Overview
Background
DLAM have developed and support a number of bespoke applications for MVM , in use for teaching & learning. Accessibility regulations now mandate that public sector websites and applications should contain an accessibility statement which provide details about how accessible the application is, describes known issues with the accessibility of the site and provides estimates for when accessibility issues in the site may be fixed.
This project aims to:
- Provide an audit of all sites which DLAM support for MVM in the teaching and learning area.
- Prioritise the list based on when they were developed and how heavily they are being used.
- Test the accessibility for those applications against the WCAG 2.1AA criteria.
- Use the results to prepare accessibility statements for each application
- Estimate the timescale for fixing accessibility issues.
This will allow students and staff to understand the application's limitations in terms of accessibility going forward and allows us to plan future work to correct any accessibility issues in these applications .
Scope
- Audit of all historic and current MVM learning applications.
- Prioritisation of accessibility statement authoring - prioritising new applications and those which are heavily in use.
Out of scope
- Fixing accessibility issues. The fixes shall be planned in as part of a follow-on project.
- Applications which are scheduled to be decommissioned in the short-medium term future.
Objectives and Deliverables
| No | Description | Priority |
|---|---|---|
| O1 | Creation of accessibility statements for MVM bespoke applications relating to teaching & Learning | MUST |
| O1D1 | Audit of all MVM learning & teaching applications | MUST |
| O1D2 | Prioritise list for accessibility statement writing, if not prioritised, keep an audit trail of reasons. | MUST |
| O1D3 | Accessibility testing each application on the list | MUST |
| O1D2 | Write accessibility statement for all sites | MUST |
| O1D3 | Estimate of time to fix accessibility issues for each site to allow MVM to make decision about what is fixed and when. | MUST |
Benefits
| Benefit | Owner | Realisation Timescale |
|---|---|---|
| Accessibility statements will help users with disabilities understand the accessibility issues of the application | Staff and student users of the system | Once each statement is published |
| Ensuring compliance with Accessibility Regulations | DLAM | On completion of the project |
| Estimates for how long it will take to fix accessibility issues across all sites which will help plan future work. | Project team | On completion of the project |
Success Criteria
- Staff and students with disabilities will be able to more clearly see the limitations of each applications
- Legal compliance with accessibility regulations
- We are able to plan future updates to each application more easily.
Project Milestones
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