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Nov 19, 2005 at 07:52 AM |
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 Welcome to the LAPRIDE information site powered by Mambo. LAPRIDE was created to meet several key priorities of the Supporting Electronic Learning and Essential Campus Transitions (SELECT) Program by making distance learning courses more accessible to disabled populations.
This site is the source of a free stand-alone online training course that teaches course developers the process of meeting ADA Compliant W3C Web Content Accessibility Guidelines through the application of the four principles of Accessibility (Perception, Operation, Understandability, and Robustness). This Site is authored in Mambo to the AA stadard of WCAG 1.0 compliance. Mambo was chosen for this site because it is WCAG AA and section 508 compliant right out of the box. For basic information on compliance standards and to check and see if your site is compliant please go to our standards section.
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The Six Course Components |
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Nov 19, 2005 at 07:34 AM |
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The LAPRIDE course section has six key components:
1.The application of the four priciples of accessibility (Perception, Operation, Understandability and Robustness) to the site design process.
2. The evaluation of SITES according to WCAG 1.0, 2.0 guidelines
3. The evaluation of SITES for 508 compliance issues
4. The creation of compliant HTM and XHTML
5. The Set-Up and use of a compliant content management system (CMS) such as Mambo
6. The Set-UP and use of a compliant Course management System such as A Tutor Write Comment (11 comments) |
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Tools to Assess Your Site |
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Nov 19, 2005 at 07:25 AM |
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Online Post-Production Accessibility Validation Tools
WCAG 1.0 Accessibility Tool
WCAG 2.0 Accessibility Tool
W3C CSS Validation
W3C Mark-Up Validation Tool
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