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Beyond WCAG: Experiences in Implementing BS 8878

Beyond WCAG: Experiences in Implementing BS 8878. E.A. Draffan with thanks to Ronise Nepomuceno. Bumpy ride. http://flic.kr/p/ePfZ4. Project Organisation. Stakeholders. Who will be involved from the customer / user side?

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Beyond WCAG: Experiences in Implementing BS 8878

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  1. Beyond WCAG: Experiences in Implementing BS 8878 E.A. Draffan with thanks to Ronise Nepomuceno

  2. Bumpy ride http://flic.kr/p/ePfZ4

  3. Project Organisation

  4. Stakeholders • Who will be involved from the customer / user side? • - Site owners and editors; university staff and students when operating as an end user of a site • Who are the other stakeholders? • Student Union representatives; • Staff Representatives; • Head of Student Services and Student Admin; • Head of Professional Services; • Head of Faculties

  5. Requirements Gathering

  6. The process • Customer /Content manager logins into Web4All site • Chooses new product or checks product’s life cycle http://flic.kr/p/pL141

  7. Products relationship with target audience and their needs http://flic.kr/p/4tgef9

  8. Steps 4-6 No guarantee this is a smooth pathway – prepare to revisit steps.

  9. Strategic Decisions • Feasibility • pre-configuration or procurement • Who will develop? How? When? User Centred Design process – Agile at all times! Evaluation by customer. Development – testing

  10. Usability and Accessibility Assurance • In-House evaluations • Web2Access public version without test for templates and content evaluation. • User testing • Exceptions Report

  11. Accessibility Statements Nomensa suggest they contain: • An open commitment to providing an accessible website; • An outline of key guidelines and standards the website follows; • Any known exceptions to the intended level of web accessibility; • Contact information for reporting difficulties with the website.

  12. Communication, Maintenance and Training

  13. Progress to date… • Maintenance and training in the pipeline • Monitoring outcomes of the project still to be achieved. http://flic.kr/p/9Tu2Zc

  14. Thank you Dr Mike Wald, E.A. Draffan plus the Access Technologies Team, ECS University of Southampton http://access.ecs.soton.ac.uk Ronise Nepomuceno, iSolutions, University of Southampton http://www.southampton.ac.uk/web4all/about_wau/

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