[nfbcs] University of Minnesota Site Accessibility

[Susan Stanzel]

When I worked for USDA my Human Resources department used one of their
applications and I had the same experience you did. That is how much Section
508 is being enforced.

Susie Stanzel

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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
  
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