Penny,

JavaScript on its own has nothing to do with accesibility. Accessibility
will depend on how JavaScript is used.

Pranav

At 08:44 PM 5/14/2003 -0400, you wrote:
 >Hello EASI folk's,
 >
 >I was wondering if anyone would mind taking a look at HTTP://www.WebCT.com .
 >I am trying to reconcile web site accessibility, WebCT and JavaScript.  This
 >page contains JavaScript and it does not have a no script section.  Does
 >that mean it's not accessible?  I know that there are issues with some of
 >the links, I can hear them with Jaws, but I can't tell visually where
 >they're coming from.
 >
 >Our institution recently put up a login page that contained all mouseovers
 >and no event handlers that allowed for keyboard access.  Since I pointed
 >this out they took the page down and put up a very basic page.  They would
 >like to know more about whether they can or cannot use JavaScript.
 >
 >After we struggle through all this to get the logon page accessible we still
 >have the problem of instructors who are all over the place.  We have no
 >control over them.  Myself and co-workers can teach, suggest and provide
 >information, but they can pretty much do what they want in terms of their
 >courses.  We can not even go in their course spaces.  Some of them can
 >barely do html.  There has to be a better way to approach this.
 >
 >We would like to go with templates but there are no requirements in place to
 >assure that faculty will use them.
 >
 >The HiSoftware looks interesting but I don't see where it would work within
 >WebCT.
 >
 >
 >Thanks in advance for any assistance.
 >
 >Penny
 >
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