2015  Web  Accessibility  Survey    

This  survey…   • Replaces  the  2006  reporting  requirements  for  web  accessibility;       • Was  developed  by  IBHE  Web  Accessibility  Consortium  and  endorsed  by  Disabilities   Advisory  Committee;   • Is  used  to  collect  data  for  the  Underrepresented  Groups  Report.     Purpose:     To  encourage  the  formation  of  a  committee  or  process  that  will  collaborate  with   various  constituencies  on  campus  involved  in  the  development  of  web  based  information,   instruction,  and  internal  processes,  like  registration.      

Information  and  Resources  on  Accessibility     Illinois  Information  Technology  Accessibility  Act  of  2007  (IITAA)  (30  ILCS  587):   This  Act  has  specific  implementation  requirements  for  all  four-­‐year  public  institutions  and   is  the  baseline  standard  for  web  accessibility.    Although  the  IITAA  does  not  apply  to   community  colleges  at  this  time,  community  colleges  are  encouraged  to  use  the  IITAA   requirements  and  benefit  from  the  activities  related  to  IITAA  implementation  in  other  state   institutions.         Web  Application  Accessibility:   Web  applications  must  be  accessible  to  people  with  disabilities.    Commercial  web   applications  for  course  management,  web  mail,  campus  portals,  and  content  management   systems  may  not  be  accessible  and  may  not  allow  modification.    Institutions  are   encouraged  to  work  with  companies  or  open  source  projects  to  improve  the  accessibility  of   web  applications.  Technical  staff  that  understands  the  technical  details  of  accessibility  can   help  create  statewide  networks  to  work  with  companies  and  open  source  developers  to   improve  accessibility.   Note:  The  IBHE  Web  Accessibility  Consortium  currently  supports  many  multi-­‐institutional   efforts  on  improving  the  accessibility  of  web  applications.       Links:   IBHE  Web  Accessibility  Consortium   http://cita.disability.uiuc.edu/collaborate/illinois/   Ill.  Inform.  Tech.  Accessibility  Act  (IITAA)  (30  ILCS  587)   http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/ilcs/ilcs.asp   IITAA  Standards   http://www.dhs.state.il.us/page.aspx?item=32765   IITAA  Purchasing  Group  for  Higher  Education   http://purchasing.cita.uiuc.edu/    

Completed  on  December  11,  2015  •  UIS  Office  of  Web  Services  

I.      

Campus  Involvement  

  1.  Which  campus  constituencies  address  web  accessibility  issues?  Please  list  below.   UIS  Office  of  Web  Services       2.  Please  mark  an  "x"  by  each  campus  unit  that  participates  in  web  accessibility   issues.       x   a   Academic  Officer  representative  (i.e.  Provost,  Vice  President,  Chancellor)   ___   b   Human  Resources   x   c   Public  Affairs  or  Marketing   ___   d   Foundation/Marketing   x   e   Disability  resources   x   f   Instructional  technology     g   Library   x   h   Information  technology   ___   i   Faculty  representative   x   j   Student  affairs   x   k   Registrar,  Admissions  and  Records   ___   l   Procurement/Purchasing   ___   m   Athletics   x   n   Other  units,  please  list  the  units  who  participate.         UIS  Office  of  Web  Services,  Chancellor's  Division          

II.         Activities    

  1.  How  do  you  communicate  your  web  accessibility  practices  to  faculty,  staff,   students  and  the  general  public?     Every  month  our  department  conducts  training  on  Web  development  and  design.  Web   accessibility  is  a  part  of  these  training  sessions.  An  online  resource  has  been  created  for  all   campus  Web  Authors  and  Editors,  which  highlights  accessibility  guidelines  and  how  to   conduct  accessibility  checks  for  their  websites.  In  addition,  the  Office  of  Web  Services   conducts  accessibility  checks  throughout  the  year.     2.  What  unit  or  committee  has  responsibility  for  monitoring  and  coordinating  the   overall  implementation  of  campus  web  accessibility  activities  at  your  institution?   The  UIS  Office  of  Web  Services  in  the  Chancellor's  Division.     3.  How  does  your  institution  coordinate  and  promote  accessible  web  design  on   campus  to  web  developers  and  what  training  resources  are  available  to  assist   developers  in  learning  about  accessible  design  practices?   We  continue  to  utilize  the  resources  of  the  U  of  I's  Office  of  Disability  Resources  and   Educational  Services,  as  well  as  the  Committee  on  Institutional  Cooperation  (CIC),  which  is   a  consortium  of  the  Big  Ten  universities  plus  the  University  of  Chicago.  

Completed  on  December  11,  2015  •  UIS  Office  of  Web  Services  

4.  What  criteria  does  the  institution  or  committees  use  to  prioritize  which  web   resources  to  make  accessible?   We  begin  our  evaluation  from  the  university  homepage  and  then  conduct  FAE  and  W3C   checks  for  all  campus  websites  that  reside  on  the  official  web  server.     For  FAE,  we  validated  all  the  web  pages  until  the  third  level,  starting  with  the  homepage.       5.  How  are  students  involved  in  identifying  web  accessibility  issues  on  campus?   The  Office  of  Web  Services,  which  creates  and  maintains  the  campus  home  page,  top-­‐level   recruiting  pages,  and  department  websites,  continues  to  regularly  ask  for  and  receive   feedback  from  our  students  regarding  the  primary  UIS  website.       6.  How  is  web  accessibility  addressed  in  your  campus  strategic  plan?   The  university’s  Web  Policy  highlights  different  aspects  of  Web  accessibility.       7.  What  are  your  web  accessibility  procurement  requirements?     x   Illinois  Information  Technology  Accessibility  Act  (IITAA)  standards       IITAA  Purchasing  Group  for  Higher  Education     Other:       8.  Does  your  campus  participate  in  the  IBHE  Web  Accessibility  Consortium?   x   a   Yes   b   No     9.  Do  you  include  web  accessibility  as  part  of  your  disability  awareness  activities  /   training  on  your  campus?   a   Yes   x   b   No      

III.    

Progress  and  Future  Plans    

1.  Define  your  accessibility  requirements.   x   Illinois  Information  Technology  Accessibility  Act  of  2007   x   Other:    We  continue  to  follow  the  options  offered  by  the  IBHE  for  Web  Accessibility   annual  reporting.  UIS  has  chosen  the  W3C  Web  Content  Accessibility  Guidelines  as  its   Accessibility  Standard.  These  guidelines  are  part  of  the  W3C  Web  Accessibility  Initiative   (WAI),  which  develops  strategies,  guidelines,  and  resources  to  help  make  the  Web   accessible  to  people  with  disabilities.  In  addition,  UIS  utilizes  the  Functional  Accessibility   Evaluator  (FAE,  version  2.0  beta)  developed  by  the  University  of  Illinois  at  Urbana-­‐ Champaign.    

Completed  on  December  11,  2015  •  UIS  Office  of  Web  Services  

2.  List  the  evaluation  tools  and  procedures  you  use  to  evaluate  accessibility  of  web   resources  at  your  institution.   For  2015,  we  conducted  comprehensive  accessibility  evaluations  [W3C  Validator  and  FAE]   for  all  official  department  and  unit  websites.     3.  Summarize  the  progress  your  institution  has  made  during  the  past  year.   a   Web  pages  that  have  been  evaluated  for  accessibility  compliance  and                                  the      results.     We  evaluated  all  university  websites  for  2015.  There  are  165  program  and   department  websites  and  the  homepage.  All  these  websites  were  validated  using  W3C   HTML  Validator  and  FAE.       b   Web  sites  brought  into  compliance.   We  evaluated  165  program  and  department  websites  using  W3C  HTML  Validator  and  FAE.     Two  websites  were  re-­‐evaluated  in  2015  to  meet  Web  accessibility  standards.     Note:  We  were  unable  to  resolve  some  scripts  provided  by  external  entities  such  as   YouTube,  Flickr,  and  older  versions  of  Flash  content.     4.  Summarize  your  plans  to  improve  in  the  next  year.   a   A  list  of  web  sites  you  plan  to  evaluate  for  accessibility  in  the  next  year.     We  moved  all  the  websites  to  a  content  management  system  in  2013-­‐14  with  the   exception  of  two  that  were  migrated  to  the  new  system  in  2015.  As  always,  we  conduct   comprehensive  checks  –  FAE  and  W3C  –  for  all  university  websites.     b    A  list  of  web  sites  you  plan  to  bring  into  compliance  during  this  next  year.     5.  How  are  you  monitoring  ongoing  compliance  with  web  accessibility  requirements   on  your  campus?   For  2015,  website  Authors  and  Editors  have  begun  to  monitor  their  respective  websites  for   Web  accessibility.  For  example,  when  they  add  a  photo  to  their  website,  they  add  the   necessary  attributes  pertaining  to  accessibility.  In  addition,  they  follow  a  semantic   structure  for  their  web  page  content.       The  Office  of  Web  Services  has  an  online  resource  that  allows  individual  departments  to   evaluate  and  fix  Web  accessibility.  The  Office  of  Web  Services  continues  to  monitor  all   campus  websites  for  accessibility  standards.  

Completed  on  December  11,  2015  •  UIS  Office  of  Web  Services  

IV.    

Web  Application  Accessibility  

1.  List  the  web  applications  your  institution  uses  in  each  of  the  following  categories:     a   Course  management  systems     x   i   Blackboard       ii   Moodle       iii   Sakai       iv   Angel       v   Desire2Learn         vi   Other:       b   Campus  portal  system     x   i   uPortal       ii   Other:       c   Web  mail       i   Mirapoint       ii   Google  Mail     x   iii   Other:  Outlook  Web  Access       2.  List  the  activities  and  the  progress  of  your  campus  during  the  past  year  to  improve   the  accessibility  of  these  web  applications.   The  team  leader  for  the  Application  and  Development  Team  has  taken  a  course  in  web   accessibility  and  he  applies  what  he  has  learned  to  the  applications  his  team  develops.     3.  List  your  planned  activities  to  improve  the  accessibility  of  these  web  applications   during  the  next  year.   There  are  no  formal  activities  or  plans  focused  on  improving  the  accessibilities  of  web   applications.    

Completed  on  December  11,  2015  •  UIS  Office  of  Web  Services