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* The "players": W3C, US gov, some other national programs, corporate (e.g. Microsoft) | |||
* [http://www.w3.org/WAI/WCAG20/glance/ WCAG 2.0 at a glance] | * [http://www.w3.org/WAI/WCAG20/glance/ WCAG 2.0 at a glance] | ||
* [http://www.w3.org/WAI/WCAG20/quickref/ WCAG "quick" ref] (official) | * [http://www.w3.org/WAI/WCAG20/quickref/ WCAG "quick" ref] (official) | ||
* | * [http://webaim.org/standards/wcag/checklist WebAIM's WCAG 2.0 Checklist] ([http://webaim.org/standards/wcag/WCAG2Checklist.pdf A PDF version]) .... this is more understandable | ||
* [http://webaim.org/standards/508/checklist WebAIM's Section 508 Checklist] for the [http://www.section508.gov/index.cfm?fuseAction=stdsdoc#Web Section 508 Standards Guide] | |||
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* visual, motor, auditory, seizures, cognitive | * visual, motor, auditory, seizures, cognitive | ||
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Evaluate a website according to WCAG (Web Content Accessibility Guidelines) principles | Evaluate a website according to some WCAG (Web Content Accessibility Guidelines) principles | ||
Older version focusing on content: | (1) Older W3C version focusing on content: | ||
* [http://www.w3.org/TR/WAI-WEBCONTENT/full-checklist Checklist of Checkpoints for Web Content Accessibility Guidelines 1.0] | * [http://www.w3.org/TR/WAI-WEBCONTENT/full-checklist Checklist of Checkpoints for Web Content Accessibility Guidelines 1.0] | ||
Since WCAG 1.0 has now been replaced by the [http://www.w3.org/WAI/WCAG20/quickref/ more complex WCAG 2.0], you also could use the following: | (2) Since WCAG 1.0 has now been replaced by the [http://www.w3.org/WAI/WCAG20/quickref/ more complex WCAG 2.0], you also could use the following: | ||
* [http://webaim.org/standards/wcag/checklist WCAG 2.0 Checklist] (HTML version) | * [http://webaim.org/standards/wcag/checklist WCAG 2.0 Checklist] (HTML version) | ||
* [http://webaim.org/standards/wcag/WCAG2Checklist.pdf WCAG 2.0 Checklist] (PDF version) | * [http://webaim.org/standards/wcag/WCAG2Checklist.pdf WCAG 2.0 Checklist] (PDF version) | ||
(3) US government - section 508 for government websites | |||
* [http://webaim.org/standards/508/checklist WebAIM's Section 508 Checklist] ([http://webaim.org/standards/508/508checklist.pdf PDF version]) | |||
Use an on-line service to help you with this task. | Use an on-line service to help you with this task. | ||
Revision as of 23:32, 17 April 2011
COAP 2170 Week 6 program
Topic: Accessibility
Monday
- Introduction (videos)
- Keeping Web Accessibility in Mind (11.5 min. Flash)
- Experiences of students with Disabilities: Quicktime Windows Media from webaim
- Exam feedback
- Grade average was 3.1 (B+)
- Best was 23 points/4.1/A and worst was 11.5 points/2.1/C+
- Formula used: (points+0.4)*0.175, i.e. one free question (0.4 constant) and a linear coefficient
- For some: Better preparation needed (i.e. homework/reading/reflecting)
- Principles and players
- The "players": W3C, US gov, some other national programs, corporate (e.g. Microsoft)
- WCAG 2.0 at a glance
- WCAG "quick" ref (official)
- WebAIM's WCAG 2.0 Checklist (A PDF version) .... this is more understandable
- WebAIM's Section 508 Checklist for the Section 508 Standards Guide
- Categories of users
- visual, motor, auditory, seizures, cognitive
- On-line accessibility testing
- TAW3 online checks WCAG 2.0 compliance at all levels. E.g. our friendly university home page has 431 problems and 93 warnings .....
- WebAim On-line service.
- Deque Systems on-line service
- UITest.com. This is an all-in-one service for accessibility, validity and miscellaneous. Enter a URL and the do checking using various other services.
See Accessibility Evaluation Tools at WebAIM and Complete List of Web Accessibility Evaluation Tools at W3C for larger lists.
- Designers' web browser extensions (some are alternatives to online tools)
- Fangs Screen Reader Emulator, Firefox 2.0 -4.0 extension.
- Assistive technology for browsers
- See web accessibility (no need to install assistive technology for this lesson)
- Classroom activity
Evaluate a website according to some WCAG (Web Content Accessibility Guidelines) principles
(1) Older W3C version focusing on content:
(2) Since WCAG 1.0 has now been replaced by the more complex WCAG 2.0, you also could use the following:
- WCAG 2.0 Checklist (HTML version)
- WCAG 2.0 Checklist (PDF version)
(3) US government - section 508 for government websites
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