[nfbcs] University of Minnesota Site Accessibility

Sat Jun 20 23:07:27 UTC 2015

Is it any wonder that more accessibility testing is not done? I know that
accessibility testing is important, but testing of that type is not going to
scale. First, although it is sometimes necessary to get the law involved, it
is better to first try just talking about it. Second, a more scalable
approach would be to have some sort of software do the testing and give
results. No, I do not think that there is any software out there yet that
does everything that a human would do, but, sometimes, websites are so bad
that almost anything would help.

Nicole

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From: nfbcs [mailto:nfbcs-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Jude DaShiell via
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Sent: Saturday, June 20, 2015 2:09 PM
To: Nancy Coffman via nfbcs
Cc: Jude DaShiell; Nancy Coffman
Subject: Re: [nfbcs] University of Minnesota Site Accessibility

A proper web functional accessibility test needs doing and the test needs to
be documented first.
The test will need at least one accessibility equipped machine the more the
merrier if each machine has different accessibility stuff on it one might
have jaws; a second might have Window-Eyes, a third might have Magic and a
fourth might have nvda.  Once the offending software can be accessed by each
machine the next thing that's needed is for an experienced user to write up
use plans to be run on each machine.  The same plan has to be run on each
machine.  Next, an experienced user of the accessibility equipment on each
of those machines will be needed. 
Next an accessibility specialist who knows how to do web functional
accessibility testing will be needed.  They will ask the user to do
everything in the use plan and document what they see and what they hear in
writing.  Accessibility violations get documented in that process as well
when something doesn't work the same way and communicate over the screen
reader or magnification devices on the accessibility testing machines.  The
documenting of those tests will need time stamps put on each page.  Next,
the offending software's manufacturer's vpat statements for each software
package will have to be obtained and compared with the documentation
generated by the accessibility tester for accuracy.  Inaccurate vpat's along
with documentation of accessibility tool's versions and computer
specifications so far as computer performance capabilities and types of
computers will also have to be documented.
Once all of this material is put together and properly typed up, the
accessibility specialist can tag each violation with its specific statute
sitation.  Once that's been done, it's time to put it into a proper
complaint form and put that material up on the Department Of Justice's web
accessibility complaint form.  Of course, identities of all participants in
the work and dates of performance will also have to be documented.  Once
that's done some things should start happening in Washington D.C.

On Wed, 17 Jun 2015, Nancy Coffman via nfbcs wrote:

> Date: Wed, 17 Jun 2015 18:32:42
> From: Nancy Coffman via nfbcs <nfbcs at nfbnet.org>
> To: NFB in Computer Science Mailing List <nfbcs at nfbnet.org>
> Cc: Nancy Coffman <nancy.l.coffman at gmail.com>
> Subject: Re: [nfbcs] University of Minnesota Site Accessibility
> 
> 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
>>>
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