Beyond WCAG: Implementing BS8878
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Beyond WCAG: Experiences in Implementing BS 8878
E.A. Draffan with thanks to Ronise Nepomuceno
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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/