The March WAWG meeting will be held on Tuesday, March 2nd from 1:00 p.m. - 2:30 p.m. in room 806 S Hatcher.
Mike Elledge, Assistant Director of the MSU Usability & Accessibility Center will present "WCAG 2.0, Part II." A video of part I of his talk (August 4th) is still available on the WAWG CTools site.
Please have your WCAG questions ready.
-Patty
Posted by pattyb on 19 Jan. | Comments (0)
The February WAWG meeting will be held on Tuesday, February 2nd from 1:00 p.m. - 2:30 p.m. in room 806 S Hatcher.
Instead of a speaker, we will have a group discussion. The following issues have been suggested. We'll see how many we get to, and how many evolve into future meeting topics:
-share what email lists and tools we use to stay up to date on accessibility
-use of color in accessibility
-problems with Google's accessibility
-invisible disabilities and their needs in web accessibility
Patty Bradley
Posted by pattyb on 5 Jan. | Comments (0)
The Web Accessibility Working Group will meet next on Monday, February 1, 2010. Details to follow.
Posted by pattyb on 30 Nov. | Comments (0)
The October WAWG meeting will be held on Tuesday, November 3rd from 1:00 p.m. - 2:30 p.m. in room 806 S Hatcher.
Gonzalo Silverio, Lead Graphical User Interface Programmer with the Digital Media Commons will present on ARIA (Accessible Rich Internet Applications).
Posted by pattyb on 26 Oct. | Comments (0)
The October WAWG meeting will be held on Tuesday, October 6th from 12:00 noon - 1:30 p.m. in room 806 S Hatcher. Please feel free to bring your lunch.
Our guest speaker will be Nick Wilcox, Assistive Technology Trainer at the Ann Arbor District Library. Nick is a user of adaptive technology, and will share with us the typical things that make it difficult for him to browse the web. He will also share the techniques and strategies he uses in finding information and navigating the web.
This special meeting time is to accommodate Nick. In November we will be back to our regular time of 1:00-2:30.
However, we will meet in room 806 S. Hatcher from now on due to recurring scheduling problems in 100 N Hatcher. Enter the building via the south side and take the elevator up to the 8th floor. Go through the double glass doors and it's straight ahead.
-Patty
Posted by pattyb on 18 Sep. | Comments (0)
We have moved to a different room in Hatcher Graduate Library due to recurring scheduling conflicts. We will meet in 806 South Hatcher from now on. Enter the building via the south side and take the elevator up to the 8th floor. Go through the double glass doors and it's straight ahead.
Meetings are held on the first Tuesday of each month from 1:00-2:30.
Posted by pattyb on 18 Sep. | Comments (0)
The Web Accessibility Working Group will not meet in September, 2009 due to busy beginning of the semester schedules. Please send your ideas for future meetings to me at pattyb@umich.edu.
Thanks, Patty
Posted by pattyb on 19 Aug. | Comments (0)
We will meet on Tuesday, August 4, 2009 from 1:00-2:30 PM in room 2617 SPH Crossroads, School of Public Health, 109 South Observatory.
Mike Elledge, Assistant Director of the Usability & Accessibility Center at Michigan State University (and former UM Accessibility Specialist) will talk to our group about WCAG 2.0. Please have your questions ready.
The talk will be video-recorded for those of you unable to attend, although I do hope to see a good crowd there to welcome Mike.
Please let me know if you have any questions.
-Patty
Posted by pattyb on 28 Jul. | Comments (0)
The July WAWG Meeting will be held on Tuesday, July 7, 2009 from 1:00 - 2:30 PM in room 100 North Hatcher Graduate Library. Patricia Anderson will speak on Accessible Design for Second Life (and other Virtual Worlds):
"People have become more aware of accessible design in real life architectural spaces, designing spaces to make them easy to use for persons with and without disabilities or special needs. There is also a trend over the past fifteen years to keep in mind designing web sites to be accessible. An area that is often still neglected are video games and 3d virtual worlds, which present some unique challenges to the designer committed to accessibility. This presentation will describe some of what is happening in Second Life with the engagement of the special needs communities with the programmers and developers from Linden Labs, with a focus on lessons learned and best practices."
Please contact Patty Bradley-Diehl (pattyb) with all questions. See you there.
Posted by pattyb on 2 Jul. | Comments (0)
The WAWG will meet on Tuesday, June 9th from 1:00 - 2:30 p.m. in Hatcher Graduate Library, room 100 North. If you have not joined us before, see the directions to the Harlan Hatcher Graduate Library page.
I am very pleased to announce that the University has finally hired a Web Accessibility and Adaptive Technology Coordinator: Scott Williams. Scott started his new position yesterday and an "official" announcement is forthcoming. He was a Web Production Manager for Michigan Marketing and Design prior to taking this new position.
During our June meeting Scott will speak about his plans and vision for the position. He will also be very interested in hearing your ideas.
Patty Bradley-Diehl
Posted by pattyb on 19 May. | Comments (0)