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Hinn, D. Michelle – TechTrends, 1999
Presents tips on how to create instructional Web sites with accessibility in mind and how to easily check existing sites for accessibility, based on a study of inaccessible Web-based components at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Provides a list of Web sites focusing on accessibility. (AEF)
Descriptors: Access to Information, Computer Uses in Education, Design Preferences, Design Requirements
Balas, Janet L. – Computers in Libraries, 1999
Discusses online resources that focus on what not to do in Web page design. "Don'ts" include: making any of the top 10 mistakes identified by Nielsen, qualifying for a "muddie" award for bad Web sites, forgetting to listen to users, and forgetting accessibility. A sidebar lists the Web site addresses for the nine resources…
Descriptors: Access to Information, Design Preferences, Design Requirements, Information Sources
Lescher, John – EContent, 2000
Focuses on making Web sites accessible for blind and visually impaired people. Discusses the possibility of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) becoming applicable to Web sites; tools that allow the visually impaired to use computers and the Web; 18 guidelines for designing an effective, accessible, and maintainable Web site; and testing for…
Descriptors: Access to Computers, Access to Information, Blindness, Computer System Design