eCampus; Web accessibility course notes.

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  2. Index of course topics
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Index of topics

The following is a list of the various topics covered in our website accessibility course. If you are in a hurry, just want a quick reference or help with a particular accessibility problem, you can select the topic from the list below and you will be taken directly to the relevant section.

When you have more time, why not register for the course and follow it as takes you through the stages of building an accessible (and interesting) website.

Introduction

  1. What is accessibility
  2. How the web works
  3. Avoiding barriers
  4. Accessibility tools
  5. Change font size
  6. Change colours
  7. Keyboard navigation
  8. Screen readers
  9. Braille display
  10. Touch screens
  11. Programmable keys
  12. Chording keyboard
  13. Lesson summary

Page content

  1. Page purpose
  2. Language style
  3. Readability testing
  4. Length of page
  5. Using images
  6. Strutural elements
  7. Language element
  8. Abbreviations
  9. Quote and Cite
  10. Punctuation
  11. Content organisation
  12. Lesson summary

Page semantics

  1. Basic structure
  2. Doctype
  3. Title
  4. Meta elements
  5. Headings
  6. Audio demonstration
  7. Paragraphs
  8. Soft line breaks
  9. Lists
  10. Ordered lists
  11. Nested lists
  12. Definition lists
  13. Data tables
  14. Table element
  15. Caption
  16. Scoping headings
  17. Complex data tables
  18. Long data tables
  19. Complex pages
  20. Lesson summary

Styling the page

  1. Style Sheets
  2. Benefit of stylesheets
  3. Applying stylesheets
  4. Creating stylesheets
  5. Link to stylesheet
  6. CSS Demonstration
  7. Relative dimensions
  8. Border thickness
  9. Page layout
  10. Lesson summary

Using tables & frames for layout

  1. Layout tables
  2. Reading sequence
  3. Merging cells
  4. Table borders
  5. Transparent gifs
  6. Using Frames
  7. In-line frames
  8. Lesson summary

Fonts

  1. Accessible fonts
  2. Listing fonts
  3. Font sizes
  4. Line spacing
  5. Justification
  6. Drop Caps
  7. Letter spacing
  8. Colour contrast
  9. Colour & Information
  10. Lesson Summary

Images

  1. Using images
  2. Alternative text
  3. Long Description
  4. Images with CSS
  5. Background images
  6. Bullet point images
  7. Navigation buttons
  8. Images of text
  9. Image maps
  10. Lesson summary

Multimedia

  1. Java applications
  2. Device independance
  3. Flash Animations
  4. Scrolling text
  5. User control
  6. Audio presentations
  7. Video presentations
  8. Embedding video
  9. Synchronising media
  10. Lesson summary

Accessible forms

  1. Form process
  2. Designing forms
  3. Form content
  4. Label element
  5. Radio buttons
  6. Selection groups
  7. Text fields
  8. Fieldset
  9. Adding guidance
  10. Formatting fields
  11. Tab Indexing
  12. Java validation
  13. Using tables for forms
  14. Lesson summary

Navigation

  1. Anchor element
  2. Link text
  3. Links to other media
  4. Styling link text
  5. Using images for links
  6. Title attribute
  7. Avoid Access keys
  8. Avoid Tab indexing
  9. Avoid Java links
  10. Navigation Menus
  11. Skip links
  12. Navigation menu bars
  13. Title attribute
  14. "Rollover" buttons
  15. "Pull-down" menus
  16. Breadcrumb trails
  17. Site maps
  18. Lesson summary

Non-HTML documents

  1. PDF & Word files
  2. Accessible PDF
  3. Accessible Word
  4. Powerpoint
  5. Lesson Summary

Testing for accessibility

  1. Testing process
  2. Initial tests
  3. Robot tests
  4. W3C Guidelines
  5. User panels
  6. Independent validation
  7. Sample test procedure
  8. Testing checklist

 

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