Recommended Practice Resources

Planning and Implementation

Web accessibility requires strategic planning. Administrators must establish policies and procedures along with a systematic plan to develop, institute, and maintain web accessibility.

Inclusion of Key Personnel

• GOALS template: Identifying personnel for the web accessibility committee (DOC)
• The Institution's Web Accessibility Study Team
• Examples of Task Force/Accessibility Committee Development
  • How to organize a Web Accessibility Committee from WebAIM
  • HTML Accessibility Task Force Work Statement from the W3C
  • Accessibility TF Manifesto from the Web Standards Project
  • W3C's Implementation Plan for Web Accessibility - Establish Responsibilities

Comprehensive Accessibility Policy

• University of Wisconsin Web Accessibility Policy
• GOALS template: Institutional Web Accessibility Policy (DOC)
• UC Davis Policy (PDF). Accessibility standard begins on p.5
• W3C on writing an accessibility policy
• Summary Statements
  • U of Wisconsin
  • Ohio State University Policy
  • University of Arkansas at Little Rock
  • George Mason University
• Dates and Timeline Guides
  • Cal Poly Pomona
  • California State System
• Scope of Policy
  • Purdue University web accessibility policy
  • University of Kansas Medical School
• Technical Standard descriptions and explanations (e.g. 508 vs. WCAG 2.0)
  • Choosing a web accessibility standard from GOALS
  • Kansas State accessibility policy (per 2001)
  • University of New Mexico
  • Ohio State University Web Accessibility Policy and Standards. See the "Minimum Web Accessibility Standards and Compliance Table"
• Procurement statements and explanations
  • Cal Poly Pomona (scroll to procurement)
  • Other resources
    • Let the Buyer be Aware: The Importance of Procurement in Accessibility Policy
    • iCITA Accessible Purchasing Overview
• Mechanism for ongoing review
  • George Mason University under "Effective Date and Approval"
  • Ohio State University (PDF) under "II. Review"

Comprehensive Written Accessibility Plan

• Implementation Plan for Web Accessibility from the W3C. A guide to designing an accessibility plan from the W3C
• Create an Implementation Plan. From WebAIM's 8-Step Implementation Model.
• Sacramento State Web Accessibility Implementation Plan (PDF).
• Benchmarking models
  • EU Web Accessibility Benchmarking Cluster, Evaluation and benchmarking of Accessibility
• Examples of challenge/risk assessments (e.g. SWOTs)
  • Wikipedia's article on SWOT
  • SWOT Analysis Worksheet (PDF)

Implementation of the Written Plan

• Institutional Strategic Plan for Technology At Western Illinois University Academic Years 2006 - 2007 through 2011 - 2012 (PDF)
• Gather Baseline Information. From WebAIM's 8-Step Implementation Model.
• Sacramento State Web Accessibility Implementation Plan (PDF)
• An example: UK University Accessible Web Design Plan
• W3C's Implementation Plan for Web Accessibility - Promote Organizational Awareness. Suggestions for spreading the word about your accessibility plan
• Case Studies in Training and Professional Development for Web Accessibility. A series of case studies from 8 different authors who were tasked to assist their institutions with Web accessibility.