Course 1: Understanding Disability and Assistive Technology
Focused largely on understanding the experience of disability in relation to information technologies.
Topics Covered
- Overview of disability demographics
- Major types of disability and their impact on consuming electronic information
- Overview of common assistive technologies
- Legal landscape of IT accessibility and WCAG 2.0
- Built-in OS accessibility features for Windows, Mac OS, iOS, Android
- Students perform a functional accessibility evaluation of web site