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New features include support for text attributes, spell check, and HTML 5 video/audio

Tags: accessibility, firefox, WAI-ARIA, html5, webdesign on 2009-06-26 -All Annotations (0) -About

more fromwww.marcozehe.de

Section 508 or WCAG validator

Tags: accessibility, section508, webdesign, WCAG on 2009-05-13 and saved by 24 people -All Annotations (0) -About

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Resources for multimedia accessibility in e-learning, including case studies. Part of their philosophy is that multimedia can actually enhance accessibility and make course designs more usable for all learners.

Tags: accessibility, multimedia, e-learning, education, casestudies on 2009-05-02 and saved by 15 people -All Annotations (3) -About

more fromwww.skillsforaccess.org.uk

Open course on accessibility in e-learning, starting with an overview of disability and accessibility. Also includes information on designing and evaluating courses for accessibility.

Tags: accessibility, e-learning, education on 2009-05-02 and saved by 5 people -All Annotations (0) -About

more fromopenlearn.open.ac.uk

Blogs about accessibility (plus a few general web design blogs that sometimes cover accessibility)

Tags: accessibility, blog, webdesign on 2009-05-01 -All Annotations (0) -About

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Free online tutorial for making online learning accessible, in 10 parts

Tags: accessibility, e-learning, education on 2009-04-04 and saved by 16 people -All Annotations (1) -About

more fromwww.accesselearning.net

Presentation with numerous resources for e-learning accessibility, plus tips for instructors

Tags: accessibility, e-learning, education, text-to-speech on 2009-04-04 -All Annotations (0) -About

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Check website accessibility with a free tool from WebAIM. You can enter a URL, upload a file, or paste HTML code. There's also a Firefox toolbar that lets you check content that is password protected etc.

Tags: accessibility, tools, webdesign on 2009-04-01 and saved by 53 people -All Annotations (0) -About

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Enter a URL, see what the webpage looks like for multiple kinds of colorblindness. Easy to switch from one filter to another to see different variations.

Tags: accessibility, color, webdesign on 2009-03-21 and saved by 89 people -All Annotations (2) -About

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Example of (theoretically) accessible e-learning Section 508 created for the IRS. Publicly available. Lots of little errors though; spaces in alt tags, paragraph tags with formatting instead of header styles, etc. Given as an example in a discussion in a LinkedIn group.

Tags: accessibility, e-learning, section508 on 2009-03-13 and saved by 3 people -All Annotations (0) -About

more fromwww.irs.gov

Literature review on research related to accessibility specifically for cognitive disabilities. One conclusion from this review is that there's very little research actually out there to draw from; most guidelines and recommendations aren't grounded in much evidence.

Tags: accessibility, webdesign, learningdisability on 2009-02-26 -All Annotations (0) -About

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Results of a survey of screen reader users. Screen reader users are not uniform in their responses; proficiency levels and preferences vary widely. Clear heading structure is recommended, as this was a very common navigation technique. Because of the diversity of responses, it may be best to provide options so people can access content in the way that works for them.

Tags: accessibility, webdesign on 2009-01-31 and saved by 13 people -All Annotations (36) -About

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Color scheme generator which includes a feature for simulating what the colors would look like for people with different types of color blindness

Tags: color, webdesign, accessibility on 2009-01-29 and saved by 206 people -All Annotations (0) -About

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Plain language WCAG 2.0 checklist from WebAIM. If you don't want to slog through all the technical language of WCAG 2.0, this is much easier to understand.

Tags: accessibility, webdesign on 2009-01-27 and saved by 5 people -All Annotations (0) -About

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Color contrast checker based on the WCAG 2.0 standards. Enter hex codes for colors for foreground and background. Not quick for checking lots of colors, but based on the actual ratios in the standards.

Tags: webdesign, accessibility, color on 2009-01-14 and saved by 2 people -All Annotations (0) -About

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Tool to show what web pages and images look like to someone who is color blind

Tags: webdesign, accessibility, color, tools on 2009-01-09 and saved by 22 people -All Annotations (3) -About

more fromwww.vischeck.com

Slick looking dynamic FAQ built with jQuery, where each question is in a box with a tag to click for the answer. The great thing about this technique is that it's still accessible to screenreaders because the content is still visible even without Javascript and CSS.

Tags: webdesign, accessibility, javascript on 2008-12-29 and saved by 2 people -All Annotations (0) -About

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US Census statistics on disabilities. If almost 20% of the population has some sort of disability, isn't that significant enough for us to take accessibility into consideration when developing online learning? If you want stats to justify why accessibility matters, this is a good place to start.

Tags: accessibility, statistics on 2008-12-19 -All Annotations (1) -About

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Press release on the new Web Content Accessibility Guidelines 2.0, with links to more information. "WCAG at a Glance" is a quick overview of the standards, but probably only helpful if you're already somewhat familiar with online accessibility.

Tags: accessibility, webdesign on 2008-12-11 and saved by 2 people -All Annotations (1) -About

more fromwww.w3.org

Ira Socol's "Toolbelt Theory," the idea that we all need tools to help us survive in the the world, and every individual needs a different set of tools. The is a broader idea than just accessibility; it's about giving all learners control of their own tools to find what works best for them.

Tags: tools, education, accessibility, assistivetechnology, learnercontrol on 2008-12-02 and saved by 17 people -All Annotations (18) -About

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