Meet the Experts
"Designed-in Accessibility" with Tom Jewett
Event Details – Understand why designing a Web site for accessibility is more efficient than retrofitting an inaccessible site and provides additional benefits beyond meeting legal requirements. Also learn one conceptual model of how this may be done in actual practice.
- Understand the benefits of accessible design to users and developers.
- Learn a platform-independent model of Web site development.
- Learn to design each level independently, yet have them work together.
- Walk through an actual example, step-by-step, as each level is added.
Date: Thursday, May 28th, 2009
Time: 1 PM to 2 PM PST
Location (Web) On-line Instructions: To prepare in advance for this webinar, please follow these instructions:
- This is a public meeting and will be displayed on the public schedule page. Attendee(s) may join by clicking here.
- Attendee(s) may add this meeting to their scheduling application by clicking here.
- No Password
- If you prefer to listen rather than watch the presentation, call: 877-220-5439 ID 733222
- PLEASE NOTE: THERE WILL BE NO Q & A UNTIL THE END OF THE RECORDED WEBINAR.
Website: ATI Professional Development Website
Who Should Attend: Anyone who creates a web pages or web sites.
Skill Level: Beginner
ATI Contact: Jean Wells, jwells@calstate.edu
Sharing: Please pass this announcement on to any staff or faculty on your campus you think will benefit from this training.
Registration: No registration required.
Deadline: None.
Requirements: No Cost, See Online Instructions Above
Accessibility: This session will have real time captioning. If you require any accommodations, please contact Jean Wells at jwells@calstate.edu.
Archive: This session will be archived on the ATI Professional Development Web Site. You will receive another announcement when it is available.
Future Events: “Creating Priorities for Captioning Needs”, June 2009 with Kevin Erler and Pat Brogan, Automatic Sync Technologies.
AGENDA
Section 1. Introduction
- Instructor
- Course materials and outline
- The four-level model of Web design
Section 2. Content
- Raw material – text, graphics, in any format
- Provided by site client
Section 3. Structure
- Content is organized by the developer
- HTML (or XHTML) is used to define the structure
- Most important layer for accessibility
- No presentation component (style) yet
Section 4. Presentation
- Generally means visual presentation, but can be audio, print, or other
- Done with style sheets (CSS)
- Large gain in maintainability for the developer
Section 5. Behavior
- Generally means JavaScript
- Used as an enhancement for those who have it available
- Content cannot depend on availability