1 / 10

An Accessible Webpage: A Title III Project

An Accessible Webpage: A Title III Project. Dr. Diane Finley Department of Psychology Prince George’s Community College. AAFACT 2003. The Title III Project.

alain
Download Presentation

An Accessible Webpage: A Title III Project

An Image/Link below is provided (as is) to download presentation Download Policy: Content on the Website is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use and may not be sold / licensed / shared on other websites without getting consent from its author. Content is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use only. Download presentation by click this link. While downloading, if for some reason you are not able to download a presentation, the publisher may have deleted the file from their server. During download, if you can't get a presentation, the file might be deleted by the publisher.

E N D

Presentation Transcript

  1. An Accessible Webpage: A Title III Project Dr. Diane Finley Department of Psychology Prince George’s Community College AAFACT 2003

  2. The Title III Project • In 2002, I created a webpage for use by General Psychology students. It contains content information, weblinks, career information, APA Style information and specific information for PGCC students. http://academic.pgcc.edu/~dfinley • In 2003, the goal is to make this webpage (and my homepage) compliant with Section 508 of the Americans With Disabilities Act.

  3. What is Accessibility? • It is “making allowances for characteristics a person cannot readily change.” (Clark, 2003) • In terms of webpages, accessibility means designing pages that the visually impaired and hearing impaired can utilize fully.

  4. Why Worry About Accessibility? • One, it’s the law, specifically Section 508 of the Americans with Disability Act. • Two, millions of people have disabilities that interfere with full usages of the internet.

  5. What is the big issue? • Here is an example of a page that is not accessible to someone with low vision.

  6. What is the big issue? • Here is an example of a page that is not accessible to someone with low vision.

  7. What an Accessible Page Is NOT • It is not boring • It is not colorless • It is not devoid of animation or sound effects • It is not reliant only on text

  8. Issues to Consider in Making the Webpage Accessible • Color and contrast – important for low vision users • Inclusion of alternate text – enables screen readers to “read” the page • Inclusion of equivalent alternatives for multimedia • Table headers

  9. Information to Help Make Your Webpage Accessible • Clark, J. (2003). Building accessible websites. Indianapolis, IN: New Riders Publishing http://www.newriders.com • Thatcher,J. Bohman, P., Burks, M., Henry, S.L., Regan, B., Swierenga, S., Urban, M.D., & Waddell, C.D. (2002). Constructing accessible Web Sites. Birmingham, UK: Glasshaus Press. • http://www.webaim.org • http://w3.org/wai

  10. Contact Information: Dr. Diane Finley Prince George’s Community College 301 Largo Road Largo MD 20774 301-322-0869 dfinley@pgcc.edu http://academic.pgcc.edu/~dfinley

More Related