WebCT Accessibility Interest Group at IMPACT 2006
Robert Dumas, WebCT
Jon Gunderson, UIUC
Phil Kragnes, Minnesota
David Schwarte, Purdue
Goal
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Improve the usability of WebCT for people with disabilities
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Identify accessibility problems and enhancements
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Propose solution strategies
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Advocate for accessible design
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Document accessibility features
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Accessible authoring features
Group Activities
webct.cita.uiuc.edu
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Whitepaper
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User scenarios
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Accessibility problems
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Accessibility enhancements
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Solution strategies
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Issues list
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Test server provided by WebCT
Types of Problems
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Navigation and orientation
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Text equivalents
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Styling
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Scripting
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Standards
Navigation and Orientation
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Uniquely titling web resources
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Headings for major topics
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Navigation bars
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Labels for form controls
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Frame titles
Text Equivalents
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Providing descriptions for images
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Text transcripts for audio
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Synchronizing text transcripts with videos
Styling
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Content reflow as window and text size change
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Content reflow as text size changes
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User applied stylesheets
Scripting
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Supporting the keyboard
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Orientation to changes in resources
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Popup windows
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Initialization
Standards
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HTML/xhtml
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Cascading Style Sheets
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Scripting
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Javascript
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W3C DOM
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Demonstration of WebCT 4
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Settings
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Font family
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Font size
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Headings
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Labels for form controls
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Reflow of content
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Keyboard support
Proactive Accessibility
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Quality assurance
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Software design requirements
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Testing tools
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Automated testing
User and Content Profiling
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Content features
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User preferences
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IMS Consortium
Accessible Authoring
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Built-in WebCT
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Text editor
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Javascript HTML Editors
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Uploaded content
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Quizing tools
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Office documents
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PDF documents
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Multi-media
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Other resources
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Accessibility Verification
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Providing information