/web-services/taxonomy/term/316/all en /web-services/article/policies-directives-tips/watch-your-language-use-plain-language-create-better-websites <p>McGill's websites must be accessible to all audiences. Our provincial government has made this a requirement. It's also simply the right thing to do.</p> <p><span class="pull-quote">An important part of web accessibility compliance is using plain language</span> - presenting text that is readable and understandable (see <a href="https://www.w3.org/WAI/WCAG21/quickref/" rel="nofollow">Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) Guideline 3.1</a>).</p> <p><strong>Using plain language also improves:</strong></p> Mon, 14 Dec 2020 19:02:29 +0000 joyce.peralta2@mcgill.ca 4889 at /web-services /web-services/article/tips/whats-doc-creating-accessible-documents-your-website <h2>Hands up if you were asked to do a manual check</h2> <p></p><div class="image-caption-container rt"><img alt="manual check needed warning" style="width: 320px; height: 105px; float: right;" class="file-large rt" src="/web-services/files/web-services/styles/wysiwyg_large/public/manual-check.png?itok=PCUBZ9li" width="320" height="105" /></div> Tue, 20 Sep 2022 17:42:08 +0000 andrew.collier@mcgill.ca 5772 at /web-services /web-services/article/presentations/communications-huddle-web-accessibility-mcgill-presentation-recording <p>Our Communications Huddle presentation featured:</p> <p> </p> <ul> <li>An overview of key accessibility requirements outlined in the <a href="https://www.tresor.gouv.qc.ca/fileadmin/PDF/ressources_informationnelles/AccessibiliteWeb/standard-access-web.pdf">SGQRI 008 2.0</a></li> <li>Information on related resources, tools and training courses</li> <li>Where to find support if you have questions or need assistance</li> </ul> <p> </p> Tue, 24 May 2022 05:52:46 +0000 Daniel Zhang 5543 at /web-services /web-services/article/tips/where-get-help-web-accessibility-updates <p><span>As of July 2022, McGill's websites must meet web accessibility requirements outlined by the Government of Quebec in the <a href="https://www.tresor.gouv.qc.ca/fileadmin/PDF/ressources_informationnelles/AccessibiliteWeb/standard-access-web.pdf"><span>Standard sur l'accessibilité des sites Web (SGQRI 008 2.0)</span></a><span>.</span></span> Here are some resources to help you prepare:</p> <h2>Hands-on support</h2> <p>If you’re looking for <span>hands-on support <span>for meeting web accessibility requirements, you’ve got a few options:</span></span></p> Wed, 30 Mar 2022 17:35:43 +0000 joyce.peralta2@mcgill.ca 5473 at /web-services /web-services/article/new-web-services-course-ws-106-web-accessibility <p>On July 17, 2018, the Gouvernement du Québec released a new web accessibility standard, the <em><a href="https://www.tresor.gouv.qc.ca/fileadmin/PDF/ressources_informationnelles/AccessibiliteWeb/standard-access-web.pdf">Standard sur l'accessibilité des sites Web (SGQRI 008 2.0)</a></em>, replacing the 2011 standards: SGQRI 008-01, SGQRI 008-02, and SGQRI 008-03.</p> Mon, 07 Feb 2022 17:36:07 +0000 Simon Labonne 5438 at /web-services /web-services/resources/digital-standards/make-sites-accessible-and-inclusive/make-sites-accessible/accessibility-checklist-custom-or-vendor-built-websites <p><span class="pull-quote">When choosing to build a custom or vendor-built website (e.g. on <a href="https://mcgill.service-now.com/itportal?id=kb_article&sysparm_article=KB0010888">McGill's Virtual Host platform</a>) you are accepting responsibility for compliance with all legal and institutional requirements.</span> Any site managers you nominate will be accountable to you concerning compliance with the digital standards and other requirements.</p> Thu, 03 Feb 2022 16:56:13 +0000 joyce.peralta2@mcgill.ca 5432 at /web-services /web-services/article/editoria11y-tip-are-yellow-alerts-driving-you-bananas <div> <p>As a WMS site manager or editor, you're probably familiar with the Editoria11y accessibility checker. This handy tool automatically highlights items that may present accessibility issues on your web pages.</p> <p>The steps to addressing and removing red alerts are pretty straightforward. Simply follow the directions displayed in the alert, save and publish the web page.<em> <span>Et voilà!</span></em> The alert should be gone. But what about those yellow alerts?</p></div> Tue, 01 Feb 2022 20:02:31 +0000 joyce.peralta2@mcgill.ca 5422 at /web-services /web-services/article/projects/web-accessibility-audit-blitz-results <h2>The importance of accessibility</h2> <p>At McGill we aim to create an accessible, diverse, and inclusive campus, and this includes our digital spaces. </p> <p>To guarantee that any and all users have a positive experience while interacting with your website, make sure to:</p> Mon, 15 Nov 2021 13:17:18 +0000 Brianna Emmily Klint, Daniel Zhang 5287 at /web-services /web-services/article/news-projects/audit-opportunity-you-wont-want-miss <p>Do you know if your site meets the <a href="https://www.tresor.gouv.qc.ca/fileadmin/PDF/ressources_informationnelles/AccessibiliteWeb/standard-access-web.pdf">Quebec Government's web accessibility standards</a>? This summer, we're putting together a web accessibility team to perform an audit blitz on a select number of WMS websites. The team will be staffed by work study students and overseen by Digital Communications. </p> Mon, 21 Jun 2021 17:47:40 +0000 joyce.peralta2@mcgill.ca 5139 at /web-services /web-services/article/policies-directives-tips/website-accessibility-quebec-legal-requirements-glance <p>Ï㽶ÊÓƵ follows the <a href="https://www.tresor.gouv.qc.ca/fileadmin/PDF/ressources_informationnelles/AccessibiliteWeb/standard-access-web.pdf"><i>Standard sur l'accessibilité des sites Web</i></a><a href="https://www.tresor.gouv.qc.ca/fileadmin/PDF/ressources_informationnelles/AccessibiliteWeb/standard-access-web.pdf"> (SGQRI 008 2.0)</a> to make its websites accessible to all Internet users.</p> Fri, 28 May 2021 20:03:33 +0000 Rachel Desjourdy 5055 at /web-services /web-services/article/news-web-services-digest/web-services-digest-may-2021 <p>We’re pleased to announce in this edition of the Digest a number of new features and updates. McGill's new virtual tour platform is live and fully integrated with the WMS. Could you benefit from a Flintbox integration? Try our new automated bilingual test to spot non-descriptive links on your site.</p> <p>If you’re creating a new site or rethinking your current one, check our recommendation about an effective menu structure and things to consider when choosing a new domain or URL.</p> Thu, 13 May 2021 19:04:16 +0000 nadia.kovaleva@mcgill.ca 5052 at /web-services /web-services/article/news-wsg-digest/web-services-digest-march-2021 <p>This edition of the Digest features is pretty special, wondering why? Well, first we've changed the name to 'Web Services Digest' to reflect the collaboration between the WSG and the Digital Comms teams. A new fresh look is coming up this year as well.</p> <p>However, as always, we cover in the Digest important topics, such as Web Accessibility, mandatory refresher modules for WS-100&WS-101 every 2 years, as well as share some updates about the new Search on mcgill.ca, Disabled menu on WMS, and lots more.</p> Fri, 19 Mar 2021 12:27:27 +0000 nadia.kovaleva@mcgill.ca 4970 at /web-services /web-services/article/news-presentations/watch-video-web-accessibility-mcgill <p><br /> Thank you to everyone who showed up to our Web accessibility presentation. Over 150 members of the McGill community registered for the event!</p> <p>Topics we covered included:</p> Thu, 25 Feb 2021 22:11:28 +0000 Daniel Zhang 4969 at /web-services /web-services/article/web-accessibility-made-simple-wcag-20-aa-explained-part-4 <hr /> <p style="text-align:center"><a href="http://www.w3.org/TR/UNDERSTANDING-WCAG20/visual-audio-contrast.html">Guideline 1.4: Distinguishable</a></p> <p style="text-align:center">Make it easier for users to see and hear content including separating foreground from background</p> <hr /> <h2>What does this mean?</h2> <p>Points in this guideline account for variations in visual and audio perception. For example, avoiding colour reliance not only supports those using screen readers (which won’t pick up on the colour of text), but also people with colour blindness.</p> Thu, 25 Feb 2021 21:51:22 +0000 Rachel Desjourdy 4968 at /web-services /web-services/article/news-tips-presentations/web-services-2020-year-end-presentation-demand-recording <p>Our recent <a href="/web-services/article/presentations/save-date-web-services-year-end-presentation">Web Services' year-end presentation</a> featured an overview of tools and resources released in 2020 to help McGill community members build better websites.</p> <p>Topics covered included:</p> Fri, 18 Dec 2020 19:24:51 +0000 joyce.peralta2@mcgill.ca 4893 at /web-services