Universal Design Workshop at UW-Madison
Designing Universally Accessible Web Resources workshop will provide experiences in:
- How people with disabilities access the web
- Current accessibility guidelines
- Accessible design best practices
- Collaborating on improving accessibility of commercial web resources
- Accessible Rich Internet Applications (ARIA) technologies for improving the accessibility of dynamic web applications
Location and Time
- Date: August 10th, 2007
- Time: 9:00m - 3:00pm
- Room: 126
- Location: Memorial Library, University of Wisconsin at Madison
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
Lunch Break
Overview of ARIA Speciciations and Examples
- W3C ARIA Roadmap
- Roles for Accessible Rich Internet Applications (ARIA Roles)
- States and Properties Module for Accessible Rich Internet Applications (ARIA States and Properties)
- Mozilla Developer Center ARIA Page
- iCITA ARIA Examples
Tools for Exploring ARIA Examples
ARIA Accessibility Examples
- Checkbox Example
- Radio Button
- Internet Explorer Compatibility Issues
- Other ARIA Examples
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