Post on 18-Dec-2015
Web Application Programmer , ITaP Informatics
Member, Web Accessibility Committee
Who is this person?
“People with disabilities constitute the nation's largest minority group,
and the only group any of us can become a member of at any time. “
Web accessibility…why care?
http://www.disabilityfunders.org/disability-stats-and-facts
Accessibility benefits everyone
Web accessibility…why care?
http://www.w3.org/WAI/intro/accessibility.phphttp://www.nws.noaa.gov/sec508/index.htm
Purdue’s Web Accessibility Policy
Web accessibility…why care?
http://www.purdue.edu/policies/pages/information_technology/v_2_1.shtml
http://www.purdue.edu/webaccessibility/
Problem: No standard plan of attack.
Solution: Create one.◦Easy to do? Not really.
Hurdles? Absolutely.
Problem: Manual scans are painful. Solution: Find an automated scanner.◦http://www.w3.org/WAI/ER/tools/complete.
html
Hurdles? Absolutely.
Problem: Videos Solution: Automatic Sync Technologies◦www.automaticsync.com◦YouTube
Hurdles? Absolutely.
Scan on development or QA sites ONLY◦Unless you block scanners from hitting “delete” links, they WILL delete data
Still need to do manual checks
Automated Scanner Caveats
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◦Desktop edition – Windows◦OnDemand – any device
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The <img alt="what?" /> Checker We’re giving this to you for FREE! Requirements:
◦ Windows◦.NET 4 framework
Alt508 Checker
ALT508
Where can you get your hands on Alt508 Checker?◦www.purdue.edu/mixable Groups > Web Accessibility
Everybody loves freebies!
2011 Web Accessibility Awards◦$1,000 award given to 2 winners per year during 4-year policy implementation
◦Must use monetary award to further efforts in area of accessible web design
◦Nominations due April 22 to Office of Institutional Equity http://www.purdue.edu/ethics/oie/documents/2011WebAccessibilityAwards.pdf
You could win an award!
Web Accessibility Policy◦ http://www.purdue.edu/policies/pages/
information_technology/v_2_1.shtml Web Accessibility Committee
◦ www.purdue.edu/webaccessibility Mixable
◦ www.purdue.edu/mixable > Groups > Web Accessibility
Listserv◦ https://lists.purdue.edu/mailman/listinfo/
webaccessibility-l
Additional resources
Special thanks to:◦James O’Cull – Alt508 Checker◦Marcy Hintzman and the Office of
Institutional Equity◦Web Accessibility Committee◦ITaP Informatics team
Thank you!