[a11y Documentation] a11y Onboarding Materials

[sara-amanda]

Description

The questions below help our team to determine the project scope for incoming documentation support requests.

1. What do you need help with? Check one:

• [x] Creating new documentation
• [ ] Updating previously published documentation
• [ ] Reviewing recently written, never-before-published drafts

2. Who are the primary users of your documentation? Check all that apply:

• [ ] Developers
• [ ] Designers and researchers
• [ ] Product managers
• [x] Other: a11y specialists

3. Estimate the number of pages to be created, updated, or reviewed? TBD - location of documentation unknown at this time, due to ongoing accessibility documentation cleanup efforts.

4. Do the documents contain graphics such as screenshots, code snippets, diagrams, or videos?

• [ ] Yes, and describe ____
• [x] No

5. Who is the point of contact for this documentation? @sara-amanda, @artsymartha68 and all other a11y specialists, as this is a collaborative effort.

6. Are there other documents, tickets, or artifacts that will be impacted by this update?

• [x] Yes, and describe CAIA Accessibility Documentation Epic #55956
• [ ] No

7. Are there plans to update other documents/pages that have similar content?

• [ ] Yes
• [x] No - non exist to my knowledge at this time.

Relevant URLs:

• Slack: ally-specialists (private group)
• Google Doc for a11y Onboarding Documentation Efforts

ally Onboarding Documentation Efforts

• View Mode: Google Doc for a11y Onboarding Documentation Efforts

• Editing: The edit link can be found in the VA A11y Specialist Weekly Sync meetings agenda.

• Goal: Collaborative team effort to provide an onboarding resource to new a11y team members.

• Team Effort: All a11y specialists are invited to work on this document to help refine it and make it the best onboarding doc it can be. Discussions to take place in the VA A11y Specialist Weekly Sync meetings.

• Confluence training 7/25/2023 (Sara)

• Dependency Note: Due to the ongoing documentation work, a final home for this document is unknown at this time and will be dependent on the final decision for a11y documentation.

[sara-amanda]

Evolution of this Ticket

@eli-oat -

• Could we tie your new a11y notification inquiry from yesterday in Slack to this ticket, to track work if you think it is applicable? Thoughts on this or something else?
• Here is a report that will show new hires with accessibility roles.
• Adding to Hive mind agenda too, since this could be something that the other disciplines would like to approach for awareness of new roles?

cc: @coforma-terry