On-Line Course: Designing Universally Accessible Web Based Resources

Dates: February 19th to April 18th (two 1 hour sessions a week)

Additional Information: 
http://cita.rehab.uiuc.edu/courses/2002-02-REHAB711NC/index.html

This course is designed for web content developers to learn about the 
disability access issues faced by people with disabilities in using the web 
and how web resources can be designed to improve accessibility. The course 
provides a foundation on how people with disabilities access information on 
the web using mainstream browsers and specialized assistive technologies 
like speech renderings. Participants will learn about the two main 
standards for web accessibility, the W3C Web Content Accessibility 
Standards and the Section 508 requirements for web materials. The strengths 
and weaknesses of different evaluation and repair tools will be presented 
to help participants understand how to use the available tools to evaluate 
and repair their web resources. Participants will learn about common HTML 
accessibility problems, and HTML and CSS techniques that can used to 
improve accessibility. Captioning of multimedia materials is also covered 
for Microsoft Media Player, Real Player and Quicktime, and the 
accessibility of non-W3C technologies like PDF and Flash will also be 
discussed.

Course Topics:
• Alternative Views of the Web
• Web Accessibility Standards
• Evaluation and Repair Tools
• Describing Images
• Creating Structure and Layout
• Using Cascading Style Sheets
• Scripting Accessibility
• Multi-Media Captioning
• PDF and Flash
• Authoring tools

Registration Information

Course Rubric: REHAB 711NC (Spring 2002)

Registration fees: $285

WWW: http://www.outreach.uiuc.edu/
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Contact: Jon Gunderson
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     Phone: 217-244-5870