Report of the analysis

University of Technology, Sydney: Page 1 (Home page)

• Page: http://www.uts.edu.au/
• Date: 13/03/2007 - 20:32 GMT
• Author: Scott Rippon <scott@deyalexander.com.au>
• Comment:
  • This page shows detailed findings of an accessibility audit of the University of Technology, Sydney website. It forms part of a research project, "Australian university website accessibility revisited", presented at the Ausweb 07 conference.

Results by checkpoints

Checkpoint 1.1 Provide a text equivalent for every non-text element (e.g., via "alt", "longdesc", or in element content). This includes: images, graphical representations of text (including symbols), image map regions, animations (e.g., animated GIFs), applets and programmatic objects, ascii art, frames, scripts, images used as list bullets, spacers, graphical buttons, sounds (played with or without user interaction), stand-alone audio files, audio tracks of video, and video. [Priority 1]

Wrong.
The nobel_button.gif image contains the text "Nobel Exhibition" but the alt text reads "Beautiful Minds Exhibition". (Error A)

The sistudents.gif image contains the text "Prospective students" but the alt text reads "International Students". (Error A)

The snews296.jpg image contains the text "News: Calculating a better chance of survival for children with leukaemia" but the alt text reads "news". (Error A)

The sstudy.gif image contains the text "Working at UTS" but the alt text reads "Studying at UTS". (Error A)

The sworking_over.gif image contains the text "UTS International" but the alt text reads "Working at UTS". (Error A)

The unswBanner-1.gif image contains the text "Quick links" but has a blank alt text attribute. (Error C)

The suts.gif image contains the text "UTS:" but has a blank alt text attribute. (Error C)

There are 14 image map areas representing navigation options, and all have blank ALT attributes. (Error C)

Checkpoint 1.2 Provide redundant text links for each active region of a server-side image map. [Priority 1]

Not applicable.
No server-side image maps used.

Checkpoint 1.3 Until user agents can automatically read aloud the text equivalent of a visual track, provide an auditory description of the important information of the visual track of a multimedia presentation. [Priority 1]

Not applicable.
Pages doesn't contain any embedded or links to multimedia elements.

Checkpoint 1.4 For any time-based multimedia presentation (e.g., a movie or animation), synchronize equivalent alternatives (e.g., captions or auditory descriptions of the visual track) with the presentation. [Priority 1]

Not applicable.
Pages doesn't contain any embedded or links to multimedia elements.

Checkpoint 2.1 Ensure that all information conveyed with color is also available without color, for example from context or markup. [Priority 1]

Correct.
Page contains a number of headings (About UTS, Working at UTS, UTS International, etc.) which aren't marked up as headings.

Checkpoint 4.1 Clearly identify changes in the natural language of a document's text and any text equivalents (e.g., captions). [Priority 1]

Not applicable.
No changes in language on the page.

Checkpoint 5.1 For data tables, identify row and column headers. [Priority 1]

Not applicable.
Pages doesn't contain any data tables.

Checkpoint 5.2 For data tables that have two or more logical levels of row or column headers, use markup to associate data cells and header cells. [Priority 1]

Not applicable.
Pages doesn't contain any data tables.

Checkpoint 6.1 Organize documents so they may be read without style sheets. For example, when an HTML document is rendered without associated style sheets, it must still be possible to read the document. [Priority 1]

Correct.

Checkpoint 6.2 Ensure that equivalents for dynamic content are updated when the dynamic content changes. [Priority 1]

Not applicable.
Scripts don't generate dynamic content requiring a refreshed alternative.

Checkpoint 6.3 Ensure that pages are usable when scripts, applets, or other programmatic objects are turned off or not supported. If this is not possible, provide equivalent information on an alternative accessible page. [Priority 1]

Correct.
Flyout menus don't function with JavaScript disabled.
The links can still be access further down the page or via the landing page for that section.

Checkpoint 7.1 Until user agents allow users to control flickering, avoid causing the screen to flicker. [Priority 1]

Not applicable.
None of the scripts on the page cause flickering or flashing.

Checkpoint 8.1 Make programmatic elements such as scripts and applets directly accessible or compatible with assistive technologies. [Priority 1 if functionality is important and not presented elsewhere, otherwise Priority 2.]

Not applicable.
The scripting/applets don't create an embedded object which has it's own user interface.

Checkpoint 9.1 Provide client-side image maps instead of server-side image maps except where the regions cannot be defined with an available geometric shape. [Priority 1]

Correct.

Checkpoint 11.4 If, after best efforts, you cannot create an accessible page, provide a link to an alternative page that uses W3C technologies, is accessible, has equivalent information (or functionality), and is updated as often as the inaccessible (original) page. [Priority 1]

Not applicable.
Page doesn't contain a link to an accessible alternative.

Checkpoint 12.1 Title each frame to facilitate frame identification and navigation. [Priority 1]

Not applicable.
No frames used.

Checkpoint 14.1 Use the clearest and simplest language appropriate for a site's content. [Priority 1]

Needs checking.
We did not evaluate this checkpoint.