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Re: Chronicle of Higher Education article "Colleges Lock Out Blind Students Online"

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From: Sandra Andrews
Date: Dec 13, 2010 2:03PM

In fairness to ASU, mentioned in the first article (and where I work): at
least the website is not too shabby in terms of accessibility. We are # 35,
in contrast, say, to Harvard.

Accessibility of the website has been a priority for ASU since the days when
the main web server was a Mac 6100 "pizza box." Could be better, but
accessibility is still considered important.

With the exception of the Facebook student group, to be sure!

On Mon, Dec 13, 2010 at 1:44 PM, Gunderson, Jon R < <EMAIL REMOVED> >wrote:

> I used the Illinois Functional Accessibility Evaluator to evaluate the
> websites:
>
> http://fae.cita.illinois.edu
>
> It is free tool.
>
> If your register will allow you test multiple pages:
>
> http://fae.cita.illinois.edu/accounts/register/
>
> Each rule in the report will provide details about what it is actually
> testing:
>
> http://fae.cita.illinois.edu/about/rules/
>
> Jon
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: <EMAIL REMOVED> [mailto:
> <EMAIL REMOVED> ] On Behalf Of Cliff Tyllick
> Sent: Monday, December 13, 2010 12:27 PM
> To: <EMAIL REMOVED>
> Subject: Re: [WebAIM] Chronicle of Higher Education article "Colleges Lock
> Out Blind Students Online"
>
> Jon, can you tell us more about the methods used to determine the rankings
> in the chart?
>
> The footnotes clue us in to what was measured, but was this done with an
> automated tool? With scores of volunteers?
>
> And what are common examples of failure on each measure? For example, would
> a site pass or fail on "site name readable on all pages" if the one
> identifier common to all pages is the school logo (with alt text) at upper
> left? Or were you looking for the site name to be included in each page's
> title tag?
>
> Thanks!
> Cliff
>
> Cliff Tyllick
> Usability assessment coordinator
> Agency Communications Division
> Texas Commission on Environmental Quality
> 512-239-4516
> <EMAIL REMOVED>
>
>
> >>> On 12/13/2010 at 11:32 AM, in message
> < <EMAIL REMOVED> >,
> "Gunderson, Jon R" < <EMAIL REMOVED> > wrote:
> Chronicle of Higher Education article "Colleges Lock Out Blind Students
> Online":
>
> http://chronicle.com/article/Blind-Students-Demand-Access/125695/
>
>
>
> And a sidebar about Cal State*s success:
>
> http://chronicle.com/article/Cal-States-Strong-Push-for/125683/
>
>
>
> Chart ranking the best and worst college web sites:
>
> http://chronicle.com/article/BestWorst-College-Web/125642/
>
>
>
>
> Jon Gunderson
>
>