“I love all the innovation. I love the fact that there’s always something new, and I love the fact that when we call or send an email, you guys get back to us.”
Heather Mariger
Digital Accessibility Advocate
Chemeketa Community College is part of the Oregon Community College Distance Learning Association (OCCDLA), which represents the state’s 17 publicly chartered community colleges and their locally elected board members. Every biennium, the consortium bands together to get licenses for ed-tech tools, apply for grant funding, and more.
As a Digital Accessibility Advocate and Instructional Designer at the institution and a member of the OCCDLA accessibility group, Heather Mariger is actively involved in helping pilot tools, secure licenses, and train others on accessibility best practices. “Some of the OCCDLA institutions are very small and many don’t have an accessibility advocate or a lot of resources,” she explained. “We’re much stronger as a group and we can all help one another.”
“The awareness level of accessibility has risen 100 percent [since implementing YuJa Panorama].”
Dr. Kelley Gonzales
Associate Vice President for Technology
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“We went to tender and went through all the processes, and YuJa came out on top.”
Jason Williams
Digital Media Specialist
“The fact that students are able to address their own accessibility needs allows them to be more successful.”
Dr. Stephanie Markowitz
Instructional Technology Specialist
