Custom Development @ Cornell

Need help making sure that your future, or existing, website is accessible? Deploying a new custom application and want to make sure it is accessible to all members of your audience? The team at Custom Development is your Cornell partner to make sure your website and apps are created with accessibility in mind. In addition to being a full service web and app development team, the staff at Custom Development can test your project on a variety of platforms to ensure usability for a wide range of users, including those who use a screen reader.

Tools for testing web accessibility: Siteimprove and more

Web development best practices include bringing your website to level AA conformance based on Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) 2.1. Additional manual testing will help identify the remaining issues. Siteimprove is available at no cost by staff and faculty for websites related to official university business, or in support of the university mission.

By using the Siteimprove Accessibility tool, you can identify many common web accessibility issues found across sites. Additional manual testing will help identify the remaining issues. The Web Accessibility team from Custom Development can be hired to perform manual testing. The Web Accessibility team also offers training  so that you can learn to do the testing on your own.

Learn more at IT@Cornell web accessibility.

Web Accessibility Support for Faculty

The Center for Teaching Innovation has created the CTI Accessibility Guide to help faculty make their courses more accessible. Take a look at the guide and reach out to CTI if you need more information or support.

Web Accessibility Trainings

The Web Accessibility team in CIT currently offers a range of internal web accessibility trainings for Cornell faculty, staff, and enrolled students, as well as access to university-sponsored external training resources. For a full list, see the Web Accessibility Trainings page on IT@C.

Other Web Accessibility Resources

Please head to the IT@C Web Accessibility article list for a wide range of web accessibility resources and support, including information on site remediation, testing tools, contract language, and the mandatory Web Accessibility Footer for Cornell websites. Note that some pages may require a Cornell NetID login.