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<h1><small><small><small>Designing Usable and Accessible Web Pages:
Needs Analysis, Design
Planning, XHTML and CSS Standards, Accessibility Validation, and
Usability Testing (beginners)</small></small></small></h1>
<p><small>An ACRL Online Seminar<br>
January 25 - February 10, 2010</small></p>
<p><small>Registration is now open!<br>
<br>
(Registered participants, <a href="http://classes.ala.org">log
into Moodle here.</a> Trouble accessing Moodle using credentials
supplied by ALA? Contact Margot Conahan at <a
href="mailto:mconahan@ala.org">mconahan@ala.org</a> .)</small></p>
<p><small><strong>Course Description:</strong><br>
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.</small></p>
<p><small>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.</small></p>
<p><small>By the end of this course, you will be able to:</small></p>
<p><small> * Plan and design a Web site for Usability and simple
Accessibility for selected users/groups.<br>
* Understand and apply Web Standards<br>
* Develop basic Web site contents for selected users/groups.<br>
* 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.</small></p>
<p><small>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. </small></p>
<p><small><strong>Weekly Schedule</strong></small></p>
<blockquote><small> </small>
<ul>
<li><small>Week 1: User Centered Design: Needs Assessment and
Design Planning </small></li>
<li><small>Week 2: Review of HTML/XHTML and CSS Standards </small></li>
<li><small>Week 3: Creating Draft Organizer Page </small></li>
<li><small>Week 4: Final Project: Validating XHTML, CSS (External),
and Accessibility Standards </small></li>
</ul>
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<p><small>This seminar will be delivered through Moodle.</small></p>
<p><small><strong>Learning Outcomes:<br>
</strong>By the end of this course, you will be able to: </small></p>
<ul>
<li><small>Understand and apply Web Standards </small></li>
<li><small>Plan and design a Web site for Usability and Accessibility
for selected users/groups. </small></li>
<li><small>Develop basic Web site contents for selected users/groups.
</small></li>
<li><small>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. </small></li>
</ul>
<p><small>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.</small></p>
<p><small><strong>Course Materials:<br>
</strong>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.</small></p>
<ul>
<li><small>Graph Paper for laying out CSS design. </small></li>
<li><small>Freeman, Elizabeth and Eric (2005). * Head First HTML with
CSS & XHTML. O'Reilly. ISBN: 0-596-10197-X </small></li>
<li><small>Niederst, Jennifer (2006). Web Design in a Nutshell , 3rd
Ed. O'Reilly. ISBN: 0-596-00987-9 </small></li>
<li><small>Meyer, Eric (2007). CSS Pocket Reference, 3rd. Ed.
O'Reilly. ISBN 10: 0-596-51505-7 | ISBN 13:9780596515058 (9.99 list
price) </small></li>
<li><small>Bickner, Carrie. (2004) Web Design on a Shoestring. New
Riders Publishing: Boston ISBN 0-7357-1328-6 </small></li>
<li><small>Donald Norman (1988). The Design of Everyday Things. Basic
Books ISBN: 0-385-26774-6 </small></li>
<li><small>Jennifer Niederst (2006). Web Design in a Nutshell , 3rd
Ed. O'Reilly. ISBN: 0-596-00987-9 </small></li>
</ul>
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<p><small>*Strongly recommended for those students who come to class
with no HTML experience.</small></p>
<p><small><strong>Audience:<br>
</strong>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.</small></p>
<p><small>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. </small></p>
<p><small>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.</small></p>
<p><small><strong>Instructor:</strong><br>
Diane Kovacs, Kovacs Consulting</small></p>
<p><small>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) </small></p>
<p><small><a href="http://www.kovacs.com/dianevita.html">More
information on Diane Kovacs</a></small></p>
<p><small><strong>Course Requirements:</strong><br>
Your participation will require approximately three to five hours per
week to:</small></p>
<ul>
<li><small>Read the online seminar material </small></li>
<li><small>Post to online discussion boards </small></li>
<li><small>Complete activities, which will result in a basic draft
academic library oriented Web site </small></li>
<li><small>Complete a seminar evaluation form </small></li>
</ul>
<p><small><strong>Registration<br>
</strong>ACRL member: $150<br>
ALA member: $195<br>
CACUL member: Can $205 (charges will be made in U.S. dollars)<br>
Nonmember: $205<br>
Student: $65<br>
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<li><small>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. </small></li>
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target="_self">Register by PO</a></small></p>
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<li><small>Download and complete the PO registration form. </small></li>
<li><small>Submit the form along with your actual PO to ALA
registration (fax or mail; see form for details). </small></li>
<li><small>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. </small></li>
</ul>
<p><small>Member rates apply to personal memberships only. Want to join
ACRL or ALA? <a href="https://cs.ala.org/member/memberapp.cfm">Complete
the online membership form</a>,
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).</small></p>
<p><small>Payment may be made by credit card or purchase order (PO)
only.<br>
If paying by PO, the PO number is required at the time of registration.</small></p>
<p><small>Class size is limited to 60 participants. Full refunds will
be granted up to 14 days prior to the start of the seminar.</small></p>
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Social Sciences Librarian<br>
220D Library<br>
Portland State University<br>
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503.725.4501<br>
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“The fragmentation of rational knowledge in the postmodern world has
produced a focus on information that is unaware of its history.” –
Marcus Breen (1997)</p>
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<p
style="font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12px;"><b>Robin
Paynter</b><br>
Social Sciences Librarian<br>
220D Library<br>
Portland State University<br>
<br>
503.725.4501<br>
503.725.4524<br>
<a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:paynter@pdx.edu">paynter@pdx.edu</a><br>
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://www.pdx.edu/library/paynter.html">http://www.pdx.edu/library/paynter.html</a>
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“The fragmentation of rational knowledge in the postmodern world has
produced a focus on information that is unaware of its history.” –
Marcus Breen (1997)</p>
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