Directory of course sessions
The following is a list of the individual modules of the course. You are welcome to read the individual lesson notes listed below, but to follow the full course, including exercises, you will need to register at the course home page. If you are only interested in a specific topic, such as accessible font faces, then you can use our list of accessibility topics.
- Introduction to how the web works (lesson1a)
- Tools and techniques used by disabled people for browsing the web (lesson1b)
- Writing accessible text content for a website (lesson2a)
- Defining language,abbreviations and quotations for accessible content ( lesson2b)
- Organising page content for assistive technologies (lesson2c)
- Creating a semantic structure for accessible web pages (lesson3a)
- Using the list elements to aid accessibilty of web pages (lesson3b)
- Using data tables to aid the accessibility of web pages (lesson3c)
- Benefits of a sound page structure and using accurate HTML or XHTML (lesson3d)
- Using stylesheets so that pages look good and are accessible (lesson4a)
- Creating a style sheet (lesson4b)
- Example of how a page layout can be changed by different stylesheets (lesson4c)
- Relative (proportional) dimensioning for accessible web pages (lesson4d)
- Benefits of the standard page layout (lesson4e)
- Using tables for an accessible web page layout (lesson5a)
- How to make frames accesible (lesson5b)
- Suitable fonts and how to apply them for an accessible website (lesson6a)
- Using colour when creating an accessible website ( lesson6b)
- How to use images to create an accessible website (lesson7a)
- How to use CSS for decorative images in an accessible website (lesson7b)
- How to use image maps so that they are accessible (lesson7c)
- Using device independant scripts (lesson8a)
- Embeding animations without creating barriers to accessibility (lesson8b)
- Using audio and video in an accessible website (lesson8c)
- How to create accessible forms (lesson9a)
- Making forms easier for disabled people to use (lesson9b)
- Creating a site map for an accessible website (lesson10a)
- Creating accessible navigation menu bars (lesson10b)
- Designing accessible navigation links (lesson10c)
- How to include non-html documents in an accessible website (lesson11a)
- How to test a website for accessibility (lesson12a)
- A simple testing procedure for accessibility (lesson12b)
- Introduction to the W3C and S508 Accessibility guidelines (guidelinesintro)
- WAI guidelines Principle 1
- WAI guidelines Principle 2
- WAI guidelines Principle 3
- WAI guidelines Principle 4
- S508 Accessibility guidelines