[Libs-Or] ACRL E-learning Seminar: Designing Usable and Accessible Web Pages
Robin A. Paynter
paynter at pdx.edu
Tue Dec 29 13:53:28 PST 2009
FYI - Robin
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Designing Usable and Accessible Web Pages: Needs Analysis, Design
Planning, XHTML and CSS Standards, Accessibility Validation, and
Usability Testing (beginners)
An ACRL Online Seminar
January 25 - February 10, 2010
Registration is now open!
(Registered participants, log into Moodle here. <http://classes.ala.org>
Trouble accessing Moodle using credentials supplied by ALA? Contact
Margot Conahan at mconahan at ala.org <mailto:mconahan at ala.org> .)
*Course Description:*
This hands-on course focuses on the basics of Web site planning, design
and content development. The course will also examine Web standards,
usability, and accessibility. XHTML and CSS (external) will be
introduced. The course begins with XHTML/HTML basics tutorials and a
practice activity to make sure everyone has the basic skills. Students
will plan and design a representative site during the course.
This is a primarily asynchronous seminar, allowing participants to work
through course material at times convenient to them. The instructor will
provide feedback to all completed work via email. Participants may also
choose to schedule online chat time with the teacher, as they feel
necessary.
By the end of this course, you will be able to:
* Plan and design a Web site for Usability and simple Accessibility
for selected users/groups.
* Understand and apply Web Standards
* Develop basic Web site contents for selected users/groups.
* Use DreamWeaver (MX2004 or higher preferred) or a text editor to
create usable, accessible, and interesting Web pages. You may use
Microsoft Expression (was FrontPage) or other HTML editor if you already
know what you are doing with it.
Participants will end the session with a draft Web site plan, design,
and a Web page (or pages) that will allow minimal accessibility
validation and usability testing.
*Weekly Schedule*
* Week 1: User Centered Design: Needs Assessment and Design
Planning
* Week 2: Review of HTML/XHTML and CSS Standards
* Week 3: Creating Draft Organizer Page
* Week 4: Final Project: Validating XHTML, CSS (External), and
Accessibility Standards
This seminar will be delivered through Moodle.
*Learning Outcomes:
*By the end of this course, you will be able to:
* Understand and apply Web Standards
* Plan and design a Web site for Usability and Accessibility for
selected users/groups.
* Develop basic Web site contents for selected users/groups.
* Use DreamWeaver or a text editor (MX2004 or higher preferred) to
create usable, accessible, and interesting Web pages. You may use
FrontPage if you already know what you are doing with it.
Participants will end the session with a completed Web site plan,
design, and a main Web page illustrating how the design will be
implemented and will allow for minimal usability and accessibility
testing. These pages will also be validated XHTML with external CSS.
*Course Materials:
*All of the required readings and activities for the course will be
available on-line but it will be useful to have available the references
in the Recommended Materials listed below.
* Graph Paper for laying out CSS design.
* Freeman, Elizabeth and Eric (2005). * Head First HTML with CSS &
XHTML. O'Reilly. ISBN: 0-596-10197-X
* Niederst, Jennifer (2006). Web Design in a Nutshell , 3rd Ed.
O'Reilly. ISBN: 0-596-00987-9
* Meyer, Eric (2007). CSS Pocket Reference, 3rd. Ed. O'Reilly. ISBN
10: 0-596-51505-7 | ISBN 13:9780596515058 (9.99 list price)
* Bickner, Carrie. (2004) Web Design on a Shoestring. New Riders
Publishing: Boston ISBN 0-7357-1328-6
* Donald Norman (1988). The Design of Everyday Things. Basic Books
ISBN: 0-385-26774-6
* Jennifer Niederst (2006). Web Design in a Nutshell , 3rd Ed.
O'Reilly. ISBN: 0-596-00987-9
*Strongly recommended for those students who come to class with no HTML
experience.
*Audience:
*Librarians and other information specialists who want to learn to
design usable, accessible, standard Web pages that will attract the
intended users and encourage and invite them to persist and return to
the site.
Experience working with the academic library patrons in any subject area
chosen is assumed. Level of instruction is intermediate in regard to
academic library experience, beginner in regard to XHTML/CSS and Web
design experience.
Participants must understand paths -- directories or folders and where
files are saved -- in a Windows or Mac OS environment. FTP or other
experience uploading Web pages to a Web server will be expected. Some
basic assistance will be provided.
*Instructor:*
Diane Kovacs, Kovacs Consulting
The instructor has been teaching Web Design and related topics for more
than 14 years including LIS590LWL Designing Web Sites for Organizations
for the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign GSLIS LEEP program.
She is the author of The Kovacs Guide to Electronic Library Collection
Development: Essential Core Subject Collections, Selection Criteria, and
Guidelines (Neal-Schuman, January 2004) and The Virtual Reference
Handbook: Interview and Information Delivery Techniques for the Chat and
E-Mail Environments by Kovacs, Diane K. Neal-Schuman Publishers (2007)
published concurrently in the United Kingdom by Facet Publishers (2007)
More information on Diane Kovacs <http://www.kovacs.com/dianevita.html>
*Course Requirements:*
Your participation will require approximately three to five hours per
week to:
* Read the online seminar material
* Post to online discussion boards
* Complete activities, which will result in a basic draft academic
library oriented Web site
* Complete a seminar evaluation form
*Registration
*ACRL member: $150
ALA member: $195
CACUL member: Can $205 (charges will be made in U.S. dollars)
Nonmember: $205
Student: $65
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*Registration is now open!*
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Register with Credit Card
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* You will need to log in with your ALA ID & password. If you do not
have an ALA ID & password, you will be asked to create one in
order to register.
Register by PO
<http://www.acrl.org/ala/mgrps/divs/acrl/events/elearning/forms/cpoform.pdf>
* Download and complete the PO registration form.
* Submit the form along with your actual PO to ALA registration (fax
or mail; see form for details).
* You will not be considered registered for the course until both
your PO and the registration form have been received and processed
by ALA registration.
Member rates apply to personal memberships only. Want to join ACRL or
ALA? Complete the online membership form
<https://cs.ala.org/member/memberapp.cfm>, available on the ALA Web
site. If you join ALA/ACRL within five days of registering, we will
adjust your fee (please fax a copy of your completed registration form
to ACRL at 312-280-2520).
Payment may be made by credit card or purchase order (PO) only.
If paying by PO, the PO number is required at the time of registration.
Class size is limited to 60 participants. Full refunds will be granted
up to 14 days prior to the start of the seminar.
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*Robin Paynter*
Social Sciences Librarian
220D Library
Portland State University
503.725.4501
503.725.4524
paynter at pdx.edu
http://www.pdx.edu/library/paynter.html
"The fragmentation of rational knowledge in the postmodern world has
produced a focus on information that is unaware of its history." --
Marcus Breen (1997)
--
Portland State University logo
*Robin Paynter*
Social Sciences Librarian
220D Library
Portland State University
503.725.4501
503.725.4524
paynter at pdx.edu
http://www.pdx.edu/library/paynter.html
"The fragmentation of rational knowledge in the postmodern world has
produced a focus on information that is unaware of its history." --
Marcus Breen (1997)
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