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EASI's online course on web design that is accessible to consumers with
disabilities now has a special module in it focusing on the specific needs
of librarians:
Beginner Barrier-free Web Design Workshop
Learning from anywhere and at any time all online
Starting September 10 and running for a month and you will need to invest
3-5 hours a week. You can earn continuing education units and you can
count it towards the Certificate in Accessible Information Technology.
Librarians will appreciate the new lesson 9 which focuses specifically on
their unique issues.
Registration and further information at http://easi.cc/workshops.htm
Instructors:
Richard Banks
Norman Coombs
Greg Banks
Web pages can be created using Universal Design principles permitting their
use
by people with different browsers, different connection speeds, palm pilots,
PDA's and by people with disabilities using adaptive computer technology.
They
can also be created in ways that exclude many of the above users.
Barrier-free
Web Design will prepare you to create web pages that are visually appealing
and
still permit full access by users with disabilities. These materials are
based
on both the guidelines developed by the Web Access Initiative of the World
Wide
Web Consortium and also the section 508 regulations for web design released
by
the Federal Access Board in 2000.
Workshop structure:
This workshop is designed either to be taken entirely independently or to
combine your independent study with group discussion. We have found that
participants frequently learn as much from sharing together as they do from
us.
** It is very important that you read the discussion by your peers and that
you
participate. Otherwise, you will miss out on much of the workshop as it is
designed for participation.
The workshop will involve the use of both streamed audio and streamed video.
Course syllabus:
Lesson 1: Introduction
Part 1: Making your workshop workbook
Part 2: How do people with disabilities surf the web? Part 3: Why should you
adapt your web site? Part 4: What is web site accessibility anyhow? Lesson 1
assignment: Participants introductions
Lesson 2: How Accessible Do My Web Pages Have To Be?
Part 1: WAI quick tips
Part 2: WAI guidelines
Part 3: Accessibility priority levels
Part 4: Access Board's web standards
Lesson 2 assignment: Checking for accessibility
Lesson 3: Images, animations and image maps.
Quick tip 1. Images & animations. Use the alt attribute to describe the
function
of all visuals
Quick tip 2. Image maps. Use client-side MAP and text for hotspots.
Part 1: images as pictures and graphics
Part 2: The alt=text tag
Part 3: images as hotlinks
Part 4: Image maps
Part 5: images as bullets and decorations
Part 6: images used as animations
Part 7: Lesson 3 assignment designing intelligent alt-text tags
Lesson 4: Media and Multimedia
Quick tip 3: Provide captioning and transcripts of audio, descriptions of
video,
and accessible versions in case inaccessible formats are used.
Part 1: Accessibility problems of media and multimedia
Part 2: Transcriptions of audio
Part 3: Using VHS captioned video
Part 4: SMIL and Internet captions
Part 5: How SMIL works
Part 6: Lesson 4 assignment looking for captioning on the net
Lesson 5: Hypertext links, page orientation and Style Sheets.
Quick tip 4. Hypertext links. Use text that makes sense when read out of
context. For instance, do not use "click here."
Quick tip 5. Page organization. Use headings, lists, and consistent
structure.
Use CSS for layout and style where possible.
Part 1: Meaningful Hypertext links.
Part 2: Page organization.
Part 3: Use style sheets
Part 4: Lesson 5 assignment: Check web pages for page orientation and
experiment
with style sheets.
Lesson 6: Graphs, charts Scripts, applets, & plug-ins.
Quick tip 6. Graphs & charts. Summarize or use the longdesc attribute.
Quick tip 7. Scripts, applets, & plug-ins. Provide alternative content in
case
active features are inaccessible or unsupported.
Part 1: Summarize charts and graphs
Part 2: Longdesc attribute or D link
Part 3: Scripts, applets, & plug-ins
Part 4: Assignment when to use longer text description
Lesson 7: Frames and tables.
Quick tip 8. Frames. Label with the title or name attribute.
Quick tip 9. Tables. Make line by line reading sensible. Summarize. Avoid
using
tables for column layout.
Part 1: Frames
Part 2: Tables
Part 3: assignment
Lesson 8: Check your work
Quick tip 10. Check your work. Validate the HTML. Use evaluation tools and
text-only browsers to verify accessibility.
Part 1: Bobby
Part 2: Wave
Part 3: Aprompt
Part 4: Drafting a web accessibility policy
Lesson 9: Accessible Information Technology for Libraries
Part 1 Librarians look at library web pages for their accessibility for
consumers with disabilities
Part 2 Pointers to past EASI webcasts by librarians
Part 3 Pointer to the recent ALA policy statement on accessibility for
consumers
with disabilities
Part 4 Description of a recommended computer configuration for an adapted
library work station
Lesson 9 Assignment: Design a sample brochure of the library commitment to
consumers with disabilities including a statement on consumer rights and
responsibilities. You will also participate in an online discussion with a
librarian recognized for his/her commitment to accessibility for consumers
with
disabilities.
Lesson 10: Practical Resources for Disabled Student Service Staff br> Part 1
Advocating for your institution's web site to be accessible
Part 2 Report on accessibility of university web pages
Part 3 Using the DSS Department web page as a service promotion tool
Part 4 Using the DSS Department web page as a support tool
Part 5 Training students with disabilities on the uses of the web
Lesson 10 Assignment: Draft a plan on how to use computer networks to enhance
your department.
Registration and further information is at http://easi.cc/workshop.htm
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