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Developing Accessible Web Sites: NINDS Case Study. National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke http://www.ninds.nih.gov/ http://accessible.ninds.nih.gov/. Catherine Gaddy Certified Human Factors Professional [email protected]. Ruth Shapiro Senior Web Technologist - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
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National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Strokehttp://www.ninds.nih.gov/
http://accessible.ninds.nih.gov/
Developing AccessibleDeveloping Accessible Web Sites:Web Sites: NINDS Case StudyNINDS Case Study
Ruth ShapiroSenior Web [email protected]
Catherine GaddyCertified Human Factors [email protected]
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Introduction Case study National Institute of Neurological Disorders and
Stroke (NINDS) www.ninds.nih.gov
accessible.ninds.nih.gov Dyncorp eBusiness Solutions Human Factors International
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Topics of Discussion Goals Approach User Centered Design 508 for the Web Graphical and Accessible Design Technical Solution Testing and Training Lessons Learned
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“With its new website, NINDS hopes to establish itself as the authoritative resource on neurological disorders ...”
Goals Meet the needs of the external users
(and internal staff who support the site) Usable Optimized for Viewing Optimized for Listening Optimized for Limited Vision
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Usability versus accessibility: In a Web page or in any computer application, usability refers to the self-evidency and ease of use of the information presented to the user. Accessibility refers to the presence or absence of information.
Approach User-centered design Accessibility design Software selection Website architecture Usability and software testing Standards Training
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User-Centered Design
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508 for the Web Site design preceded 508; begun in June 1999
and launched in June 2000 Used www.w3.org as primary guidance Demo at
www.humanfactors.com/accessibility/chocolateaudio.asp
Now have 16 rules posted at: www.section508.gov/final_text.html#Web
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Graphical and Accessible Design Two views of the same data Separating content from the
way it is presented Store content as XML Templates for multiple
presentations Content Management
System to bring it all together
How can we best render two sets of radically different page layouts from the same content?
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<HTML>
HTML Presentation Template
</HTML>
Technical Solution
Leveraging the flexibility of XML
<XML>
XML Content
</XML>
Content Management Database
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Usability and Software Testing Test representative end users Test some users with screen reader, e.g.,
Window-Eyes 4.1 http://www.gwmicro.com/ Increased software testing
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Training Usable interface design, e.g., www.
humanfactors.com/training/webseven.asp Training for content owners Training for software staff
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Lessons Learned Ensure usability and accessibility Designers and Developers need extra training Content providers and management need
awareness Understanding Section 508 Authoring tools
may need to clean HTML Server tools Benefit of starting from scratch
Accessibility affects the fabric of every page
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Questions?
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Contact Information
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