Registration:
Perth Web Accessibility Workshop 2005

Registration

Please download and complete the form, then mail or fax to:

Web Accessibility
National Information & Library Service
454 Glenferrie Rd, Kooyong 3144
Fax: 03 9864 9370

Wednesday 3^rd August 2005

Grand Pacific Room 1
Pacific International
305 Murray Street
Perth

If you wish to arrange for a group booking, please email us directly ([email protected]) to discuss your request.

What are special needs? Why bother? Who has special needs on the web? How serving those needs helps everyone’s use of the web.
Meeting the needs of rural and remote Australians. Meeting the needs of people with disabilities.
Introduction to the concept of accessible & interoperable design. Is it the same as usable design?
Major accessibility problems with current websites.

What is the Web Accessibility Initiative?
Review of WAI Guidelines and major design problems.
Business benefits of accessible web design.
Meeting the Web Accessibility Initiative standards: what is the best approach for compliance with government requirements?

Accessible & interoperable design.
Needs of rural and remote Australians – addressing technology and bandwidth issues.
Using adaptive technology, including screen readers for people with visual impairments, mouseless navigation, and alternative browsers.
Major accessibility problems with current websites.

HTML, XHTML, XML, CSS and the Web Accessibility Initiative (WAI)
Meeting the Web Accessibility Initiative guidelines: what is the best approach for compliance with government, industry and legislative requirements?
Specific accessibility issues:
- Links – how to make them understandable
- Forms – issues and solutions
- HTML – avoiding deprecated features
- Images and Graphics – addressing accessibility
- Acrobat & PDFs – using Acrobat5
- Multimedia – accessibility issues
- Evaluation and repair tools – advantages and pitfalls
Examples of compliant and attractive sites
Testing for Accessibility
Online and published resources

After NILS receives your registration, you will receive an email confirmation of registration and workshop time and location
All cancellations must be made in writing
You have the benefit of transferring or cancelling your booking without charge, provided seven (7) working days notice has been given.
In the event that you need to cancel or transfer your booking and are unable to provide seven (7) working days notice the full fee will apply. NILS is committed to meeting certain costs, which are non-refundable. Therefore, we know you will understand that with late cancellations/transfers the full fee will be automatically invoiced to all our clients
Each “No-Show” will be billed for the full cost of the course
NILS reserves the right to cancel a class, without penalty, for reasons beyond our control

For further information, please contact Andrew Arch at 03 9864 9282, or [email protected]

Created: 15 June, 2005

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