Web accessibility at UIC
This site has been designed to help UIC webmasters create and maintain accessible web sites in accordance with UIC's official commitment to persons with disabilities, the Illinois Board of Higher Education (IBHE), the Illinois Information Technology Accessibility Act (IITAA), and other federal and state legislative acts applying to electronic communications. IBHE has also mandated that all public universities, including UIC, continually improve the accessibility of Web pages. To implement this mandate, the UIC Provost and Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs, R. Michael Tanner, has assembled a Web Accessibility Committee to oversee the policy and procedures relating to accessibility of online information at UIC. A letter by the Provost outlines this committment (Accessible PDF: 200K).
Highlights:
- Why UIC Web sites must be accessible
- UIC Web accessibility standards
- How to design accessible Web sites
- How to test for accessibility
- Further training on accessibility design and testing
We will update this site regularly to provide the support necessary to comply with the mandate to improve our campus Web accessibility. For additional support, comments, or to suggest other resources, please send an email to the Web Accessibility Committee at accessweb@uic.edu or use the online form provided.