Where accessibility enters the process
Any new software or classroom technology purchase over a set threshold requires a documented accessibility review before approval, not an afterthought raised once students start using it.
When a tool falls short
A vendor's accessibility gap doesn't automatically block a purchase, but requires a documented remediation plan and a time-limited exception rather than an indefinite pass, so the gap has a deadline attached to it.
In and around Porter Falls
The Technology Help Desk is on the first floor of the Jarvis Technology Center. One student identity signs into MyPorter, the learning environment, campus Wi-Fi, printing and the library.
The practical details
Standard: WCAG 2.1 AA, required in the purchasing process. Review: An accessibility check before a new tool is approved for campus use. Exceptions: Documented and time-limited, not indefinite. Anything time-sensitive — an accommodation, a booking, a deadline — is worth confirming directly before you rely on it, because the specifics here can change from term to term.
If you have a question
The office behind this is Technology Help Desk (Jarvis Technology Center, Room 105). Call (715) 555–0120 or email helpdesk@uwporterfalls.edu during the fall and spring terms, or sign in to MyPorter to send a message or book a time. If it turns out another office owns the question, they will route it rather than send you back to the start.
Fictional information
UW–Porter Falls is a work of parody. Every office, person, building, phone number and statistic on this page is invented; nothing here describes a real institution or a service you can actually contact.