Web accessibility is the practice of creating websites, technology, or other digital course materials that are usable by people of all abilities or disabilities. According to the US Census figures for 2000, 20% of Americans have a disability that impairs access to websites and internet content. "Web Access" enables individuals to use, understand, navigate, communicate, interact with, and contribute to the web.
Designing your course with accessibility in mind from the beginning is beneficial to everyone and it makes maintaining technology information, such as Blackboard or other websites, more effective. Implementing accessibility is an ongoing process. Remember, you want to convey your information to an audience. You may not know who will be using your technology resources, so it is best to plan for the broadest audience from the beginning, rather than retrofitting all of your documents and websites when a request comes around.
Here are two demonstrations of what it is like to navigate an inaccessible media:
Accessible Web Content is: