We're trapped in a maze of Google Support, trying to get them to acknowledge that access to our business profile semi-broken.

We can manage it through the backend, but the Google Search interface isn't working (it works for other profiles).

If you've encountered this phenomenon and have any suggestions, please post to this support thread: https://support.google.com/business/thread/252143042/verified-owner-can-t-access-business-profile

Digital Accessibility Blogs and Newsletters (hat tip to Joshua Walker of the University of Michigan, who posted about this over on #HEWEB Slack).

Now to find the time to read all of these... #accessibility

https://www.tpgi.com/digital-accessibility-blogs-and-newsletters/

I came across this on the #Accessibility channel of HighEdWeb Slack, and it was too good not to share (hat tip to Joshua Hori of UC Davis):

A visual map of WCAG 2.2:
https://intopia.digital/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/Intopia-WCAG-2.2-Map.pdf

Back from #HEWeb23 and wanting to do all the new and shiny things. But first ... work.

Squirreling this away for later: #WebDesign #WebContentManagement #SEO #Accessibility https://link.highedweb.org/2023/10/academic-program-pages-redesign-highedweb/

Next session at #HEWeb23: "Leveraging machine learning to meet goals, serve prospective and current students at ASU". #MachineLearning

Somehow, I didn't realize that Dayana Kibilds had a podcast. Subscribing now. #Podcasts #HigherEd https://www.enrollify.org/podcasts/talking-tactics

#HEWeb23, Day 2 starts with "Data visualization cheap and easy-ish or, lessons learned from a data dashboard project".

ok, actually, it started with a bacon & egg sandwich, but the second thing was data dashboards. :)

#Dashboards #Analytics

Equalify - a reporting tool for web accessibility. This looks very cool as a Siteimprove alternative.

https://equalify.app/

This is awesome, and exactly what we've been looking for: an inline accessibility checker for WordPress:

Editoria11y - Inline editor reporting
https://wordpress.org/plugins/editoria11y-accessibility-checker/

Time for "Open Source Accessibility Tools" at #HEWeb23 with Blake Betruccelli-Booth (Equalify) and Kevin Andrews (Electronic IT Accessibility Coordinator at Georgetown University) #Accessibility #OpenSource

Good discussion during the #WebAnalytics community meeting at #HEWeb23. Quotas in Google Looker Studio were a major concern - we haven't hit that problem with our new Looker-based GA4 department-level dashboards for our web analytics, but we haven't promoted them a ton yet either.

Wearing my accessibility hat, I can also see how the cognitive load could be super challenging for neurodiverse folks. A 17-year-old with ADHD trying to find this information, and then actually keep track of all the things, AND get them in on time? It's ... a lot. #HEWeb23

Nielson Norman Group: Minimize Cognitive Load to Maximize Usability https://www.nngroup.com/articles/minimize-cognitive-load/ #HEWeb23

Your content: The most ignored barrier to education #HEWeb23
https://events.highedweb.org/heweb23/session/1435805/your-content-the-most-ignored-barrier-to-education?i=N2j8FZNHxwJhinTY6L2A9iwQkaYuNhAV

First session of the day: Your Content: The Most Ignored Barrier to Education by Dayana Kibilds

I'm researching "accessible maps", with a particular focus on colleges/universities that have added accessibility information (e.g. accessibility features or notes) to their campus maps. Or a supplemental map that complements the main map.

Though not what I was searching for, this tactile map for the visually impaired is pretty nifty: https://lnkd.in/eP9BuHau #accessibility

OK, #HighEdWeb is coming so I should probably dust off this account. If you want to know what my nerdy self has been up to, head over to Dice.Camp https://dice.camp/@nukehavoc

It's a new year, and folks are considering starting a bullet journal.

If fear of messing up is holding you back, my advice is ... it's ok to be messy. #BulletJournal #BuJo https://www.nuketown.com/a-messy-bullet-journal-is-a-happy-bullet-journal/

@tb623 you're very welcome!