Projects | Steven Kolberg

UDOIT Canvas LMS Integration

Sat, 15 Dec 2018 00:00:00 +0000

The first LMS LTI integration project I was project manager on was the implementation of UDOIT within Canvas. Our eLearning at Florida SouthWestern State College began work to create a self-hosted version of UCF’s Center for Distributed Learning Canvas grant-winning Universal Design Online content Inspection Tool, pronounced, “You Do It” in September 2018. FSW eLearning began to pilot and use UDOIT in December 2018 and it is available for all Faculty to install in each of their Canvas courses.

Blackboard Ally Integration

Fri, 05 Oct 2018 00:00:00 +0000

Florida SouthWestern State College began exploing the possibility of integrating Blackboard Ally into the Canvas Learning Management System in October 2018. After having demonstrations presented to the Accessibility Working Committee and eLearning Faculty leads the reception was positive in adopting the platform to perform Institution and Course-level accessibility checking reports for course content and including uploaded files. In April 2020, Blackboard Ally was adopted and began implementation into the Learning Management system. As project manager we started to develop training resources and allow early-access to the tool for faculty who opted-in. The full roll-out is anticipated for the 2021-2022 academic year.

Library Services Accessibility Projects

Fri, 15 Sep 2017 00:00:00 +0000

In September 2017 FSW Library Services decided to upgrade the existing LibGuides (CMS) to version 2.0 to provide a more responsive web platform for mobile devices as well as complying with Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) web guidelines for accessibility. I was tasked to assist with the asset transfer/conversion between the versions and also provide an accessible color palette that was both visually appealing and readable by all patrons. In researching ways to best comply with the contrast requirements within WCAG, I came across the accessibility color wheel tool that checks color choices against the WCAG 2.0 recommended contrast ratios. Another unique feature of this tool displays how the color choices would appear for persons with no color insensitivity, deuteranopia, protanopia, and tritanopia. The example shown below is a screenshot taken from the Library’s Tech FAQs LibGuide I had actively contributed content to utilizing the global color defaults I selected with the aid of the referenced web tool.

Figure 1. Depicting a graphic sample of the Tech FAQs LibGuides.

Figure 2. Color selections are shown to comply and are readable for those with specialized color insensitivity.

Besides working with WCAG guidelines for our web-based services in my current position William Shuluk, Coordinator of Library Services/Head Librarian initiated a project in December, 2017 to provide a more robust and state-of-the-art computing area within the library division-wide for patrons with various disabilities primarily with visual impairments and desktop height limitations. The project began at the Thomas Edison (Lee) Campus with the purchase of four desks selected by Professor Timothy Bishop which have a built-in adjustable monitor/display arm, two of the desktops are motorized to provide comfortable sitting or standing access to Library computers, the other two desks are stationary and wheelchair accessible. My task was to coordinate with both FSW-IT and Adaptive Services to provide a technological plan, pending funding from the FSW Office of Adaptive Services. Through collaborating with Angela Hartsell, Director of Adaptive Services, the plan formulated one motorized and stationary desk be equipped with a flatbed scanner and an Intel NUC loaded with the newest Kurzweil Optical Character Recognition (OCR) to simulated computer voice software. The other stationary desk would utilize a DaVinci HD/OCR magnifying device and a secondary widescreen display for computing. The second motorized desktop would have a standard library lab computer profile to provide patrons without the need for visual enhancement devices a flexible work-space. Project completion for the Thomas Edison (Lee) Campus - Rush Library is expected by July 31, 2018.

References

Enhanced Vision. (n.d.). DaVinci HD/OCR all-in-one desktop magnifier. Retrieved July 3, 2018, from Enhanced Vision Product Description
Kurzweil Education. (n.d.). Text-to-speech: An integrated literacy solution for life. Retrieved July 3, 2018, from Kurzweil Education Article
Mazzocato, G. (n.d.). Accessibility color wheel. Retrieved September 21, 2017, from Accessibility Color Wheel Tool
National Center for Biotechnology Information. (n.d.). Deuteranopia. Retrieved July 3, 2018, from Deuteranopia Article
National Center for Biotechnology Information. (n.d.). Protan defect (protanopia). Retrieved July 3, 2018, from Protan defect (protanopia) Article
National Center for Biotechnology Information. (n.d.). Tritanopia. Retrieved July 3, 2018, from Tritanopia Article
W3C Web Accessibility Initiative (WAI). (2018, June 28). How to meet WCAG 2 (quick reference). Retrieved July 3, 2018, from Color Contrast Guidelines

Next-Gen ILS Reviewer, ITN: 14ITN-04AJ

Wed, 15 Jan 2014 00:00:00 +0000

In January 2014, Florida Virtual Campus began the selection process for a Next Generation Integrated Library System to replace the current automation system for all State of Florida public colleges and universities. My participation in the project was a metadata and description reviewer of the vendor’s products and to be a liaison for Florida SouthWestern State College.

Project Page: Next-Gen ILS Evaluation Task Force.

Florida SouthWestern State College Catalog Digitization Project

Fri, 15 Jul 2011 00:00:00 +0000

Beginning July 2011, to better provide open access to past college catalogs and create a partnership through LYRASIS with the Internet Archive, I collected and organized past physical issues of the college catalog from 1962 to present and prepared them for digitization through the Internet Archive for permanent online hosting.

Project Page: Florida SouthWestern State College’s Internet Archive Homepage. The College’s Registrar added the archived versions to their College Catalog Homepage and periodically provides PDF copies of the catalog for posting on the project page.

Richard H. Rush Library Renovation Project

Mon, 15 Jan 2007 00:00:00 +0000

In January 2007, I began full-time employment with Florida SouthWestern State College Libraries, then the Edison College Library. My first project was to coordinate the move activities for the impending renovation of the facilities to a temporary location for 1.5 years. In 2009, after coordinating two moves the Library resides in the newly rennovated permanent location again.

Project Page: New Rush library the heart of arts, culture at Edison State - Florida Weekly