Campus+Recreation+Services

Patrick Asare

[|Campus Recreation Services] The CRS website is the official site of all campus recreational activities. Needless to say this is a very important website for all students or visitors to the University of Maryland campus. Therefore it should be highly accessible and easy to navigate. Well then it should come as no surprise that after reviewing this page using the WCAG guidelines I was able to discover that this site passed about 90% of the accessibility criteria. As for each criteria I have listed them below.

According to the WCAG guidlines in order for a website to be considered perceivable there are four requirements that It must meet:
 * __Perceivable__**
 * Text Alternatives - Upon evaluating the CRS website I can say that it meets this requirement. There is limited non-text content but for everyone there is an accompanying textual component. **Complete**
 * Time-based Media Alternatives - I did not find any time based media on the CRS website. **Not Applicable**
 * Adaptable -The CRS website does an effective job of presenting its information in a way that is adaptable to other forms of presentation without losing information or structure. **Complete**
 * Distinguishable - make it easier for users to see and hear content. The CRS website does not allow text to be resized. **Partial Implementation**

According to the WCAG guidlines in order for a website to be considered operable there are four requirements that it must meet:
 * __Operable__**
 * Keyboard Accessible - It is possible to navigate the website using only a keyboard. **Complete**
 * Enough Time - All of the timed content on this page include a pause button. **Complete**
 * Seizures - There is no content displayed in a way such that I could possible cause seizures **Complete**
 * Navigable - This site contains a site map and an index on the left hand side. **Complete**

According to the WCAG guidlines in order for a website to be considered readable there are three requirements that it must meet:
 * __Understandable__**
 * Readable - There is no such mechanism for determining the default language it is always English. There is no mechanism for unusual words, abbreviations, or pronunciation. **Not Implemented**
 * Predictable - This website meets all predictability requirements **Complete**
 * Input Assistance - There is no content in this page that requires user input **Not Applicable**

According to the WCAG guidlines in order for a website to be considered robust there is one requirement that it must meet:
 * __Robust__**
 * Compatible - This site makes use of standard HTML controls which already meet this criteria **Complete**