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From: Terzian, Sharon
Date: Nov 1, 2018 7:30AM

I teach web design at the college and am trying to instill accessibility (even though my textbook mentions it, it doesn't go to far with it) in my students. I'd say let them look at some code or pages and write you a short summary on what is right and what is wrong. So, very easy are things like color selections, alt and title tags, and even if they know enough to run it through the W3C checker. I'm really the only one here (in our state) that does this, you either know it or you don't. See if they know how to use JAWS (we have a trial version). If they don't even know just the basics, move on.


Sharon Terzian
Webmistress/Sherlock Center
Adjunct Professor/CIS/School of Business
Rhode Island College
www.sherlockcenter.org