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Making Websites Accessible
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Department of Information Studies, University of Sheffield Wednesday, 24th May 2006, 9.45 - 16.30
Course Outline
It is now a legal requirement to ensure that Websites are designed in such a way as to make them accessible to people with a range of disabilities. In the UK, the Disability Discrimination Act (DDA), stipulates that websites must be accessible to blind and disabled users. The Webcredible organisation, www.webcredible.co.uk notes that:
"Section III of the DDA, http://www.drc-gb.org/open4all/law/code.asp which refers to accessible websites, came into force on 1st October 1999 and the Code of Practice, http://www.hmso.gov.uk/si/si2002/20020720.htm for this section of the DDA was published on 27th May 2002. This means that the majority of websites have been in breach of the law for over five years."
Current high level Web authoring tools (such as FrontPage, DreamWeaver, etc.), although they may provide prompts and advice, do not automatically generate "accessible" Web pages, and some knowledge of accessibility and what is entailed is required of the Web page and Website creator.
This is a one-day "hands on" practical course designed to teach you how to create Web pages and Websites that are accessible to people with a range of disabilities. You will learn how to validate pages that you create in relation to acknowledged international standards, and how to kite mark your Web pages according to A, AA or AAA international accessibility standards. You will become familiar with techniques and software that provides automatic checking of your Web pages for accessibility, and will learn how to keep up to date with future accessibility developments.
Pre-requisite knowledge: You should have some familiarity with HTML and the basics of Web page creation.
Course Presenters
Nigel Ford teaches Web design at Masters and undergraduate level on the course Designing Usable Websites at Sheffield University's Department of Information Studies.
Peter Holdridge has wide experience of Web design, and is responsible for the Web presence and development of Sheffield University's Department of Information Studies. He also teaches on the Designing Usable Websites course.
Costs (including lunch and refreshments) UKeiG members £150 + VAT (£176.25); others £180 + VAT (£211.50)
Further Information and Bookings
http://www.ukeig.org.uk/training/2006_05_24_accessiblesites.html
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e-Resources in Higher and Further Education :
changes, challenges and choices
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The John Rylands University Library, University of Manchester Wednesday, 5th July, 2006, 9.30 - 16.30
Course Outline
This meeting brings together both suppliers and users of education resources to explore their availability, use and licensing in higher and further education establishments. The aim will be to learn about some sources currently available as well as new and future developments, followed by reviews of user experience. Discussions on the pros and cons of these resources will also take place with the aim of highlighting issues, which, if addressed, will serve to improve the access and use of these resources.
Presentations include:
e-Journals and the professional librarian Caroline Moss-Gibbons, Head of Heritage Collections, Royal College of Physicians
Supporting users of electronic data resources in research and teaching Joint presentation by Stuart MacDonald, Assistant Data Librarian, Edinburgh University Data Library and Luis Martinez, Data Librarian, London School of Economics
Education, blank, Education : what's available and what's missing Alan Bradwell, Education Librarian, Anglia Polytechnic and LISE Chair
Terms and conditions of JISC e-resources : affecting access and providing choice Lorraine Estelle, JISC
Innovative technologies from Eduserv : what the future may hold for education resources Peter Walker, Director of Eduserv CHEST
Challenges, change and choice for e-resources: open access to the fore Tracy Kent, Computer Science Librarian, University of Birmingham
Costs (including lunch and refreshments) UKeiG members £130 + VAT (£152.75); others £160 + VAT (£188.00)
Further Information and Bookings
http://www.ukeig.org.uk/training/july06/eresources.html
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Claire Pillar
Web Coordinator
North Cumbria Informatics Service
Tel: 01228 814159
Email: [log in to unmask]
Web Liaision
UK eInformation Group, http://www.ukeig.org.uk
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