Website Accessibility Support

Web Services maintains Rowan's websites in Cascade CMS and monitors their accessibility through Siteimprove. We provide onboarding, training, and ongoing support to help web contributors create and maintain accessible content. We also review sites during the content audit and redesign process and flag accessibility issues for resolution.

If you encounter an accessibility issue on a Rowan website, please submit a web support request. We'll work with the site's Web Ambassador to resolve it.

Submit a web support request

Document and PDF remediation

All PDFs and documents on Rowan websites must be accessible to screen readers. To this end, Web Services guides contributors through a four-step document triage process: delete outdated files, archive inactive ones, convert applicable materials web pages where possible, and remediate the rest.

For faculty creating course documents, the Faculty Center and the document accessibility resources on this site can help you check your work before sharing it with students.

Learn more about PDF accessibility on the Web Services blog

Training and Workshops

Web Services offers Cascade CMS training for new and existing web contributors. Live workshops cover specific accessibility topics and give contributors hands-on practice with real tools. You can also review training videos and written guides on the Web Services blog and the Cascade Editor Guide.

• Register for Cascade training
• Read the Digital Accessibility blog

Siteimprove Reporting

Rowan uses Siteimprove to scan its websites for accessibility, quality, and SEO issues. Reports are generated regularly and shared with Web Ambassadors and site contributors. Any Rowan employee can request access to Siteimprove for their site.

Siteimprove checks for missing alt text, broken links, heading structure errors, inaccessible PDFs, and more. A browser plugin lets contributors jump directly from a flagged issue to the corresponding page in Cascade.

Request Siteimprove Access

Accommodation Requests

Students who need academic accommodations must register through the Accessible Information Management system (AIM). Once registered, students can review their accommodations, request faculty notification, and schedule testing accommodations.

• Register for accommodations through AIM
• Learn how to manage your accommodations
• Learn how to request testing accommodations

Reporting a Digital Barrier

If you encounter a digital accessibility barrier on any Rowan website, application, or tool, please tell us. Your report helps us identify and fix issues that affect real people.