Forum OpenACS Q&A: Accessibility Tutorial

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1: Accessibility Tutorial
Posted by Emmanuelle Raffenne on 11/20/08 04:15 PM
Hi all,

I uploaded the slides I used during the tutorial: http://www.openacs.org/storage/index?folder_id=2478679

Since we haven't had time to see all of it, we'll organize online sessions to finish it. I'll inform in this forum about when and how.

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2: Re: Accessibility Tutorial (response to 1)
Posted by Iuri Sampaio on 11/21/08 02:00 AM
thanks Emma,
look forward to see it.
cheers
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3: Re: Accessibility Tutorial (response to 1)
Posted by Emmanuelle Raffenne on 12/01/08 05:38 PM
Hi all,

In the slides I've uploaded last week, there's a reference to a test server. This server is no longer available for testing. Any dotLRN installation from HEAD can be used instead, the slides are based on the HEAD version.

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4: Re: Res: Re: Accessibility Tutorial (response to 3)
Posted by javier morales on 12/07/08 01:11 PM
Hi all,

I uploaded the pdf file with all the articles of the conference in the same place: https://openacs.org/storage/?folder_id=2478679

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5: Re: Accessibility Tutorial (response to 1)
Posted by Robert Taylor on 12/07/08 02:30 PM
Thanks for the postings.

Lots of great reading for those of us that couldn't make it.

R.

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6: Re: Accessibility Tutorial (response to 1)
Posted by Rocael Hernández Rizzardini on 01/14/09 04:54 PM
Hello Emma, when you plan to do the online tutorial?
I count about 8 developers that will attend from Guatemala.
If you need a online conferencing system we can use the webex service at Galileo.
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7: Re: Accessibility Tutorial (response to 6)
Posted by Emmanuelle Raffenne on 01/14/09 04:59 PM
Hi Rocael,

Thanks for reminding this :)

I had no specific plan so far since WCAG 2.0 is out and wanted to update the tutorial to the new guidelines first. But this may take a while and WCAG 1.0 is a subset so it's not that necessary to upgrade for a first tutorial.

Nevertheless I won't be available before end of january. Would that be OK for you?

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8: Re: Accessibility Tutorial (response to 7)
Posted by Rocael Hernández Rizzardini on 01/14/09 06:54 PM
End January sound fine! The tutorial as it is now is good enough for beginners.
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9: Re: Accessibility Tutorial (response to 8)
Posted by Rocael Hernández Rizzardini on 04/23/09 10:22 PM
Any plans for to happen anytime soon?
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10: Re: Accessibility Tutorial (response to 9)
Posted by Emmanuelle Raffenne on 04/24/09 11:24 AM
Hi Rocael,

I have been very busy lately since the beginning of the year and couldn't find a moment for the tutorial.

The initial plan was to update the current materials according to WCAG 2.0 and then to have the online tutorial. I think we can skip the first step and have the tutorial using the materials as they are.

Please, contact me by email or aim so we can arrange a date.

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11: Accessibility Tutorial: 11/may/2009 (response to 1)
Posted by Rocael Hernández Rizzardini on 05/07/09 04:11 PM
Finally, we will have it thanks to Emma. Will be next monday 11/may at 16:30 CET; GMT 14:30; Guatemala 8:30 AM; Boston 10:30 AM.
We will use Webex, so if it is first time you use it in your computer, I recommend start connecting 30 mins earlier.

How long it will last? not sure, I think Emma has 2 hours.
The whole tutorial will be recorded and published for future reference.

There are about 10 more seats available in webex for the session. So if there is a group of people I recommend to join together in a room so more can see it live.
If you are interested in attending, please contact mailto:help_desk@galileo.edu for reserving you seat and to get the information about how to connect. Also, if you have technical questions, please ask to that email. During the conference won't be solved any webex questions, so we don't waste time on it, so be early! We'll start on time!

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12: Re: Res: Accessibility Tutorial: 11/may/2009 (response to 11)
Posted by Hector Amado on 05/12/09 05:25 PM
Hi All! Here is the link to the Accessibility Tutorial

https://ugalileo.webex.com/ugalileo/lsr.php?AT=dw&SP=MC&rID=29400882&rKey=A59CBDA16141E21E

Yo need the Webex ARF Player plugin (Windows and Mac only)

Thanks to Emma for the Tutorial !

Best regards,
Hector Amado

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13: Re: Res: Accessibility Tutorial: 11/may/2009 (response to 12)
Posted by Emmanuelle Raffenne on 05/14/09 12:58 PM
Hi Hector,

You are welcome, it's been a pleasure 😊

I'm sorry about the technical problems we had at the beginning, delaying the tutorial.

Let me insist that despite the tutorial lasted 2.5 hours, it covers only part of the accessibility issues to be considered when creating/reviewing/evaluating a website.

I think it would be interesting to have a one-day workshop on usability and accessibility at the next OpenACS/.LRN conference.

Thank you Rocael and Galileo team for the organization of the tutorial and your support.

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14: Re: Res: Re: Res: Accessibility Tutorial: 11/may/2009 (response to 13)
Posted by Olga C. Santos on 05/14/09 05:49 PM
I second your proposal, Emma, of having anusability and accessibility workshop at the next OpenACS/.LRN conference. And now the question is: is there an answer for the 'when' and the 'where' for the next conference?

Olga

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15: Re: Res: Accessibility Tutorial: 11/may/2009 (response to 13)
Posted by Rocael Hernández Rizzardini on 05/15/09 12:01 AM
yes, lets do that.
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16: Re: Res: Accessibility Tutorial: 11/may/2009 (response to 12)
Posted by Héctor Romojaro on 05/19/09 01:15 PM
Hi all,

We have uploaded the scripts mentioned in the accesibility tutorial here: https://openacs.org/storage/?folder_id=2478679

They use standard unix tools (sed, grep,...) to test some items of the WCAG 1.0 Checklist, priority 1 and 2.

It's possible to add exceptions, for each test and globals, in the exceptions directory. They will be evaluated as grep patterns, so regular expressions are ok, as well as simple expressions like filenames.

The script has a verbose option (-v), which shows a large description of each test being passed and the URL of the checklist item.

Usage: $ ./waitest [-v] priority directory

Example: $ ./waitest 1 /web/openacs/packages/
* Performing checks for Web Content Accesibility guidelines 1.0, priority 1
[...]

I have tested them in a Debian GNU/Linux box, results may be different on other Unixes with different grep/sed/... versions.

Adding new tests or editing existing ones is really easy:
1- Add the test description on waitest-descriptions.
2- Replace the dummy test on waitest-functions file with the new one.
3- Uncomment the test on waitest file.

Future: OpenACS integration, upgrade to WCAG 2.0, new tests, database interaction...

Hope you like it :)

-- Héctor