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More about Web/School 2.0 and Accessibility

John E. Brandt Steve Sawczyn Maine CITE. More about Web/School 2.0 and Accessibility. Who are you?. Where are you from? What Web/School 2.0 things have you tried?. Web2.0. Blogs Twitter/ Facebook Moodle - LMS Wikis, Nings PodCasts - VodCasts File sharing - collaborations

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More about Web/School 2.0 and Accessibility

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  1. John E. Brandt Steve Sawczyn Maine CITE More about Web/School 2.0and Accessibility

  2. Who are you? • Where are you from? • What Web/School 2.0 things have you tried?

  3. Web2.0 • Blogs • Twitter/Facebook • Moodle - LMS • Wikis, Nings • PodCasts - VodCasts • File sharing - collaborations • Rich Internet Applications • RSS Syndication

  4. Web2.0 “…trend in the use of World Wide Web technology and web design that aims to enhance creativity, information sharing, and, most notably, collaboration among users”

  5. Alan November - 1997 • Automating • Informating “Informating changes the flow and control of information” "The real revolution in learning is not about adding technology on top of the current structure of school. Instead, the real revolution is about a transformational shift of control from the school system to the learner."

  6. Collaboration • It is essential is that all students can participate. • How do we ensure all students can participate?

  7. Accessibility • Perceivable • Operable • Understandable • Robust From the W3C- WCAG

  8. Perceivable • . . . means that all web site content must be perceivable by all users despite their disability conditions.

  9. Operable • . . . means all web sites must be constructed in a way that allows all users to navigate, manipulate and control content.

  10. Understandable • . . . means the “language” of the web site must be usable to all parties.

  11. Robust • . . . means that all web content must have functionality across current and future technologies.

  12. Good News … • Many of the Web2.0 apps are fairly accessible • Many of the development communities who are building these apps are sensitive to accessibility issues

  13. …and Bad News • It only takes one user to make the application or content inaccessible

  14. Adventures on the Web • Steve will demo some AT • Steve will show examples of accessible content • Steve will show what happened with content is not accessible.

  15. What to watch • HTML Entry and Editing • Image Insertion and ALT text • Semantic Hyperlinks • Ordered Headings (H1, H2) • Imported docs need to be accessible • Rich Media Formats – be careful

  16. Have a . . . • Clear Accessibility Policy • Easy to understand Users’ Manual • Lots of opportunities for training • Someone to regularly test and remediate

  17. Where to go for more help? Maine CITE – Accessible Web Design www.mainecite.org/awd jeb@jebswebs.com Steve@atmaine.com

  18. Thank you Title Credit: Original Source: Markus Angermeier Author: Luca Cremonini Image licensed under the Creative CommonsAttribution found on Wikipedia

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