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Access and Equity Websites, Checklist for Better Practice
A key role of the Australian Government Information Management Office (AGIMO) is to identify and promote 'Better Practice'. This checklist has been created to help agencies to maximise their use of ne...
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Accessibility 2.0: people, policies and processes
In this paper the argument is that the focus on technologies can be counter-productive. Rather than seeking to enhance accessibility through technical innovations, the authors argue that the priority ...
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Accessibility of University Web sites
In this follow-up study of the accessibility of Australian university web sites, Dey Alexander from Monash, found that 100 percent of sites failed to comply with basic accessibility standards, as requ...
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Accessibility Videos and Podcasts
DoIT (Division of Information Technology, University of Wisconsin-Madison) has produced three online videos: Introduction to the Screen Reader, Screen Magnification and the Web, Screen Readers and the...
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Accessibility: What can be done to improve the accessibility of computers?
Microsoft Windows has a number of accessibility features such as sticky keys. Refer to:
Windows Help section under accessibility
Microsoft’s accessibility site
Screen reader ...
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AHRC: World Wide Web Access - DDA Advisory Notes
The information on this AHRC site page will assist people and organisations involved in developing or modifying Worldwide Web pages, by making clearer what the requirements of the DDA are in this area...
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Australian Flexible Learning Framework
The Australian Flexible Learning Framework site contains information on teaching and developing online content for people with a disability.
This link is to the resources database which holds the "di...
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Building Accessible Curriculum and Courseware Tools - Education Beyond the Campus
This paper summarises several research projects and tools currently on the market, identifying utilities and techniques that facilitate development of accessible online learning materials. (Canada - ...
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Constructing a POUR Website
POUR stands for Perceivable, Operable, Understandable and recently WebAIM hosted a live webcast on this topic of the next generation of Web accessibility, in which principles—rather than techniques—...
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Designing Accessible Student Support Materials (Research Proposal) [ pdf: 469 KB ]
'Designing Accessible Student Support Materials & Instructional Media' is a paper that examines some of the techniques and technologies that are available to ensure education content and delivery medi...
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Developing a Web Accessibility Business Case for Your Organization
Information from the Web Accessibility Initiative, covers information such as Factors in a Business Case for Web Accessibility, Developing a Customized Business Case, and related resources are also pr...
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Effective Colour Contrast- Designing for People with Partial Sight and Colour Deficiencies
Guidelines for making effective colour choices in print and on the Web that work for nearly everyone. To understand them best, you need to understand the three perceptual attributes of colour: hue, li...
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Evaluating Web Sites for Accessibility
"Evaluating Web Sites for Accessibility" is a multi-page resource suite that outlines different approaches for evaluating Web sites for accessibility.
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Guidelines for Accessible and Usable Web Sites: Observing Users
The main focus in 'Guidelines for Accessible and Usable Web Sites: Observing Users Who Work With Screen Readers' was understanding how blind users work with Web sites and what that means for designers...
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Guidelines for Accessible Online Courses [ doc: 603 KB ]
The purpose of this 2005 study was to investigate means of making Higher Education inclusive and accessible to people with disabilities through the use of educational technology. These guidelines have...
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Guidelines for making the Web accessible to all
Creating accessible web sites should be an integral part of the design philosophy of web developers with accessibility features incorporated in to all aspects of the design process. The W3C guid...
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How to Meet WCAG 2.0
This resource lists all of the requirements (called "success criteria") from Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) 2.0. It also lists techniques to meet the requirements, which link to more deta...
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Learning Disability: Guidelines to support learners with disabilities
Guidelines include: What is Universal Design and how can it be implemented?; Keys to Access: Accessibility conformance in VET; Guidelines to Universal Design for Managers and Practitioners; Tips for...
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MathML
This site on Mathematical Markup Language aims to help people understand the way to produce accessible web resources. It offers examples of how to do web development so the product is accessible to ev...
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Microsoft Accessibility Website
Information on; accessibility features in Microsoft products and assistive technology products for Windows
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Myths about Web accessibility - US
This website, from the University of Wisconsin, addresses some of the myths around web accessibility for people with disabilities.
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National Center on Accessible Information Technology in Education - AccessIT
AccessIT promotes the use of electronic and information technology for students and employees with disabilities in educational institutions at all academic levels. This site features a searchable dat...
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Opera Internet Browser
Opera internet browser has a range of features such as zooming, mouse gestures, keyboards shortcuts and full-screen reader, making it a very user-friendly browser for people with a variety of impairme...
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OptionKeys: Assistance in the production of accessible online resources and websites
OptionKeys is a website provide by the NSW Department of Education and Training for students, teachers and resource developers to assist in the production of online resources and websites which are ac...
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OZeWAI - Australian Web Adaptability Initiative
The OZeWAI was created as a venue for sharing information about the web content adaptability conferences in Australia.