"Designing Universally Accessible Web Resources" will run as an on-line
course from October 23-December 20, 2001. To read more about the course and
to register, see:
http://cita.rehab.uiuc.edu/courses/2001-10-REHAB711NC/index.html

Instructor, Jon Gunderson, Ph.D., ATP and RESNA member

Sponsored by the Division of Rehabilitation - Education Services, College of
Applied Life Studies, University of Illinois at Urbana/Champaign, and the
Great Lakes ADA and Accessible IT Center,
Department of Disability and Human Development, University of Illinois at
Chicago
www.adagreatlakes.org

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 be 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.

Carol Boyer
RESNA Technical Assistance Project
Arlington, VA