- From: Al Gilman <asgilman@iamdigex.net>
- Date: Fri, 08 Oct 1999 17:28:00 -0400
- To: w3c-wai-ig@w3.org
At 01:52 PM 10/8/99 -0700, Scott Luebking wrote: >Hi, Cynthia > >A question that has come up here in Berkeley is whether an instructor >can require students to use either IE or Netscape but not lynx because >he wants to use Javascript on the course web pages. In a way, this >boils down to instructor's preference versus a student's preference. >Blind people can use IE or Netscape, but can a student choose to use >lynx because he/she doesn't want to learn Windows? If the issue is scripting, then what the professor proposes fails the criterion set down by the regents, because dependency on scripts violates a Priority 1 checkpoint (6.3) in the WCAG. Check me on that; did I read it right? Al > >Thanks, >Scott > > >> Mr. Poehlman- >> Have you given them the information about the California requirements for >> Long Distance Learning? The OCR resolution is requiring accessibility and I >> expect this will have a growing impact nationally. >> >> The Chancellor's Office of the California Community Colleges is requiring >> compliance with the WAI Accessibility Guidelines and is quoted as follows: >> >> "It is required that all California community college instructional Web >> sites created or substantially modified after adoption of these guidelines >> [WAI Accessibility Guidelines] be Priority l compliant. It is strongly >> recommended that all California community college instructional Web sites >> created or substantially modified after adoption of these guidelines be >> Priority 2 compliant." >> >> This quote is found on page 16 of "Distance Education: Access Guidelines >> for Students with Disabilities August 1999" found at >> http://www.HTCTU.FHDA.EDU/dlguidelines/final%20dl%20guidelines.htm >> >> Cynthia D. Waddell >> >> --------------------------------------------------- >> Cynthia D. Waddell >> ADA Coordinator >> City Manager Department >> City of San Jose, CA USA >> 801 North First Street, Room 460 >> San Jose, CA 95110-1704 >> (408)277-4034 >> (408)971-0134 TTY >> (408)277-3885 FAX >> http://www.rit.edu/~easi/webcast/cynthia.htm >> http://www.aasa.dshs.wa.gov/access/waddell.htm >
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