Web Accessibility is Not Only the Law...It's Good Practice
As a public institution and a member of the California State University system, 海角社区 Channel Islands is required by law to ensure that its web sites are accessible to all its users.
More importantly, the principles of web site accessibility espouse industry-standard "best practices" in web design and facilitate web site usability.
Here you will find resources and tools to help you learn about web accessibility and how to make sure your web site is accessible.
How to Start Building Accessible Web Sites
Follow these 5 steps to build accessible web sites:
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- View any/all of the web sites in the "Learn About Web Accessibility" section.
- Check your pages using any/all of the tools in the "Accessibility Check Tools" section.
Contact Web Services with any questions.
Tools
For Web Pages only
Web Accessibility Presentation Materials
Learn About Accessibility
Accessibility Law
U.S. Government Web Accessibility Sites
Discussion Listservs
Technology-Specific Web Accessibility Resources
Adobe Dreamweaver
Adobe Acrobat PDF
Microsoft Office
HTML
Captioning Information
Web Accessibility Guidelines
Accessibility Check Tools
Free Tools (web-based)
- - Deque鈥檚 suite of axe tools offers full coverage for your testing and compliance needs.
- - checks page reading order
- - checks page color contrast
- - a web standards compliant web browser
- - make Firefox and web content work for all users
- - a toolbar for Firefox to help perform quick accessibility checks
Web Accessibility at 海角社区 Channel Islands
Contact Information
Daniel Martinez
Web Services Supervisor
805-437-3932
Office Hours & Location
9:00am - 5:00pm Monday - Friday
Lindero Hall 2852