Web Standards
Specifications for web sites and services
ADA Guidelines and Standards Links
Campus Standards and Resources
- Appalachian State University Webmaster
http://www.webmaster.appstate.edu/ - Equity Office
http://www.equity.appstate.edu/ - Office of Compliance Programs
http://www.compliance.appstate.edu/ - Safety and Workers' Compensation Office
http://www.safety.appstate.edu/ - University Disclaimer
http://www.web.appstate.edu/disclaimer.html - University Accessibility Statement
http://www.policy.appstate.edu/accessibility.html
Accessibility Guidelines and Standards Links
Appalachian is required by the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 (ADA) and Section 508 of the Rehabilitation Act, as amended by the Workforce Investment Act of 1998, to provide access to its programs and services to all qualified individuals.
- Accessibility Guidelines and Standards Links
- United States Access Board - Guidelines and Standards
http://www.access-board.gov/gs.htm - Federal Goverment Site on Section 508
http://www.section508.gov/ - Web Content Accessibility Guidelines 2.0 (W3C Working Draft 27 April 2006)
http://www.w3.org/TR/WCAG20/ - Research-based Web Design & Usability Guidelines
http://www.usability.gov/pdfs/guidelines.html
- United States Access Board - Guidelines and Standards
- Validators
- WebXACT accessibility checker (WCAG/508)
http://webxact.watchfire.com/ - CSS Validation Service (W3C tool)
http://jigsaw.w3.org/css-validator - HTML and XHTML Validation (W3C tool)
http://validator.w3.org/ - WCAG and Section 508 validator
http://www.contentquality.com/
- WebXACT accessibility checker (WCAG/508)
- Helpful Accessible Design Websites
- Accessibility techniques and concepts
http://www.webaim.org/articles/ - TRACE, Designing More Usable Web Sites
http://trace.wisc.edu/world/web
- Accessibility techniques and concepts
