[WG: Accessibility] Fwd: Google's Online Course On Web Accessibility: September 17-30th

[Neal Caidin]

Free online Accessibility course. Looks worthwhile. See below for details. 


Neal Caidin
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> From: Ed Garay <garay at uic.edu>
> Subject: [WG: Accessibility] Google's Online Course On Web Accessibility: September 17-30th
> Date: September 10, 2013 2:49:43 PM EDT
> To: UIUC Webmasters <UIUCWEBMASTERS at LISTSERV.ILLINOIS.EDU>, Blackboard Accessibility SIG <BLACKBOARD-ACCESS-L at LISTSERV.ILLINOIS.EDU>, Sakai Accessibility <accessibility at collab.sakaiproject.org>, Sakai Teaching & Learning <pedagogy at collab.sakaiproject.org>
> 
> of possible interest to folks on these lists...
> 
> I have spent some quality time with Google's T.V. Raman (who is blind) :: he is terrific!
> --- Ed Garay
> 
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> 
>> From: "Price, Kevin" <pricek at UIC.EDU>
>> Date: September 10, 2013 1:03:40 PM CDT
>> To: UIC-WEBMASTERS at LISTSERV.UIC.EDU
>> Subject: Online Course On Web Accessibility:  September 17-30th
>> Reply-To: UIC Webmaster List <UIC-WEBMASTERS at LISTSERV.UIC.EDU>
>> 
>> Webmasters,
>> T.V. Raman works for Google, he visited the UIC Campus a couple of years ago.  He emailed information about a new online course that he wanted to share with UIC Web developers.
>> Kevin Price
>> 
>> Course Information
>> 
>> Dates: Introduction to Web Accessibility runs with support from Google content experts from Sept 17 - Sept 30, 2013 and can be completed at your own pace during this time.
>> 
>> Prerequisites: Basic familiarity with HTML, CSS, and JavaScript. Download Google Chrome.
>> 
>> Format: Text lessons, supplemental videos, practice code exercises and a hands-on project.
>> 
>> https://webaccessibility.withgoogle.com/preview
>> 
>> The road to accessible Web Applications has been a long and arduous one -- Rich Schwertfeger and I originally started dreaming ARIA in April 2003 (from memory)! Thanks to the unflagging work of WAI-PF, ARIA is now a reality in modern browsers and screenreaders; our next challenge is to make this technology easily accessible to mainstream Web developers.
>> 
>> As a small step toward that end, I have been working with my colleagues from Google's Course Builder team to create an online course on Web Accessibility that is designed for mainstream Web Developers.
>> 
>> We just opened registration for this online course "Introduction to Web Accessibility" which focuses on accessibility for visually impaired users. The course is a starting point for developers to learn to inspect the accessibility of their websites using Google Chrome extensions, and pick up tips and tricks to make their websites more accessible. 
>> 
>> The course runs from September 17-30th and registration is now open. Please share this sign-up link with all your Web Developer
>> friends: https://webaccessibility.withgoogle.com/preview. You can also watch demos and learn more about the course on our Google Developers Live episode
>> (https://developers.google.com/live/shows/919837902) featuring members of our accessibility team (myself included) in conversation with Vint Cerf, Google’s VP & Chief Internet Evangelist.
>> 
>> Kevin Price  MSW, ATP
>> Assistive Technology Specialist
>> Chair of the Digital Accessibility Committee
>> University of Illinois at Chicago
>> Disability Resource Center (MC 321)
>> 1200 West Harrison Street, 1190 SSB
>> Chicago, IL  60607-7163
>> (312) 413-0886  FAX (312) 413-7781
>> pricek at uic.edu
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