Overview
The Digital Accessibility Steering Committee provides strategic direction, aligns efforts across campus, oversees institutional risk mitigation, and advises UCLA leadership on resource allocation and prioritization in support of digital accessibility.
In alignment with the university’s mission and the campus DTS strategy, the Digital Accessibility Steering Committee:
- Creates and reviews an inventory of UCLA resources for promoting digital accessibility. This may include training, technology, and tools
- Assesses, clarifies, and prioritizes campus community needs with respect to digital accessibility literacy and support for digital accessibility compliance
- Identifies areas of overlap and gaps in resources to advance digital accessibility
- Identifies any structural challenges that limit the cost-effectiveness and/or timeliness in meeting digital accessibility needs
- Inventories, evaluates, classifies, and ranks web assets to determine risk profile, ownership and accountability
- Oversees a project management structure and helps monitor UCLA’s progress toward digital accessibility goals, including identifying and working with action teams
Read more about the Steering Committeee in the Charge.
Governance Structure
The UCLA Digital Accessibility initiative will be guided by a collaborative, multi-tiered governance model to promote coordination, accountability, and long-term success. Consisting of:
Steering Committee
Provides strategic direction, aligns efforts across campus, and oversees institutional risk mitigation Co-Chairs: Dr. Ralina Joseph and Lucy Avetisyan
Digital and Technology Solutions (DTS) Program Team
Leads project management and operational coordination to support campus partners with implementation and change management
Action Teams
Comprised of subject matter experts, these teams will focus on specific areas: academic and course content, websites, research, applications, health, and procurement. Each team will develop practical recommendations to identify and remove barriers in their respective domains
Members
Digital Accessibility Resources at UCLA
Teaching Resources
- Ally Service Page
- Digital Accessibility for Teaching and Learning
- Faculty Resources for Improving Digital Accessibility
