Web Accessibility Guidelines

UW-L has adopted a policy that all university affiliated web sites must be created to comply with Section 508c of the Rehabilitation Act of 1978 as amended. This web site will provide online training, support and review for campus web developers who are modifying or creating new university web sites.

Section 508c Guidelines and How to Meet Them

Click the guideline you wish to learn more about or start at the beginning to complete the entire training sequence.

(A) - Text equivalents
(B) - Equivalent alternatives for multimedia
(C) - Color issues
(D) - Style sheets
(E) - Server-side image maps
(F) - Client-side image maps
(G)&(H) - Data tables
(I) - Frames

(J) - Flicker
(K) - Text-only pages
(L) - Scripting
(M) - Applets, plug-ins and other applications
(N) - Forms
(O) - Skip Navigation Links
(P) - Timed Responses
UWL Contact Information
Web Accessibility Resources

Using AccVerify

AccVerify is a campus-licensed software product to check your web pages and identify where accessibility issues exist. All faculty, staff and students may use this software and it is available in all GCA facilities.

Many of these pages utilize Viewlets for online tutorials. Viewlets require Macromedia Flash Player.