Compiled by the SC Assistive Technology Advisory Committee and the SC Assistive Technology Program
University of Minnesota at Duluth: Many, many links to articles about the specifics and the case for
Web Accessibility - http://www.d.umn.edu/itss/support/Training/Online/webdesign/accessibility.html
Colorado State University: HTML, Universally Designed - http://accessproject.colostate.edu/udl/modules/html/mod_html.cfm
Colorado State University: Universal Design for Learning - http://accessproject.colostate.edu/udl/
WebAIM - http://webaim.org/
WebAIM’s List of Evaluation Tools
http://webaim.org/articles/tools/
Explanation and solution: Skip Navigation Links (WebAIM) - http://www.webaim.org/techniques/skipnav/
Resources:
Skip Navigation article (Jim Thatcher) - http://jimthatcher.com/skipnav.htm
Skip Navigation (Drupal) - http://drupal.org/node/467976
Skip to Main Content (Webnauts) - http://www.webnauts.net/skip-to-main-content.html
Explanation and solution: Creating Accessible Images (WebAIM) - http://www.webaim.org/techniques/images/alt_text.php
Solution: Blank Alt (WebAIM) - http://www.webaim.org/discussion/mail_message.php?id=2356
Explanation: Alt Attributes (About.com) - http://webdesign.about.com/od/beginningtutorials/a/aa122004.htm
Explanation and Solution:
Creating Accessible Forms (WebAIM) - http://www.webaim.org/techniques/forms/
Accessible Forms Series (Web Usability) - http://usability.com.au/2013/04/accessible-forms-1-labelsand-identification/
Explanation: Table Types and Headers (IBM) – http://www-
03.ibm.com/able/guidelines/web/webtableheaders.html
Explanation and Solution: Creating Accessible Data Tables (WebAIM) - http://www.webaim.org/techniques/tables/data.php
Explanation and Solution: Webstandards, Accessibility and Usability at Penn State - http://accessibility.psu.edu/tableshtml
Layout tables explanation: Creating Accessible Layout Tables (WebAIM) - http://www.webaim.org/techniques/tables/
Explanation: Penn State Accessibility - http://accessibility.psu.edu/tableshtml
Explanation: Jim Thatcher on Tables - http://jimthatcher.com/webcourse9.htm
Explanation and Solution: Links and Hypertext (WebAIM) - http://www.webaim.org/techniques/hypertext/link_text.php
WebAIM: PDF Accessibility - http://www.webaim.org/techniques/acrobat/
California State University at Sacramento: How to Create Accessible PDFs using Adobe Acrobat (51 pages) - http://www.csus.edu/training/handouts/workshops/creating_accessible_pdfs.pdf
Ohio State University: Accessible PDF Guidelines and Standards - http://wac.osu.edu/pdf/guidelines.htm
Colorado State University: Adobe PDF, Universally Designed - http://accessproject.colostate.edu/udl/modules/pdf/mod_pdf.cfm
Veterans Health Administration Section 508 Office http://www.ehealth.va.gov/508/tutorials/pdf/index.asp
Making Accessible PDFs (WebAIM) - http://www.webaim.org/techniques/acrobat/acrobat.php
Creating Accessible PDF files (Adobe) http://www.adobe.com/accessibility/products/acrobat.html
PDF Accessibility (US Dept. of Health and Human Services) - http://www.hhs.gov/web/508/accessiblefiles/checklistpdf.html
WebAIM: PowerPoint Accessibility - http://www.webaim.org/techniques/powerpoint/
Colorado State University: Microsoft PowerPoint, Universally Designed - http://accessproject.colostate.edu/udl/modules/powerpoint/mod_ppt.cfm
WebAIM: Microsoft Word Accessibility - http://www.webaim.org/techniques/word/
WebAIM: How to Create Structured Word Documents - http://www.webaim.org/techniques/word/#create
Colorado State University: Microsoft Word, Universally Designed - http://accessproject.colostate.edu/udl/modules/word/mod_word.cfm
University of Central Florida Document Formatting Guidelines – http://teach.ucf.edu/resources/document-formatting-guidelines/
Explanation: Creating Accessible CSS (WebAIM) - http://www.webaim.org/techniques/css/
Resources :
Cascading Style Sheets (Jim Thatcher) - http://jimthatcher.com/webcourseb.htm
CSS: Managing Background Images Responsibly - http://www.456bereastreet.com/archive/200512/use_css_background_images_responsibly/
Naughty or Nice: CSS Background Images - http://24ways.org/2005/naughty-or-nice-css-backgroundimages
RNIB: CSS layout and positioning - http://www.rnib.org.uk/professionals/webaccessibility/designbuild/cascadingstylesheets/Pages/css_la yout.aspx
Explanation: Web Captioning Overview (WebAIM) - http://www.webaim.org/techniques/captions/
Resources:
Real-Time Captioning (WebAIM) - http://www.webaim.org/techniques/captions/realtime.php
NCDAE Cheatsheet Captioning YouTube - http://ncdae.org/resources/cheatsheets/youtube.php
Explanation: Web Captioning Overview (WebAIM) - http://www.webaim.org/techniques/captions/
Resources :
Standard Techniques in Audio Descriptions (Joe Clark) - http://joeclark.org/access/description/adprinciples.html
Explanation: Designing for Color Blindness (WebAIM) http://www.webaim.org/articles/visual/colorblind.php#designing
Fix: Color Deficiency/Color Blindness (Penn State) http://accessibility.psu.edu/colorblindness
Explanation: Designing for Color Blindness (WebAIM) - h ttp://www.webaim.org/articles/visual/colorblind.php#designing
Solutions: Color Deficiency/Color Blindness (Penn State) http://accessibility.psu.edu/colorblindness
Explanation: Server-Side Image Maps (WebAIM) - http://www.webaim.org/techniques/alt_text/#serverside
Explanation: Creating Accessible Frames (WebAIM) - http://www.webaim.org/techniques/frames/
Explanation: Seizure Disorders Introduction (WebAIM) - http://www.webaim.org/articles/seizure/
JavaScript Solution: Creating Accessible JavaScript (WebAIM) - http://www.webaim.org/techniques/javascript/
Training: Accessible Flash (Veterans Health Administration Section 508 Office) - http://www.ehealth.va.gov/508/flash/index.asp
Explanation: 508 Checklist for Scripts, Plugins, Java, etc. (WebAIM) - http://www.webaim.org/standards/508/checklist#note4
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These resources can be found on the web at http://www.sc.edu/scatp/questionnaire.html
Contact Janet Jendron at Janet.Jendron@uscmed.sc.edu
with suggestions/ additions to these resources.
Revised March 2014