Hi
The TechDis section is password protected - and I can't get at that from
home (but I'll have a look when at college).
However, I found my way to a TechDis recommended resource at WebAIM:
http://www.webaim.org/
The opening page uses multiple fonts, at least 8 different font sizes on
7 different background colours, images devoid of alt text tags, images
of text (which can't be read by talking browser).
Accessibility?
The next bit goes right back to the start of this thread - I'm fairly
confident in my ability to create accessible web pages. However, I'm
certainly not confident about my ability to keep up to speed with the
latest W3C (or similar) guidelines or my ability to construct pages that
will satisfy accessibility validators. However, as Ian suggested, the
way to go is to make your pages as accessible as possible, and I'll
always do my very best to achieve that.
My concern is that webpage validators and close adherence to W3C
guidelines are often touted as important, or even vital. They can be
intimidating and may deter potential authors from creating materials for
the web. Given the way things are developing, It seems likely that
almost everyone in Education will need to be authoring pages before very
long.
I hope that in the near future writing a few pages and whacking them on
a server (eg lecture notes and additional resources) will be as
commonplace an activity as word-processing a handout for photocopying.
The people on this list now have links to resources that they can use in
order to facilitate the design of accessible online and PC-based
materials (not just web pages, I know). However, other folk who go to
the Internet for guidance may find the advice and the volume of
information quite daunting (and heaven help anyone who finds their to
the WebAIM site - which I'd describe as excellent example of naff
practice!).
Info on accessibility needs to be more accessible!
Anyway...whinge over.
Regards
Peter
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Mrs E.A.B.Draffan wrote:
> As David and Ian mentioned TechDis have some pages on the subject including
> a set of 7 easy to follow guidelines which link to the WAI web pages and
> also have educationally specific comments, for instance how to lay out Maths
> equations on web pages etc. Please go to http://www.techdis.ac.uk/seven/.
>
> There are also several advice pages for each subject and links to different
> software programs for testing pages as well a guide to using clear written
> language.
>
> http://easi.cc leads to a webcast by Laurie Harrison from the University of
> Toronto who talks about the latest in
> Web evaluation tools.
>
> Best wishes
> E.A.
>
>
> Mrs E.A. Draffan,
> TechDis Accessibility Database, USIE,
> Education Development Building,
> University of Sussex, Falmer,
> Brighton BN1 9RG
> Tel: 01273 873600
> http://www.techdis.ac.uk
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Discussion list for disabled students and their support staff.
> [mailto:[log in to unmask]]On Behalf Of Peter Hill
> Sent: Tuesday, April 23, 2002 14:47
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: Re: provision for dyslexic undergraduates
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>
> Ian Webb wrote:
>
>
>>To sum up:
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> snip
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>>WAI guidelines are simple to follow even for non techies and should
>>be used as a measure.
>>
>
>
> Hi
>
> Sorry Ian
>
> I'm inclined to disagree. There is a mind boggling array of information
> on the WAI site (which refers you to the W3C guidelines) and TechDis is
> not particularly easy to navigate either (in my opinion).
>
> There's a real need for a simple list of do's and dont's for those who
> never made it to post-grad study in IT.
>
> Regards
>
> Peter Hill
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