Web accessibility polices of higher education institutions

Patricia Acosta-Vargas, S. Luján-Mora, Luis Salvador-Ullauri
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This article describes a study on the assessment process of web accessibility policies adopted by 51 university websites across the world, which are ranked by Webometrics. The web accessibility assessment was aimed at validating compliance with Web Content Accessibility Guidelines 2.0; these guidelines are defined and published by the World Wide Web Consortium. The primary goal of this study is to identify a group of universities with academic prestige and determine their level of commitment to providing accessible information about university facts and activities through their main websites, as well as making it available to everyone including people with disabilities. Awareness about the scope of web accessibility policies is a topic of interest for organizations that are operating a website. Some policies can be applied to address internet issues such as privacy of personal data and web accessibility for people with disabilities. Policies of web accessibility are dynamic in nature due to the evolution of technology; therefore, any gaps in web accessibility should be addressed immediately and applied at different levels within an organization. From a legal perspective, in some websites, policies are depicted in the legal terms posted in the website, and in the functionality and features that the website offers to its users. In the evaluation phase various parameters were tested such as the implementation of web accessibility policies, version, level, availability of contact information for complaints, conformance logo, educational information, and help and support tools.
高等院校网页无障碍政策
本文描述了一项对全球51所大学网站采用的网页无障碍政策的评估过程的研究,这些网站是由Webometrics排名的。网站可访问性评估旨在验证网站内容可访问性指南2.0的合规性;这些指南是由万维网联盟定义和发布的。本研究的主要目标是确定一组具有学术声望的大学,并确定他们通过其主要网站提供有关大学事实和活动的无障碍信息的承诺程度,以及将其提供给包括残疾人在内的所有人。对网站可访问性政策范围的认识是运营网站的组织感兴趣的主题。一些政策可用于解决互联网问题,如个人资料私隐和残疾人士无障碍上网等。由于技术的发展,网页无障碍政策本质上是动态的;因此,网站可访问性的任何差距都应该立即解决,并应用于组织内的不同级别。从法律的角度来看,在一些网站中,政策是通过网站上发布的法律条款以及网站向用户提供的功能和特性来描述的。在评估阶段,测试了各种参数,如web无障碍政策的实施、版本、级别、投诉联系信息的可用性、一致性标识、教育信息以及帮助和支持工具。
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