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Accessibility @ UT

Accessibility @ UT. Glenda (goodwitch) Sims gsims@mail.utexas.edu glendathegood.com April 26, 2007. Creating a Culture of Accessibility @ UT. Evangelists aka Tres Amigos. Sharron Rush Knowbility Director. John Slatin UT Professor/Researcher. Glenda Sims UT Technologist.

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Accessibility @ UT

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  1. Accessibility @ UT Glenda (goodwitch) Sims gsims@mail.utexas.edu glendathegood.com April 26, 2007

  2. Creating a Culture of Accessibility @ UT

  3. Evangelists aka Tres Amigos Sharron Rush Knowbility Director John Slatin UT Professor/Researcher Glenda Sims UT Technologist

  4. Evolution of an Accessibility Policy • 04/2002:  Formed group to draft guideline • 06/2002:  Guideline recommendation http://wwwtest.utexas.edu/work/gsims/access/ • 07/2002: Guideline posted to UT web • 02/2003:  Attempts to develop policy begun • 05/2005:  Draft policy reviewed by legal • 08/2005:  Official policy posted to web http://www.utexas.edu/web/guidelines/accessibility.html

  5. Implementation Strategies Accessible (immediately, no excuses) • All new or revised pages • Top 10% pages (based on analytics) • Critical pages Accessible by (date) • Legacy Web Pages * * encourages archive of old / outdated pages!

  6. Public Members Employees Geeks Highest Priority: Do it NOW! • Top 10% of pages based on use • Critical Pages (required for your business purpose) • Audience

  7. BaselineHow (un) Accessible Are We? Test every link on UT Home Page • Manually • 114 links

  8. Contact Webmaster of each Inaccessible Site How Can We Help You? • 1-on-1 consulting • Training/Classes • Online Accessibility Documentation (started Summer 2002)

  9. AIR: Accessibility Internet Rally Web Developers Accessibility Training Competition Awards Party________________________________________ Accessible Web Sites! www.knowbility.org/air

  10. Getting Spotlights Accessible • April 2000 - IT • Bobby (manual) • WCAG 1.0 Priority 1 • March 2002 – OPA • Bobby (manual) • 508 • April 2003 – OPA • Bobby (automated) • 508

  11. UT Austin: A Promising Practice in Web Accessibility Research in Web Accessibility in Higher Ed – University of Washington • http://www.washington.edu/doit/Research/Web/texas.html

  12. Online Risk Management Tools • Quality (including) • Link checking • Spelling • Security • Personal Data • Vulnerabilities • Accessibility Note: Accessibility Testing Requires Manual Testing

  13. WebXM

  14. Working Smarter - WebXM • WebXM installed –Summer 2005 • WebXM Expert(s) • Training – Web Developers • Competitions • Broken Links • Accessibility

  15. UT Austin’s Experience • 2000-Present • Leader: Accessibility Evangelist(s) • Proactive Review: Manual and/or WebXM • Training: Access U • Help:1-on-1 Accessibility Consulting • Guidelines: Accessibility Policy • Competition: Accessibility Internet Rally

  16. Future Best Practice Provide high level accessibility consulting centrally for: • Captioning • Flash Accessibility • Ajax Funding • Org funds central consulting • Core critical apps get captioning, flash, ajax accessibilized for “free” • “Non-essential” / “Icing” apps pay for this consulting already provide testing, pro-active monitoring, consulting, training, motivating

  17. 8 Steps to Access • Gather Baseline Information • Gain Top Level Support • Organize a Web Accessibility Committee • Define a Standard • Create an Implementation Plan • Provide Training and Technical Support • Monitor Conformance • Remain Flexible Through the Changes WebAim 8 Step Implementation Model www.webaim.org/articles/implementation

  18. Universal Accessibility • supports all people • supports all technology • generally makes site better for all • relationship to usability • search engine optimization • avoid a separate “text-only” version “Web for Everyone. Web on Everything.” - www.w3.org/Consortium/mission

  19. Your Turn What Questions Do You Have? What Are Your Next Steps?

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