Melbourne forum 2009: Moving to WCAG 2.0
The forum took place on Thursday, 3 September at the University of Melbourne. Thank you to over sixty people who attended the forum, to the University of Melbourne for providing the venue and refreshments, and to our presenters who shared their time and knowledge so generously.
Presentations
Introducing WCAG 2.0
Damien McCormack, Manager Online Accessibility Consulting, Vision Australia
The W3C published version 2.0 of the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines in December 2008, but what does this mean for accessibility in Australian universities? In this session, Damien will introduce the new guidelines, highlighting what's new as well as some of the challenges, and talk about how they aim to support a variety of technologies.
WCAG 2.0 for writers: how to write accessible content (PPT 16.4 MB)
Dey Alexander, Dey Alexander Consulting
You may have accessible web templates, but what happens when your content authors add or update the content? Aimed at writers, editors, content managers and site managers, this presentation shows how to ensure your web page content is accessible, particularly when it is created by staff who are not web professionals.
Producing accessible video content for the web (on Slideshare)
Josh Crawford, Accessible Information Consultant, Vision Australia
Since 2006 the number of videos viewed on the web has doubled. In this session, we will cover what's involved in making your video content on the web accessible including captioning, audio descriptions, text transcripts, and sign language interpretations. We will also look at the different types of video players.
Josh provided links to sites he referred to in his presentation:
- Example captions
- Examples of audio description, extended audio description, and sign language
- Example of hosted JavaScript-controlled player
Human Rights and Web Accessibility
Damian Sweeney, Manager, Melbourne Experience Instructional Design, University of Melbourne
The Victorian parliament recently passed a Charter of Human Rights and Responsibilities which binds all Victorian universities to its provisions. This has significant implications for web accessibility and is likely to elevate the role of WCAG 2.0 in ensuring compliance to this new Act.
From Zero to Hero: Improving accessibility at the University of Melbourne
Guy Sangwine, User Experience Specialist, Web Design Team, Information Technology Services, University of Melbourne
I want to talk about how we at the University of Melbourne are moving forward with our accessibility efforts and how we are using WCAG 2.0 to do this.