Our next event is on Thursday 11th November, and will celebrate World Usability Day 2010 by focusing on using Information and Communication Technology for inclusion.
It will run from 0930-1530, in the Eduzone on the Ground Floor of the Main Library, and is open to all staff and students. There will be a mix of scheduled talks and demos, plus an opportunity to chat to staff about using technology to make teaching and learning more inclusive. No need to register, or stay all day - just turn up whenever you like!
World Usability Day Event - more details.
The Web Accessibility Service hosted another Staff Development Workshop, open to all staff, focusing on an introduction to accessible web design. It outlined the benefits of Web Accessibility, explained how people with diverse access needs use the Web, and introduced the guiding principles of accessible web design and evaluation through practical exercises.
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The Web Accessibility Service hosted another Staff Development Workshop, open to all staff, focusing on an introduction to accessible web design. It outlined the benefits of Web Accessibility, explained how people with diverse access needs use the Web, and introduced the guiding principles of accessible web design and evaluation through practical exercises.
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We held an update meeting on activity of the Web Accessibility Service, which also acted as an opportunity to introduce the service to staff who previously didn't know about us.
David Sloan outlined recent activities, including the publication of the University Web Accessibility Policy and supporting Definition of Best Practice, and activity on ensuring accessibility is a critical part of the university's Content anagement System (CMS) procurement project.
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The Web Accessibility Service hosted a Staff Development Workshop, open to all staff, focusing on an introduction to accessible web design. It outlined the benefits of Web Accessibility, explained how people with diverse access needs use the Web, and introduced the guiding principles of accessible web design and evaluation through practical exercises.
Materials:
..We'll be running this workshop again in 2009, date to be confirmed. For more details, visit the Staff Development web site
The Web Accessibility Service hosted a Staff Development Workshop, open to all staff, focusing on an introduction to accessible web design. It outlined the benefits of Web Accessibility, explained how people with diverse access needs use the Web, and introduced the guiding principles of accessible web design and evaluation through practical exercises.
Date/Time: Monday 12th May 2008: 9.30am-12.30pm
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.....After an absence of meetings for some time, we held an update meeting on activity of the Web Accessibility Service, which also acted as an opportunity to introduce the service to staff who previously didn't know about us.
David Sloan outlined recent activities, including the development of the University Web Accessibility Policy and supporting Standard; which is to be put forward for adoption as formal policy shortly.
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This session concentrated on designing for screen reader usability. After a short introductory presentation by David Sloan, Paul Brown, director of the Scottish Disability Team, and experienced user of the JAWS screen reader, showed how his screen reader coped with selected web sites nominated by the audience. This was an excellent opportunity for people to see a screen reader in action; and also to see how Paul's Braille display device works in conjuction with JAWS to display web content.
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..Margaret Adamson, from the Learning Enhancement Unit of the Centre for Learning and Teaching, talked about Blackboard, the technology behind My Dundee virtual learning environment. She discussed how Blackboard supports accessible digital learning resource creation, and some of the accessibility limitations and pitfalls present in the system. She also pointed us to some useful resources for further information on Blackboard and accessibility.
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Jenny Craven, Manchester Metropolitan University, talked to us about some of the European Union-funded work going on in the field of Web accessibility. She spent some time discussing the goals and activities of the EU-funded European Internet Accessibility Observatory project (EIAO).
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David Sloan gave a talk on "Helping the User Take Responsibility for Accessibility". This included a discussion of some of the different ways in which you can improve accessibility by enabling user-customisation of your Web pages as well as touching on the more fundamental debate on whether this is the most appropriate approach to accessibility. It went on to discuss what makes a useful accessibility page for your site, using DMAG research on accessibility statements.
In the first meeting of the University's Web Accessibility Interest Group, David Sloan discussed the new Version 2.0 of the W3C Web Content Accessibility Guidelines. Andy McMahon then talked about strategies for creating accessible electronic documents such as PDF and Word documents.
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Additional notes from the meeting......The Service and Web Accessibility Interest Group were formally launched at a meeting on the 5th July in the Wolfson Research Theatre, Queen Mother Building (Applied Computing's new building). Thanks to all those who came along!
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