“ If you don’t like the way the world is, you change it. You have an obligation to change it.” ~Marian Wright Edelman

Preventing a Digital Divide: Accessibility and Online Learning Diana K. Wakimoto [email_address] California State University, East Bay Online Northwest 2009

Slides, Info & More http://thewakilibrarian.wordpress.com

http://thewakilibrarian.wordpress.com

Which Digital Divide?

Accessible Design/Universal Design “ research” by mwoodard on flickr used in accordance with Creative Commons License

Deadly Sins of Web Design http://dwightdesign.com/articles/deadlySinsOfWebDesign.html

What’s Section 508?

How do You Measure Accessibility? FAE Rule Set beta Rule Set HTML Validation Navigation “ accessibility” by urbanreviewstldotcom, on flickr

FAE Rule Set

beta Rule Set

HTML Validation

Navigation

Firefox Accessibility Toolbar Free add-on for Firefox Use to validate page for accessibility, generate reports, test navigation, etc. https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/

Free add-on for Firefox

Use to validate page for accessibility, generate reports, test navigation, etc.

https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/

Vischeck

Vischeck Example Red/Green Colorblind Simulation Original Google Homepage

Retrofitting Old Resources “ Typewriter of Capricorn,” by emdot on flickr, used in accordance with Creative Commons License

Overstream

Creating New Accessible Resources “ Touchscreen Confusion,” by cheekyspanky on flickr, used in accordance with Creative Commons License

Putting it all Together...

Another Option: Voicethread Interactive, easy to use Create audio and text scripts over an online presentation Example: http://voicethread.com/share/296806

Interactive, easy to use

Create audio and text scripts over an online presentation

Example: http://voicethread.com/share/296806

Wordpress

More Resources Captivate Tutorials AxsJAX SurveyMonkey W3C WebAIM “ httpwww,” by ntr23 on flickr, used in accordance with Creative Commons License

Captivate Tutorials

AxsJAX

SurveyMonkey

W3C

WebAIM

Questions? Comments? "Always listen to the experts. They'll tell you what can't be done and why. Then do it." ~Robert Heinlein

URLs to Resources Listed Firefox Add-ons: https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/ Vischeck: http://www.vischeck.com/ Overstream: http://www.overstream.net/ Adobe Captivate: http://www.adobe.com Voicethread: http://voicethread.com/ Wordpress: http://wordpress.com SurveyMonkey: http://www.surveymonkey.com/ AxsJAX: http://code.google.com/p/google-axsjax/ W3C: http://www.w3.org/ WebAIM: http://www.webaim.org/ Deadly Sins of Web Design: http://dwightdesign.com/articles/deadlySinsOfWebDesign.html

Firefox Add-ons: https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/

Vischeck: http://www.vischeck.com/

Overstream: http://www.overstream.net/

Adobe Captivate: http://www.adobe.com

Voicethread: http://voicethread.com/

Wordpress: http://wordpress.com

SurveyMonkey: http://www.surveymonkey.com/

AxsJAX: http://code.google.com/p/google-axsjax/

W3C: http://www.w3.org/

WebAIM: http://www.webaim.org/

Deadly Sins of Web Design: http://dwightdesign.com/articles/deadlySinsOfWebDesign.html