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suecat
suecat
IMS Guidelines for Developing Accessible Learning Applications Week 5
Mar 23 2008, 12:49 AM EDT | Post edited: Mar 23 2008, 12:49 AM EDT
http://ncam.wgbh.org/salt/guidelines/sec3.html
There are six major principles for Accessibility in Online Distributed Learning listed in this article. This mostly affects people with sensory or mobility issues, but could also benefit those with cognitive abilities as well.
1. Allow for customization based on user preference
2. Provide equivalent access to auditory and visual content based on user preference
3. Provide compatibility with assistive technologies and include complete keyboard access
4. Provide context and orientation information
5. Follow IMS specifications and other relevant specifications, standards, and/or guidelines
6. consider the use of XML/ Do you find this valuable?    
gdougdixon
gdougdixon
1. RE: IMS Guidelines for Developing Accessible Learning Applications
Mar 28 2008, 5:28 PM EDT | Post edited: Mar 28 2008, 5:28 PM EDT
XML is obviously a programmers language. We are not programmers. What editor can we use to write our lessons that will minimize the introduction of proprietary formatting? Do we need to use Notepad as our editor?

I did get useful ideas from this article. Do you find this valuable?