2018 Web Accessibility Challenge Champions

This spring 32 campus departments and student groups entered their websites into the Web Accessibility Challenge.  The goal of the challenge was for websites to be more accessible for individuals with disabilities. Each participant received an automated scan of their website that detailed accessibility errors found on the site. The IT Accessibility Office helped participants understand how to update their websites and re-ran the report on the challenge’s final day (April 27th). The winners of the challenge are the ones who improved their website accessibility by the greatest percentage and those who have fewer than 10 percent accessibility errors on their pages.

Champions

Overall Champion (0% Errors)

• Biomanufacturing Training and Education Center
  • Brian Herring

Category 1

Sites that improve their overall accessibility by the greatest percentage

Winners:

• Equal Opportunity and Equity (1-500 web pages): 50% improvement
  • Elizabeth Snively and Jacqueline Perry

• NC State Student Media (500-1500 web pages): 80% improvement
  • Jamie Gilbert and Doug Flowers

• Institute for Transportation Research and Education (1500+ web pages): 69% improvement
  • Devin Cremins

Category 2

Sites that have accessibility errors of 10% or less on their pages

Winners:

• Biomanufacturing Training and Education Center: 0% errors
  • Brian Herring
• Institute for Transportation Research and Education: 10% errors
  • Devin Cremins

Category 3

Individual faculty member page with 0% errors

Winner:

• Department of Foreign Languages and Literatures
  • Scott Despain

Honorable Mentions

• Safe at NC State
• Division of Academic and Student Affairs
• Office of Information Technology
• College of Textiles
• Information Technology and Engineering Computer Services

Congratulations to our 2018 champions!