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Accessibility audit Process & lessons learned Elizabeth Rogers & Jonathan Woodcock Communications & Public Affairs September 18, 2013. Overview. Purpose: why is this important? Process: step by step Scope: implications and what we learned. - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
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Accessibility auditProcess & lessons learned
Elizabeth Rogers & Jonathan WoodcockCommunications & Public AffairsSeptember 18, 2013
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Overview
• Purpose: why is this important?
• Process: step by step
• Scope: implications and what we learned
ACCESSIBILITY AUDIT
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AODA accessibility compliance deadline of January 1, 2014.
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AODA accessibility deadlines
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Date WCAG Level
January 1, 2014 A
January 1, 2016 AA
January 2, 2021 AA with multimedia
The University of Waterloo is committed to striving for WCAG Level AA by January 1, 2014 wherever possible.
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PurposeWhy is this important?
• Pinpoint issues so they can be fixed by Jan. 1, 2014
• Develop a process to audit content, provide feedback and fix issues
• Estimate time & effort required to audit websites for accessibility.
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ProcessHow do we begin?
Inventory content
Audit content
Correct content
Inform stakeholders
Report on findings
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Inventory content
• Create or update the content inventory for each website that details auditable items
– Webpages
– Headings
– Images
– Multimedia
– Links
– Files (PDF, DOC, etc.)
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Audit
• Evaluate webpages using software and humans
– WAVE online checker and WAVE Toolbar
– Readability indices for plain language assessment
– Checklist for items requiring human evaluation (such as effective alt text, link text, headings, images)
– PDF Accessibility Checker (PAC)
– Contrast ratio analyzer (for text and images of text)
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Why is a human check important?
To check things the tools can’t evaluate.
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Why is a human check important?
To check things the tools can’t evaluate.
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-- Is the alt text effective?- Are headings used correctly?- Does link text describe where the link takes
you?- Are tables used to communicate data
effectively rather than for layout?- Is the language appropriate for the website?
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Report on findings
• What’s working well? Where are we meeting the requirements?
• What errors are the tools detecting? (Headings used out of order, for example.)
• What habits/patterns need to be addressed? (For example, are we missing the mark on link text or alt text?)
• Recommendations for soft (training) or hard (development) solutions.
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Follow up
• Meet with stake holders
• Make the fixes
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ScopeHow much work was involved?
• 22+ websites managed by CPA
– Homepage and Pathway pages
– About Waterloo
– News
– Office of the President
– Office of the Provost
– Strategic Plan
– Prestigious event websites such as LINC and Canada Day.
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Not including individual news items, stories and events --
•Websites ranged from 7 to 90+ pages each.
•More than 930 pages audited* in total
•Approximately 22 FTE days spent
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ScopeHow long did it take?
*Source: http://www.xml-sitemaps.com
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How does our audit compare to what our colleagues will face?
Including news items and events*:
•Find Out More: 538 pages
•Faculty of Engineering: 563 pages
•Faculty of Arts: 719 pages
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*Source: http://www.xml-sitemaps.com
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Tools and resourcesWhat’s available?
• Content inventory/audit template• Report template• Checklist for writers• Checklist for images• Checklist for PDFs (in progress)• WCMS accessibility SEW courses (and ongoing
support from instructors)
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Questions?