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Additional Information on ADA and Web Accessibility
Additional Information on ADA and Web Accessibility
The Guiding Principles to Web Accessibility - POUR
The Guiding Principles to Web Accessibility - POUR
The WCAG 2.0 consists of 12 guidelines with four arching principles of POUR. These guidelines relate to one simple question: can the users with varying degree of ability ingest the content on your site?
“Just as no ramps would exclude people with a wheelchair, videos without caption exclude people who are hard of hearing.”
Accessibility in higher education should not be restricted only to lectures and videos. In the case of a flash-based campus tour, there should be alt-text for visually impaired people. Accessing content should be intuitive. Making navigation easier needs to be part of the plan.
Perceivable
Perceivable
- Content needs to be presented in different ways, including assistive technologies, without losing its meaning. The easiest way to do so is by providing alt-text for non-text content.
Operable
Operable
- This principle ensures that the content is easy to operate upon. Web accessibility issues are not synonymous with visibility issues, as is the popular myth. They are as much a problem for people with hearing disability as for a person with a neurological or cognitive disorder.
Understandable
Understandable
- Text should be readable for people with difference in visual ability. This principle ensures that the content appears and operates in a predictable way. This specifically focuses on the issues related to color contrast.
Robust
Robust
- Your course needs to adapt and step up with upcoming trends in hardware and software tools.
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