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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal>In order to provide access to all potential viewers, all SDSU Websites must comply with the CSU Accessible Technology Initiative (ATI) accessibility requirements and the SDSU University Policy on Universal Access to Information Technology Services and Resources in both their web page design and content. Information on the requirements of the SDSU ATI project can be found at <a href="http://access.sdsu.edu">http://access.sdsu.edu</a>. Biannually, in December and June of each year, an accessibility scan is made of SDSU websites. The last scan was run in December of 2011. The President’s Cabinet recently reviewed this scan, and is looking to see significant improvement in the scan to be run on June 1, 2011. For the College of Engineering, our websites scanned were found to have an average of 86% of the pages scanned that did not meet the ATI requirements.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>To prepare for the June 1, 2012 scan there are some remediation actions that can be taken to quickly improve our web sites accessibility. Academic Affairs will be running a scan of AA websites on May 1, 2012 to test for accessibility improvements. The following steps can have an immediate impact on our accessibility scans:<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoListParagraph style='text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'><![if !supportLists]><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>1.<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span><![endif]>Have your webmaster obtain an account for the university compliance testing software, Compliance Sheriff. If they do not presently have an account, send an email to <a href="mailto:cfreidl@mail.sdsu.edu">cfreidl@mail.sdsu.edu</a> requesting a username and password for Compliance Sheriff. Compliance Sheriff allows the webmaster to do compliance scans of their websites, and review audit reports of the scans. Detailed error reports are generated for compliance failures.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoListParagraph style='text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'><![if !supportLists]><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>2.<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span><![endif]>Remove any websites that are not being maintained and are no longer needed.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoListParagraph><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoListParagraph style='text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'><![if !supportLists]><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>3.<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span><![endif]>The single most important thing that can be done to make a web page accessible is to include alternative text for every non-text element (graphics, images, etc) using the ALT attribute on every IMG element in the HTML code for your web pages. This is by far the most common error seen on the Compliance Sheriff Scan Reports. Information on providing a text equivalent for each non-text element can be found at <a href="http://www.jimthatcher.com/webcourse2.htm">http://www.jimthatcher.com/webcourse2.htm</a>.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoListParagraph><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoListParagraph style='text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'><![if !supportLists]><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>4.<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span><![endif]>Provide a notation text and a link to an applet, plug-in or other application when the web page requires such applet, plug-in or application to interpret page content. For example, if your web page links to a pdf, word, or AutoCad document, the page must contain notation that a reader is required and provide a link to the reader that will interpret the pdf, Word or AutoCad document. The following is an example of the required notation and link for a pdf document: <b><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>Note:</span></b><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'> documents in Portable Document Format (PDF) require Adobe Acrobat Reader 5.0 or higher to view; <a href="http://get.adobe.com/reader/">download Adobe Acrobat Reader</a>.</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoListParagraph><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>The goal for SDSU is to make significant progress in bringing our Web pages into compliance with the CSU ATI. It is very important that we make progress in our compliance. On May 1, 2012, Academic Affairs will run updated scans on our web sites and is looking to measure the extent of improvement. For the June 1, 2012 CSU reporting process, the passing percentage is 80% for sites. Any websites that do not meet this passing score will have to obtain a temporary exemption to be approved by the Dean and the Provost. The exemption request will require a plan of action to bring the site into compliance. In addition, any web page not in compliance will require a process be developed by which users can access the same information in an accessible format.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>The access.sdsu.edu website will be updated with information as we progress toward the June 1 scan. There will be periodic meetings of SDSU Web Developers on the developers web list. Subscribe to this list at <a href="mailto:sdsuwebdev@lists.sdsu.edu">sdsuwebdev@lists.sdsu.edu</a>. This list is the primary means of communicating and collaborating regarding ATI Web page standards from the University ATI Initiative’s group.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>It is an important SDSU initiative that individuals of all abilities, have access to SDSU information and resources. Thanks for all your effort to ensure that our web pages are accessible to our community. Please let me know if you have any questions or need additional information.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Darrell<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Darrell K. Irwin<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Director, Resource Management<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>College of Engineering<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Ext 48290<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Fax 46005<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Email: dirwin@mail.sdsu.edu<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><br />--
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