Document Accessibility Student Associate

The University of Texas at Austin•Austin, TX

1d•Remote

About The Position

Enterprise Technology is dedicated to supporting the mission of the University of Texas at Austin of unlocking potential and preparing future leaders of the state. The work done will make a difference in the lives of students, faculty and staff. The Digital Accessibility Center works to ensure that UT class and other online materials are accessible, especially for disabled students, faculty, and staff with access needs. The Document Accessibility Student Associate position is responsible for providing course- and content-level remediation to learning materials. This includes adding features to course content such as alternative text/image descriptions, logical heading structure, and improved design/readability of documents. This provides a valuable service to the entire campus, especially for students that have accessibility needs to be able to participate and learn fully in their classes. We will be hiring WS and Non-WS student employees for this position.

Requirements

Access to a modern computer and high-speed internet
Fluency in written and spoken English
Attention to detail and able to work independently
Basic computer skills

Nice To Haves

Familiarity with digital accessibility features
Familiarity with Microsoft Office, especially Microsoft Word and PowerPoint (either Mac or PC versions)
Familiarity with Adobe Acrobat Pro

Responsibilities

Work to make documents from professor requests accessible
Work to make whole courses accessible
Troubleshooting issues that come up while remediating documents
Communicating with other undergraduate as well as graduate student associates through messages and meetings