Web Accessibility

Web Accessibility is Not Only the Law...It's Good Practice

As a public institution and a member of the California State University system, CSU Channel Islands is required by law to ensure that its web sites are accessible to all its users.

More importantly, the principles of web site accessibility espouse industry-standard "best practices" in web design and facilitate web site usability.

Here you will find resources and tools to help you learn about web accessibility and how to make sure your web site is accessible.

How to Start Building Accessible Web Sites

Follow these 5 steps to build accessible web sites:

1. Introduction to Web Accessibility video from WebAIM.
2. Read the WCAG Guidelines.
3. Read the Access Board "Guide to Section 508 Standards for Web Sites"
4. View any/all of the web sites in the "Learn About Web Accessibility" section.
5. Check your pages using any/all of the tools in the "Accessibility Check Tools" section.

Contact Web Services with any questions.

Tools

For Web Pages only

• Web Developer Toolbar from Chris Pederick

Web Accessibility Presentation Materials

• How to Make Presentations Accessible to All

Learn About Accessibility

• How to Make a Website More Accessible
• WebAIM - Web Accessibility In Mind
  • WebAIM Web Accessibility Training
• CSU Accessible Technology Initiative
• Web Accessibility for SEO and What Can You Do?

Accessibility Law

• Guide to Disability Rights Law, U.S. Department of Justice, February 2020
• Section 508.gov
• Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA)

U.S. Government Web Accessibility Sites

• BuyAccessible.gov

Discussion Listservs

• WebAIM Accessibility Listserv

Technology-Specific Web Accessibility Resources

Adobe Dreamweaver

• Adobe Dreamweaver Accessibility Web Site

Adobe Acrobat PDF

• Adobe Accessibility web site
• "Defining Acrobat PDF Accessibility" at WebAIM

Microsoft Office

• Microsoft Office Accessibility Tutorials

HTML

• Creating Accessible Tables

Captioning Information

• ATI Captioning Information
• WebAIM Captions, Transcripts, and Audio Descriptions

Web Accessibility Guidelines

• W3C Web Accessibility Initiative (WAI)
  • HTML Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG)
• Section 508 standards

Accessibility Check Tools

Free Tools (web-based)

• Axe® Accessibility Testing Tools - Deque’s suite of axe tools offers full coverage for your testing and compliance needs.
• WAVE Accessibility Tool - checks page reading order
• TPGI Color Contrast Checker - checks page color contrast
• Firefox- a web standards compliant web browser
  • Accessibility features in Firefox - make Firefox and web content work for all users
  • Firefox Web Developer Toolbar - a toolbar for Firefox to help perform quick accessibility checks
  • Evaluating Web Sites for Accessibility with the Firefox Web Developer Toolbar (from WebAIM)

Web Accessibility at CSU Channel Islands

Contact Information

Daniel Martinez
Web Services Supervisor
805-437-3932

Office Hours & Location

9:00am - 5:00pm Monday - Friday
Lindero Hall 2852

Related Links

• Accessible Technology Initiative (ATI)
• Disability Accommodations and Support Services
• Human Resources