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[Seb Schmoller]

Online Course: Designing Universally Accessible Web Based
Resources

WWW:
http://cita.rehab.uiuc.edu/courses/2002-02-REHAB711NC/index.html

This course is designed for web content developers to learn about
the
disability access issues faced by people with disabilities in
using the web
and how web resources can be designed to improve accessibility.
The course
provides a foundation on how people with disabilities access
information on
the web using mainstream browsers and specialized assistive
technologies
like speech renderings. Participants will learn about the two
main
standards for web accessibility, the W3C Web Content
Accessibility
Standards and the Section 508 requirements for web materials. The
strengths
and weaknesses of different evaluation and repair tools will be
presented
to help participants understand how to use the available tools to
evaluate
and repair their web resources. Participants will learn about
common HTML
accessibility problems, and HTML and CSS techniques that can used
to
improve accessibility. Captioning of multimedia materials is also
covered
for Microsoft Media Player, Real Player and Quicktime, and the
accessibility of non-W3C technologies like PDF and Flash will
also be
discussed.

Course Topics:
=95 Alternative Views of the Web
=95 Web Accessibility Standards
=95 Evaluation and Repair Tools
=95 Describing Images
=95 Creating Structure and Layout
=95 Using Cascading Style Sheets
=95 Scripting Accessibility
=95 Multi-Media Captioning
=95 PDF and Flash
=95 Authoring tools

Registration Information

Course Rubric: REHAB 711NC (Spring 2002)

Registration fees: $285

WWW: http://www.outreach.uiuc.edu/
or
Contact: Jon Gunderson
     E-mail: jongund@uiuc.edu
     Phone: 217-244-5870
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