Transcript Web Accessibility - Riverside City College

Designing Accessible
Web Content
Brian Brautigam
Alternate Media Specialist
Riverside City College
What does Accessibility Mean?
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Accessibility enables a student with a
disability to use the Web in a manner
similar to someone without a disability.
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In other words, we are providing equal
access.
How do students with disabilities
access the web?
Students with disabilities can access the web
using specialized hardware and software
called Assistive Computer Technologies.
Users who are blind…
…may use screen reading software to hear
the content of the screen
Users who are deaf…
…require audiovisual resources to be captioned
for accessibility
Users with Mobility Impairments
…may use speech
recognition technology
to access web content
Users with learning differences…
Will benefit from a logical, well-laid out site with
consistent markup
QUICK TIPS
Quick Tips for Web Accessibility
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Pictures
Use the “alt” attribute to describe
the picture.
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Graphs, Charts and other
complex images
Use the “Longdesc” attribute.
Quick Tips for Web Accessibility
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Heading Styles
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Use “H1, H2, etc.” when marking
up text.
Disabled Student Services
Office Hours
The office is open from 7 a.m.-5:30 p.m. for your convenience…
Staff
We are staffed with friendly people who love their jobs.
Quick Tips for Web Accessibility
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Hyperlinks.
Use text that makes sense
when read out of context.
For example, avoid “click here.”
For Example…
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Instead of this:
To read an article about World War II pilots click here
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Or this:
World War II Pilots Article:
(http://www.cnn.com/2008/wwii/20/wwii.pilots/index.htm)
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DO THIS:
Read World War II pilots article on CNN.com
Quick Tips for Web Accessibility
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Tables.
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Mark up tables with the
“Scope” and “Header”
attributes
Use the “Summary”
attribute to explain the
contents of the table.
Layout tables vs. Data tables
Layout tables vs. Data tables
Week
Chapters
Homework
Sept. 1
Brown ch. 1
Answer odd numbered
questions in back of
chapter
Sept. 7
Brown Ch. 2
Answer even numbered
questions in back of
chapter
Sept.
14
Brown Ch. 3
Answer odd numbered
questions in back of
chapter
Sept.
21
None
Quiz on Chapters 1-3
Quick Tips for Web Accessibility
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Multimedia.
Provide captioning
of video and
transcripts of audio.
Why is all this necessary?
Accessibility is not a new concept. Ramps, wide doorways,
elevators and accessible restrooms are an accepted part
of campus architecture.
Accessible web site design simply makes our
“virtual architecture” accessible too.