----- Original Message ----- From: "BlindNews Mailing List" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, November 13, 2007 6:52 AM Subject: Online Training Leader lynda.com Announces Release of Web Accessibility Principles
> PRweb.com (Press Release) > Monday, November 12, 2007 > > Online Training Leader lynda.com Announces Release of Web Accessibility > Principles > > By Zoe Gillenwater > > Over Six hours of Tutorials on Building Accessible Sites > > Ventura, California (PRWEB) November 12, 2007 -- Lynda.com, the leader in > self-paced digital media and design training, today introduced Web > Accessibility Principles. > > Accessibility on the web has been an issue for over a decade, and it > remains a crucial--but often overlooked--element of web design. Instructor > Zoe Gillenwater explains the concept of accessibility as it applies to the > web, and describes how it affects the audience. She also covers how to set > up accessibility testing, and how to apply accessibility principles to new > and existing sites using standards-compliant markup and CSS. Exercise > files accompany the tutorials. > > "Many web developers are intimidated by the topic of accessibility, and > don't realize how much is accomplished just by writing semantic, > standards-based HTML," notes Lynda Weinman, CEO of lynda.com. "Zoe's > training is organized perfectly to help developers fill in the remaining > blanks, test the accessibility of their work, and add these practices to > their everyday workflows." > > Anyone with an internet connection can access Web Accessibility Principles > by subscribing to lynda.com's Online Training Library®. A separate CD-ROM > version of Web Accessibility Principles is planned later this month. > > Subscriptions to the lynda.com Online Training Library® start at $25 a > month, and provide access to over 22,000 movie tutorials covering more > than 320 technology career tools, software applications, and techniques. > Subscribers can access any of the computer-based training courses at their > convenience. Multi-user subscriptions are also available for companies and > institutions seeking to provide education and training to groups. > > For free online samples of Web Accessibility Principles and more detailed > product information, please visit > > http://movielibrary.lynda.com/html/modPage.asp?ID=448 > > For more information on lynda.com products, please visit > http://www.lynda.com or call 1-888-335-9632. > > About lynda.com > Since 1997, lynda.com has provided education and technical training > solutions for designers, computer graphics specialists, digital media > users, and computer owners. lynda.com products include web-based training, > instructional books, CD- and DVD-based video training, self-paced online > learning, and events for creative designers, instructors, students, and > hobbyists. lynda.com specializes in teaching fundamental design and > graphics principles along with the latest computer software, digital media > technologies, and techniques. > > About Zoe Gillenwater > Zoe Gillenwater is an experienced web designer, project manager, and > technical author, active in the web standards community. She uses her > expert knowledge of CSS, XHTML, Dreamweaver, accessibility, and visual > design in all aspects of her career. Zoe loves teaching web design as much > as she loves learning and doing it herself. As a partner at Community MX, > a web development training site, she contributes articles and tutorials on > a variety of web design topics. She focuses on CSS, XHTML, Dreamweaver, > and accessibility, as well as web page templates and forum support. Zoe is > also the editor for Adobe's CSS Advisor website. Due to her involvement > with accessibility and other web standards, Zoe was invited to be a member > of the Adobe Task Force of the advocacy group Web Standards Project > (WaSP). As a government employee, she became skilled in not only ensuring > Section 508 accessibility compliance for all her projects, but also going > beyond to meet many of the W3C's Web Accessibi > lity Initiative WCAG guidelines. Zoe sees web accessibility as a web > development best practice in its own right, regardless of rules and > regulations. > > # # # > > > http://www.prweb.com/releases/2007/11/prweb567204.htm > BlindNews Mailing List > Subscribe: [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "subscribe" as subject > > Unsubscribe: [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe" as subject > > Moderator: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Archive: http://GeoffAndWen.com/blind > > RSS: http://GeoffAndWen.com/BlindNewsRSS.asp > > More information about RSS feeds will be published shortly. Send instant messages to your online friends http://in.messenger.yahoo.com To unsubscribe send a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the subject unsubscribe. To change your subscription to digest mode or make any other changes, please visit the list home page at http://accessindia.org.in/mailman/listinfo/accessindia_accessindia.org.in
