Newly Redesigned Online Lyceum Course: Accessible Web Design

[ARL/OLMS Online Lyceum]

Accessible Web Design
ARL/OLMS Online Lyceum Course
December 2-20, 2002

The Association of Research Libraries is pleased to offer the newly
redesigned Online Lyceum course, Accessible Web Design. Based directly
on participants' feedback gathered from course evaluation forms, this
course is now being offered over a three-week period with a renewed
focus on Web accessibility standards and incorporates a higher level of
facilitator feedback through new activities and assignments.

Accessible Web Design directly addresses the fact that Web sites that do
not account for the wide variety of end-user environments may end up
excluding certain populations. However, by adhering to accessibility
standards, they are capable of broadcasting to an even larger audience
through new devices that are otherwise unable to read your webpages,
such as Web tools to assist people with disabilities, Personal Data
Assistant (PDAs), Web TV, and other information appliances.

In this course you will:

* Become aware of accessible design principles and resources through the
discussion and examination of accessibility issues.
* Begin thinking critically about the issues related to accessibility
and the practice of Web design. 
* Consider the various needs of your audience.
* Become familiar with website accessibility guidelines and evaluation
tools that will help you to design a Web site with adherence to the
World Wide Web Consortium's (W3C) Priority Level One accessibility
guidelines and Section 508 of the Rehabilitation Act Amendments of 1998.

Target Audience
The intended audience is producers of web-based content who are
concerned with creating flexible and scaleable Web sites that meet the
World Wide Web Consortium accessibility guidelines. Prior Web experience
is not required.

Instructors
* Blaire Bundy, Technology Training Consultant, University of
Wisconsin-Madison Libraries
* Kevin Rundblad, Assistant Instructional Development Librarian for
Instructional Support Services, Library Affairs, Southern Illinois University-Carbondale.

Technical Requirements
* Netscape Navigator 4.x or newer; or Internet Explorer 4.x or newer;
* Windows 95/98/NT 4.0 or newer; or Macintosh OS 7.x or newer, in order
to properly support Java/Java Script; and
* RealPlayer 7.x or newer in order to run multimedia.


Cost
$300 for ARL members
$350 for nonmembers

Registration Deadline: 
November 29, 2002
Please note: All online workshops are capped at 30 participants.
For detailed course information, including a multimedia preview, please
visit <http://www.arl.org/training/web.html>. 

If you have any questions, please contact the ARL/OLMS Online Lyceum at
<lyceum at arl.org> or by phone: 202-296-8656.


-- 
Karen A. Wetzel
Program Officer for Distance Learning
Association of Research Libraries
21 Dupont Circle, Suite 800
Washington, DC 20036
Tel.: 202-296-8656
Fax: 202-872-0884
karen at arl.org