Accessibility and Universal Design Toolbar
| Accessible Content | Accessible Web Structure | Technology Purchases | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Word Processing | PowerPoint | Flash | Forms | Describing Images | Tables | Scientific Notation | Multimedia & Captioning | Website Templates | Website and Application Testing | Technology Purchases | ||
The ATI/Universal Design Tool Kit is a simplified compilation of links which help organize and streamline resources in support of ATI polices. It draws from various World Wide Web resources including: CSUN's ATI page, CSUN's IT Training page, Chancellor's Office ATI web page, Teaching Commons Professional Development for Accessible Technology.
Introduction of Accessibility and Universal Design
- IT Accessibility: What Campus Leaders Have to Say (Audio described version)
University presidents, CIOs, and other IT leaders discuss the importance of IT accessibility on college campuses. - "Access By Design", Faculty Awareness Video
- CSU ATI Videos
- From Where I Sit - The Music Video, An Introduction to accessibility
There are three main steps to get you started
You may need assistance loading these tools from your departments technical support. Campus support contacts are listed below.
- Step One: Prepare Internet Browsers
- Step Two: Download the Tools Needed
- Step Three: Consider What Software May Be Needed for Advanced Tasks
Support Contacts:
- ATI Coordinators
- Information Technology Training
- Faculty Technology Center
- University Web Communications
Step One: Prepare Internet Browsers
Step Two: Download the Tools Needed
The following tools are needed to support the creation of universally designed materials as well as assess those materials. This may require departmental technical assistance.
From the IT Download page Mac/PC
The software listed below is available to faculty and staff, for office or home use, from the CSUN Software Download page. This requires a CSUN ID and password.
- Macromedia Contribute 4 (Mac / Win)
- Macromedia Dreamweaver 8 (Mac / Win)
Free Software
Validation Tools
These tools help with accessibility spot checks and HTML validation. To learn how to use them please refer to the ATI Resource Table under Website and Application Testing.
- The University of Illinois at Urbana/Champaign Mozilla/Firefox Accessibility Extension (Firefox – Mac / Win)
- WAVE Toolbar (Firefox – Mac / Win)
- Web Accessibility Toolbar (Win)
- Web Developer Extension (Firefox – Mac / Win)
- Juicy Studio Accessibility Toolbar (Firefox - Mac / Win)
- Accessibility Toolbar (Internet Explorer)
Color / Contrast Analyzer- tools for checking foreground and background colour combinations to determine if they provide good colour visibility
Additional Applications
Viewers for commonly used documents:
- VLC Media Player
- Acrobat Reader
- Excel Viewer
- PowerPoint Viewer
- Word Viewer
- also opens WordPerfect and Microsoft Works files
Tools and Resources for Math Content for the Web
From Academic Technology download page
The software listed below is available to faculty and staff, for office or home use, from within the Academic Technology web page. A request form must be submitted before being able to use LecShare or LecShare Pro.