CSULB Year 2 Web Accessibility Report, August 15, 2008

Campus webmasters have a specific set of checkpoints for ATI compliance that allow them to evaluate and, if appropriate, certify web pages as compliant. Since the campus is currently developing a standard data-collection matrix for ATI, individual web groups are using their own record-keeping methods to track evaluation and certification.

The university will formalize a standard data-collection matrix and provide web publishers with both the document and guidelines for its use, including timelines.

Formal tracking, evaluation and certification needs to be better integrated into existing administrative and business practices.

Roles and responsibilities beyond those of the campus webmasters and web-content producers need to be more clearly articulated.

Currently, only the campus webmasters are formally accountable for ensuring accessibility and documentation. Their information is shared regularly with the University Web Committee.

We will clarify and expand the accountability (roles/responsibility) scope.

See 1c.

See 1d.

Campus webmasters conduct peer review quite robustly, which has established accessibility as a marker of a professionally conducted website. An enormous amount of reciprocal support has emerged.

Consider ways to provide executive recognition for web publishers who meet the campus ATI standard, building on the peer-review foundation noted in 3a.

ATI compliance is still widely regarded as an edict that carries with it dire individual consequences for "failure". We need to reshape the charge in a more positive, proactive fashion.

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The campus ATI web and IMAP groups are working together on a protocol for addressing exceptions. The campus 508 Compliance Officer currently is providing a wealth of critical adjudication services.

Standardize protcols in tandem with articulation of roles and responsibilities.

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Since there was general agreement on critical sites from the beginning of our ATI work, the sites' respective managers began work immediately.

CSULB has formed a group that will map the "enterprise web" in consutation with executive leadership. The map will then be used to evaluate progress and identify/prioritize subsequent sites.

Accurate mapping is expected to take a great deal of time.

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Funding for training was included in the annual RPP request.

Offer multi-modal training in accordance with actual funding and concurrent resources.

Training needs cannot be met until the roles / responsibilities are fully articulated and prioiritized.

There is considerable debate about whether training needs differ substantially between faculty and staff web communicators.

An ATI PowerPoint presentation was given to all levels of campus senior leadership, as well as Associated Students, Staff Council and the Universiity Web Committee.

Expand awareness of ATI compliance through incentives and recognition in campus media and other communications channels.

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The need for a standard ATI data-collection matrix has been communicated to the responsible parties.

We plan to finalize the matrix, distribute it to campus accessibility evaluators and collect/interpret the resultant data.

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Webmasters are thoroughy informed of their roles and responsibilities.

We will define the roles and responsibilities of other participants in the communications and administrative processes and implement accordingly.

In the university’s extremely decentralized web-development environment, it is difficult to commonly articulate and manage roles /responsibilities.

ATI enjoys nearly universal acceptance at all campus levels, but this has yet to carry over to such practical issues as job descriptions and performance evaluations.

We generally met the milestones and timelines.

Meet the milestones/timelines in accordance with actual funding.

ATI language tends toward extremes (e.g., "ALL administrative websites"), which makes it far more difficult for larger sites to meet one-size-fits-all systemwide deadlines.

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