Universal Design Workshop at Distance Teaching and Learning Conference
Designing Universally Accessible Web Resources workshop will provide experiences in:
- How people with disabilities access the web
- Review the current accessibility guidelines
- Demonstrate accessible design practices
Location and Time
- Date: August 8th, 2007
- Time: 1:30pm - 4:30pm
- Room: Room M
- Location: Monona Terrace Convention Center, Madison, Wisconsin
- Conference: 23rd Annual Conference on Distance Teaching & Learning
Agenda
Part 1: Alternative Views of the Web
- Disability simulation
- Adjusting web browsers
- Speech browsing
Part 2: Design Guidelines and Planning
- Accessible Design verses Accessible Repair
- W3C Web Accessibility Guidelines
- Section 508 guidelines
- Functional Accessibility
- IBHE Accessibility Reporting Requirements
Part 3: Functional Evaluation Tools
- Web Accessiblity Evalutation Tools
- Webxact
- Cynthia Says
- WebAIM Wave
- Firefox Accessibility Extension
http://firefox.cita.uiuc.edu - Functional Web Accessibility Evaluator
http://fae.cita.uiuc.edu
Part 4: Accessible Design and Collaboration
- Designing and creating web resources that are accessible
- Accessible Web Publishing Wizard for Microsoft Office
- Collaborating with Software and Web Service Companies to improve accessibility
Contacts
- Jon Gunderson, University of Illinois at Urbana/Champaign
Presentor
Dr. Jon Gunderson is the Director of Information Technology Accessibility for people with disabilities at UIUC in the Division of Disability Resources and Education Services (DRES) and Campus Information Technologies and Education Services (CITES). He has been working in the area of web accessibility for over 10 years and is the past chair of the W3C Web Accessibility Initiative User Agent Accessibility Guidelines working group. He has given numerous presentations and has taught several courses on designing universally accessible web resources.
Find out more about web accessibility at the iCITA website