UT Glenda (goodwitch) Sims glendathegood.com April 26, 2007
Creating a Culture of UT
Evangelists aka Tres Amigos John Slatin UT Professor/Researcher Glenda Sims UT Technologist Sharron Rush Knowbility Director
Evolution of an Accessibility Policy 04/2002: Formed group to draft guideline 06/2002: Guideline recommendation /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
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Top 10% pages (based on analytics) Critical pages Accessible by (date) Legacy Web Pages * * encourages archive of old / outdated pages!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
Baseline How (un) Accessible Are We? Test every link on UT Home Page Manually 114 links
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 Developers Accessibility Training Competition Awards Party ________________________________________ Accessible Web Sites!
Getting Spotlights Accessible April 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
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 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
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
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.” -
Your Turn What Questions Do You Have? What Are Your Next Steps?