Wright State Accessibility Standards
From WSU Web
Accessibility Standards (www.wright.edu/web/access/standards_508.html),
these standards are based on Section 508 of the Rehabilitation Act, § 1194.22.
I have rearranged them below to help you understand which apply to your course
materials.
Section 508 Standards for Basic Web Pages
- (a) A text equivalent for every non-text element shall be
provided (e.g., via “alt”, “longdesc”, or in element content).
- (c) Web pages shall be designed so that all information
conveyed with color is also available without color, for example from context
or markup.
- (g) Row and column headers shall be identified for data
tables.
- (h) Markup shall be used to associate data cells and header
cells for data tables that have two or more logical levels of row or column
headers.
- (j) Pages shall be designed to avoid causing the screen
to flicker with a frequency greater than 2 Hz and lower than 55 Hz.
Section 508 Standards for More Complex Web Pages
- (d) Documents shall be organized so they are readable without
requiring an associated style sheet.
- (i) Frames shall be titled with text that facilitates frame
identification and navigation.
- (l) When pages utilize scripting languages to display content,
or to create interface elements, the information provided by the script shall
be identified with functional text that can be read by assistive technology.
Section 508 Standards for Audio, Video, PowerPoint, Plug-Ins
- (b) Equivalent alternatives for any multimedia presentation
shall be synchronized with the presentation.
- (k) A text-only page, with equivalent information or functionality,
shall be provided to make a web site comply with the provisions of these standards,
when compliance cannot be accomplished in any other way. The content of the
text-only page shall be updated whenever the primary page changes.
- (m) When a web page requires that an applet, plug-in or
other application be present on the client system to interpret page content,
the page must provide a link to a plug-in or applet that complies with §1194.21(a)
through (l).
Section 508 Standards that Probably Don't Apply to Your Course
Standard (o) below may apply to you if you are putting long lists of navigation
links on your course Web pages. Otherwise, WebCT's navigation frames pretty
well satisfy the requirement. Section (p) may come into play during a quiz.
Students will have to make advanced arrangements with you if they need extra
time.
Standards (e) and (f) refer to technology you won't be using with WebCT. It's
not likely you will create forms for use in WebCT, either, so you can probably
ignore standard (n).
- (e) Redundant text links shall be provided for each active
region of a server-side image map.
- (f) Client-side image maps shall be provided instead of
server-side image maps except where the regions cannot be defined with an
available geometric shape.
- (n) When electronic forms are designed to be completed on-line,
the form shall allow people using assistive technology to access the information,
field elements, and functionality required for completion and submission of
the form, including all directions and cues.
- (o) A method shall be provided that permits users to skip
repetitive navigation links.
- (p) When a timed response is required, the user shall be
alerted and given sufficient time to indicate more time is required.