AccessibleWeb@U Meeting
May 26, 2010
- What should be on the http://uw.edu/accessibility/ site?
- First we took a tour through the current site
- Need to update W3C and 508 information
- Some controversy whether the DIS guidelines apply to us
- Accessibility policies at other higher education needs review and update. List currently on site is a bit old
- Web Accessibility page defines what accessible Web design is about.
- Procurement information is a bit out-of-date. Purchasing has not taken much interest.
- IT Tools and Resources page is fairly up-to-date (Terry
has been
working on it).
- We have an ARIA page but it is out-of-date
- Link to other disability resources on campus
- Frequently asked questions, mostly about how someone gets accessibility support
- Getting Help - repeats much of what is in the FAQ page
- Discussion
- Need to review the Procurement information because of the new eProcurement system, which does offer energy efficient hardware, but not accessibility
- Be nice to have AccessibleWeb@U more visible
- UW Inclusion Network email list was just created. Might want to connect/include them
- Who is the audience for this site?
- People who do not understand accessibility
- Technical people who want to know more about it
- People who are sent here because they want to buy accessible stuff
- Intent was to be the go-to resource for information,
particularly technology
- A resource that could be useful as a place to send people
- More people are building sites with WordPress, Plone,
or
Drupal
- Standard designs are being created that can be shared access the systems
- Many people simply put content into an existing environment
- There are still many people at college and school
level hand
managing their Web sites
- Pharmacy still does not have a Web person
- The new model of centrally administered CMS with distributed people providing and maintaining content is only just arriving.
- We should visit the major ones at least every couple
of years
- Drupal
- Plone
- SharePoint
- WordPress
- Need to connect with people who are making decisions
on how
to set up CMSs and blog sites
- Want to have ideas on which templates, widgets are more accessible
- Would break into two groups - people setting up CMSs and blogs and people managing content in CMSs and blogs
- Could we connect better with other people working on
accessibility at the UW
- Get feedback from UW Inclusion Network people
- Groups are meeting regularly, meeting on Thursdays at 7pm seem to be the most active, but has a big social aspect
- Planning is underway for an accessibility camp, but when is not clear
- Should uw.edu/accessibility be a portal for
accessibility for
the entire campus?
- Different groups addressing accessibility all have their own Web sites, each from their own perspective
- What could this site be in the way of a general accessibility portal for all of the UW?
- Could we be one of the first sites into the new Plone site? We should talk to Gina.
- Topic for discussion: Accessibility issues of information architecture of page templates (including their site level navigation), the content placed within the template, and the relationship between the two
- Short term project: Can we fit the YUI keyboard navigable menu into the Marketing page template.
- First we took a tour through the current site
