Web Accessibility for DCU Academic Staff
October 24th - November 21st 2005
DCU Academic staff are invited to an online Web Accessibility course. This is a 4 week course, in which participants will learn how to make web-based resources accessible to the widest possible variety of users, but particularly those affected by a disability. Participants will gain an understanding of what Web Accessibility is and why it is so important. They will learn the principles of accessible document authoring, and how to use Microsoft Word, in particular, to produce such documents. Participants will also learn how these "universal design" techniques are powerful general tools that can regularly save time and effort for document authors.
The course will be delivered entirely online using the DCU Moodle platform. It will be "tutor-led" with the tutor providing direction and support throughout. Participants will have extensive flexibility in when and where they wish to participate, but will need to allocate approximately 2 hours per week to course activities (8 hours total over the four week course duration).
On completion of the course, participants will:
- Be aware of the many difficulties faced by people with disabilities in accessing the Web and how specialized assistive technologies work in easing such difficulties.
- Have knowledge of W3C (World Wide Web Consortium) web standards and Irish national policies relating to Web Accessibility.
- Understand why well-structured documents are so important for accessibility, and be able to structure Word documents effectively using Word's inbuilt "styles" mechanism.
More Info
For more information on this course, please contact Ms. Elaine McGlynn, email elaine.mcglynn@dcu.ie or telephone at ext. 7696.
Registration
To apply for registration, please email Training.Development@dcu.ie (Deadline for Registration is 23rd October 2005) Please note that this course is open to DCU staff only.
Supported by the HEA Training of Trainers programme, under the National Development Plan.
