REHAB711: Designing Universally Accessible Web Resources

More information:
http://cita.rehab.uiuc.edu/courses/2005-01-REHAB711NC/overview.html

Cost: $349, 3.5 CEUs available

Start Date: 25 January

Course Outline
    * Alternative views of the web
    * Web Standards
    * Web accessibility standards
    * Design vs. repair for accessibility
    * Creating Structure and Layout
    * Using Cascading Style Sheets
    * Scripting alternatives for styling
    * Multi-Media
    * MS Office, PDF and Flash

Who Should Take This Course?
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.


Jon Gunderson, Ph.D., ATP
Director of IT Accessibility Services
Campus Information Technologies and Educational Services (CITES)
and
Coordinator of Assistive Communication and Information Technology
Division of Rehabilitation - Education Services

Voice: (217) 244-5870
Fax: (217) 333-0248

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