The best approach I've used and seen have an impact is to have the faculty
actually use a screen reader program to access a page or pages with graphics
not tagged, links not well done, etc....

It has often done the trick at my end.

D. Wright

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This response is from someone who is very involved in on-line learning
at our college.  Does anyone have a suggestion as to how I can respond
to this in a meaningful way that will help this instructor learn about
the value of accessibility?  Please do not respond to him yourselves.  I
just want some idea of how I might approach this.

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Thanks, Betty
I am following some of these articles as they appear.
In the Dreamweaver workshops, I emphasize design with accessibility in
mind.

The VCC Learns site contains a huge volume of graphics files that are
annotated illustrations of complex steps in computing tasks -- not
exactly something for which alternate text would do justice. That site
and similar situations that contain graphics to illustrate processes
rather than static images, are difficult to translate into accessibility
sites. I hope you understand. I think some domains of operation in life
may just fall outside the capabilities of some disabilities -- an
example would be driving a car or flying a plane.

Thanks for keeping the issues in front of us.
WWB

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    You may be interested in the article mentioned below.

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Subject: Announcement: article on online accessibility in the Chronicle
of
Higher Education (June 11, 2004)


Here is a recent article on online accessibility (entitled "Left Out
Online") by Chronicle of Higher Education staff writer Scott Carlson:

http://chronicle.com/free/v50/i40/40a02301.htm.
<http://chronicle.com/free/v50/i40/40a02301.htm.>

Citation of print article: Chronicle of Higher Education, Vol. 50, No.
40, June 11, 2004: pp. A23-A25.

Greetings,

Axel Schmetzke
Library
University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point
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