While the following is not a complete list of DOs and DONTs, it is a quick list adapted from a SiteImprove document on Web Accessibility
Page Structure
If you have a simple page, you may not think of page structure … Read the rest
Year End Web Site Review
The 2019-2020 school year is essentially over. Now is a good time to review your school or department web site. Did it do everything you hoped it would? If not what could you do different to change that? Are you … Read the rest
Are You a New Editor To Our Web Sites?
First, Happy 100th post!
If you have just been assigned to work on your district department or school web site, you may be asking yourself where to begin. There is no quick 5-minute course on everything you need to … Read the rest
Scheduled Maintenance
Upcoming scheduled maintenance notice
System maintenance for all SchoolMessenger Presence sites is scheduled to begin at 11:00 PM Central on Wednesday, May 22nd, 2019, and is expected to conclude by 6:00 AM Central on Thursday, May 23rd, 2019.
Users and … Read the rest
ADA and Tables
A few quick guide to ADA requirements for tables:
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Every table must have a caption (title). In HTML, it looks like this:
<table Border=”0″><caption>Cups of coffee consumed by each teacher per week</caption>
This is not the same as text that … Read the rest
Monsido Accessibility Level AA Errors with Links
Last time, I looked at the Level A accessibility errors related to links. This time, I am moving up to the Level AA link issues. To be compliant at the AA level of WCAG, you must first be compliant at … Read the rest
Monsido Accessibility Level A Errors with Links
This post examines Level A accessibility errors related to links that you can fix. Over the entire district’s sites, there are 28 Level A compliance issues that the district must resolve and 8 warning issues at this level. In addition, … Read the rest
Monsido and How to Fix Broken Links
This blog post will address by popular request how to use Monsido reports to fix broken links. I will assume that you already requested a Monsido password (note that this is NOT your OCPS password) to get into the reports … Read the rest
Tackling Accessibility Errors with Monsido – Part 1
The new Monsido Accessibility reports break down errors into three major categories:
- Quality Assurance – Includes broken links and misspellings.
- Accessibility – These are the common ADA issues.
- SEO (Search Engine Optimization) – These issues affect the overall performance of
OCPS Web Site Down Time on April 15th
The following is what SchoolMessenger reported as the reason for the downtime that lasted most of the day on April 15th. (It was not so they could finish filing their income tax. They are in Canada, not the … Read the rest