Define Roles and Responsibilities

Responsibility

  • Office for Digital Accessibility (ODA)

Implementation Guidelines

Determine the responsibilities for each group below. Some responsibilities have already been proposed.

ODA

  • Enforce the Policy across all  colleges, units, and departments. 
  • Review and make reasonable modification recommendations to policies, practices, and procedures where necessary to avoid discriminating on the basis of disability [Dear Colleague letter]
  • Track accessibility issues 
  • Provide and coordinate accessibility training
  • Perform accessibility audits in response to requests or complaints about digital accessibility
  • Deliver accessibility support and consultations
  • Measure compliance
  • Oversee the exceptions process
  • Review vendor responses and tools during the RFP process
  • Maintain and update web resources such as Accessible U

Website and Application Owners

  • Providing easily accessible contact information for feedback for University websites, applications, and services
  • Meeting the WCAG 2.1 AA accessibility standards, which exceed mere legal compliance for accommodations and do meet the requirements of the policy
  • Meeting the minimum digital accessibility standards of the University as determined by the ODA, such as removing accessibility overlays or tools that mask or deceive automated accessibility tools
  • Updating the ODA on the status of the accessibility of their website/digital application through an annual audit

Other Stakeholders

Determine the roles and responsibilities of related community groups, including:

Metric

RACI matrix is drafted, updated based on stakeholder feedback, and published on Accessible U

Target Date

12-31-2024

Status

In Progress

Frequency

Once