Web Manager University – Fall 2008
Class Title: Creating Accessible Websites
| Class Format: | Two–Day Course | |
| Instructor: | Mike Paciello, The Paciello Group | |
| Date: | Wednesday – Thursday, September 17–18, 2008 | |
| Time: | 9:00 am – 4:00 pm ET | |
| Place: | Department of Labor (DOL) | |
| Fee: | $400 federal, state, or local U.S. government; $600 for non-government |
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Course Description
In this class, you'll learn how to design, create, and test websites and applications to be accessible and meet the Section 508 requirements. You'll learn how to implement core HTML, CSS, and other programmatic techniques to ensure your website is accessible to people with disabilities.
What You Will Learn
At the end of this course, you'll be able to:
- Interpret accessibility laws, policies, standards, and guidelines and how they may affect the customer approach to web accessibility
- Implement a design and requirements process for maximizing website accessibility
- Design and code accessible websites, applications, and multimedia
- Use tools required to design accessible websites
- Develop and implement users tests that include people with disabilities
Course Outline
Day 1
I. Web Accessibility Standards Overview
A. Section 508 Standards Review
B. W3C/WAI Guidelines Overview
II. Understanding Key Design Principles
A. Color, Contrast, and Size
B. Graceful Degradation
C. Creating Alternate Content
III. HTML/CSS Accessibility Techniques
A. Overview of Accessibility Features in HTML
B. Images and Image Maps
C. Text, Lists, and Links
D. Frames
E. Forms
F. Tables
G. CSS
Day 2
IV. Evaluation and Repair
A. Evaluation and Repair Process and Techniques
B. Browser Testing
C. Usability/User Testing
V. Multimedia and Alternative Document Production
A. Building Accessible PDF Files
B. Creating Accessible FLASH
VI. Advanced Coding Techniques Overview
A. JavaScript
B. DHTML & AJAX
Who Should Attend?
This course is targeted for web content managers and contributors, IT specialists, and usability and accessibility specialists.
Prerequisites
Please be familiar with Section508.gov before attending the course. In addition, these books and articles can provide additional background:
- Mueller, John. Accessibility for Everybody: Understanding the Section 508 Accessibility Requirements. The Author Press, 2004
- Department of Education. Section 508 its Effect on States Funded Under P.L. 100-407: Q&A. RESNA Press.
- Paciello, Michael. Web Accessibility for People with Disabilities. CMP, 1999.
- Thatcher, Jim. Constructing Accessible Web Sites. Glasshaus, 2006.
Michael Paciello is the founder and president of The Paciello Group, LLC., a software accessibility consultancy. For more than 20 years, he has served as an international leader, technologist, and lecturer in the areas of assistive technology, usability, and accessible interface design.
In 2006, Mike was appointed co-chair to the U.S. Federal Access Board's Telecommunications and Electronic and Information Technology Advisory Committee (TEITAC). In 1997, he received recognition from former U.S. President William Clinton for his work in the creation of World Wide Web Consortium's (W3C) Web Accessibility Initiative (WAI).
Mike is the author of the first book on web accessibility and usability, Web Accessibility for People with Disabilities, and is chiefly responsible for founding the International Committee for Accessible Document Design (ICADD) and the W3C's Web Accessibility Initiative (WAI).
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