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E-Learning: Accessibility & Usability
by Jim Allan (jimallan@tsbvi.edu)
- Delivery Method
- WWW
- CD-ROM/DVD (DTB)
- Videotape
- Telephone
- Creation Method
- Purchase
- Develop from scratch (HTML, Macromedia - Flash, Dreamweaver, Fireworks, Jave,
etc.)
- Content Development/Delivery System (WebCT, Blackboard, etc.)
- Components
- Course Interface
- Course Content
- HTML
- Audio - Wave, MP3, RA
- Video - Movies (Quicktime, Real, Windows Media, etc.)
- Animation/Simulation - Flash, Java, animated GIF, etc.
- PDF
- PowerPoint
- ???
- Interactive/Collaborative Features
- E-mail
- Discussion/Bulletin Board
- Chat (Yahoo, Cheetah-Chat, AIM, voice chat)
- White-board
- Video-conferencing
- Testing & Assessment
Examples
Tools and Resources for Accessible Web Design
Information resources - E-learning
Information Resources - General
- Web Accessibility Initiative (WAI), http://www.w3.org/wai.
- WAI Web Content Accessibility Guidelines at http://www.w3.org/TR/WAI-WEBCONTENT/
- Curriculum for Web Content Accessibility Guidelines 1.0 at http://www.w3.org/WAI/wcag-curric/
- Section 508 Final Standards, at http://www.section508.gov/final_text.html
- WebABLE Solutions: www.webABLE.com.
- HTML Writer’s Guild web site, www.hwg.org and
the Guild's AWARE Center (Accessible Web Authoring Resources and Education) http://aware.hwg.org/ .
See their presentation at http://www.hwg.org/opcenter/events/fedweb/20.html for
some useful information.
- International Center for Disability Resources on the Internet, Section
508 resource Page, at http://www.icdri.org/section_508_resource_page.htm.
- Microsoft’s Enable site, www.microsoft.com/enable.
- UseIt! www.useit.com.
- IBM Accessibility Center at http://ww-3w.ibm.com/able. There’s
also a self-paced course at http://www-3.ibm.com/able/webcourse/.
- Web Accessibility for Section 508 - online course, http://www.jimthatcher.com/webcourse1.htm,
- Adaptive Technology Resource Center, University of Toronto, at http://www.utoronto.ca/atrc/
- ITAL’s AccessFirst site, at http://www.ital.utexas.edu/accessfirst/
- National Center for Accessible Media (NCAM), at http://ncam.wgbh.org/.
- Accessibility Guidelines at http://www.tsbvi.edu/technology/guidelines.htm
- Web Savvy Resources Web Accessibility Resources at http://www.websavvy-access.org/resources/webacc.shtml
Validation and repair tools
- BOBBY, the automated accessibility checker. Available at www.cast.org/bobby. Comes
in two versions—one on the Web, one standalone (Java-based_ application. Standalone
version can check a whole Web site; the online version checks one page at
a time and has trouble with dynamically generated pages. Be aware that
no automated tool can possibly detect all accessibility problems. Humans
are necessary!)
- A-PROMPT. An evaluation and repair tool developed jointly by Toronto’s
Adaptive Technology Resource Center and Wisconsin’s Trace Research & Development
Center (see above). Available for download at http://aprompt.snow.utoronto.ca/.
W3C’s HTML Validation Service, available online via the WAI site at www.w3.org/wai.
- HTML-Kit. http://www.w3.org/People/Raggett/tidy/. Designed
by Dave Raggett, developer of VRML specification; some portions of this tool
are reportedly included in Allaire HomeSite now.
- The WAVE, at http://www.temple.edu/inst_disabilities/piat/wave/. is
especially useful in helping sighted developers see ALT text and recognize
the order in which items on their pages will be read by screenreaders and
speaking browsers.
- Lynx Viewer, at http://www.delorie.com/web/lynxview.html
Tools/Resources for captioning, descriptive video, etc.
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