- From: Janet Perkins Corbett <Perky@uwyo.edu>
- Date: Tue, 19 Oct 2004 19:42:11 -0600
- To: <w3c-wai-ig@w3.org>
Hi all This is my first post to this group, please be gentle :) I have skimmed the last 9 months' worth of archives, and didn't see anything relating to my question. This could mean that I'm posting to the wrong group, or some such mismatch. Forgive the crossposting. I'm in the process of writing a guidebook for university instructors on how to create accessible web pages for use in course management systems, specifically eCollege and WebCT. Many of our departments/instructors don't choose to use eCollege's option of "Course Development", where eCollege staff takes care of accessibility issues. I considered providing instructions for writing accessible content pages using Frontpage, but I gave the draft to a member of my target audience, and she said that the stuff re: Frontpage was "gibberish", as she didn't know FP. So now I'm considering providing instructions on how to produce "accessible" pages using MS Word. Most of my target audience paste Word docs into the course management system's editor window. Some upload their Word docs and use them as content pages. Some type directly into the editor. And I am sure, some do a combination of all those. Since I'm doing this guidebook as part of a grant project, buying something like Accessible Web Publishing Wizard for Microsoft (r) Office isn't possible, because it's not in the scope of the grant. (Although it might be that departments may fit it into their budgets?? Don't know.) Any suggestions, comments, or advice will be extremely appreciated! Janet Perkins Corbett Wyoming INstitute for Disabilities http://wind.uwyo.edu/ (307)766-2506 perky@uwyo.edu
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