Preventing a Digital Divide:

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If you dont like the way the world is, you
change it. You have an obligation to change it.
Marian Wright Edelman
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Preventing a Digital Divide
Accessibility and Online Learning
Diana K. Wakimoto diana.wakimoto_at_csueastbay.edu Ca
lifornia State University, East Bay Online
Northwest 2009
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Slides, Info More

• http//thewakilibrarian.wordpress.com

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Which Digital Divide?
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Accessible Design/Universal Design
research by mwoodard on flickr used in
accordance with Creative Commons License
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Deadly Sins of Web Design
http//dwightdesign.com/articles/deadlySinsOfWebDe
sign.html
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Whats Section 508?
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How do You Measure Accessibility?

• FAE Rule Set
• beta Rule Set
• HTML Validation
• Navigation

accessibility by urbanreviewstldotcom, on flickr
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Firefox Accessibility Toolbar

• Free add-on for Firefox
• Use to validate page for accessibility, generate
  reports, test navigation, etc.
• https//addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/

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Vischeck
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Vischeck Example
Original Google Homepage
Red/Green Colorblind Simulation
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Retrofitting Old Resources
Typewriter of Capricorn, by emdot on flickr,
used in accordance with Creative Commons License
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Overstream
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Creating New Accessible Resources
Touchscreen Confusion, by cheekyspanky on
flickr, used in accordance with Creative Commons
License
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Another Option Voicethread

• Interactive, easy to use
• Create audio and text scripts over an online
  presentation
• Example http//voicethread.com/share/296806

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Wordpress
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More Resources

• Captivate Tutorials
• AxsJAX
• SurveyMonkey
• W3C
• WebAIM

httpwww, by ntr23 on flickr, used in accordance
with Creative Commons License
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Questions? Comments?
"Always listen to the experts. They'll tell you
what can't be done and why. Then do it."
Robert Heinlein
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URLs to Resources Listed

• Firefox Add-ons https//addons.mozilla.org/en-US/
  firefox/
• Vischeck http//www.vischeck.com/
• Overstream http//www.overstream.net/
• Adobe Captivate http//www.adobe.com
• Voicethread http//voicethread.com/
• Wordpress http//wordpress.com
• SurveyMonkey http//www.surveymonkey.com/
• AxsJAX http//code.google.com/p/google-axsjax/
• W3C http//www.w3.org/
• WebAIM http//www.webaim.org/
• Deadly Sins of Web Design http//dwightdesign.com
  /articles/deadlySinsOfWebDesign.html