Opening Day 2006 Presentation available at: http://ets.fhda.edu/508 Web Accessibility Opening Day 2006 Presentation available at: http://ets.fhda.edu/508

Universal Design Universal Design General Concepts from TRACE Research and Development Center Universal Design Concepts & Issues from the Center for Applied Special Technology.

User Accessibility Issues The Web Accessibility Initiative (WAI) of the World Wide Web Consortium has an excellent online document "How People with Disabilities Use the Web". The section on Scenarios of People with Disabilities Using the Web explains how specific disabilities affect user access to the web.

User Accessibility Issues The Microsoft accessibility site lists Guides by Impairment that describe the types of assistive technology solutions for each of 5 disability groups: Visual Impairments, Hearing Impairments, Mobility Impairments, Language Impairments, and Learning Impairments.

User Accessibility Issues Browse to IBM’s site to learn about Interacting with people who are blind, Interacting with people with mobility impairments, and Interacting with people who are deaf or hard of hearing. The Accessibility Color Wheel allows you to experience how three color insensitivities are perceived

Assistive Technology The High Tech Center Training Unit (HTCTU) of the California Community Colleges trains faculty and staff who work with students with disabilities. Assistive Technology ZoomText JAWS Dragon NaturallySpeaking Kurzweil 3000

Accessibility Guidelines & Standards The Web Accessibility Initiative (WAI), a subgroup of W3C, provides the guidelines for ensuring content created for the web is accessible to all users.

Accessibility Guidelines & Standards Section 508 Standards Guide to the Section 508 Standards for Electronic and Information Technology

Website Creation WebAIM (Web Accessibility in Mind) created an easy to use Section 508 Checklist that can be printed and used as a resource for people developing web content. Web Accessibility for Section 508 Tutorial on Jim Thatcher’s Web site.

Evaluation & Repair Tools Check out some of the evaluation tools listed on the W3C Web Accessibility Initiative site.

A-Prompt is an application available for Windows A-Prompt is an application available for Windows. Download it from the A-Prompt download page and install it according to the directions there. Follow the Quick Start Tutorial to learn how this easy to use program works.

Wave, now located at WebAIM, offers 4 different ways to evaluate your web page for accessibility: Method 1: Submit the URI of a page Method 2: Upload a page Method 3: Install WAVE toolbar in browser Method 4: Add WAVE bookmarklet to browser

Who to contact: De Anza Willie Pritchard Academic Coordinator Distance Learning Center LCW-102 408-864-8549 pritchardwillie@deanza.edu Mary Parke Instructional Designer Distance Learning Center LCW-102 408-864-5399 parkemary@deanza.edu

Who to contact: De Anza Wayne Chenoweth Instructor, Assistive Technology Computer Access Lab AT 203 408-864-5816 chenowethwayne@deanza.edu Sean Keegan Training Specialist High Tech Center Training Unit 408-996-6044 skeegan@htctu.net

Who to Contact: Foothill Judy Baker Director, FH Global Access Room 3611 650-949-7749 bakerjudy@fhda.edu Steven Sum Alternate Media Specialist Room 5901 650-949-7673 sumsteven@fhda.edu