Review the fundamentals of web accessibility and social media

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5. What is web accessibility?

6. What is web accessibility? web accessibility means that people with disabilities can use the web.

7. perceive understand What is web accessibility? web accessibility means that people with disabilities can use the web. interact navigate

8. Different disabilities affect web use

9. low vision visual color blindness blindness

10. hearing deafness hard of hearing

11. missing limbs joint problems Physical motor disabilities muscular control

12. dyslexia ADD Cognitive & Neurological seizures memory

13. vision hearing Age-related conditions dexterity memory

14. vision damn kids hearing twitter Age-related conditions myspace joint problems motor disabilities dexterity memory facebook

15. Why is accessibility So important

16. We use the web for Education, employment,shopping,government

17. Online Schools

18. Online employment Applications

19. Online Shopping

20. Equality

21. Equal access

22. equal opportunity

23. What makes the web accessible?

24. web developer early planning early detection What makes the web accessible? evaluation tools proper xhtml validation tools

25. web developer early planning early detection What makes the web accessible? wave evaluation tools proper xhtml validation tools color contrast

26. what IS social media

27. Social media is a term used to describe the type of media that is based on conversation and interaction between people online. Where media means digital words, sounds & pictures which are typically shared via the internet and the value can be cultural, societal or even financial. http://www.wikipedia.org photo by dbking on flickr

28. photo by r_gallant on flickr Social media is like teen sex. Everyone wants to do. Nobody knows how. When it’s finally done, there is surprise it’s not better. AvinashKaushik, Google

29. conversation Simply Put

30. conversation engagement Simply Put

31. listening conversation engagement Simply Put

32. listening conversation engagement Simply Put nurturing

33. listening conversation engagement Simply Put nurturing problem solve

34. listening conversation engagement Simply Put identify nurturing problem solve

35. Should I Care about social media

36. yes

37. Why SoSerious?

38. Some Reasons

39. 3 out of 4 americans use social tech Some Reasons

40. 3 out of 4 americans use social tech 2/3 of internet pop visit social networks Some Reasons

41. 3 out of 4 americans use social tech 2/3 of internet pop visit social networks 4thmost popular online activity Some Reasons

42. 3 out of 4 americans use social tech 2/3 of internet pop visit social networks 4thmost popular online activity Some Reasons oprah ashtonkutcher justinbieber

43. Speaking of twitter

44. Speaking of twitter Nearly 75 million people visited Twitter’s site in January ~ comScore

45. Speaking of Millions

46. billions Speaking of Millions 5,000,000,000 The number of minutes spent on Facebook each day.

47. if facebookwere a country it would be the 8th most populated county in the world, ahead of Japan. Mark Zuckerberg, January 2009

48. if facebookwere a country it would be the 3rd most populated county in the world, ahead of USA. Hitwise March 2010

49. The conversation is going to happen whether you’re engaged in it or not. photo by kamshots on flickr

50. Should I Care about social media

51. yes

52. how do youbalanceaccessibility & social media? photo by mrMark on flickr

53. in some cases, you can’t

54. captcha in some cases, you can’t

55. captcha in some cases, you can’t Have you ever listened to one of those reCAPTCHA forms?

56. captcha in some cases, you can’t ajax

57. captcha in some cases, you can’t user generated content ajax

58. in some cases, you can’t You cannot control the way social networking sites like Facebook display information. You can make sure what you put on those sites is accessible to users anywhere.

59. in some cases, you can’t You cannot control the way social networking sites like Facebook display information. You can make sure what you put on those sites is accessible to users anywhere. alt text be aware of barriers transcripts descriptions alternative sites

60. what is being done?

61. what is being done? Facebook is working with the American Foundation for the Blind (AFB) to make its social-networking service more accessible to users who are blind or visually impaired [...] Facebook is also working with AFB on design changes. Still, Augusto [head of the AFB] admits the ultimate goal — full accessibility for vision impaired users — is “far from being attained” 508 portal: Facebook to make site more accessible to blind

62. what is being done? Accessible Twitter (@AccessibleTwitr) is an award-winning, web-based interface for Twitter that is designed to be accessible. All links are keyboard accessible, large text and contrast colors are used as well as forms & data tables are marked up for optimal accessibility. Visit Accessible Twitter

63. what is being done? YouTube allows users to add transcripts, annotations and captioning to their videos. This allows users with hearing disabilities to engage in ways they could not do before. There’s little to no excuse for not having accessible videos on YouTube considering how easy it is. Easy YouTube Caption Creator by Accessify

64. If it’s not accessible, why bother?

65. If it’s not accessible, why bother? Accessibility should not be an excuse not to engage in social media, rather it is a good reason to understand and use social media correctly and provide support. The platforms themselves should take the responsibility to make the sites more accessible. We as users should push for these changes.

66. Resources knowbility.org flick.com – creative commons Accessify Forums Facebook Accessibility Accessible Twitter Easy YouTube Caption Creator

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