You may take this class totally online!!!
No classroom attendance required.
Section #33765
April 1st- May 22nd, 2013
Course Description and Objectives
Not everyone who visits your Web sites comes with the same cognitive, physical and sensory abilities. The ability to use the Web is extremely important to everyone, including those with disabilities. Find out what they experience when they visit a Web site and what you can do to make their visit more productive. Learn to comply with current legal requirements and accessibility initiatives (Section 508, ADA, WAI/W3C). This is a one unit class with two tracks. One track is for Web developers and one track is for administrators. Developers will learn how to produce accessible websites. Administrators will learn how their organization can comply with Section 508 and ADA. I will be co-teaching this class with Lillian Payne. It's a 1 unit class and starts on April 1, 2013. In GCMW 232, you will:
- Learn techniques and solutions for creating accessible Websites
- Identify current legal requirements and accessibility initiatives (Section 508, ADA, WAI/W3C)
- Learn how to comply with all legal mandates and standards
- Familiarize yourself with a wide range of disabilities and the challenges of Web use
- Evaluate Web site accessibility and compliance
- Locate disability and Web accessibility resources
- Update existing sites
- Consider user interface design alternatives
- Employ the best accessibility tools
- Deliver content to everyone
- Learn how emerging technologies will affect access to the Web
- Take away lots of checklists and charts
Free Amazon Prime for Students
Amazon is offering free Amazon Prime for 6 months for students. Amazon Prime usually costs $70 for the year. It gives you free two-day shipping on items shipped from Amazon with no minimum purchase necessary. FREE Release-Date Delivery on video games, DVDs, books and more and unlimited instant streaming of thousands of movies and TV shows with Prime instant videos. You will need to use your Palomar email address to sign up for this offer, so be sure to get one, if you don't have one already. See details.
Software Requirements
You can use the software that you are most comfortable with for creating Web pages - as long as it gives you access to the HTML code. A good text editor is fine, and so is Dreamweaver.
You will also need to have as many browsers installed as you can for checking the pages that you design.
Logging on to the class site:
Connections to our online Web site will be activated at http://learn.palomar.edu/ on the first day of the semester.
Username: Students registered for this class will use their nine-digit student identification number for their UserID to login. Be sure to type in all 9 digits.
Passwords: For your password, use the same password that you use on eServices.
Problems Logging In: If you are experiencing problems, please contact the Academic Technology Department for help.
eServices Email Address: Be sure to check your email address on eServices. Keep it updated so that if a teacher wants to send you some information, they will be able to. You can add a non-Palomar address, and then mark it as your "Preferred" email address. That way you can receive your Palomar email at the address that you use most often. Also, if you are unsure of your password for Blackboard, you can use the "Forgot Password" link, and the password will be sent to your preferred address.
Once you are logged on to the system, please read the entries under the "Announcements" forum. They contain instructions on what to do. You don't have to log in at any particular time of day. During the course you will be logging in frequently, but at times that are convenient to your schedule. You will have an assignment due at the end of the first week of classes, so it is important that you do login during the first few days of class.
No-Show Policy and Drops:
It would be a shame for someone to take up a space in the class if they are not intending to complete the course, and someone else is waiting to get in. Therefore, anyone who does not login to the class site and complete the first unit (easy assignments which don't require any special text book or software) by the end of the first week, will be considered a NO-SHOW and might be dropped. If you are having computer problems, there are many computer labs on campus that have internet connections that you can use. If some other circumstances prevent you from doing this, be sure to email me to let me know what is happening. You might also be dropped if long periods of time have passed without communication from you such as participation on the discussion board or submission of assignments.
Check Back Often:
This page will be updated to reflect any changes in information about the class. Please check back often.
Applying to Palomar and Registering for the Class
You can apply to Palomar College Online and register for the class. Please go to: Eservices - Apply to Palomar.
Your application to Palomar College is free. When you apply, you will be given a student ID number. Once you have your student ID number, you will be able to register online for classes.
Register at: https://eservices.palomar.edu/psp/pals9prd/?cmd=login&languageCd=ENG&
Tuition
Tuition is very low for students with a California address. At this writing, fees for California students run about $46 per unit.