Improve Accessibility and Visibility of Selected University Websites

Patricia Acosta-Vargas; Carlos Ramos-Galarza; Luis Salvador-Ullauri; Gabriel Elías Chanchí; Janio Jadán-Guerrero

doi:10.1007/978-3-030-51369-6_31

Improve Accessibility and Visibility of Selected University Websites

Patricia Acosta-Vargas^*, Carlos Ramos-Galarza, Luis Salvador-Ullauri, Gabriel Elías Chanchí, Janio Jadán-Guerrero

^*Corresponding author for this work

Faculty of Psychology

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Abstract

Currently, there are millions of websites, but not all of them are accessible and visible in search engines, and in the different devices and technologies used. The purpose of this research is to 1) suggest an accessibility evaluation model according to the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines 2.1 standards; 2) correlate Webometrics and SCImago rankings to improve visibility, and 3) determine whether an accessible website can improve visibility. As a case study, the authors applied to 30 web pages from Latin American universities. The results indicate that although an educational institution is in the first rankings of the Webometrics and SCImago classification, they do not necessarily satisfy web accessibility requirements. This study can be a guide for the definition of institutional efforts to improve accessibility and visibility in the design of more inclusive and visible websites.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Advances in Human Factors and Systems Interaction - Proceedings of the AHFE 2020 Virtual Conference on Human Factors and Systems Interaction
Editors	Isabel L. Nunes
Publisher	Springer
Pages	229-235
Number of pages	7
ISBN (Print)	9783030513689
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-51369-6_31
State	Published - 2020
Event	AHFE Virtual Conference on Human Factors and Systems Interaction, 2020 - San Diego, United States Duration: 16 Jul 2020 → 20 Jul 2020

Publication series

Name	Advances in Intelligent Systems and Computing
Volume	1207 AISC
ISSN (Print)	2194-5357
ISSN (Electronic)	2194-5365

Conference

Conference	AHFE Virtual Conference on Human Factors and Systems Interaction, 2020
Country/Territory	United States
City	San Diego
Period	16/07/20 → 20/07/20

Bibliographical note

Publisher Copyright:
© 2020, The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG.

Funding

The researchers thank Universidad de Las Américas-Ecuador, for funding this study through the project “FGE.PAV.19.11.”

Funders	Funder number
Universidad de las Américas - Ecuador

Keywords

Accessibility
University
Visibility
WCAG 2.1
Websites

UN SDGs

This output contributes to the following UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)

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Acosta-Vargas, P., Ramos-Galarza, C., Salvador-Ullauri, L., Chanchí, G. E., & Jadán-Guerrero, J. (2020). Improve Accessibility and Visibility of Selected University Websites. In I. L. Nunes (Ed.), Advances in Human Factors and Systems Interaction - Proceedings of the AHFE 2020 Virtual Conference on Human Factors and Systems Interaction (pp. 229-235). (Advances in Intelligent Systems and Computing; Vol. 1207 AISC). Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-51369-6_31

Acosta-Vargas, Patricia ; Ramos-Galarza, Carlos ; Salvador-Ullauri, Luis et al. / Improve Accessibility and Visibility of Selected University Websites. Advances in Human Factors and Systems Interaction - Proceedings of the AHFE 2020 Virtual Conference on Human Factors and Systems Interaction. editor / Isabel L. Nunes. Springer, 2020. pp. 229-235 (Advances in Intelligent Systems and Computing).

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Improve Accessibility and Visibility of Selected University Websites

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