Web Accessibility Roles and Responsibilities

Do you understand your roles and responsibilities in making your website accessible? There’s no one person or group responsible for accessibility. Everyone has a role to play.

Task

Responsible Party

Task

Responsible Party

Regularly review Siteimprove’s accessibility report for your site. Resolve any A or AA issues (at a minimum).

District ITS
District Marketing
College Marketing
College Web Staff
District-wide Content Editors

Use a contrast checker to review all color combinations used in designs, style guides, and/or media uploaded to a site. Resolve any contrast issues.

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District Marketing
College Marketing
College Web Staff
District-wide Content Editors

Use browser extension and screen reader tools to test new features / pages. Resolve any A or AA issues (at a minimum).

District ITS
District Marketing
College Marketing
College Web Staff
District-wide Content Editors

Where possible, test new features / pages with users with accessibility challenges. Address any accessibility issues.

District ITS
District Marketing
College Marketing
College Web Staff
District-wide Content Editors

Use the form to Report a Website Accessibility Issue (preferred), or email web@domail.maricopa.edu. Use subject line: Web Accessibility Issue Reporting - [title of your issue].

District ITS
District Marketing
College Marketing
College Web Staff
District-wide Content Editors

Triage reported issues to determine compliance impact (A or AA), usability impact, and possible solutions. Recommend and/or implement solution as needed.

District ITS
District Marketing
College Marketing
College Web Staff
District-wide Content Editors