Alternate Access Plan
Purpose of the Alternate Access Plan
In compliance with Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 and ADA as amended in 2008, the T BR shall apply THEC's identified accessibility guidelines to Informational Materials and Technology products and services that it adopts, buys, creates, uses and maintains. When informational materials and technologies do not conform to those guidelines, an alternative access plan will be developed to address the accessibility. This form is used to describe the alternate access plan.
Instructions
1. Alter the bolded areas in brackets ([ l) to reflect the titles of the responsible persons for this plan.
2. The requesting department Accessibility Liaison/Accessibility Team is responsible for completing sections 1 through 3 below.
3. The requesting department will obtain the appropriate administrative approvals in section 4.
4. The appropriate administrator will either a) approve the form and return it to the requesting department for processing or b) return the form unsigned. An unsigned form indicates the plan is not approved and must be revised to meet accessibility standards.
5. The Coordinator of Instructional Design and Accessibility or designee is responsible for returning the approved original document along with all associated AIMT adoption/procurement documents to the department Accessibility Liaison upon signature. The liaison will provide copies to those individuals identified in section 3, number 3 (Responsible Person(s) and upload all AAP documentation to the AIM T Web Form
Section I. Plan Creator Information

*Special Note: The vendor and product offered may only be used for one year beginning August 2019 and potentially ending in August 2020 due to on-going expenses associated with their product. The product was purchased as part of grant funds in order to assist students in determining career pathways and those grant funds have expired. This vendor was chosen for the various benefits it provides as well as cost efficiency after viewing many other vendor options.
Section 2. Description of the Affected Informational Material and Technology Purchase

Affected product is a:
Product Name:
Product Description:
Product Purpose:
Grad Leaders Career Center — Student Module is a web-based career service portal for students to connect with prospective employers within their program of study.
GradLeaders Career Center — Student Module
Career Service platform that connects students and employers and offers career services.
To help students complete and upload resumes and to connect students with career resources and employers for potential job placement in their degree program.

Section 3. How will "Alternate Access" (AA) be provided?

1. Description of the issue:	Controls and menus are not clearly labeled with alternative text
Summarize what part of the informational material/technology has an accessibility issue and is not accessible per AIMT guidelines.

2. Persons or groups affected:
List the person(s) or groups who may/will be affected by this issue, including the total number of affected persons.
(general public, visitors, students only, employees, etc.).

3. Responsible person(s):
List the name(s) and titles of the employee(s) who will be responsible for implementing equally effective alternate access for the specified accessibility issue as described in Number 1.

4. How will AA be provided:
Describe in detail how the responsible unit(s)/person(s) equally effective alternate access will be communicated and what will be provided. Attach a separate sheet — see AAP attachmentbe ow and the Accessibility Conformance and Remediation Form.

5. AA Resources Required:
List any resources required (including training, equipment, additional staff, etc.) to provide alternate access for the known issue.
and/or descriptions. Website buttons, tables, and control elements may be incorrectly defined or read by a screen reader. The website may not clearly communicate to the user that the states have been changed. Hyperlinks may not sufficiently skip repetitive hyperlinks. All images do not provide alternative text; therefore, some images may not be announced or identified by a screen reader. Interactive interface elements may create possible interaction issues with controls, fields, menus, or hyperlinks using only the keyboard. Headings and skip links may not be implemented on some pages on the website portal. Text elements may not have insufficient contrast ratio because the portal that students will access are personalized based on the school colors and/or the school logo.
Students with visual, hearing, and/or physical impairments. A total number of persons affected may not be determined because this is a web-based product that will allow Career Advisors and Students to interact with the product each semester;  therefore, this number will be ever-changing.
Leslie Sutton, Coordinator of Academic Enrichment
Lora Duvall, Coordinator of Instructional Design and Accessibility

The Coordinator and/or Career Advisors will sit with affected student and describe the images or go over the text that cannot be seen. They will also assist with any navigation of the product that proves difficult for the student.





The Coordinator and/or the Career Advisors will be required to assist with reading control menus, button selection, tables, hyperlinks, image descriptions, and provide verbal reading of text.

6. Repair Information:
Include the following information in this section.
a. Provide a brief description or any relevant information regarding repair of the issue by the vendor or Third-Party Service Provider, as well as the completion date. Attach applicable documentation and the Accessibility Conformance and Remediation Form.

7. Timeline for Unforeseen events:
A timeline to plan, create, implement, and follow up on plans for accommodation for access concerns/issues that are
See the uploaded GradLeaders Conformance and Remediation Form and VPAT.
Walters State Community College will post a disclaimer statement on the access point to the web-based portal regarding accessibility issues. The disclaimer statement will also provide name and contact information for the accessibility staff member and/or a Career Advisor.
The VPAT and Conformance and Remediation Form that GradLeaders provided to Walters State Community College states that their Q3-2019 product release will address all

beyond the accessible procurement process and/or outside of known issues by December 31, 2019. the realm of the questions above.

Section 4. Administrative AAP Approvals
By signing this request, you affirm that the plan has been reviewed and is an acceptable solution that meets TBR AIMT Accessibility Guidelines.
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AAP attachment
4. How will AA be provided: (continue from item 4 in section 3): A completed Conformance and Remediation Form, Accessibility Report, and a current VPAT have been completed and have been uploaded to the TBR AIMT database with an expected conformance date of December 31, 2019.
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