October 30, 2006
Revised manual available
Our project manual on web accessibility, available on BCcampus's SOL*R (Shareable Online Learning Resources), has been reposted with some minor modifications and updates. You can now download it here:
- Accessibility in Online Learning (HTML site)
- Accessibility in Online Learning (PDF)
- Five workshops in web accessibility (Powerpoint)
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August 28, 2006
Powerpoint from Friday, August 25
And here is the final Powerpoint file on assistive technology.
We hope you've enjoyed the workshops!
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August 24, 2006
Powerpoint for Thursday, August 24
Here is today's Powerpoint file on Creating Usable Content.
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August 23, 2006
Powerpoint for Wednesday, August 23
If you'd rather look at today's slides in a pretty, non-pixellated format, or just want to keep them for future reference - here is the Powerpoint.
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Useful links from the workshops so far
Here are some links that have either been mentioned as part of the workshops, or suggested by our attendees.
Monday:
- Web Semantics: http://www.websemantics.co.uk
- Course Genie: http://www.horizonwimba.com/products/coursegenie/
- S5, a standards-based presentation program http://meyerweb.com/eric/tools/s5/
Tuesday:
- CSS Zen Garden
- On using ALT text properly: http://www.webaim.org/techniques/images/alt_text.php
- On accessible tables: http://www.jimthatcher.com/webcourse9.htm
Wednesday:
- Quicktime and SMIL
- Magpie: http://ncam.wgbh.org/webaccess/magpie
- Web Content Accessibility Guidelines: http://www.w3.org/TR/WAI-WEBCONTENT/
- Ajax and Accessibility: http://www.standards-schmandards.com/index.php?2005/03/01/16-ajax-and-accessibility
- PDF Accessibility: http://www.cew.wisc.edu/accessibility/tutorials/accessiblePdfs.htm
- A List Apart - PDF Accessibility: http://www.alistapart.com/articles/pdf_accessibility
- MathPlayer: http://www.dessci.com/en/products/mathplayer
- Fangs Screen Reader Emulator: https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/402
Thursday:
- LetMeType: http://www.clasohm.com/lmt/en/
- Vischeck (check site for colourblind) http://www.vischeck.com/vischeck/
- Computer-Human Interaction: http://www.firelily.com/opinions/chi.html
- Colour contrast: http://juicystudio.com/services/colourcontrast.php#contrast
- Open Office: www.openoffice.org
- Google spreadsheets: spreadsheets.google.com
- Writely (online word processor): www.writely.com
- Deb Butler's site: http://www.ecps.educ.ubc.ca/faculty/d_butler1.htm
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Powerpoint files for first two workshops
By popular demand, here are the Powerpoint slides for the workshops we've given so far:
Monday, August 21: Basics of Web Accessibility
Tuesday, August 22: Coding an Accessible Site
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