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Digital UIC supports the following sites:
The follow restrictions apply:
Please note that all publicly-facing websites that are used for teaching must adhere to UIC’s Accessibility Guidelines.
On April 24, 2024, a new rule proposed by the US Department of Justice (DOJ) recognized as Title II of the American with Disabilities Act requires all state and local governments to ensure web content and mobile applications are accessible to people with disabilities. This law mandates that public services provided through digital platforms are usable by everyone, including individuals with visual, auditory, motor, speech, and cognitive disabilities (Deque Systems). UIC’s deadline to fully comply with Title II is expected to be April 2026, and following protocols is necessary for providing equitable access to content created through Digital UIC.
The Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) developed by the World Web Consortium (W3G) provide international standards for digital accessibility that support individuals and organizations as they prepare to comply with Title II of ADA.
At minimum, state and local government organizations, including K-12 and public higher education, must conform with WCAG 2.2, which is the most recent version of the international standards on digital accessibility.
Digital UIC account holders host a variety of projects on the publishing applications available through the service. This content includes, but is not limited to, class curricula, grant reports, open education materials, collection exhibits, and student portfolios – all of which are public facing, and engage diverse audiences across and outside UIC.
Digital UIC is a service offered and represented through the UIC University Library, thus, the content hosted on it must comply with accessibility standards just like any other department, service, or programming through the university at large.
Users who rely on Digital UIC to participate in coursework must not have barriers in accessing the digital content created by their instructors and peers.
Intelligible digital content, as referred to in WCAG, follows POUR as overarching principles. POUR content is Perceivable, Operable, Understandable, Robust. These principles support website builders in designing a layout, and formatting content that support accessible front-end navigation of their website.
Examples of POUR include:
(From CUNY OER libguide, Amy Wolfe, Accessibility Librarian)
In addition to the POUR, the following best practices will support Digital UIC account holders in creating content that meet the accessibility needs for a diverse audience.
Content that has been archived; Pre-existing social media content; Password-protected or otherwise secured conventional electronic documents specific to an individual, account, or their property.
Nu HTML Checker: Catch unintended mistakes in your HTML, CSS, and SVG. Enables users to batch-check documents from the command line and from other scripts/apps, and to deploy your own instance of the checker as a service. Beyond that, some document-conformance requirements (validity rules) in the HTML spec are there to help you and the users of your documents avoid certain kinds of potential problems.
WAVE Tool: Plug-in, allows users to see issues on their pages, such as contrast errors or structural issues, all at once automatically. Provides information and links to further information regarding WCAG, promoting learning about accessibility in it’s use. WAVE for Firefox, WAVE for Chrome.
aXe: the Accessibility Engine: Created by the Deque Systems, the aXe browser extension will run a quick in-browser test. The extension returns detailed information on accessibility violations and how to fix them with a link to more in-depth information. Use the aXe extension in conjunction with opening and viewing “Inspect Element” or “Inspect” in your browser.
To learn more:
The account owner or author(s) shall retain all rights in the content of their project as outlined in the University of Illinois General Rules.
Faculty and Graduate & Undergraduate student will lose access to their Domain of One’s Own account when they are no longer affiliated with UIC (e.g. after graduation, end of employment).
Account holders will have the following options to migrate their content:
The University Library will notify account holders three months prior to termination of this service, should the University Library decide to end the Service.
Although UIC does not routinely pre-screen, monitor, or regularly review content, it reserves the right to remove, at any time, at its sole discretion, any content that it considers to violate these Terms of Use or the terms of any other campus user agreements that may govern use of the campus networks, or that it deems in violation of University policy or local, state, or federal law. Should the University receive reports regarding a site on which it is felt that inappropriate content has been posted, UIC will investigate and contact the site’s primary owner to initially discuss the issue. In exceptional cases (including violations of copyright law or other content that is contrary to law), UIC may immediately remove the content, prior to contacting the site’s primary owner. Unacceptable content of this sort also may cause a site or account to be suspended, and in extreme cases, may result in disciplinary proceedings against the primary owner and/or contributing authors. Reports regarding inappropriate site content may be sent to digscholarship@uic.edu.