Access through Adaptive Computer Technology and Website Design

February 10, 2006 - SIUC Institutional Advancement Web Accessibility Assessment and Resources

When: February 10 - 10:00 a.m. to 11:30 p.m.
Where: SIUC Coyler Hall Conference Room
Parking: Metered in lot across the street
Local contact: Michael Whitney - DSSsiu@siu.edu
Local contact: Beth Mohlenbrock - 618.453.4915

Agenda

This workshop will be reviewing recent movements in accessible website design practices and reporting within the state of Illinois as well as the Nation. Topics will focus around tools and resources utilized to evaluate and help develop the SIU Foundation website with particular attention given to interpretation of automated accessibility checking tool results and techniques for implementing changes based upon those results. Tools and resources to be utilized are:

• Cynthia Says
• W3C HTML Markup Validation Service
• W3C css-validator
• WebXACT
• UIUC Web Accessibility Management Tool