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UN Report on Website Accessibility
Accessibility agency Nomensa tested the leading websites in five different sectors across 20 countries
Argentina, Australia, Brazil, Canada, Chile, China, France, Germany, India, Japan, Kenya, Mexico,
Morocco, Russia, Singapore, South Africa, Spain, United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom and United
States of America.
Nomensa tested representative websites from five key sectors - travel, retail, banking, government and media.
Of the 100 sites tested, only 3 conformed to the most basic standards for accessibility.
• The British Prime Minster's site
• The Spanish Government site
• The German Chancellor's site
Details of the Report
• 98% did not follow industry web standards for the programming code
• 97% did not allow people to alter or resize pages
• 93% failed to provide adequate text descriptions for graphics
• 89% offered poor page navigation
• 87% used pop-ups causing problems for those using screen
magnification software
• 73% relied on JavaScript for important functionality
• 78% used colours with poor contrast, causing issues for those with
colour blindness
"This is a global failure and we are very disappointed with the results,”
"It is important for commercial, legal and moral reasons that websites put in place a strategy for accessibility, both
in terms of quick wins and longer term improvements.”
U of G Website Accessibility Review
2006 / 2007
Part I: Web Design Contracts
• The University of Guelph endorses the philosophy
that professional web design is synonymous with
accessible web design.
• The following steps will be taken to insure web design
work undertaken by external agencies and designers
meets professional standards.
Contract Language
• Formalized contract language will be developed by
Purchasing Services to include the requirement for all
Web Design work and Web Applications purchased
by the University of Guelph to meet all Priority 1
checkpoints from the World Wide Web Consortium
(W3C) Web Content Accessibility Guidelines.
Contract Language
• Websites will also be required to meet
University of Guelph standards for security,
interoperability, and maintainability.
Quality Assurance
• A process will be developed to audit any new
website or application for compliance with
University of Guelph accessibility
requirements before acceptance of work final
payment is made.
Part II: Website Audit
• The University of Guelph’s website is
composed of a large number of smaller
websites and web applications, which need to
be audited to determine the overall level of
accessibility, and allocate resources to assist
with correcting deficiencies.
Scope
• Communications & Public Affairs will work with
Computing & Communication Services to develop a
comprehensive list of University of Guelph websites
to be included in the audit.
• Websites that are part of the uoguelph.ca domain
space will be included in the audit unless they are
designated as unofficial sites by the inclusion of the
tilde (~) character.
Scope
• Other websites with domain names owned by the
University of Guelph and bearing the University of
Guelph identifier will be identified and included in the
audit.
• Websites with unique domain names that are hosted
at the University of Guelph for 3rd parties will not be
included in the audit.
Methodology
• Websites being audited will be tested
using automated tools to check for basic compliance
with Priority 1 checkpoints from the World Wide Web
Consortium (W3C) Web Content Accessibility
Guidelines.
• Indeterminate results of automated testing may
require additional manual testing.
Methodology
• High profile websites
and web applications
will receive additional
manual testing
– University of Guelph
– University of Guelph-Humber
– College Homepages
– WebMail
– WebCT
– WebAdvisor
– Open Learning
– My Portico (Portal)
– Start Online
Reporting
• Results of the website audit will be collected into a
spreadsheet to be referred to during the Education
and Improvement activities, and serve as a reference
for subsequent website audits undertaken in the
future.
• The results of the full website audit will be made
available to ISC and ADPAC.
Timeline
• The expected completion of the Website
Audit is early 2007.
Part III: Education and Improvement
• Some website accessibility education and
improvement activities can be undertaken
immediately, while those dependent on
completion of the website audit will begin
some time in early 2007.
Presentations
• An information session on website accessibility will
be organized and presented to the University of
Guelph community.
• Additional effort will be taken to ensure staff
responsible for the management of websites
identified as not meeting University of Guelph
accessibility requirements are in attendance.
Presentations
• The information session will include a demonstration
of how user’s with visual impairments interact with
the University of Guelph website using Screen
Readers.
• Having a high profile member of the senior
administration demonstrate the challenges of using a
screen reader could be an effective demonstration for
faculty and staff attending the information session.
Resources
• Staff responsible for managing University of Guelph
websites will have the following resources available
to them to help ensure all official websites meet all
Priority 1 checkpoints from the World Wide Web
Consortium (W3C) Web Content Accessibility
Guidelines.
Resources
• These resources will be communicated to all staff
responsible for official websites.
• Additional effort will be taken to ensure staff
responsible for the management of websites
identified as not meeting University of Guelph
accessibility requirements are made aware of these
resources.
Literature
• The following books on website accessibility are
recommended for staff responsible for web design
and development, and will be made available through
the University of Guelph Library.
– Dive Into Accessibility, by Mark Pilgrim
– Building Accessible Websites, by Joe Clark
– Designing with Web Standards (2nd Edition), by Jeffrey
Zeldman
Software
• Adobe Contribute and DreamWeaver include all the
tools necessary to build a fully accessible website, as
well as tools to audit existing sites.
• The CCS Software Distribution site allows for
purchase of licenses at a reduced cost.
– Contribute: $53
– DreamWeaver: $116
Support
• Staff in Communications & Public Affairs, in
collaboration with the Library Centre for
Students with Disabilities, are available to
liaise with website owners to help develop a
strategy to make their website accessible.
Templates
• Web Templates that meet all requirements of the
University of Guelph’s Graphic Standards Guide,
including all Accessibility requirements, will be made
available through Communications & Public Affairs.
• These Templates are compatible for use with
Contribute and DreamWeaver.
Testing
• Communications & Public Affairs, in
collaboration with the Library Centre for
Students with Disabilities, is available to
coordinate ongoing website accessibility
testing for any official University of Guelph
website.
Training
• All Faculty and Staff Development opportunities
offered by Human Resources that involve training in
Adobe (formerly Macromedia) Contribute or
DreamWeaver will be updated to include instruction
on using the software to create accessible websites.
• Based on the findings of the the Website Audit,
additional training for staff may be required.
Preliminary Accessibility Audit
December 11th, 2006
Website Accessibility Review
• Sites Reviewed : 131
• Official Sites
– Accessible : 13
– Accessible with errors : 34
– Not Accessible : 69
• Unofficial Sites
– Accessible : 3
– Accessible with errors : 3
– Not Accessible : 9
Accessible Sites• University of Guelph
• Arts, College of
– Fine Arts & Music, School of
• Bachelor of Arts and Sciences
• Bachelor of Science Academic Advising
• Biological Science, College of
• Board of Governors
• Chemistry, Department of
• CIO, Office of the
• Communications & Public Affairs
• Historical Walking Tour
• Provost, Office of the
• Student Financial Services