Accessibility
Links and Resources
Campus Resources
- Baseline Access Training (BATS)
- HiSoftware Compliance Sheriff Training
- SDSU Web Style Guide
- Student Disability Services
CSUN 2013 Conference Information
The CSUN 2013 28th Annual International Technology and Persons with Disabilities Conference information has been posted. See attached document:
ACCESSIBLE TECHNOLOGY INITIATIVE (ATI) NEWS: Captioning Service is now available.
External Resources
From HiSoftware
From the ATI Steering Committee
From IBM AlphaWorks
From the Information Technology Industry Council
From The International Center for Disability Resources on the Internet
From The California State University, Office of the Chancellor:
“Within the California State University system, we take great pride that our university makes a college education possible for students who come from families that do not take higher education for granted. We also take pride in our diversity. We include students with disabilities as an important aspect of our diversity, and we have developed policies and programs to ensure that our university identifies and removes barriers to their education.
The Accessible Technology Initiative is in place because of our commitment that all of the technology that is used by students, faculty, staff and the public will be accessible by 2012. We have decided that we must be pro-active in applying principles of Universal Design to the technology that we purchase, design and use. We can no longer wait for the student with a disability to attend the first day of class before we remove barriers that make technology or instruction inaccessible. This year, instructional materials for new courses as well as new materials for all courses, are required to be in accessible formats. All faculty and instructors will be involved in the implementation of this goal. Resources such as tools and training modules that will help you are in development. Our culture must shift as each one of us learns new techniques and skills in creating a truly inclusive teaching and learning environment.
The Accessible Technology Initiative places us in a leadership position in higher education. Other colleges and universities will follow our lead and will benefit from the methods we develop to implement its requirements. Our leadership has attracted the attention of people from outside the CSU system. Please join me in watching a short video from California Supreme Court Justice Carlos Moreno commending us for our efforts.”
List Servers
- ATI-webcop@lists.cls.edu
- Subscribe to SDSU Web Developer Listserv sdsuwebdev
- Subscribe to SDSU Access Listserv sdsu-access
Oracle Forms Accessibility Features
Developer Tools
From “CATS Web Accessibility Workshop Resources”
Web Browsers
- Camino 1.0 (or higher) for Mac OS X
- Firefox 3 (or higher) for Windows, Linux, or Mac OS X
- Internet Explorer 8.0 for Windows
- Opera 9.5 (or higher) for Windows, Linux, or Mac OS X
- Safari 3.1 (or higher) for Mac OS X
- Web Developer 1.1.6
Accessibility Standards
- Section 508 Government Site
- Section 508 Homepage-electronic and Information Technology
- WebAIM Section 508 Checklist
- World Wide Web Consortium Web Accessibility Initiative
- Usability
Information on Disabilities
Accessibility Checkers
Test your Pages for Color Blindness
- Color Blindness and Color Deficiency (by Online PhD Programs)
- Color Contrast Analyser: (PC only)
- Juicy Studio CSS Colour Contrast Analyzer extension for Firefox (Mac and PC)
- Color Blender
- Vischeck (Mac and PC)
Accessibility Guides, Tutorials & Resources
- Chapter 6, Creating Accessible Content By Jim Thatcher [PDF]
- Trace Center University of Wisconsin, Designing More Usable Web Sites
- Jim Thatcher Section 508 Tutorial
- WebMonkey The Web Isn’t for Everyone Yet
- Center for Universal Design
- Humboldt State University Web Accessibility Group
- Cal Poly Technology & Learning Services ADA Support
Making Flash Accessible, Resources
- Flash Accessibility Presentation WebAIM
- Best Practices for Accessible Flash Design by Bob Regan [PDF]
- Accessibility Best Practices for FlashPaper 2
PDF Accessibility, Resources
- PDF Accessibility WebAIM
- Accessibility Features in Acrobat Reader 7 WebAIM
- Facts and Opinions About PDF Accessibility by Joe Clark
Books
- Web Accessibility: Web Standards and Regulatory Compliance, by Jim Thatcher
- Access by Design, by Sarah Horton
- Designing Web Usability, by Jakob Nielsen
- The Non-designer’s Web Book, by Robin Williams
See also,
- Access by Design Tutorials and Guides
- Instructional Materials Tools
- Web Accessibility Resource Links
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