Web Accessibility

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Aims of this Exercise

The aim of this group exercise is to allow participants to look at accessibility surveys of various communities.

1: UK University Entry Points

Go to the Web site at <http://www.ariadne.ac.uk/issue33/web-watch/>. How many University entry points appear to be accessible?

What are the limitations of the survey?

2: JISC 5/99 Projects

Go to the Web site at <http://www.ukoln.ac.uk/qa-focus/surveys/web-10-2002/> and look at the accessibility survey.

How many entry points appear to be accessible?

How useful is this type of survey?

3: American Universities

Go to the Web site at <http://library.uwsp.edu/aschmetz/Accessible/websurveys.htm> and look at the accessibility surveys.

Do there appear to be significant differences between the US University entry points and those in the UK?