Web accessibility. A challenge in the Ecuadorian educational environment

Authors

  • Milton Campoverde Molina Universidad Católica de Cuenca, Ecuador

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.26423/rctu.v3i3.172

Keywords:

Web accessibility, Schools, Disabilities, Educational Units, WCAG 2.0.

Abstract

It is a prospective retro study revealing assessment of accessibility of web portals 31 Education and Schools Units Cuenca - Ecuador applying Accessibility Guidelines Web Content (WCAG) 2.0 with a level of conformity A, for analysis automatic tool TAW Online was applied and the evaluation is done on HTML and CSS technologies using WCAG 2.0, resulting in the web portals do not meet the guidelines web Accessibility defined in WCAG 2.0 with a level of conformity a and errors are because web pages are not robust enough to be interpreted reliably by a wide variety of user agents, including assistive technologies also should provide text alternatives for all non-text content, information and relations, Sequence with meaning, sensory characteristics, use of color, contrast, resizing text and images of text.

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Author Biography

  • Milton Campoverde Molina, Universidad Católica de Cuenca, Ecuador

    Ingeniero de Sistemas, Magíster en Docencia Universitaria, Magíster en Evaluación y Auditoria de Sistemas Tecnológicos, Ecuatoriano, Profesor Titular e investigador de la Unidad Académica de Tecnologías de la Información y la Comunicación de la Universidad Católica de Cuenca - Ecuador.

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Published

2016-12-23

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Original Articles

How to Cite

Web accessibility. A challenge in the Ecuadorian educational environment. (2016). UPSE Scientific and Technological Magazine, 3(3), 90-98. https://doi.org/10.26423/rctu.v3i3.172

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