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Web Accessibility Compliance


Accessibility

Santa Rosa Junior College: Academic Computing

Accessible Issues for Online Materials (Simple HTML)

This tutorial takes a look at the 16 rules of Section 508 Subpart B, the US federal law on accessibility compliance for Web-based materials. After taking this online workshop, you will have an understanding of how to make Web sites compliant with the Section 508 standards. The tutorial has a specific focus on the rules pertaining to simple HTML. Currently, there are movies for the first eight rules, check back later to see more movies as they become available. Viewing time to watch all of the movies is just over one hour.

If you are taking this workshop for flex credit, take the post-assessment test once you have finished the tutorial.

These video tutorials are presented in the QuickTime movie format. To play the videos, you will need the QuickTime player, free from Apple’s Web site.


Video Podcast Files

Introduction

What is Web accessibility, introduction to Section 508 standards 5:14 5.4 MB

Testing

Testing sites for accessibility compliance 6:22 15.1 MB
Dreamweaver accessibility features 1:32 2.3 MB

Section 508 Rule a – alternative text

Rule a description 1:17 1.2 MB
Alt tags in Dreamweaver, empty alt tags 3:10 5.1 MB
Alt tags in CATE 4:55 13.0 MB
Long descriptions for complex graphics 4:24 6.1 MB

Section 508 Rule b – multi-media files

Rule b description 0:40 0.5 MB

Section 508 Rule c – color

Rule c description, color analyzing tools 5:27 10.8 MB
Choosing colors in Dreamweaver 3:15 4.0 MB
Color Contrast Analyser tool 3:27 10.3 MB

Section 508 Rule d – style sheets

Rule d description 5:26 13.3 MB

Section 508 Rules e & f – image maps

Rules e & f description 3:09 6.7 MB

Section 508 Rules g & h – data tables

Rules g & h description 4:09 6.4 MB
Data tables in CATE 2:30 5.8 MB
Adding row and column designations, table summaries in Dreamweaver 5:08 10.3 MB
Applying header cells to complex tables 4:15 14.7 MB
Adding id and header attributes to complex tables 6:28 22.9 MB