[Athen] suggestions for university web accessibility guidelines/policy

[Howard Kramer]

That does help. Thanks Greg.

-Howard

On Thu, Jun 16, 2011 at 12:01 PM, Greg Kraus <greg_kraus at ncsu.edu> wrote:


> We actually do not spell out the technical requirements. Instead, in

> our current regulation, we point to the "(Federal) Access Board's

> Electronic and Information Technology Accessibility Standards (36 CFR

> Part 1194, hereinafter, the Access Board Standards)" and say Web pages

> must meet this requirement. The regulation in it's entirety is at

>

>

> http://www.ncsu.edu/policies/campus_environ/non-discrimination/REG04.25.5.php

>

> Our proposed update to the regulation uses similar language of

> referring to the Access Board’s Electronic and Information Technology

> Accessibility Standards. This way, as those standards change our

> requirements change as well.

>

> I hope this helps.

>

> Greg

>

>

> --

> Greg Kraus

> University IT Accessibility Coordinator

> Office of Information Technology

> North Carolina State University

> 919.513.4087

>

> On Thu, Jun 16, 2011 at 1:29 PM, Howard Kramer <hkramer.atsol at gmail.com>

> wrote:

> > Hi Greg,

> > Can you indicate on list if you're planning to use 508 as the basis for

> > technical requirements?

> > Looking at some other policies, I've noticed most use 508 as their

> technical

> > standards, some, such as Ohio State, supplement it with some of the WCAG

> > guidelines.

> > For anyone interested, I found Ohio State's policy to be a useful

> > model: http://ada.osu.edu/resources/WebPolicies.htm,

> http://wac.osu.edu/standards/index.html.

> > Some other policies and sites folks might want to check out include:

> > Purdue: http://www.purdue.edu/webaccessibility/Policy/

> > Colorado State: http://accessibility.colostate.edu/accessweb.htm

> > University of Texas at

> > Austin: http://www.utexas.edu/web/guidelines/accessibility.html

> > Also, WebAIM has two excellent resources. One article on their evaluation

> of

> > web accessibility policies at various

> > universities: http://webaim.org/articles/policies/policies_pilot/

> > and another an extensive list of campus web accessibility

> > policies: http://webaim.org/articles/policies/postsec/ (just came across

> > this while I was looking for url for the one above).

> > -Howard

> > On Tue, Jun 14, 2011 at 11:28 AM, Greg Kraus <greg_kraus at ncsu.edu>

> wrote:

> >>

> >> I hope to be able to share our updated Web accessibility policy

> >> shortly. Our IT Accessibility Advisory Working Group just sent our

> >> recommended changes to our Office of General Counsel. We are hoping to

> >> have it approved by mid-August. In the meantime, if you have specific

> >> questions I can probably answer them off list.

> >>

> >> Greg

> >>

> >> --

> >> Greg Kraus

> >> University IT Accessibility Coordinator

> >> Office of Information Technology

> >> North Carolina State University

> >> 919.513.4087

> >>

> >>

> >> On Tue, Jun 14, 2011 at 1:03 PM, Teresa Haven <Teresa.Haven at asu.edu>

> >> wrote:

> >> > Please respond to the list; we are in the same process here.

> >> >

> >> > Thanks,

> >> >

> >> > Teresa

> >> >

> >> >

> >> >

> >> > ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++

> >> >

> >> > Teresa LW Haven, Ph.D.

> >> >

> >> > Supervisor, Alternative Format Services

> >> >

> >> > Disability Resource Center

> >> >

> >> > Arizona State University

> >> >

> >> > ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++

> >> >

> >> >

> >> >

> >> >

> >> >

> >> >

> >> >

> >> > From: athen-list-bounces at mailman1.u.washington.edu

> >> > [mailto:athen-list-bounces at mailman1.u.washington.edu] On Behalf Of

> >> > Howard

> >> > Kramer

> >> > Sent: Tuesday, June 14, 2011 10:02 AM

> >> > To: athen-list at u.washington.edu

> >> > Subject: [Athen] suggestions for university web accessibility

> >> > guidelines/policy

> >> >

> >> >

> >> >

> >> > Hello All:

> >> >

> >> >

> >> >

> >> > We're in the process of working with our campus web communications on

> >> > revamping and updating our (very old) campus web accessibility

> >> > guidelines

> >> > (with the aim of eventually making these into campus policy).

> >> >

> >> >

> >> >

> >> > Michigan State University looks like it has a good policy and

> associated

> >> > website. Anyone know of any particularly good universities to emulate?

> >> >

> >> >

> >> >

> >> > Thanks,

> >> >

> >> > Howard

> >> >

> >> > --

> >> > Howard Kramer

> >> > AHG Conference Coordinator

> >> > Access Specialist

> >> > 303-492-8672

> >> > fax: 492-5601

> >> > Disability Services

> >> > Division of ODECE- achieving excellence through diversity and

> inclusion

> >> >

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Howard Kramer
AHG Conference Coordinator
Access Specialist
303-492-8672
fax: 492-5601
Disability Services
Division of ODECE- achieving excellence through diversity and inclusion
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