Online Northwest 2009 Accessibility and Online Learning

“ 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

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

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/

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

Wordpress

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

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

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