College of Communications
Link: http://communications.fullerton.edu
2009 Summary
Problems Found:
Checkpoint A, alternative text: ALT's for decorative and design elements are not empty, making for messy reading by a screen reader.
Checkpoint B, multimedia equivalents: The embedded videos on the page are not captioned.
Checkpoint C, color: There is not enough contrast in the left-side menu-- See below.
Checkpoint D, styles: The top-row navigation does not work when CSS is disabled or when a user stylesheet is used.
Checkpoint L, scripts:
The top row navigation is not accessible to keyboard users.
The top row navigation does not work when javascript is disabled.
The rotating pictures (and their navigational links) do not work when javascript is disabled.
Checkpoint O, skip links: The page does not have a means to skip navigation links.
Evaluation: Issues discovered in Checkpoint A are easily addressed. More problematic are the issues raised by the failures in Checkpoints B, C, D and L. Color usage, CSS and javascript needs to be analyzed and reconfigured. Templates do not appear to be in use, so the work involved to correct these problems could be extensive. This page also has HTML header issues.
2007 Summary
Problems Found:
Checkpoint A, alternative text: ALT's for decorative and design elements are not empty, making for messy reading by a screen reader.
There are no ALT's for the images in the rotating display.
Checkpoint C, color: There is not enough contrast in the left-side menu--
Foreground:#333333 Background:#798FC3
- color difference:306/brightness difference:91
- The difference in brightness between the two colors is not sufficient. The threshold is 125, and the result of the foreground and background colors is 91.
- The difference in color between the two colors is not sufficient. The threshold is 500, and the result of the foreground and background colors is 306.
Checkpoint D, styles: The top-row navigation does not work when CSS is disabled or when a user stylesheet is used.
Checkpoint L, scripts:
The top row navigation is not accessible to keyboard users.
The top row navigation does not work when javascript is disabled.
The rotating pictures (and their navigational links) do not work when javascript is disabled.
Checkpoint O, skip links: The page does not have a means to skip navigation links.
Evaluation: Issues discovered in Checkpoint A are easily addressed. More problematic are the issues raised by the failures in Checkpoints C, D and L. Color usage, CSS and javascript needs to be analyzed and reconfigured. Templates do not appear to be in use, so the work involved to correct these problems could be extensive.
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