AccessWeb
AccessWeb Discussion List
This list fosters ongoing discussion about accessible website design, management, policy, and practice. It is open to anyone with an interest, but was particularly established as a means of fostering communication and collaboration on web accessibility among higher education entities in the Northwest region of the United States. The list is supported by the Alliance for Students with Disabilities in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (AccessSTEM) at the University of Washington.
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Resources on Accessible Web Design
The Web contains vast amounts of information about accessible web design. This page provides a starting point, with select resources hand-picked and organized by our staff of web accessibility exprts
Select Resources from DO-IT and the UW
General Web Accessibility Resources
- DO-IT Knowledge Base - hundreds of articles featuring answers to common questions, case studies, and promising practices regarding accessibility of technology, college, graduate school, and careers for individuals with disabilities.
- W3C Web Accessibility Initiative - hub for accessibility activity within the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C)
- WebAIM - Something for everyone, including an introductory tutorial, more advanced techniques documents, and an active blog
- EASI - Podcasts, Webinars, and online courses focused on web accessibility in education
Training and Tutorials
- Dive into Web Accessibility - free, self-paced online tutorial where material can be arranged by type of disability, design principle, web browser, or publishing tool, by Mark Andrew Pilgrim.
- ITTATC Web Accessibility Course - free, self-paced, online course written to teach techniques for creating accessible websites that comply with Section 508 standards for accessible web content, by Jim Thatcher.
- Web Accessibility 101 - free, self-paced, online course focusing on web accessibility policy, standards, and design from the University of Wisconsin.
Guidelines and Standards
Adobe PDF Accessibility
Adobe Flash Accessibility
Microsoft PowerPoint Accessibility
AJAX/Web 2.0 Accessibility
Multimedia Accessibility
- MAGpie - Free tool for adding captions and audio description to videos, from National Center on Accessible Media at WGBH
- HiCaption - captioning software from HiSoftware, Inc.
- Captionate - tool from Manitu Group, embeds caption data directly into a Flash Video file
- Automatic Sync Technologies - upload videos and transcripts and have them captioned automatically within minutes
- CC For Flash - another NCAM product, tools for supporting closed captioned video via Flash
- Adobe Accessibility Blog - features several articles on adding captions to Flash video
- Camtasia Studio - TechSmith's screen recorder and video editor, includes captioning features
- Adobe Captivate - Adobe's screen recorder and video editor, includes captioning features
Policy Development
Web Accessibility Evaluation and Repair Tools
HTML Validators and Repair Tools
- W3C Validation Tools - check whether your web page complies with HTML, CSS, and other specifications; from the W3C, the group who wrote the specifications
- HTML Tidy - an open source tool for cleaning up your HTML source code
- Dr Watson
- Page Valet
Universal Design as a Topic of Instruction