Cerritos College has a responsibility
to provide equal access to all instructional media
resources to all students, faculty and staff, regardless of whether the
individual is blind, low-vision, or hearing impaired. And while there are
many technology aides to that end, most of these
programs require that web page authors and site designers follow the guidelines
established by the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C). The
Web Content Accessibility Guidelines 1.0 explain how to make web content
accessible to people with disabilities. The primary goal of these guidelines is
to promote accessibility. However, following them will also make Web content
more available to all users, whatever user
agent they are using (e.g., desktop browser, voice browser, mobile
phone, automobile-based personal computer, etc.) or constraints they may be
operating under (e.g., noisy surroundings, under- or over-illuminated rooms, in
a hands-free environment, etc.). Following these guidelines will also help
people find information on the Web more quickly. These guidelines do not
discourage content developers from using images, video, etc., but rather
explain how to make multimedia content more accessible to a wide audience.
Here at Cerritos College we have collected most of the information
you would require to meet these guidelines in the Universal Accessibility
Section of Cerritos College Web
Handbook.
Web Author: Tim Kyllingstad (tkyllingstad@cerritos.edu)
Disclaimer
Last update:
07/22/08
