[Athen] Responsibility of departments linking to faculty person sites

[Sheryl E. Burgstahler]

Interesting. Did faculty really comply? Who enforced the rules? I can’t imagine that they would here.
Sheryl

On Nov 30, 2016, at 2:49 PM, Wink Harner <foreigntype at gmail.com<mailto:foreigntype at gmail.com>> wrote:

Hi ATHENites,

As part of the advisory committee on website accessibility at my previous college in AZ, we pushed the president to OK our mission: to examine the accessibility of every instructor’s personal web pages. We created a “tree” of permissible links: Department pages, faculty pages, adjunct faculty pages. We created an accessibility template for instructors’ webpages. Everything beyond Department/faculty/adjunct pages in the tree were eliminated (with advance warning to the faculty that the website advisory committee would be doing this). We only permitted a limited number of identified and trained people in each department to made edits to the department or faculty webpages.

If you have faculty or departments which are behaving like the cats in the Herding Cats Superbowl commercial some years ago, this stricter type approach might be a good starting place to bring folks into line. The reins can be loosened up once the faculty realize it applies to everyone and that changing their website(s) –perhaps offering training and support through your faculty support offices–  serves the purpose of bringing all of the college together to the same standards of accessibility and “look.” Simultaneously, of course, it brings every faculty member’s page into compliance.

A thought to consider on a cold, rainy Wednesday in Portland OR.

Wink

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From: athen-list [mailto:athen-list-bounces at mailman13.u.washington.edu] On Behalf Of Howard Kramer
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Subject: Re: [Athen] Responsibility of departments linking to faculty person sites

Thanks Heidi, Joseph.

-Howard

On Wed, Nov 30, 2016 at 2:45 PM, Heidi Scher <hascherdss at gmail.com<mailto:hascherdss at gmail.com>> wrote:
I would second Joseph's comments. It's a two-prong question. Is it on an EDU domain? Yes, then must be accessible. No, then it depends on content and use. If any information is related to student use, then the site should be accessible. That's what we preach to faculty - any sites which they include in their course information should be accessible.
Heidi

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On Wed, Nov 30, 2016 at 3:21 PM, Joseph Sherman <Joseph.Sherman at cuny.edu<mailto:Joseph.Sherman at cuny.edu>> wrote:
I’d think it depends on the content and context of the faculty site. If it is a math professor’s personal page, where the page is not under the edu domain, detailing his love of opera or hobbies, then I probably wouldn’t worry about it. However if it contains course related material or information students need to acquire for a course, the student must receive the same benefits or service as other students.

Joseph

From: athen-list [mailto:athen-list-bounces at mailman13.u.washington.edu<mailto:athen-list-bounces at mailman13.u.washington.edu>] On Behalf Of Howard Kramer
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Subject: [Athen] Responsibility of departments linking to faculty person sites

Hello All:

Does anyone know what the responsibility of academic departments are when linking to faculty personal sites, which may not be accessible. What is considered the best practice and is it the department’s responsibility for ensuring external resources are accessible?

Thanks,
Howard

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