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Accessibility of a graduate school website for users with disabilities: developing guidelines for user testing
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, , , , Teachers College, Columbia University, United States

EdMedia + Innovate Learning, in Montreal, Canada ISBN 978-1-880094-56-3 Publisher: Association for the Advancement of Computing in Education (AACE), Waynesville, NC

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In this paper, we reviewed a usability evaluation of a leading graduate school homepage in order to adapt the design and format for users with disabilities. Teachers College, Columbia University, redesigned its website during the 2003-2004 academic year. An initial round of user tests on the site with faculty, students, staff, alumni, and prospective students showed positive improvements on seven dimensions of usability. However, in order to ensure universal accessibility as per the Web Accessibility Initiative (WAI) guidelines, future usability evaluations need to include testing the site's accessibility for users with disabilities.

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Sibuma, B., Boxer, D., Acquaro, P. & Creus, G. (2005). Accessibility of a graduate school website for users with disabilities: developing guidelines for user testing. In P. Kommers & G. Richards (Eds.), Proceedings of ED-MEDIA 2005--World Conference on Educational Multimedia, Hypermedia & Telecommunications (pp. 1178-1179). Montreal, Canada: Association for the Advancement of Computing in Education (AACE). Retrieved August 11, 2024 from .

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