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Info Sheet: Web Accessibility Starter Guide

Standards

Components to Assess

In general, we discourage the use of frames, whenever possible

http://webaim.org/techniques/frames/

Proper use of LABEL tags is of utmost importance

http://webaim.org/techniques/forms/

Images are fine, just do not rely on them heavily to convey information

http://webaim.org/techniques/images/

Tables are great, but we discourage their use for formatting purposes

http://webaim.org/techniques/tables/

Includes video, sound, and rich text, such as PDF documents. Provide alternative means to also convey the information

http://webaim.org/techniques/

(under �Rich Media�/Multimedia�)

We strongly discourage the use of scripts (such as mouseovers) whenever possible : http://webaim.org/techniques/javascript/

Accessible University

A mock university site developed by the DBTAC project to illustrate concepts in accessible design, from accessible components, navigation, structure, and examples, such as accessible JavaScript

Great Lakes ADA & IT Center Website (http://www.adagreatlakes.org )

Can be used for reference on how to use Cascading Style Sheets (CSS) for layout instead of tables, an example of �skip navigation� links, use of page heading levels, as well as other techniques.