1. WordPress Unit Web Coordinators
Monthly Summit – July 2019

2. Agenda Status Updates Directory Update Training & Enterprise+
Accessibility
Q&A

3. Status Updates
Site level moves for internal/external content split have begun with the initial dozen sites being moved between platforms.
60 sites remain to be transferred, a batch of roughly 20 will be queued up weekly.
In partnership with Marketing new Physical Therapy, Physician Assistant Program, Mechanical Engineering, Applied Physics and Materials Science, Astronomy and Planetary Science, and Construction Management sites have also gone live.
Testing of new WordPress platforms has been continuing with initial round of PHP remediation complete.
Survey feedback has been received and is under review. Thank you!
WCM support changes have been completed, and all support now goes through ServiceNow.

4. Directory Update
ITS is updating the NAU Directory through a multi-quarter project.
Due to a major shift in ITS resources, the scope was reprioritized:
Clean up the data pulled from the multiple sources
Add photos & bios to faculty and staff
Future efforts will include:
Automating who appears in a department based on actual HR data
Improving the administrative tools
Providing better visibility into what appears
Improving the search options on the main NAU Directory

5. Training & Enterprise+
Enterprise+ workshop schedule for Thursday, August 8 from 1-3 PM
Main WordPress training has been updated and includes the following sections:
Global Settings: Pages, posts, media library, links, etc
Shortcodes
Integrations: Directory, Events, Academic Catalog
Please ensure all site stewards and editors are trained to current standards
The training schedule at is the source for upcoming workshops and new training opportunities.
The days and times for each session vary from week to week
Online self-guided trainings available:
For those in colleges, please ensure that your Site Stewards and Owners relay any changes or service requests through the assigned University Marketing PM
ITS now provides Siteimprove support at our regular Open Labs

6. Accessibility and Site Improve
Principles of the accessibility (A11Y) guidelines
Some items are not under Site Steward control
Theme updates will address some of these over time
Attend a Site Improve Training to learn the steps to discover issues
Correct issue
Issues to look for as a Site Steward

7. Accessibility Guidelines
Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG)
Principles
Perceivable
Operable
Understandable
Robust

8. Perceivable Information is transformable Available to multiple senses
Alt text
Closed captions
Audio Description
Available to multiple senses

9. Operable Navigable Skip navigation
Input methods
Mouse/trackpad/trackball
Keyboard
Voice
Touch
Skip navigation
User control over timing and time limits
Error recovery

10. Understandable Language Multiple modalities
Flesch Kincaid Grade level (QA)
Multiple modalities
Illustrations, Videos, Animations, or Audio
Functionality – Can people figure out how to get around the page easily
Navigation, Hypertext, and Form labels

11. Robust Platforms Works with assistive technology
Desktop: Windows and Mac
Mobile: iOS and Android
Cross Browser: Chrome, Firefox, IE, Edge, etc.
Future tech: Responsive Design
Works with assistive technology
Screen reader, text reader, speech recognition

12. Quality Assurance issues affecting A11Y
Broken links
Pages at level # and above with broken links
Pages at level 2 with broken links
Broken links (overall)
Pages that are difficult to read
Pages with long sentences
Misspellings
Pages with misspellings
Misspellings (Overall)
Documents
Follow procedure on Web Website: AZ-Index - Documents

13. Accessibility Issues Heading is missing text
The image does not have the correct alternative
Image must have alt text
Forms may have images that are theme related
Alternative text for the image is a file name
Add proper alt text for image
Image marked as decorative but has “aria-describedby” attribute
Add alt text for image

14. More Accessibility Issues
Image link is missing alt text
Local link destination does not exist
Must examine to determine what is happening
Can be a broken link
Destination exists, but it does not take user to it
Destination does not exist
May not be visible – check code

15. Even More Accessibility Issues
Link text is too generic or Link Text is too generic in its current context
Must tell user where they are about to be directed
Click here or here
Download or downloaded here
Learn more
Read more
Within News feeds – theme issue
Link text used for multiple different destinations

16. Thank you for the continued support and involvement to deliver a high- quality OneNAU website!
Questions?