1. Multimedia Authoring1 What is accessible web design? Why bother with accessible web design? Legal reasons Benefits to people without disabilities How is the Web accessed by people with disabilities? Usability Multimedia Authoring

2. 2 Creating accessible content with Dreamweaver Images Use standard image formats Provide height and width attributes for all images Many images? Use thumbnails Alternate Text Description (alt attribute) Long Description (longdesc attribute) Client side image maps Usability Accessibility

3. Multimedia Authoring3 Creating accessible content with Dreamweaver Tables table caption & summary attribute Table headers Usability Accessibility

4. Multimedia Authoring4 Creating accessible content with Dreamweaver Hyperlinks Headers Acronyms KFSC Using colour Usability Accessibility

5. Multimedia Authoring5 Audio and Video Web Captioning What are captions? They should be: Synchronized Equivalent Accessible Closed vs. Open captions Audio description http://webaim.org/techniques/captions/media/audiodesc.mp3 Transcripts Usability Accessibility

6. Multimedia Authoring6 Accessibility Resources: W3C Web Accessibility Initiative http://www.w3.org/WAI/ Adobe Accessibility Resource Centre http://www.adobe.com/accessibility/ Web Content Accessibility Guidelines http://www.w3.org/TR/WCAG20/ WebAIM http://webaim.org/ Internet Industry Association http://www.iia.net.au/index.php/task-forces/38/92-web-accessibility-online- resources.html Adaptive Technology Resource Centre http://www.altcexchange.edu.au/adaptive-technology-resource-centre