Tuesday, March 2nd
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Introduction to Web
Accessibility
John
Foliot
Stanford University |
Abstract: Ensuring that content posted
on the internet is accessible to all users is not difficult, but requires an
understanding of the issues, the impacts, and the techniques required to be
successful. This introductory session will review the over-arching issues as it
affects users, as well as look at some basic strategies to ensuring the
development accessible web content. No prior knowledge of web development or
design is required by the attendees.
Biosketch: John Foliot currently
manages the Stanford Online Accessibility Program (SOAP), with a mission to
provide guidance to the Stanford Community as they use various online means to
share information to their respective constituents. The program has the mandate
to assist web designers and online content creators in producing material that
is accessible to the greatest audience possible. The program achieves this
through the promotion of Universal Accessibility and web standards compliance.
An internationally recognized web accessibility specialist, Internet
consultant, site developer, and corporate trainer, John has been creating and
managing web sites for over 12 years. Prior to coming to Stanford, he
successfully ran an independent consulting firm in Ottawa, Canada providing web
accessibility guidance to numerous Government of Canada clients, including the
Canadian Space Agency, The Supreme Court of Canada, Canada Revenue Agency, and
others. He is also actively involved in accessibility standards development
within the W3C (World Wide Web Consortium). He is skilled and experienced in
HTML/XHTML, CSS, JavaScript, and streaming Multi-Media, along with practical
experience in PHP, MySQL, RSS, XML, ARIA, HTML5, and other emerging web
technologies.
- Contact Information:
- John Foliot
- Program Manager
- Stanford Online Accessibility Program (SOAP)
- Wallenberg Hall (Building 160), Room
320
- Stanford, CA 94305
- 650/862-4603
- jfoliot -at- stanford.edu
- Lecture Material:
- Pre-lecture
slides - 594 Mb pdf file
- Slides - 969
Mb pdf file
- Audio -
1:07:40 - 15.4 Mb mp3 file
- Links:
- Tips for Designing Accessible
Websites
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