Student - Web Developer

Student Hourly - Web Developer

Center for Public Partnerships & Research

The student web accessibility & migration assistant supports KU IT in moving departmental and faculty websites from legacy cPanel hosting into the university’s content management system (CMS) while improving accessibility and consistency. The primary focus is rebuilding sites in approved templates, ensuring pages meet KU web standards for structure, color contrast, headings, links, and alternative text, and remediating PDFs so they are accessible to screen readers.

The student will also help resolve website issues submitted through the ticketing system, including accessibility-related fixes, working with campus partners to understand problems, implement updates, and verify that changes meet usability and compliance expectations. Additional responsibilities may include content updates, link checking, PDF tagging, and documenting accessibility and migration work. This role is ideal for students interested in web design, front‑end development, or user experience with a strong emphasis on real‑world accessibility practice.

• Migrate websites from cPanel to the enterprise CMS using approved templates and components.
• Rebuild site structure, menus, and page layouts based on existing sites.
• Review pages for accessibility (headings, lists, link text, alt text, color contrast, and keyboard navigation).
• Fix basic accessibility issues identified during migration or review.

• Respond to web‑related tickets from campus partners, with particular attention to accessibility issues.
• Troubleshoot problems such as broken links, missing or incorrectly structured content, formatting problems, and minor layout bugs.
• Implement accessibility‑related fixes (e.g., correcting headings, adding alt text, improving link text, updating form labels).
• Coordinate with staff to clarify requests and confirm that updates meet their functional and accessibility needs.

• Remediate PDFs for accessibility (tags, reading order, headings, alt text for meaningful images, bookmarks when appropriate).
• Run basic accessibility and link checks on migrated sites and documents.
• Test pages and documents for common issues and confirm that fixes are successful.

• Assist with additional web content cleanup, accessibility projects, or small web initiatives as needed within KU IT’s web environment.

• Ability to work approximately 10–20 hours per week during regular business hours as evidenced by availability and application materials.
• Demonstrated attention to detail when editing web pages, links, and documents as evidenced by application materials.
• Demonstrated willingness to learn and follow technical procedures in new tools (e.g., CMS, ticketing system, file management tools) as evidenced by application materials.
• Experience creating or editing content in common tools such as Word, Google Docs, or similar as evidenced by application materials.
• Demonstrated written and verbal communication skills for working with campus partners and documenting changes as evidenced by interview and application materials.
• Ability to work independently, manage multiple tasks, and follow established standards and checklists as evidenced by application materials.
• Demonstrated interest in web content, accessibility, or user experience (through coursework, personal projects, or prior experience) as evidenced by application materials.

• Experience using a web content management system (e.g., Drupal, Word Press, or similar) as evidenced by application materials.
• Experience or knowledge working with HTML and web page structure (headings, lists, links, images) as evidenced by application materials.
• Experience or coursework related to accessibility, UX, or web design as evidenced by application materials.
• Experience editing or creating accessible PDFs (tags, headings, reading order, alt text) using tools such as Adobe Acrobat as evidenced by application materials.
• Prior experience working in a ticketing or help…