1. WeBWorK & Accessibility 2007 AIM WeBWorK conference

2. What does the law say? ADA Section 508 –World Wide Web Consortium (W3C)

3. What might students need? pt 1 Choice about contrast and color Choice about font size and style / image size Links should be text (not images) Keyboard equivalence to mouse actions Compatibility with text-to-speech readers Good ALT tags Accessible interactive problems

4. What might students need? pt 2 Understandable linear version of the page –Ex. Logical tab order –Ex. Label clearly associated with input box or other form elements Use of semantic markup –Ex. Headers labeled as such (not just large text) Pages open within same window or clearly label opening in new window Text links should make sense when read out of context

5. What might students need? pt 3 Validation on W3C and other accessibility checkers –Instructor pages & tools –Student pages & tools –Style sheets

6. What should the WeBWorK community do? Develop a commitment to this issue Go first for the low-hanging fruit

7. The low-hanging fruit We validate pages ourselves We test pages with screen readers, etc.

8. Another set of fairly easy things to do Creation of style sheet or features for writing problems –Ex. Recommendation that all entry boxes include labels and/or change in system that requires a label or assigns a default label

9. An intermediate step Test drive with students with disabilities Test drive with instructors and administrators with disabilities

10. Another step Write a proposal to support WeBWorK disability access –National Science Foundation –Flash –Other sources?

11. Funding could support… Consultation & programming with accessible media experts

12. In the meantime, available resources… EASI Equal Access to Software and Information http://www.rit.edu/~easi/law.htm NCAMNational Center for Accessible Media http://ncam.wgbh.org/ NIMASNational Instructional Materials Accessibility Standard http://nimas.cast.org/center/index.html Flash http://www.adobe.com/accessibility/products/flashplayer/ http://www.adobe.com/accessibility/products/flashplayer/ Mathspeak http://mathspeak.org http://mathspeak.org

13. More important resources… W3C World Wide Web Consortium http://www.w3.org/ MORAE http://techsmith.com/morae.asp http://techsmith.com/morae.asp Good sample site http://www.cyonix.co.uk/siteAccess.php?sitestyle=default

14. WeBWorK & Accessibility working group Vicki Roth, University of Rochester Lila Roberts, Georgia College & State University Michal Charemza, University of Warwick Gavin LaRose, University of Michigan