Accessibility assessment of selected university websites

Dzieńkowski, Mariusz

doi:10.35784/jcsi.2462

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“…Accessibility for people with various disabilities, broadly understood, has been a frequently analyzed scientific issue recently. In the article (Stasiak & Dzieńkowski, 2021) university websites were examined in terms of the level of their accessibility for people with disabilities. The study consisted of two parts.…”

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Analysis of the Usability and Accessibility of Websites in View of Their Universal Design Principles

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Universal design is a strategic approach for planning and designing both the products and their environment, aimed at making a given product available to the widest number of possible users. It ensures equality for all of them and the opportunity to participate in the society. This concept is also crucial in the process of designing and developing software. The research was conducted with the use of four services, three of them were implemented for the purpose of this study. Two of them took into consideration the principles of universal design, while the others did not. The aim of the study was verification of the level of usability and accessibility of services by means of three independent methods: the LUT (Lublin University of Technology) checklist, an assessment taking into account WCAG 2.0 (Web Content Accessibility Guidelines) standards using the automatic WAVE evaluation tool (Web Accessibility Evaluation Tool) and a device allowing to track the movement of the eye while performing various tasks on websites. The websites were assessed by twenty experts in the field of creating web application interfaces, using the LUT checklist. The time to the first fixation (TTFF) that it took respondents to look at specific website elements was measured using the eye tracker device and iMotions software. All websites were checked by means of the WAVE tool to detect irregularities and non-compliance with universal design standards. The analysis performed clearly indicated that websites that follow the universal design guidelines were more useful, intuitive and accessible for users. It might be concluded that interfaces allow to find necessary information and perform desired actions in a shorter time when prepared in accordance with the principles of universal design.

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Analysis of the Usability and Accessibility of Websites in View of Their Universal Design Principles

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“…Oceniono również wskaźniki zaproponowane przez autorów artykułu Ocena dostępności wybranych serwisów uczelni wyższych (Stasiak, Dzieńkowski, 2021). W dokumencie tym podkreślono m.in.…”

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“…Na stronie głównej zastosowano również wiele dodatkowych elementów, które zostaną opisane szerzej w kolejnym podrozdziale pracy. (Stasiak, Dzieńkowski, 2021). Każde kryterium zostało ocenione w skali 0-1, a uzyskany wynik podsumowano w skali procentowej określającej ogólną dostępność badanego serwisu.…”

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Dostępność strony internetowej Wydziału Filologicznego Uniwersytetu Łódzkiego w świetle badań własnych

Sadowska

2023

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Tematyka dostępności stron internetowych cieszy się coraz większą popularnością wśród specjalistów w dziedzinie produktów cyfrowych. Na przestrzeni lat świadomość społeczna dotycząca potrzeb osób zmagających się z niepełnosprawnościami i innymi utrudnieniami znacznie wzrosła, co przekłada się na chęć tworzenia rozwiązań odpowiadających tymże potrzebom. Celem artykułu było zbadanie stopnia dostępności cyfrowej strony internetowej Wydziału Filologicznego Uniwersytetu Łódzkiego. Posłużono się metodą techniczną. Przeprowadzone badania wykazały, że analizowana strona jest dostępna cyfrowo w średnim stopniu. Pomimo spełniania wielu podstawowych kryteriów, brakuje na niej wielu ważnych rozwiązań ułatwiających korzystanie osobom z niepełnosprawnościami oraz seniorom.

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“…Problematyka dostępności aplikacji internetowych była podejmowana w wielu pracach. Autorzy artykułu [8] badali poziom dostępności stron uczelni wyższych w Lublinie i porównali je z dwiema innymi uczelniami w Polsce. Do badań została wykorzystana lista kontrolna oraz automatyczne narzędzia badania dostępności.…”

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An accessibility analysis of websites of selected types of universities

Banaszak,

Dzieńkowski

2023

J. Comput. Sci. Inst.

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Universities have their websites, web and mobile applications that are aimed at different audiences: candidates students, students, employees and business environment. In the case of public universities this software must be accessible to the widest possible range of users, as well as people with disabilities. The requirements have been imposed on public institutions by current Polish laws. Accordingly, it is necessary to periodically review the compliance with accessibility requirements, and if any requirement is not met by a particular service, the accessibility statement should mention it and state the prospect of remedying it. The aim of the study is to analyze and evaluate the accessibility of websites of various types of selected higher education institutions in Poland, taking into account the type of the university. Accordingly, a study consisting of two stages was performed. The first stage consisted in conducting an expert analysis using a proprietary checklist to verify whether a given site contains selected accessibility features. The second stage consisted in an audit using automated tools that checked various aspects of the application: accessibility (Utilitia, accessiBe), performance (Google PageSpeed Insights) and adaptation to mobile devices (Google Mobile-Friendly Test). Thirty sites were used as research material, each belonging to one of 6 types of higher-education institutions: technical, economic, pedagogical, agricultural/natural science, physical education and a university. The results obtained from the first part of the survey show that university websites are equipped with standard accessibility tools, regardless of which group they belong to - the average accessibility rate for all universities was 63.7%. The second part of the survey showed that the greatest discrepancies between the different types of universities (ranging from 56.4% to 79.6%) occurred in the aspect of website performance. The sites of economic universities performed best in this element (79.6%), while the weakest were those of physical education universities (56.4%).

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Accessibility assessment of selected university websites

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Analysis of the Usability and Accessibility of Websites in View of Their Universal Design Principles

Analysis of the Usability and Accessibility of Websites in View of Their Universal Design Principles

Dostępność strony internetowej Wydziału Filologicznego Uniwersytetu Łódzkiego w świetle badań własnych

An accessibility analysis of websites of selected types of universities

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