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Accessibility @ UT. Glenda (goodwitch) Sims [email protected] 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. - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
Creating a Culture of Accessibility @ UT
Evangelists aka
Tres Amigos
John SlatinUT
Professor/Researcher
Glenda SimsUT
Technologist
Sharron RushKnowbilityDirector
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
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* encourages archive of old / outdated pages!
Highest Priority: Do it NOW!• Top 10% of pages based on use
• Critical Pages (required for your business purpose)
• Audience
Public
Members
Employees
Geeks
BaselineHow (un) Accessible Are We?
Test every link on UT Home Page •Manually•114 links
UT Home Page Accessibility
0%
20%
40%
60%
80%
100%
Summer 2002 Fall 2002 Spring 2003
Contact Webmaster of each
Inaccessible Site
How Can We Help You?
• 1-on-1 consulting
• Training/Classes
• Online Accessibility Documentation
(started Summer 2002)
AIR: Accessibility Internet Rally
Web DevelopersAccessibility Training
CompetitionAwards
Party________________________________________
Accessible Web Sites!
www.knowbility.org/air
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
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
Online Risk Management Tools
• Quality (including)• Link checking• Spelling
• Security • Personal Data• Vulnerabilities
• Accessibility
Note: Accessibility Testing Requires Manual Testing
WebXM
Working Smarter - WebXM
• WebXM installed –Summer 2005• WebXM Expert(s)• Training – Web Developers• Competitions
• Broken Links• Accessibility
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
Future Best PracticeProvide 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
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
WebAim8 Step Implementation Model
www.webaim.org/articles/implementation
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
Your Turn
What Questions Do You Have?
What Are Your Next Steps?