Illinois Community College Board
Web Accessibility
Evaluation, Plans for Improvement, and Annual Reporting
Requirements
-
Accessibility Standard (3 Pages)
Institutional reports should identify the standards the college is currently
striving to comply with and why those standards were chosen. Section
508 of the federal Rehabilitation Act outlines basic electronic and information
technology accessibility standards that institutions are required to
meet. Institutions are encouraged to strive to meet higher standards
including, but not limited to, the Illinois Web Accessibility Standards
(IWAS), W3C Web Content Accessibility Guidelines, or other appropriate
standards. Links to additional information about the aforementioned
standards are provided in Appendix A.
Carl Sandburg College is continuing in our efforts to make the World
Wide Web accessible to all students, faculty, and members of the community,
including those with disabilities. For this goal, CSC adheres to the
World Wide Web Consortium (W3C). The World Wide Web Consortium (W3C)
develops interoperable technologies (specifications, guidelines, software,
and tools) to lead the Web to its full potential. W3C is a forum for
information, commerce, communication, and collective understanding. This
standard of accessibility is used by many colleges and universities,
including Bradley University and the University of Illinois.
- Initial Evaluation of Institutional
Web Pages (5 pages)
Based on the standards identified, an initial evaluation
of the extent to which the college web pages meet those standards should
be conducted. Colleges may choose one of the following three options
as the basis for this initial evaluation of their current institutional
web pages.
- Beginning
with the institution’s home page, evaluate that page and
each institutional page linked from the home page, going only
one link deep from the home page;
The College’s home page is graded
as having normal accessibility standards by the W3C evaluation. The College
Web site features alternate tags that are readable by handicap assisted
and standard web browsing software. The second layer of the web
site, however doesn’t not currently meet the W3C standards because
it was designed in Team Fusion which has outdated html generation that
cannot be adjusted. We are currently in the process of redesigning the
web site which is scheduled to be live by the start of the Fall 2006
term. When all pages are migrated over to Collage everything should meet
the standards. The Disability Support Office provides services and accommodations
to students with varying disabilities. Documentation of the specific
disability is required in order for the office to provide accommodations.
- Develop a Plan for Continuous Improvement and Annual
Status Report on Web Accessibility (10 pages)
Each institution should describe a plan for continually improving the
accessibility of institutional web pages. The plan should
- describe how the evaluation of current institutional
web pages will be expanded and how accessibility will be improved
if necessary, and
- describe how the institution will ensure accessibility
of all future institutional web pages.
CSC strives to update and continue to make our College Web site and
technology accessible to our students and faculty with disabilities.
A link will be added to the front page of the Web site that will provide
information for disability support and accessibility. With the major
upgrade of the Website that is in process, we are planning to make all
pages in compliance with Illinois Web Accessibility Standards (IWAS).
