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From: Kynn Bartlett
Date: Fri, Dec 07 2001 1:52PM
Subject: January 2002 Accessible Web Design Course
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Summary:

The next session of the HWG/IWA online course in Accessible
Web Design begins January 7, 2002. The seven-week course
is taught via the web and tuition is $80, or $50 for HWG
full members. Space is limited, so be sure to sign up now to
reserve your place in the class.

HWG Course D201: Accessible Web Design
Start Date: January 7, 2002 (7 weeks)

The HWG's web accessibility course features information
on Section 508 requirements, access devices, the W3C's
Web Content Accessibility Guidelines, and more! This
introductory course will change the way you think about the
Web, and ensure that as broad an audience as possible can use
the sites you create, regardless of disability, browser type,
or access method.

For more information, please see the D201 course information
site at:

http://access.idyllmtn.com/d201/

SYLLABUS

The schedule of topics for this course is as follows:

Week 1: An Introduction to Web Accessibility
Week 2: Removing Accessibility Barriers
Week 3: Browsers and Assistive Technology
Week 4: Removing More Accessibility Barriers
Week 5: Nonstandard Access Devices
Week 6: Software for Accessible Design
Week 7: Setting A Web Accessibility Standard

Primary reading material is from Mike Paciello's book WEB
Accessibility for People with Disabilities, with additional
selected reading from the web. The complete syllabus is
available at:

http://access.idyllmtn.com/d201/#syllabus

STUDENT FEEDBACK

Here's what some past students of the course are saying
about D201: Accessible Web Design:

"I have no problem praising HWG's Accessible Web Design course.
The course was thorough and enlightening. I commented on the
class with a friend who had taken another accessible design
course and he was impressed by the level of this course.
Apparently the course that he had taken did not possess the
depth of discussion on accessibility issues nor the practical
implementation of techniques that this course did. Consequently,
he bought Paciello's book and is planning to enroll in a future
session of this course." --Clay Berglund

"Before I took this course, accessible web design was a confusing
mishmash of federal guidelines and recommendations. Now I'm
coding sites that meet guidelines..." --Gillian Murrey

"This course was a great enrichment to my knowledge about Web
accessibility, because it forced me to put my hands on existing
tools rather than just read about them or discuss them verbally."
--Gottfried E. Zimmermann

"Kynn and Liz provided resources and food for thought which,
along with the inputs of my classmates, helped me formulate a
draft policy for web accessibility at LCC and an 'attack plan'
to make existing sites more accessible." --Anita F. Lees

You can read more about what previous students thought by going
to:

http://access.idyllmtn.com/d201/#test

Or sample the course for yourself -- an entire week of lessons is
available online, free of charge, at:

http://access.idyllmtn.com/d201/#sample

ENROLL NOW

Enrollment is limited, so be sure to sign up now to ensure a
place in the course. The cost of the course is $50 for
Full members of the HTML Writers Guild, and $80 for Trial
membership. Trial membership is free, and Full membership dues
are $49 per year, or half that for students, educators, or members
with disabilities.

To reserve your place in the class, go to:

http://access.idyllmtn.com/d201/#enroll

This announcement can be freely forwarded to any apppropriate mailing
lists or web forums. Questions regarding the course can be directed to
Kynn Bartlett at < = EMAIL ADDRESS REMOVED = >, and you may also want to check
the Frequently Asked Questions at http://access.idyllmtn.com/d201/ for
more information.

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Kynn Bartlett < = EMAIL ADDRESS REMOVED = >
http://www.kynn.com/

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From: sethmr@bellatlantic.net
Date: Fri, Dec 07 2001 3:12PM
Subject: Re: January 2002 Accessible Web Design Course
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Kynn,

I jumped through a few hoops just to become a HWG trial member so that I
could take your course. Imagine my surprise when I got to the enroll on-line
page and was told the course was full. Next time I'll try to act faster.

Seth

On Friday 07 December 2001 02:20 pm, you wrote:
> Summary:
>
> The next session of the HWG/IWA online course in Accessible
> Web Design begins January 7, 2002. The seven-week course
> is taught via the web and tuition is $80, or $50 for HWG
> full members. Space is limited, so be sure to sign up now to
> reserve your place in the class.
>
>
> HWG Course D201: Accessible Web Design
> Start Date: January 7, 2002 (7 weeks)
>
> The HWG's web accessibility course features information
> on Section 508 requirements, access devices, the W3C's
> Web Content Accessibility Guidelines, and more! This
> introductory course will change the way you think about the
> Web, and ensure that as broad an audience as possible can use
> the sites you create, regardless of disability, browser type,
> or access method.
>
> For more information, please see the D201 course information
> site at:
>
> http://access.idyllmtn.com/d201/
>
>
> SYLLABUS
>
> The schedule of topics for this course is as follows:
>
> Week 1: An Introduction to Web Accessibility
> Week 2: Removing Accessibility Barriers
> Week 3: Browsers and Assistive Technology
> Week 4: Removing More Accessibility Barriers
> Week 5: Nonstandard Access Devices
> Week 6: Software for Accessible Design
> Week 7: Setting A Web Accessibility Standard
>
> Primary reading material is from Mike Paciello's book WEB
> Accessibility for People with Disabilities, with additional
> selected reading from the web. The complete syllabus is
> available at:
>
> http://access.idyllmtn.com/d201/#syllabus
>
>
> STUDENT FEEDBACK
>
> Here's what some past students of the course are saying
> about D201: Accessible Web Design:
>
> "I have no problem praising HWG's Accessible Web Design course.
> The course was thorough and enlightening. I commented on the
> class with a friend who had taken another accessible design
> course and he was impressed by the level of this course.
> Apparently the course that he had taken did not possess the
> depth of discussion on accessibility issues nor the practical
> implementation of techniques that this course did. Consequently,
> he bought Paciello's book and is planning to enroll in a future
> session of this course." --Clay Berglund
>
> "Before I took this course, accessible web design was a confusing
> mishmash of federal guidelines and recommendations. Now I'm
> coding sites that meet guidelines..." --Gillian Murrey
>
> "This course was a great enrichment to my knowledge about Web
> accessibility, because it forced me to put my hands on existing
> tools rather than just read about them or discuss them verbally."
> --Gottfried E. Zimmermann
>
> "Kynn and Liz provided resources and food for thought which,
> along with the inputs of my classmates, helped me formulate a
> draft policy for web accessibility at LCC and an 'attack plan'
> to make existing sites more accessible." --Anita F. Lees
>
> You can read more about what previous students thought by going
> to:
>
> http://access.idyllmtn.com/d201/#test
>
> Or sample the course for yourself -- an entire week of lessons is
> available online, free of charge, at:
>
> http://access.idyllmtn.com/d201/#sample
>
>
> ENROLL NOW
>
> Enrollment is limited, so be sure to sign up now to ensure a
> place in the course. The cost of the course is $50 for
> Full members of the HTML Writers Guild, and $80 for Trial
> membership. Trial membership is free, and Full membership dues
> are $49 per year, or half that for students, educators, or members
> with disabilities.
>
> To reserve your place in the class, go to:
>
> http://access.idyllmtn.com/d201/#enroll
>
>
> This announcement can be freely forwarded to any apppropriate mailing
> lists or web forums. Questions regarding the course can be directed to
> Kynn Bartlett at < = EMAIL ADDRESS REMOVED = >, and you may also want to check
> the Frequently Asked Questions at http://access.idyllmtn.com/d201/ for
> more information.

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From: Kynn Bartlett
Date: Fri, Dec 07 2001 3:41PM
Subject: Re: January 2002 Accessible Web Design Course
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From: Kynn Bartlett
Date: Fri, Dec 07 2001 3:46PM
Subject: Re: January 2002 Accessible Web Design Course
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At 4:05 PM -0500 12/7/01, Seth Rothberg wrote:
>Kynn,
>
>I jumped through a few hoops just to become a HWG trial member so that I
>could take your course. Imagine my surprise when I got to the enroll on-line
>page and was told the course was full. Next time I'll try to act faster.

This is strange -- the class _isn't_ full. The URL to get to the link for
registration is (long url)
http://www.iwaguild.com/cgi-bin/sql/pullout.cgi?template=listing/course_info.htm&;listing.ID=0007711

I will write to the IWA/HWG administrators to check on this.

- --Kynn

PS: Sorry about the hoops, i have no control over that :p

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Kynn Bartlett < = EMAIL ADDRESS REMOVED = >
http://www.kynn.com/

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From: Carolyn Kotlas
Date: Mon, Dec 10 2001 8:25AM
Subject: Re: January 2002 Accessible Web Design Course
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Kynn Bartlett wrote:
>
> The next session of the HWG/IWA online course in Accessible
> Web Design begins January 7, 2002. The seven-week course
> is taught via the web and tuition is $80, or $50 for HWG
> full members.

An *unsolicited* recommendation to anyone considering taking this class:

As someone who has taken Kynn's course (Winter 2000), I can highly
recommend it. The assignments were very well thought out, and the
instructor very helpful. It served as an excellent foundation for the
subsequent work and study I've done in web page accessibility. Even
after nearly 2 years, I still draw upon what I learned from taking the
class.
- --carolyn

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Carolyn Kotlas, Information Resources Consultant
Center for Instructional Technology, U of North Carolina Chapel Hill
03 Smith Building, CB# 3420
Email: = EMAIL ADDRESS REMOVED = Tel: 919-962-9287
"Information's pretty thin stuff, unless mixed with experience."
-- Clarence Day

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From: Kynn Bartlett
Date: Mon, Dec 10 2001 11:04AM
Subject: Re: January 2002 Accessible Web Design Course
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At 9:18 AM -0500 12/10/01, Carolyn Kotlas wrote:
>An *unsolicited* recommendation to anyone considering taking this class:

*blush!*

As an extra note, we're working on the most recent feedback from
students and devising better ways to give response to student postings,
which has been one of the biggest requests in the past -- so I am
hoping that January's class will be the best session ever. ;)

Okay, enough self-promotion... back to accessibility!

- --Kynn

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Kynn Bartlett < = EMAIL ADDRESS REMOVED = >
http://www.kynn.com/

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