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Keep Moving Accessibility Forward Accessing Higher Ground 2010

Keep Moving Accessibility Forward Accessing Higher Ground 2010. About Us – University of Illinois Chicago. Kevin Price, UIC Disability Resource Center Assistive Technology Specialist Chair of the UIC Web Accessibility Committee. Janet Peters, DBTAC – Great Lakes ADA Center

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Keep Moving Accessibility Forward Accessing Higher Ground 2010

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  1. Keep Moving Accessibility ForwardAccessing Higher Ground 2010

  2. About Us – University of Illinois Chicago Kevin Price, UIC Disability Resource Center • Assistive Technology Specialist • Chair of the UIC Web Accessibility Committee Janet Peters, DBTAC – Great Lakes ADA Center • Project Coordinator of Assistive and Educational Technology • Member of the UIC Web Accessibility Committee

  3. Building the Case-UIC • State Administrative Order 2002 IWAS (Illinois Web Accessibility Standards) • Illinois Board of Higher Education Reporting Requirements • University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Leadership in Web Accessibility • Illinois Information Technology Accessibility Act (IITAA) of 2007 • Due to be Updated in 2011

  4. UIC - Web Accessibility on a Budget Find Campus Champions • Develop a Committee that represents the campus • Meet regularly • Ongoing meeting-Technology issues change frequently • Make sure campus champions are kept in the loop on new accessibility issues

  5. UIC - Web Accessibility Committee • Disability Resource Center • Library • ACCC-IT/Computing Department • Faculty- Health Sciences • Office of Public Affairs • Office for Access and Equity (staff) • DBTAC: Great Lakes ADA Center • Enrollment and Academic Services • College of Liberal Arts and Sciences • Office of Admissions and Records Administration

  6. Group Discussion Including People with Disabilities In the Process

  7. UIC - Web Accessibility on a Budget Integrate accessibility into campus • Web Accessibility toolbar available on computers in labs • Courses discuss accessibility (including Microsoft Word) • Web Accessibility Page/Statement Available Online (accessweb.uic.edu) • Procurement uses Web Accessibility Statement in bids • Webmasters Discussion List includes accessibility issues

  8. UIC - Web Accessibility on a Budget Use Top Down, Bottom Up and In Between Approach • Have to pursue promoting Web Accessibility at every level • Administrators usually open to accessibility but may need a demo • Web designers may be resistant but with Universal design issues promoted along with avoiding liability • Don’t focus on retrofitting • Mass Emails

  9. Web Accessibility on a Budget Techniques Keep finding mechanisms to keep it in front of campus • Continually provide trainings focusing on accessibility • Advertising • Promoting accessibility in other committees • Use technologies such as RSS feeds, Discussion lists, mass mails, Wikis • Provide templates of accessible design for Webmasters

  10. Web Accessibility on a Budget Techniques A Campus Policy can be helpful but may not be necessary • Policies can be bogged down in bureaucracy and drain time and energy • Policies can be created and disregarded • High level administrative support is necessary but can take many forms • Policies may become outdated with changing Internet • Integrating Web accessibility into culture of campus is important

  11. Group Discussion Share your thoughts on a Campus Policy? Pros / Cons

  12. Web Accessibility on a Budget Techniques Campus support can be provided by spreading the support around • Use skills/resources of Web Accessibility committee • Have other Webmasters support through avenues such as a discussion list • Educate Computing support about accessible Web design • Make sure Web Accessibility site has needed resources to refer people

  13. Setting Your Standards-UIC • Clearly defining the standards on what accessibility is on campus • Provide tools and resources customized for the standards • UIC has developed and online checklist to help users meet accessibility guidelines • Manual and Automated Tests included • W3C HTML Validator • W3C CSS Validator • Functional Accessibility Evaluator Results • IITAA guidelines • User Testing

  14. UIC – Highlights of Activities

  15. Digital Accessibility Expo

  16. Accessweb Site (accessweb.uic.edu)

  17. Web Accessibility Checklist

  18. Use Web Evaluations Effectively • Take snapshots on a regular basis to track change in accessibility • Create a baseline to show improvement • Provide ongoing training on use of tools • Have Web developers a part of the process and not in an adversary roll • Unless you have a mechanism to use evaluations as “a stick” try to use them for awareness/communication

  19. Conclusion

  20. Positive Approaches to Web Accessibility • Incremental Growth Shown • Keep building training and tools to increase awareness • Find ways to make it “cool” to be accessible • Keep track of new resources to give to developers to make it easier • Promote Universal Design • Make clear boundaries on what is accessible and what is inaccessible

  21. Thank you for your attention! Contact Information Kevin Price pricek@uic.edu (312) 413-0886 Janet Peters jpete@uic.edu (800) 949-4232 (312) 413-5931 direct

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