Transcript 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 -

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
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Increase awareness of web accessibility
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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
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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
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http://www.hhs.gov/ocr/civilrights/resources/factsheets/504.pdf
Section 508 - electronic and information technology
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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
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Downloadable documents (PDFs, word documents, etc.)
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2 different types of PDFs:
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Scanned image – not accessible
Created using a text based document (such as word) accessible
Electronic forms (forms for completion and submission):
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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.
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Be sure to have contact information if assistance is needed.
Other Areas of Impact
Instructional electronic information:
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PowerPoints
Videos
Electronic Devices:
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Clickers
Ipod Touch
Other advising material.
Legal Cases
Penn State:
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Complaint - course-management software, library catalogue, and
departmental Web sites were inaccessible to blind users.
Kindle Pilot Program:
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Complaint - the device doesn’t allow students with disabilities equal access
to information.
Law School Admission Council (LSAC):
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Complaint – LSAC website maintained in a manner that is inaccessible to
blind individuals using screen reader technology.
Florida State University:
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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?
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Areas of assistance and collaborations with
campus offices and divisions
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Campus Web and Technology Committee
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Student Affairs Web and Technology Committee
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Disability Services:
http://www.uncw.edu/disability/documents/WebAccessibilityChecklistExcel.pdf
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Marketing and Communications:
http://uncw.edu/web/webaccessibility.html
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Information and Technology System
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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
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Text, presentation & content
Multimedia
Tables and Frames
UNCW Online Course checklist (UNCW Office of
E-Learning)
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Form is a wide listing of possible areas of electronic programs,
tools, strategies to consider when checking areas of
accessibility
Resources
Web AIM
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Introduction to Web Accessibility This resource will help you to understand barriers created
with regard to web and electronic information
http://webaim.org/intro/
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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/
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Web Content Accessibility Guidelines 1.0
 http://www.w3.org/TR/WAI-WEBCONTENT/
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To check Cascading Style Sheets (CSS) and (X) HTML documents with style sheets, go to:
 http://jigsaw.w3.org/css-validator/
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To check the markup (HTML, XHTML, …) of Web documents, go to:
 http://validator.w3.org/
Resources
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ADA Best Practices Tool Kit for State and Local Governments
 Resources on web accessibility available via the Americans with
Disabilities Act web site
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Americans with Disabilities Act web site
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Title II Checklist (Web Accessibility)
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http://www.ada.gov/
http://www.ada.gov/pcatoolkit/chap5chklist.htm
Website Accessibility Under Title II of the ADA
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http://www.ada.gov/pcatoolkit/chap5toolkit.htm
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Other Resources:
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Accessible Multimedia
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Standards for Quality Online Courses (MIVU)
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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
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http://www.section508.gov/
Questions
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Contact information
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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
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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
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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