Accessibility at WCSU : Digital Accessibility Compliance (DAC) Committee

EIT Policy Implementation Plan

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Time Status
 Action  Leaders 
October 2020 Complete CSCU Accessibility Policy for Electronic Information and Technology(EIT) approved and enacted
  • CSCU Accessibility Council 
December 2020   Complete The university has developed a university-wide Digital Accessibility Compliance (DAC) committee charged by the Provost to develop an implementation plan and implement CSCU Accessibility Policy for EIT. 
  • Co-Chairs Digital Accessibility Compliance (DAC) Committee 

 
February 2021  Complete
 Digital Accessibility Compliance committee charged by the Provost to implement a plan for auditing, remediation, and reporting of Web accessibility, accessible technology, accessible instructional materials and information, and procurement practices. The DAC committee officially met on February 17, 2021, and continued to meet monthly to develop an implementation plan by August 2021. DAC committee will disseminate this plan to the university and publish it on Accessibility at WCSU.
  • Co-Chairs DAC
  • DAC Committee
March 2021  Complete The DAC committee established several sub-committees in order to provide university-wide collaboration and efforts on web accessibility and accessible technology. Established sub-committees include Awareness & Training, Self-Assessment & Procurement, and Website. 
  • Co-chairs of DAC 

 
April 2021  Complete Self-Assessment & Procurement Sub-Committee recommended the purchasing from system office of an automation software tool for validation of web sites that will be utilized to complete an accessibility audit of all University Web sites to meet standards outlined in EIT Policy.
  • CSCU System Office 
April 2021 Complete Awareness & Training Sub-Committee recommended the purchasing from system office of EIT training programs
  • CSCU System Office 
April 2021 – August 2022 

(Updated within WCSU, awaiting System office updating purchasing manual) 

 In Progress Develop procurement process to ensure accessibility language is included within proposals and contract agreements.  

 

 
  • CSCU System Office
April 2021 – August 2022
(Piloting training Spring 2022)
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 Training: A series of Web accessibility and accessible instructional material trainings to be purchased or developed and planned university-wide and a training schedule for Fall 2021 to be established. 

A plan for ongoing training for accessibility will be established to include synchronous and asynchronous webinars and trainings. Training will be ongoing and reflect the current needs of University personnel on the accessibility of information and technology in order to comply with the current policies and procedures of the university and ensure consistent and effective compliance.

A log of trainings and events to be created to monitor required staff member’s completion/attendance.
  • DAC Committee
April 2021- October 2022
(contingent on system office review of shared software/technology/hardware/platforms among campuses)		 In Progress Audit tools: develop a self-assessment checklist for content owners to use to audit software/technology/hardware/platforms. 

 
  • Self-Assessment/Procurement DAC Sub-Committee 
August 2021  Complete University will establish an Accessibility website that contains information and resources on developing and using accessible EIT.  
  • Website DAC Sub-Committee 
August 2021 
Complete
 University will establish an electronic mechanism for collecting accessibility concerns. 
  • Website DAC Sub-Committee 
August 2021 
Complete
 Development of accessible syllabus template to be included on the accessible website. 
  • Awareness & Training DAC Sub-Committee 
August 2021  Complete Development of a review committee to review VPATs, publisher content accessibility, etc. 
  • DAC Self-Assessment Sub-Committee

Year 2 June 2022-June 2023 
Fall 2022  Ongoing Symbol ITI / media Services develop a corrective action strategy to address all inaccessible software, hardware, platforms. 
  • Content Owners 
Spring 2023 Ongoing Symbol Administrative and Academic Departments to participate in training program to be able to self-assess Department specific websites.
  • Administrative Departments 
  • Academic Departments 
  • DAC Committee, as needed 
Spring 2023 Ongoing Symbol Library to self-assess library resources
  • Library 
  • DAC Committee, as needed 
Spring 2023 Ongoing Symbol Fully online programs to participate in training program to be able to self-assess instructional material publicly available
  • Online Program Departments 
  • DAC Committee, as needed 
June 2023  Ongoing Symbol Ensure all necessary staff have received accessibility training 
  • DAC Committee 

Year 3 (June 2023 – June 2024) 
June 2024  In Progress Symbol No later than June 1, 2024, all pages hosted on the University’s websites that have been published or updated on or after October 2021 shall be accessible to blind users. Any other pages will be promptly made accessible upon request.  
  • University-wide 

Year 4 and beyond (June 2024) 
June – October 2024  In Progress Symbol Establish an annual self-assessment process to ensure policy standards are met 
  • DAC Committee