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Web Accessibility

Web Accessibility. Opening Day 2006 Presentation available at: http://ets.fhda.edu/508. Universal Design. Universal Design General Concepts from TRACE Research and Development Center Universal Design Concepts & Issues from the Center for Applied Special Technology.

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Web Accessibility

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  1. Web Accessibility Opening Day 2006 Presentation available at: http://ets.fhda.edu/508

  2. Universal Design • Universal Design General Concepts from TRACE Research and Development Center • Universal Design Concepts & Issues from the Center for Applied Special Technology.

  3. User Accessibility Issues • The Web Accessibility Initiative (WAI) of the World Wide Web Consortium has an excellent online document "How People with Disabilities Use the Web". • The section on Scenarios of People with Disabilities Using the Web explains how specific disabilities affect user access to the web.

  4. User Accessibility Issues • The Microsoft accessibility site lists Guides by Impairment that describe the types of assistive technology solutions for each of 5 disability groups: Visual Impairments, Hearing Impairments, Mobility Impairments, Language Impairments, and Learning Impairments.

  5. User Accessibility Issues • Browse to IBM’s site to learn about Interacting with people who are blind, Interacting with people with mobility impairments, and Interacting with people who are deaf or hard of hearing. • The Accessibility Color Wheel allows you to experience how three color insensitivities are perceived

  6. Assistive Technology • The High Tech Center Training Unit (HTCTU) of the California Community Colleges trains faculty and staff who work with students with disabilities. • Assistive Technology • ZoomText • JAWS • Dragon NaturallySpeaking • Kurzweil 3000

  7. Accessibility Guidelines & Standards • The Web Accessibility Initiative (WAI), a subgroup of W3C, provides the guidelines for ensuring content created for the web is accessible to all users.

  8. Accessibility Guidelines & Standards • Section 508 Standards • Guide to the Section 508 Standards for Electronic and Information Technology

  9. Website Creation • WebAIM (Web Accessibility in Mind) created an easy to use Section 508 Checklist that can be printed and used as a resource for people developing web content. • Web Accessibility for Section 508 Tutorial on Jim Thatcher’s Web site.

  10. Evaluation & Repair Tools • Check out some of the evaluation tools listed on the W3C Web Accessibility Initiative site.

  11. A-Prompt is an application available for Windows. Download it from the A-Prompt download page and install it according to the directions there. • Follow the Quick Start Tutorial to learn how this easy to use program works.

  12. Wave, now located at WebAIM, offers 4 different ways to evaluate your web page for accessibility: • Method 1: Submit the URI of a page • Method 2: Upload a page • Method 3: Install WAVE toolbar in browser • Method 4: Add WAVE bookmarklet to browser

  13. Willie PritchardAcademic CoordinatorDistance Learning CenterLCW-102408-864-8549pritchardwillie@deanza.edu Mary ParkeInstructional DesignerDistance Learning CenterLCW-102408-864-5399parkemary@deanza.edu Who to contact: De Anza

  14. Wayne ChenowethInstructor, Assistive TechnologyComputer Access LabAT 203408-864-5816chenowethwayne@deanza.edu Sean KeeganTraining SpecialistHigh Tech Center Training Unit408-996-6044skeegan@htctu.net Who to contact: De Anza

  15. Judy BakerDirector, FH Global AccessRoom 3611650-949-7749bakerjudy@fhda.edu Steven SumAlternate Media SpecialistRoom 5901650-949-7673sumsteven@fhda.edu Who to Contact: Foothill

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