Prior to First Class

Read for Class 1:
Slatin, Maximum Accessibility
Ch.1-Introduction.
Ch.3-Law and Policy
Ch.9-Equivalent Alternatives

Class 1

1. Introduction
2. Federal Law § 508
3. 508 Regulations
4. Federal 508 Web Site - http://www.section508.gov/
5. Text Readers for the Blind
6. JAWS - FreedomScientific.com
7. IBM Home Page Reader
8. Microsoft Narrator (Start >Programs >Accessories > Accessibility )
9. Graphics - "Equivalent Alternatives"
10. Using Color
11. Image Map Graphics
12. Identifiable <a href> tags
13. Web4Students

1. Develop Table Template in DW
2. Upload to Web4Students Site
3. Add "alt", "longdesc" to <img>
4. Add"title" attribute to <a href>

Read for Class 2:
Slatin, Maximum Accessibility

Ch. 11-Tables
Ch. 15-Cascading Style Sheets

Class 2

1. Data Tables
2. Text Mark-up Cascading Style Sheets

1. Modify Data Tables for text readers.
2. Modify Interactive forms to associate Labels with data input boxes.
3. Create External CSS for Writing Center

Read for Class 3:
Slatin, Maximum Accessibility
Ch. 10-Forms
Ch.13- Multimedia
Ch.14 -Scripts,Applets

Forms Essay - CGI/PERL

Class 3

1. Interactive Forms
2. Scripts, "Accessible" Scripts, and Alternatives
   

1. Open/Closed Caption Text
2. Music and Accessible Web Sites
3. Animation & Movement on Web Sites/Alternatives

Read for Class 4:
Slatin, Maximum Accessibility
Ch. 5, pp 102-3
Ch. 12-Accessible PDFs
Ch. 2 - E-Commerce

Javascript Essentials

Class 4

1. Multimedia
1. Synchronized Scripts
2. Sound Files
3. Adding Synchronized Text in Flash Movie
2. Making PDF files Accessible with
   Adobe Acrobat 6.0 Professional
3. E-Commerce Considerations

1. Creating Accessible PDFs and Alternative XML and HTML documents.
2. E-Commerce and Accessibility
3. Evaluating Accessibility
4. Does your site/page meet all 508 rules?
5. Does your site/page have a text-only alternative if you use extensive JavaScript, Applets, or other techniques "inaccessible" to current textreader technology?
6. Are you using the latest software with the most up-to-date technology for building accessible web pages?
7. How "effective" is your site in assisting those with disabilities?
8. Did you test the page in a text reader?
9. Did you run it through an Internet-based "checking" program such as the Bobby accessibility checker Bobby accessibility checker?

Acrobat I Essay
Acrobat "eForms" Web Tutorial

This course will build a practice web site incorporating accessiblity features during class. We supply the template and sample graphics in the common folder of your web4students site. You are free to size the graphics in Photoshop and select the graphics and layout you would like to use on your site.

After incorporating accessiblity features you should load the page to your web4students web site for this course, link it into your home page, and test the page in the Bobby accessibility checker or a text reader.

By the end of this course your web site should consist of:

• A home page - index.html
• A data table, such as the tutor schedule we will provide
• A form (interactive form if you have taken Advanced HTML or JavaScript. We will provide the CGI/PERL script. Upload the files to your site according to the essay provided above.)
• A multimedia file, including audio and your best attempt at a "synchronized" or "simultanous" text display or alternate equivalent. (Yes, we know this is hard -- give it a try in Flash or with a Multimedia file).
• a PDF file with links to an alternate, non-PDF version accessible to text readers, using the conversion features of Acrobat 6.0 Professional. We will make the software available to you on the demonstration laptop during class. Bring in your own PDF file if you wish to see how Acrobat "capture" features work.