Status: draft complete, a few edits pending, ready for EOWG review (e-mail).
   • Slides - Web Accessibility for Older Users Presentation
     Status: draft complete. will be updated when documents completed.
   • Better Web Browsing: Tips for Customizing Your Computer
     Status: draft mostly complete. some open comments are pending, additional comments are welcome for the final draft.
7. Presentation material:
   • Slides CSS version - single file of WCAG 2 Benefits, slidey show of WCAG 2 Benefits
     Status: Ian & Shawn working on
   • Business Case instructions page, draft ppt
     Status: completed. pending completion of slide CSS
   • Benefits of WCAG 2.0 instructions overview, ppt 800KB, HTML, video
     Status: pending completion of slide CSS
   • Components of Web Accessibility instructions cover page, step-by-step guide version, HTML presentation version, presentation version
     Status: pending completion of slide CSS
   • Using WCAG 2 instructions page, draft ppt
     Status: pending completion of slide CSS
   • Slidey help
8. New QuickTips, WAI Flyer, and other physical/hardcopy material (Analysis/Requirements for physical materials)
   • WCAG 2.0 at a Glance (Requirements/Analysis and changelog for updated Quick Tips)
     Status: done except need to revisit 4.1
   • WAI Flyer (old WAI Flyer, changelog)
     Status: March 2012 version done, EOWG will review for next version

Planned and Potential Deliverables for 2014-2016

• Education and Training Material
  • Web accessibility curriculum (potential) - new
• Evaluation Material
  • Finding and Selecting Web Accessibility Evaluation Tools* - update
  • Web Accessibility Evaluation Tools* - update interface (in cooperation with ERT WG)
  • Interactive guide to assist managing web accessibility evaluations* - likely update to How to Meet WCAG 2.0 (Quick Reference)
• Project Management Related Material
  • Developing Organizational Policies on Web Accessibility* - update
  • Improving the Accessibility of Your Website* - update
  • Implementation Plan for Web Accessibility* - update with content such as Start with Accessibility
  • Practical guidance on adopting and implementing W3C WAI standards* - new
• Introductory, Promotional, and Community Engagement Material
  • Easy start - first steps for making web pages accessible (Analysis for easy start), similar to Easy Checks - A First Review of Web Accessibility (potential) - new
  • Open cooperation forum* - new
  • WAI Updates as a regular webcast, video, blog, or other (potential) - new
  • Promoting the Essential Components of Web Accessibility generally, and specifically: ATAG (including ATAG at a Glance, similar to WCAG at a Glance), UAAG, WAI-ARIA, IndieUI, and other new work (e.g., Promoting Components and ATAG) - new and update

Notes for this list:

• asterisk (*) indicates deliverables supported by the WAI-ACT Project: Cooperation Framework for Guidance on Advanced Technologies, Evaluation Methodologies, and Research Agenda Setting to Support eAccessibility.
• "(potential)" indicates potential deliverables, depending on resource availability and prioritization of work, per the Milestones section below.

Additional Work for Consideration

Existing Deliverables to be Updated or Expanded

1. How to Meet WCAG 2.0 (Quick Reference) revision
2. Business Case - [done?: update to more thoroughly include mobile issues.] add more pointers to Appendix.
3. Update coverage of IndieUI and WAI-ARIA in relevant documents, including perhaps Essential Components of Web Accessibility
4. WAI Web site redesign - add translations. update to align with W3C redesign.
5. About WAI info (mission and organization, overview slides)
6. Participating in WAI
7. Handouts
8. Essential Components of Web Accessibility (Requirements and changelog for components)
9. old WART along with Contacting Organizations about Inaccessible Websites

Possible New Deliverables

1. New doors to WAI resources
   • outreach opportunity through http://www.w3.org/WAI/WCAG1AA-Conformance and related popular pages
   • Which WCAG 2.0 docs are for You?
   • Papers, Posts, Podcasts, Interviews, and Articles
   • For all WAI resources, probably at /WAI/intro/, maybe organized by target audience
   • Overall landing page for all our resources that's more inviting than WAI Resources
   • New front doors (maybe 5 steps or 5 key things) for specific roles, e.g., for procurers, for evaluators
2. Material for newbies and SMEs (small-to-medium enterprises), such as:
   • WCAG 2.0 Basic/101?/on-the-street (consider relationship with Quick Reference/How to Meet, Quick Tips/WCAG 2.0 at a Glance)
3. Usability-Accessibility document (Analysis/Requirements) Status: completed draft. on hold pending editor availability.
4. What you can expect from an [accessible | WCAG-compliant] website (working title)
5. Mini-tutorials / presentation materials
   1. ? standards harmonization
   2. ? implementing WAI-ARIA
   3. ? developing a business case for web accessibility for your organization
   4. ? how to respond to organizations with inaccessible Web sites
   5. ? how to promote Web accessibility in your organization or community
   6. ? how to retrofit Web sites for accessibility
   7. ? how to evaluate and monitor Web sites for accessibility
6. Web Accessibility FAQ &/or WAI General FAQ
7. Personas

Update quarterly or as needed

Items in this section should be reviewed and updated quarterly or when new information is available.

• Translating WAI Documents
• Policies Relating to Web Accessibility
• Overview of Web Accessibility Initiative [changelog for online overview]

Wishlist / Parking Lot

EOWG would also like to address the following deliverables, however they are much lower priority. They may be taken up by EOWG based on editor and Working Group availability.

1. Myth Busting
   1. Guidelines not sufficient for Accessibility [brainstorm, prioritize; possibly develop, review and revise, copyedit]
   2. Why text-only is not a good solution for accessibility [brainstorm, prioritize; possibly develop, review and revise, copyedit]
   3. Possibly add to Developing a Web Accessibility Business Case for Your Organization
2. Business Case for Authoring Tool Accessibility [complete edits, copyedit]
   • changelog: atag business case, existing edit requests, update
3. Glossary [TF] [coordinate with other WAI groups] (+ coordination)
   • [DRAFT] Basic Glossary for WAI Documents
   • Latest Working Draft / Notes on status of glossary
   • Requirements & changelogs for Lexicon/Glossary
4. Submitting sites that meet WCAG 2.0
5. Curriculum for Web Content Accessibility Guidelines 2.0 [brainstorm, start development]
   • background: Curriculum for Web Content Accessibility Guidelines 1.0, changelog: wcag 1.0 curricula
   • include publishing of downloadable and/or streaming excerpts from Web Sites That Work video
6. Selecting Accessibility Consultants (working title only) [prioritize; possibly develop, review and revise, copyedit]
7. Promoting Web Accessibility [UMTF] and other education and outreach materials for people with disabilities
   • "[Draft] Contacting Organizations with Inaccessible Websites" is smaller in scope, yet probably demotes the priority of this item
   • Status: requirements started, rough draft started, edits from 22 January 2007 meeting pending
   • Also, update Participating in WAI [UMTF]
8. Alternative Web Browsing [revise, update, integrate into evaluation resource suite] - potential wiki content
9. How WAI guidelines relate to other standards, e.g., ISO, CEN, Section 508
10. Web accessibility for kids