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Jon



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On-line Course

Designing Universally Accessible Web Resources



Instructor: Jon Gunderson, Ph.D., APT



Dates: September 30th, 2004 through December 17th, 2004



Meets weekly on Tuesday and Thursdays from 3:00-4:00pm (CST)



More information at:

http://cita.rehab.uiuc.edu/courses/2004-09-REHAB711NC/overview.html



Course Overview

Universal design focuses on making web resources compatible

with the widest range of web browsing technologies which can

also easily adapt to the needs and capabilities of users

through the use of web standards. Web standards are all about

the concept of “interoperability”, the ability of people to

access and exchange information on a wide range of computing

technologies and operating systems. The use of universal

design principles makes web resources more accessible to

people with disabilities, which results in all users having

more choices and control over how they view and use web

resources. Users with visual impairments can easily increase

font size using the text scaling features of browsers. People

who want to view two different web pages side by side can

change the widow width of their browser and content re-flows

to fit the size of the window. A PDA user can apply a user

style sheet to view only the headings of a web page to get an

overview of the topics, without having to do endless scrolling

through text on a small screen.



Course Outline

1. Alternative views of the web

2. Web Standards

3. Web accessibility standards

4. Design vs. repair for accessibility

5. Creating Structure and Layout

6. Using Cascading Style Sheets

7. Scripting alternatives for styling

8. Multi-Media 

9. MS Office, PDF and Flash



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Jon Gunderson, Ph.D., ATP

Coordinator of Assistive Communication and Information Technology

Division of Rehabilitation - Education Services

MC-574

College of Applied Life Studies

University of Illinois at Urbana/Champaign

1207 S. Oak Street, Champaign, IL  61820



Voice: (217) 244-5870

Fax: (217) 333-0248



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WWW: http://cita.rehab.uiuc.edu/

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