Responsibilities

The Office of Institutional Equity is the first point of contact for Web Accessibility at IPFW. Our roles and responsibilities include:

• Review of, and revisions to, the Web Accessibility policy at least once every two years
• Review of campus status reports for compliance
• Review of requests for exception to the policy, on a case-by-case basis

Web Authors are those individuals who create, edit, or maintain IPFW institutional Web pages. Their responsibilities include:

• Training
• Provide publishers with tools and knowledge
• Set up sessions to give overview
• Answering questions about accessibility issues
• Ensure template compliance
• Status reporting to OIE
• Provide access to IPFW Web accessibility Web site (housed on OIE with links from other sites)

Web Authors are those individuals who create, edit, or maintain IPFW institutional Web pages. Their responsibilities include:

• Publishing new or redesigned Web pages in compliance with this policy
• Revising any legacy Web pages according to the time frames outlined in this policy
• Submiting annual status reports to the campus Equal Opportunity Officer
• Responding to requests by disabled individuals for access to a legacy or archived Web page
• Completing self-guided training and asking questions about accessibility to clarify their understanding of the policy
• Ensuring that Web content is compliant
• Publishing of a text-only page(s) for complex multimedia, scripts, and plug-ins when accessibility methods cannot be achieved. This text-only page must contain equivalent information and the same functionality as the primary page
• Communicate with the Web accessibility contact immediately upon receiving an accessibility request
• Request extension of an anticipated accommodation deadline
• Contact Mariah Butler for assistance with student related questions