Web accessibility resources

Follow these 5 steps to learn how to build accessible web sites:

1. View the "Keeping Web Accessibility In Mind" video from WebAIM.
2. Read the Section 508 Guidelines
3. Read the Access Board "Guide to Section 508 Standards for Web Sites"
4. View any/all of the web sites in the "Learn About Web Accessibility" section.
5. Check your pages using any/all of the tools in the "Accessibility Check Tools" section.

Where can I learn more about building accessible web sites?

Videos

• W3C Web Accessibility Perspectives
• Lynda.com Accessibiilty Training and Tutorials

Tools 

For All Types of Documents (HTML, Word, PDF, and more)

• Accessibility Quick Check (in PDF Format) - provides a list of the most common checks to ensure Web pages and other common types of documents (Word, PDF, PowerPoint) are accessible. To view this file, Download Adobe Acrobat.
• TPG Colour Contrast Analyzer

For Web Pages only

• Web Developer Toolbar from Chris Pederick
• Firefox Accessibility Extension (FAE) from iCITA

CSUCI Accessibility Presentations

• Creating Accessible Word Documents, Excel Workbooks, and PowerPoint Presentations
• Accessible PDF's

Tutorials

• Jim Thatcher Section 508 Tutorial
• Dive Into Accessibility
• WebAIM - Web Accessibility In Mind
  • WebAIM Techniques and Concepts
• CSU Accessible Technology Initiative
• www.joeclark.org

Accessibility Law

• Guide to Disability Rights Law, U.S. Department of Justice, August 2004
• Section 508
  • Section 508.gov
  • The Access Board
• Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA)

Discussion Listservs

• EDUCAUSE IT Accessibility Constituent Group
• WebAIM Accessibility Listserv
• CATS Accessibility Listserv

Tool-Specific Resources

Adobe Dreamweaver

• Adobe Dreamweaver Accessibility Web Site

Adobe Acrobat PDF

• Adobe Accessibility web site
• "Defining Acrobat PDF Accessibility" at WebAIM
• "Facts and Opinions About PDF Accessibility" by Joe Clark
• PDF Accessibility Links

Microsoft Office

• Microsoft Office Accessibility Tutorials

HTML

• Creating Accessible Tables

Students

• The Ultimate Section 508 Guide for Students

Captioning Information

• 2005 CMP Captioning Key: Guidelines and Preferred Techniques (PDF, 1.32MB)
• Captioned Media Program Captioning Resources
• NCAM Rich Media Accessibility Captioning Resources

Web Accessibility Guidelines

• W3C Web Accessibility Initiative (WAI)
  • HTML Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG)
• Section 508 standards

Accessibility Check Tools

Free Tools (web-based)

• HiSoftware Cynthia Says - checks Section 508 or WCAG
• WAVE 3.0 Accessibility Tool - checks page reading order
• JuicyStudio Color Contrast Analyzer - checks page color contrast
• Firefox- a web standards compliant web browser
  • Firefox Web Developer Toolbar - a toolbar for Firefox to help perform quick accessibility checks
  • Evaluating Web Sites for Accessibility with the Firefox Web Developer Toolbar (from WebAIM)
• AMP Express - checks Section 508 or WCAG
• eGovMon

Commercial Tools

• Cryptzone Compliance Sheriff
  • The University has a license for campus use of Compliance Sheriff. Please submit a request for help for running an accessibility scan on your CI web site.