- From: Jon Gunderson <jongund@uiuc.edu>
- Date: Fri, 21 Sep 2001 12:45:00 -0500
- To: w3c-wai-ig@w3.org
Course Title: Designing Universally Accessible WWW Resources for People with Disabilities Course URL: http://cita.rehab.uiuc.edu/courses/2001-10-REHAB711NC/index.html Description: 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 <A HREF="http://www.w3.org/TR/WAI-WEBCONTENT/">W3C Web Content Accessibility Standards</A> and the <A HREF="http://www.access-board.gov/sec508/508standards.htm">Section 508 requirements</A> 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 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. If you have any question please contact Jon Gunderson at jongund@uiuc.edu 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 E-mail: jongund@uiuc.edu WWW: http://www.staff.uiuc.edu/~jongund WWW: http://www.w3.org/wai/ua
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