[nfbcs] University of Minnesota Site Accessibility

[David Andrews]

Somehow I missed the original message on PeopleSoft and the 
University of Minnesota.  My info may not be right, but it was my 
understanding that people at the University were well aware that 
there were accessibility problems with the software.  It was my 
understanding that they were writing their own front-end software to 
the system, just using it for back-end processing.  My info may be 
wrong, or maybe something changed, or maybe the front-end doesn't 
cover everything.  I don't know.    Suffice it to say that I don't 
think the situation is as simple as they bought and installed 
inaccessible software and ignored everybody.

There are some good people there, who know about accessibility.

Dave

At 05:32 PM 6/17/2015, you wrote:
>PeopleSoft has a long history of selling inaccessible software to 
>colleges and government agencies. How can we expose them and the way 
>they ignore the law, illeglly selling inaccessible software to 
>agencies with a promise that meets section 508?
>
>Nancy Coffman
>Sent from my iPhone
>
> > On Jun 11, 2015, at 9:02 AM, Jude DaShiell via nfbcs 
> <nfbcs at nfbnet.org> wrote:
> >
> > I tried it with lynx on linux and couldn't do it, but in the 
> class search section you have a link that is labeled accessible 
> format which may enable you to do your searching with the technology at hand.
> >
> >> On Tue, 19 May 2015, Kevin Fjelsted via nfbcs wrote:
> >>
> >> Date: Tue, 19 May 2015 07:59:07
> >> From: Kevin Fjelsted via nfbcs <nfbcs at nfbnet.org>
> >> To: NFB in Computer Science Mailing List <nfbcs at nfbnet.org>
> >> Cc: Kevin Fjelsted <kfjelsted at gmail.com>
> >> Subject: [nfbcs] University of Minnesota Site Accessibility
> >> Recently the University of Minnesota upgraded there entire 
> online registration system by purchasing an externally developed 
> software package from PeopleSoft.
> >> Before this upgrade I was able with 98% accessibility to search 
> for classes perform online registration tasks, make online 
> book  and fee payments, view my unofficial transcript, and a myriad 
> of other tasks.
> >> Since the system change I would estimate that the site is less 
> than ten percent accessible.
> >> I have a number of options for browsers and screen readers 
> including JAWS with IE, JAWS with Firefox, Safari with Voiceover 
> both on the Mac and IOS devices, Google Chrome with the Chromevox 
> screenreader extension, NVDA with firefox.
> >> Some of the tasks require a log on, however some do not.
> >> I would be interested in getting some other feedback and 
> opinions on the site. Is there anyone that can try the "class Search" function?
> >> This function should permit one to see the classes offered in a 
> particular term by a particular department.
> >> To do this, go to
> >> http://onestop.umn.edu <http://onestop.umn.edu/>
> >>
> >> Under the "tools" section there is a link called "Class Search".
> >>
> >> This link does not require a log on.
> >> Once one has clicked on  this option one must select  the institution.
> >> I attempted to choose Twin Cities/Rochester in the combo box. 
> Windows crashed miserably especially with IE. OSX Safari/VO worked 
> the best. Chrome/Chromevox went into repeated loops of talking and 
> froze the browser.
> >> I then chose "summer 2015" for the term in the next combo box 
> with similar results.
> >> I then went to the subject field and typed in "CSCI" for 
> computer science. There seems to be some sort of selector hear from 
> which one is actually supposed to pick a subject, however this 
> access appears to be nonexistent.
> >>
> >> I then went to the "Show Open Classes Only" field and unchecked this box.
> >> On IE the entire system crashes as soon as I uncheck the box. 
> Safari was fine. Chrome froze the speech engine.
> >> I Then chose Minneapolis for the campus.
> >> The rest of the fields I left as default and clicked on search.
> >> Once the search screen came up (which I could only achieve on 
> Safari), I found that the table structure for viewing the data was 
> very difficult to navigate.
> >> If anyone can get to this screen on another platform I would 
> appreciate feedback on how easy the class information is to view. 
> For instance, can one see the instructor field for a given class?
> >>
> >> It appears that the class list is broken up into separate tables 
> for each class which means that one cannot continually navigate 
> down a list of classes with navigation controls. How does this work 
> on other platforms?
> >> Thanks.
> >> -Kevin
> >>

         David Andrews and long white cane Harry.
E-Mail:  dandrews at visi.com or david.andrews at nfbnet.org