Tutorials - Designing Accessible Web Sites

Tutorials - Designing Accessible Web Sites

Everyone Online – Tutorial

Australian Flexible Learning Framework

http://www.flexiblelearning.net.au/accessequity/everyone_online/index.php

According to this site:

This tutorial has been designed to show managers and practitioners some simple techniques they can use to design and develop accessible e-learning products.

It has also been designed to give you a range of practical tips that you can implement when designing your own e-learning resources.

This is a clearly laid-out, easy to follow tutorial on how to design accessible web pages. It includes demonstrations on why certain access features are important.

Usability.gov Section 508 Tutorial (equivalent of disability discrimination legislation – section on access to information)

http://usability.gov/web_508/tutorial.html

Web Accessibility 101 – policy, Standards and Design Techniques

DoIT

Division of Information Technology, University of Wisconsin-Madison

http://www.doit.wisc.edu/accessibility/online-course/index.htm

Jim Thatcher.com

http://www.jimthatcher.com/webcourse1.htm

This is a short online course in accessible web design. Contents include:

Text Alternatives
Check Accessibility
Navigation
Image maps
Audio & Multimedia
Special Cases
Accessible Forms
Accessible Tables
Scripts and Applets
Style Sheets
Online Resources

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