They covered the principles of WCAG and how they apply to GIS, practical tips for Experience Builder, Dashboards, Story Maps, and more, and resources for testing. See below for the slides presented, recording of the meeting, and provided resources.

Lunch and Learn Video Recording

Testing Tools

• ANDI (Accessible Name & Description Inspector)
• NVDA Screen Reader (free)
• JAWS Screen Reader
• WebAIM Contrast Checker
• NoCoffee Vision Simulator (Chrome extension) – search in Chrome Web Store

Reference

• WCAG 2.1 Quick Reference
• Esri Accessibility Documentation
• Esri Community Accessibility Forum
• ADA Title II Fact Sheet

dymaptic also has an Accessible Map Agent built specifically for map alt text that is free to try.

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The January 2024 IGIC Lunch & Learn will be held on Wednesday, January 24, 2024, at noon.

Whether you are just beginning your ArcGIS Pro adventure or been riding that train for years, join us for a dive into Layouts. We'll discuss the elements of a layout, what to include, where to find it, creating a map series, and how to export your map.

Bring any questions and ArcGIS Pro experiences to the casual webinar on January 24th.

Presenters:

Micah Cutler and Garrett Byrd with Schneider Geospatial

Webex Meeting Information:

Meeting number (access code): 2631 786 9089
Meeting password: zpTieJXk865

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Jessica Frye, GIS Project Manager, will cover both topics at this IGIC Lunch & Learn.

Webex Meeting Information:

Meeting number (access code): 2620 769 2701
Meeting password: S4NcZ3sBUm3

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Is your organization involved in or thinking about the enterprise data life-cycle? Are you involved in gathering and sharing information as part of your job? Do you work in design, construction, operations, data management, GIS or asset management? If you answered “yes” to any of those questions then this is the presentation for you.

Join Shawn Blaesing, Iowa DOT, to look at lessons learned from a peer exchange and workshop will highlight some of the key steps to success for enterprise data life-cycle management with a focus on how Building Information Modeling (BIM), Asset Management (AM), and Operations Management (OM) fit into the larger enterprise data life-cycle.

Join our online Lunch & Learn: Enterprise Data Life-Cycle Management on Wednesday, September 28, 2022, at noon.

Webex Meeting Information:

Join from the meeting link

https://iastate.webex.com/iastate/j.php?MTID=ma5d4e796e4906e13057e9c1ae5716917

Meeting number (access code): 2622 905 8266
Meeting password: 79r3iCPsr39

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Join from the meeting link https://iastate.webex.com/iastate/j.php?MTID=m315ec845b049186f732dd2c304b517cb

Meeting number (access code): 2620 814 3799 Meeting password: XPeiPw3BX56

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Webex Meeting Information:

Join from the meeting link https://iastate.webex.com/iastate/j.php?MTID=m344e0fbc597ee6a8ce6940b0f0da71b4

Meeting number (access code): 2623 818 6542 Meeting password: uVM82Mpky9e

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Join your fellow IGIC members for the March 2022 Lunch & Learn: Beginning Editing with ArcGIS Pro

James Worm and Dave Croll will discuss getting started with editing in ArcGIS Pro. They will briefly show how to start an ArcGIS Pro project and how the setup of layers is slightly different from ArcMap. They will show where to find editing tools and how some have change. Finally, with the time remaining they will cover some other features that might be useful and field questions.

James Worm has been the Clay County GIS Coordinator for 11 years and worked 3 years with the US Census Bureau before coming to Clay County. Dave Croll is the GIS Coordinator for the City of Johnston, a position he’s held for 16 years. Prior to that, he worked with GIS and Engineering for the City of Ames.

Join our online Lunch & Learn: GIS Show & Tell on Wednesday, March 23, 2022, at noon.

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We are continuing to highlight our IGIC member projects!

Join your IGIC GIS colleagues as they show a recent project, map, web application, solution….Anything GIS or GIS-adjacent goes! This will be an informal session to show what we’ve been working on in the past year. No project is too small – it might be just what your colleague was looking for!

Join our online Lunch & Learn: GIS Show & Tell on Wednesday, February 23, 2022, at noon.

Schedule:

• Grimes Farm Storymap – Micah Cutler
• Weather Data in GIS – Greg Jameson
• Techniques for Going Pro – Dave Croll

Webex Meeting Information:

Join from the meeting link:
https://iastate.webex.com/iastate/j.php?MTID=m2585d129a16635f443fed19bd8471bd5

Meeting number (access code): 2620 446 0701
Meeting password: tmQYxnQ4u25

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DATE: Wednesday, January 26, 2022
TIME: Noon – 1:00 PM
PRESENTERS: IGIC Members

Join your IGIC GIS colleagues as they show a recent project, map, web application, solution….Anything GIS or GIS-adjacent goes! This will be an informal session to show what we’ve been working on in the past year. No project is too small – it might be just what your colleague was looking for!

Webex Meeting Information:

Meeting number (access code): 2624 341 9010
Meeting password: r4aP4dcCvp3

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