[Athen] [EXT]Re: Is your institution using PeopleSoft and how are you handling issues with accessibility

[dandrews920 at comcast.net]

I could be off in my version numbers? I know here, in MN we are on 3.xxx not
exactly sure, but the last I heard Oracle was in 6.X and that was a while
ago.

 

And . there may be other components, I believe "Peoplesoft Tools" are
components used to customize their pages for local use.

 

Dave

 

 

 

From: athen-list <athen-list-bounces at mailman12.u.washington.edu> On Behalf
Of Hunziker, Dawn A - (hunziker)
Sent: Tuesday, February 15, 2022 1:01 PM
To: Access Technology Higher Education Network <athen-list at u.washington.edu>
Subject: Re: [Athen] [EXT]Re: Is your institution using PeopleSoft and how
are you handling issues with accessibility

 

Hi all,

 

According to my information, the University of Arizona just upgraded to 8.59
of PeopleSoft tools. I'll need to verify this based on Dave's information
that Oracle is working on versions 5 or 6..

 

I have found a mixture of accessible/inaccessible components. We have some
items that I believe were developed in-house, such as an HTML version of the
W2 generated information, which makes for a more accessible experience in
reading that complicated table of information. Additionally, on the student
side, I've had to work with developers to create more accessible versions of
their forms. We also recently worked with a vendor to "modernize" our
student center since students weren't happy with the look and non-mobile
device access that our PeopleSoft tools provided. This modernization turned
out to be a big win for usability and accessibility  - we're still working
through some items but overall, it's a much better experience for all
students than PeopleSoft was. Now, if we could only make that happen on the
employee side (smile).

 

If anyone wants to learn more about our efforts at UArizona, feel free to
reach out!

 

Dawn

 

Dawn Hunziker

Assistant Director, Digital and Physical Access | Disability Resources 

The University of Arizona | hunziker at arizona.edu
<mailto:hunziker at arizona.edu>  

drc.arizona.edu <http://drc.arizona.edu/>  | itaccessibility.arizona.edu
<http://itaccessibility.arizona.edu/> 

520-626-9409

 

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Subject: [EXT]Re: [Athen] Is your institution using PeopleSoft and how are
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I have found this topic to be a potential quagmire. I work for the state of
Minnesota and we use PeopleSoft for various things.  We have reported
various accessibility problems, and bugs over the years, and Oracle has
allegedly corrected many of them. This is inter prise software though, and
most entities are slow to upgrade, because of the complexity of things.
Every time we do, something else breaks. We are on version 3.5 or 3.6, or
something like that. Oracle is working on a flavor of version5, or 6, I
understand, so any potential fixes are years away for us.

So, depending on your version, your problems may have been fixed -- but it
is hard to know!

Dave

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ATHEN colleagues,

 

Here in Washington state the community college system is using PeopleSoft
software by Oracle which is branded as ctcLink.  There are a number of
accessibility issues and the process each college must go through is
reporting in detail what it is they are encountering to members of the state
board.  That group must then report these issues to Oracle in an attempt to
get these resolved.

 

I imagine that there are other higher education people across the country
who are also using PeopleSoft (or some rebranding of it) who could benefit
by joining forces to get accessibility issues resolved similar to how joint
efforts a few years back led to productive dialogues to get Canvas LMS
accessibility improved.

 

Thoughts and ideas from you all?

 

Doug Hayman

IT Accessibility Coordinator

Information Technology

Olympic College

dhayman at olympic.edu <mailto:dhayman at olympic.edu> 

(360) 475-7632 

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