For more information contact:
Chris Langston, CATEA
Contact Chris Langston
404-894-0561

Learn Web Design for Accessibility

Location: Online

Event Date: February 20, 2009

Time: Student's preference

Become Section 508 Compliant!

CATEA’s web accessibility course is the quick and easy way to learn how to pass the U.S. government’s requirements for web accessibility. In addition, you will learn about the World Wide Web Consortium’s guidelines which are recognized internationally.

Earn Continuing Education Units (CEU's)

Need continuing education units? This course provides 0.66 CEU’s to participants via Georgia Tech’s Distance Learning and Professional Education department.

Get Web Accessibility Certified!

Looking to differentiate yourself? A CATEA Web Accessibility Certificate can help with that.

Get Bonus Material!

Along with information on how to create accessible web sites, this course also provides information on:

* Creating table-less sites using CSS
* Testing for accessibility
* And more...

Course Requirements

The course requires intermediate knowledge of HTML or XHTML. Prior knowledge of CSS, JavaScript, DHTML, and PHP are a plus but are not required to take this course. Information relating to these topics will be discussed for those who are interested in using these style sheets and languages to develop their sites.

For more information:
http://www.catea.gatech.edu/accessibility/

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