Web Manager University – Fall 2009
Class Title: Build 508 Accessible Websites
| Class Format: | Two–Day Course | ||
| Instructor: | Mark Hakkinen | ||
| Date | Tuesday – Wednesday, October 27 – 28, 2009 | ||
| Time: | 9:00 am – 4:00 pm | ||
| Place: | Environmental Protection Agency, Washington, DC | Directions to EPA | |
| Fee: | $400 federal, state, or local U.S. government; $600 for non–government |
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Course Description
In this class, you'll learn how to design, create, and test websites and applications to be accessible and meet the Section 508 requirements. You'll learn how to implement core HTML, CSS, and other programmatic techniques to ensure your website is accessible to people with disabilities.
What You Will Learn
At the end of this course, you'll be able to:
- Interpret accessibility laws, policies, standards, and guidelines and how they may affect the customer approach to web accessibility
- Implement a design and requirements process for maximizing website accessibility
- Design and code accessible websites, applications, and multimedia
- Use tools required to design accessible websites
- Develop and implement users tests that include people with disabilities
Course Outline
Day 1
I. Web Accessibility Standards Overview
A. Section 508 Standards Review
B. W3C/WAI Guidelines Overview
II. Understanding Key Design Principles
A. Color, Contrast, and Size
B. Graceful Degradation
C. Creating Alternate Content
III. HTML/CSS Accessibility Techniques
A. Overview of Accessibility Features in HTML
B. Images and Image Maps
C. Text, Lists, and Links
D. Frames
E. Forms
F. Tables
G. CSS
Day 2
IV. Evaluation and Repair
A. Evaluation and Repair Process and Techniques
B. Browser Testing
C. Usability/User Testing
V. Multimedia and Alternative Document Production
A. Building Accessible PDF Files
B. Creating Accessible FLASH
VI. Advanced Coding Techniques Overview
A. JavaScript
B. DHTML & AJAX
Who Should Attend
This course is targeted for web content managers and contributors, IT specialists, and usability and accessibility specialists.
Prerequisites
Please be familiar with Section508.gov before attending the course. This course will be highly technical.
About the Instructor
Markku T. Häkkinen has worked in the field of human factors and user interface research and software development for over 20 years. His professional experience spans research and development of hardware and software user interfaces in academia, industry, and the non-profit sector.
Mr Hakkinen worked with the DAISY (Digital Accessible Information Systems) Consortium on the development of information standards and open source software solutions. Mr. Hakkinen was a key technical contributor in the development of the DAISY and ANSI/NISO Z39.86 Digital Talking Book standards. Mark served as Founder and Chief Technology Officer for The Productivity Works where he pioneered the creation of the WebSpeak talking web browser, introducing key concepts in audio navigation of web content.
Mr Hakkinen's current research focus is in the design of accessible, multimodal public warning, and he recently presented his research at conferences in Europe and China.
He has a B.Sc. in Psychology from Washington University in St. Louis (USA), conducted graduate research in speech-based Interfaces at Virginia Tech (USA), and has a M.Sc. (Eximia cum laude) in Computer Science/Cognitive Science from the University of Jyväskylä (Finland). Currently he is finishing a PhD in Cognitive Science in the Department of Computer Science and Information Systems at the University of Jyväskylä, where he is also a visiting lecturer and researcher. Mr. Hakkinen is a citizen of Finland and the United States.
