2004 ATHEN Survey: Administrative Issues: Web Accessibility

Administrative Issues: Web Accessibility

(58 responses)

Response	Count	%
Yes	33	56.9
No	25	43.1

(31 responses)

Response	Count	%
Teaching about web accessibility	16	51.6
Reviewing or monitoring institution web pages for accessibility	20	64.5
Consulting with individual web developers	19	61.3
Other: AT presence on our site Awareness, Management of Review Software, Purchasing of Tools, Policy Review/Recommendations Content for Program Maintain our department web site with input from colleague in my department. None--we have an alternative media specialist not my job provide consultation with individual responsible for web accessibility this is often informal Very little really, but I do have a good relationship with the person who does it, and consult with her when asked.	10	32.3

(53 responses)

Response	Count	%
Yes	31	58.5
No	22	41.5

(15 responses)

Administrative
President
At the highest IT level possible
Legal Counsel, (very general)
Vice President for Information Technology
Web master level
Vice President
Highest Administrative
President & Board
Vice Chancellor for Legal and Executive Affairs, ADA Coordinator and Chief Information Officer (CIO), Director of Information Technology
director of computer services
Top level
At this individual college.
President
Vice president

(20 responses)

Response	Count	%
Section 508	14	70.0
WCAG 1.0 Priority 1	7	35.0
WCAG 1.0 Priority 2	4	20.0
WCAG 1.0 Priority 3	3	15.0
State policy	8	40.0
We developed our own guidelines	10	50.0

(18 responses)

Eight participants responded "No", including one who responded "No, No, No, No, NO!" The following are the remaining responses:

It is just going into effect and does not have a mechanism
Enforcement is left to the individual departments, however compliance with section 508 standards is strongly encouraged and advocated for with department heads.
If a student complains that he was not given reasonable assistants then the college's lawyer investigates the complaint.
access problems with course content
if something is not accessible -for example a faculty website- computer services contacts the individual and offers assistance in updating the site. If there is non-compliance the page is taken down.
Yes - if a university website is found to be inaccessible, the web manager for that site is notified. If there is no attempt to work on accessibility, it can be pulled
Yes. Web designers are notified if site is not accessible before it can be uploaded.
yes, if not priority 1-then blocked from campus server after warning to fix

(18 responses)

Note: Two reponsdents indicated that policies (originating in 1995 and 2000) had undergone multiple revisions.

(20 responses)