Ensuring Web Accessibility for ALL Students A Campus-wide Initiative

1. Margaret Turner, Director Jorja Waybrant, Assistant Director Aimee Helmus, Disability Services Specialist University of North Carolina - Wilmington Ensuring Web Accessibility for ALL StudentsA Campus-wide Initiative NACADA – Southeast Regional Conference April 14, 2012

2. Goals and objectives • Increase awareness of web accessibility • What is it? • What are some areas of impact? • Recent legal cases – your responsibility • What we do on our campus • Offer resources

3. Legislation Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA): • ADA - prohibits disability discrimination • Title II covers public universities • Title III covers private colleges and universities • Americans with Disabilities Act Amendments Act of 2008 (ADAAA) – broadens the definition of a disability http://www.ada.gov/ Rehabilitation Act of 1973: • Section 504 - extended civil rights to people with disabilities • http://www.hhs.gov/ocr/civilrights/resources/factsheets/504.pdf • Section 508 - electronic and information technology • http://www.section508.gov/

4. Areas of Impact: Websites Headers

5. Areas of Impact: Websites Headers

6. Areas of Impact: Websites Description of images included (alt tags)

7. Areas of Impact: Websites Captioned Videos http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q_z_HLgO7pk

8. Areas of Impact: Websites • Downloadable documents (PDFs, word documents, etc.) • 2 different types of PDFs: • Scanned image – not accessible • Created using a text based document (such as word) accessible • Electronic forms (forms for completion and submission): • Ensure that completion of forms can be done so with a simple key board. Many blind users with assistive technology us only a keyboard to navigate. • Be sure to have contact information if assistance is needed.

9. Other Areas of Impact Instructional electronic information: • PowerPoints • Videos Electronic Devices: • Clickers • Ipod Touch • Other advising material.

10. Legal Cases Penn State: • Complaint - course-management software, library catalogue, and departmental Web sites were inaccessible to blind users. Kindle Pilot Program: • Complaint - the device doesn’t allow students with disabilities equal access to information. Law School Admission Council (LSAC): • Complaint – LSAC website maintained in a manner that is inaccessible to blind individuals using screen reader technology. Florida State University: • Complaint: two blind students accused the university of discrimination due to inaccessible technology (clickers) in math course.

11. Where do you go for assistance if you have questions re accessibility? ?

12. Areas of assistance and collaborations with campus offices and divisions • Campus Web and Technology Committee • Student Affairs Web and Technology Committee • Disability Services: http://www.uncw.edu/disability/documents/WebAccessibilityChecklistExcel.pdf • Marketing and Communications: http://uncw.edu/web/webaccessibility.html • Information and Technology System • Office of E-Learning

13. Suggestions for evaluating and achieving accessibility for online offerings UNCW form Online – Web & Course Accessibility Checklist- outlines potential problems and solutions • Text, presentation & content • Multimedia • Tables and Frames UNCW Online Course checklist (UNCW Office of E-Learning) • Form is a wide listing of possible areas of electronic programs, tools, strategies to consider when checking areas of accessibility

14. Resources Web AIM • Introduction to Web Accessibility - This resource will help you to understand barriers created with regard to web and electronic information http://webaim.org/intro/

15. Resources • World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) The World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) is an international community that develops open standards to ensure the long-term growth of the Web, including web accessibility. Please see the following documents as well as their web site http://www.w3.org/ • Web Content Accessibility Guidelines 1.0 • http://www.w3.org/TR/WAI-WEBCONTENT/ • To check Cascading Style Sheets (CSS) and (X) HTML documents with style sheets, go to: • http://jigsaw.w3.org/css-validator/ • To check the markup (HTML, XHTML, …) of Web documents, go to: • http://validator.w3.org/

16. Resources • ADA Best Practices Tool Kit for State and Local Governments • Resources on web accessibility available via the Americans with Disabilities Act web site • Americans with Disabilities Act web site • http://www.ada.gov/ • Title II Checklist (Web Accessibility) • http://www.ada.gov/pcatoolkit/chap5chklist.htm • Website Accessibility Under Title II of the ADA • http://www.ada.gov/pcatoolkit/chap5toolkit.htm

17. Resources • Other Resources: • Accessible Multimedia • http://www.doit.wisc.edu/accessibility/online-course/standards/multimedia.htm • Standards for Quality Online Courses (MIVU) • http://standards.mivu.org/standards/access/ • U.S. Government Section 508.gov website - Resources for understanding and implementing Section 508 • http://www.section508.gov/

18. Questions ?

19. Contact information • Aimee Helmus Disability Services Specialist University of North Carolina – Wilmington 601 South College Road, Suite #1033 Wilmington, NC 29403-5942 Tel: 910-962-7555 Fax: 910-962-7556 TTY: 800-735-2962 • Margaret Turner Director of Student Achievement Services - Disability Services University of North Carolina – Wilmington 601 South College Road, Suite #1033 Wilmington, NC 29403-5942 Tel: 910-962-7555 Fax: 910-962-7556 TTY: 800-735-2962 • Jorja Waybrant Assistant Director of Student Achievement Services - Disability Services University of North Carolina – Wilmington 601 South College Road, Suite #1033 Wilmington, NC 29403-5942 Tel: 910-962-7555 Fax: 910-962-7556 TTY: 800-735-2962