Ensuring Web Accessibility for ALL Students A Campus-wide Initiative Margaret Turner, Director Jorja Waybrant, Assistant Director Aimee Helmus, Disability Services Specialist University of North Carolina -
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Ensuring Web Accessibility for
ALL Students
A Campus-wide Initiative
Margaret Turner, Director
Jorja Waybrant, Assistant Director
Aimee Helmus, Disability Services Specialist
University of North Carolina - Wilmington
NACADA – Southeast Regional Conference
April 14, 2012
Goals and objectives
Increase awareness of web accessibility
What is it?
What are some areas of impact?
Recent legal cases – your responsibility
What we do on our campus
Offer resources
Legislation
Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA):
ADA - prohibits disability discrimination
Title II covers public universities
Title III covers private colleges and universities
Americans with Disabilities Act Amendments Act of 2008 (ADAAA)
– broadens the definition of a disability
http://www.ada.gov/
Rehabilitation Act of 1973:
Section 504 - extended civil rights to people with disabilities
http://www.hhs.gov/ocr/civilrights/resources/factsheets/504.pdf
Section 508 - electronic and information technology
http://www.section508.gov/
Areas of Impact: Websites
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Areas of Impact: Websites
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Areas of Impact: Websites
Description of images included (alt tags)
Areas of Impact: Websites
Captioned Videos
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q_z_HLgO7pk
Areas of Impact: Websites
Downloadable documents (PDFs, word documents, etc.)
2 different types of PDFs:
Scanned image – not accessible
Created using a text based document (such as word) accessible
Electronic forms (forms for completion and submission):
Ensure that completion of forms can be done so with a simple key board. Many blind users with
assistive technology us only a keyboard to navigate.
Be sure to have contact information if assistance is needed.
Other Areas of Impact
Instructional electronic information:
PowerPoints
Videos
Electronic Devices:
Clickers
Ipod Touch
Other advising material.
Legal Cases
Penn State:
Complaint - course-management software, library catalogue, and
departmental Web sites were inaccessible to blind users.
Kindle Pilot Program:
Complaint - the device doesn’t allow students with disabilities equal access
to information.
Law School Admission Council (LSAC):
Complaint – LSAC website maintained in a manner that is inaccessible to
blind individuals using screen reader technology.
Florida State University:
Complaint: two blind students accused the university of discrimination due
to inaccessible technology (clickers) in math course.
Where do you go for assistance
if you have questions re accessibility?
?
Areas of assistance and collaborations with
campus offices and divisions
Campus Web and Technology Committee
Student Affairs Web and Technology Committee
Disability Services:
http://www.uncw.edu/disability/documents/WebAccessibilityChecklistExcel.pdf
Marketing and Communications:
http://uncw.edu/web/webaccessibility.html
Information and Technology System
Office of E-Learning
Suggestions for evaluating and achieving
accessibility for online offerings
UNCW form Online – Web & Course Accessibility
Checklist- outlines potential problems and solutions
Text, presentation & content
Multimedia
Tables and Frames
UNCW Online Course checklist (UNCW Office of
E-Learning)
Form is a wide listing of possible areas of electronic programs,
tools, strategies to consider when checking areas of
accessibility
Resources
Web AIM
Introduction to Web Accessibility This resource will help you to understand barriers created
with regard to web and electronic information
http://webaim.org/intro/
Resources
World Wide Web Consortium (W3C)
The World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) is an international
community that develops open standards to ensure the long-term growth
of the Web, including web accessibility. Please see the following
documents as well as their web site http://www.w3.org/
Web Content Accessibility Guidelines 1.0
http://www.w3.org/TR/WAI-WEBCONTENT/
To check Cascading Style Sheets (CSS) and (X) HTML documents with style sheets, go to:
http://jigsaw.w3.org/css-validator/
To check the markup (HTML, XHTML, …) of Web documents, go to:
http://validator.w3.org/
Resources
ADA Best Practices Tool Kit for State and Local Governments
Resources on web accessibility available via the Americans with
Disabilities Act web site
Americans with Disabilities Act web site
Title II Checklist (Web Accessibility)
http://www.ada.gov/
http://www.ada.gov/pcatoolkit/chap5chklist.htm
Website Accessibility Under Title II of the ADA
http://www.ada.gov/pcatoolkit/chap5toolkit.htm
Resources
Other Resources:
Accessible Multimedia
Standards for Quality Online Courses (MIVU)
http://www.doit.wisc.edu/accessibility/onlinecourse/standards/multimedia.htm
http://standards.mivu.org/standards/access/
U.S. Government Section 508.gov website - Resources for
understanding and implementing Section 508
http://www.section508.gov/
Questions
?
Contact information
Aimee Helmus
Disability Services Specialist
University of North Carolina – Wilmington
601 South College Road, Suite #1033
Wilmington, NC 29403-5942
Tel: 910-962-7555
Fax: 910-962-7556
TTY: 800-735-2962
Margaret Turner
Director of Student Achievement Services - Disability Services
University of North Carolina – Wilmington
601 South College Road, Suite #1033
Wilmington, NC 29403-5942
Tel: 910-962-7555
Fax: 910-962-7556
TTY: 800-735-2962
Jorja Waybrant
Assistant Director of Student Achievement Services - Disability Services
University of North Carolina – Wilmington
601 South College Road, Suite #1033
Wilmington, NC 29403-5942
Tel: 910-962-7555
Fax: 910-962-7556
TTY: 800-735-2962