Beyond WCAG: Experiences in Implementing BS 8878

E.A. Draffan with thanks to Ronise Nepomuceno

Bumpy ride

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Project Organisation

Stakeholders

• Who will be involved from the customer / user side? • - Site owners and editors; university staff and

students when operating as an end user of a site

• Who are the other stakeholders?– Student Union representatives;– Staff Representatives;– Head of Student Services and Student Admin;– Head of Professional Services;– Head of Faculties

Requirements Gathering

Content Manager fills requirement form - this refers to Steps 1 to 6 of

BS 8878:2010

Analyse Requirements

Allocation to the correct team – work through Steps 7 to 12

Production

The process• Customer /Content manager logins into

Web4All site • Chooses new product or checks

product’s life cycle

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Products relationship with target audience and their needs

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Steps 4-6 No guarantee this is a smooth

pathway – prepare to revisit steps.

Strategic Decisions

• Feasibility –pre-configuration or procurement–Who will develop? How? When?

User Centred Design process – Agile at all times! Evaluation by customer.

Development – testing

Usability and Accessibility Assurance

• In-House evaluations• Web2Access public version without

test for templates and content evaluation. • User testing• Exceptions Report

Accessibility Statements

Nomensa suggest they contain:• An open commitment to providing an

accessible website;• An outline of key guidelines and standards the

website follows;• Any known exceptions to the intended level of

web accessibility;• Contact information for reporting difficulties

with the website.

Communication, Maintenance and Training

Progress to date…

• Maintenance and training in the pipeline

• Monitoring outcomes of the project still to be achieved.

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Thank you

Dr Mike Wald, E.A. Draffan plus the Access Technologies Team, ECS University of Southampton http://access.ecs.soton.ac.uk

Ronise Nepomuceno, iSolutions, University of Southamptonhttp://www.southampton.ac.uk/web4all/about_wau/