ADA Assignment

Name of evaluator: Chris Fisher

URL of page being evaluated: http://southridgems.org/ourpages/users/Fisher/web/techcore1.mht

Explain your procedure:
I guess if I was going to critic anyone’s webpage, I needed to look at my current class’ page. I saved my page as an MHT and uploaded it to our school’s website so that you could view it. I am using Claris Homepage to edit the pages and had just changed from the Olympic page. This is a filler page for the week before we go off track.

List Any Problems Found:
Oh where to start. The colors for the page are wrong. The background makes it hard to read because you cannot have a consistent color for the text. The power point said to avoid red-green-blue combinations. The page has links that are hard to find because of the background washing away the text. The font is easy to read but some people would say that it is too small.

Explain How to Correct These Problems:
To fix my website, I would have a solid color for the background. I would change the color of the text so that it is something that would contrast the background such as white background with black text and red links. I do not use many animated gifs but I do watch to make sure that they do not flash or are annoying.

Assignment 2: Planning for ADA compliance.

Power Point – Using Dr. Newberry’s example, I would have the power point with a creative background and a plain background so you could select which one to use. I avoid using pictures as backgrounds because the colors bleed through. The font must be easy to read without many colors that make it harder to read. I stay away from animating the text using custom animations because it makes the reader lose focus and takes away from the presentation. There should be no flashy transitions. I like the 6 by 6 rule for power point slides because we run into problems with too much text on a slide or the text is either too small or too large.

Podcast- I create podcasts to use for my class at least once a month. When I create podcasts, I create a list of points that I want covered as I record. After recording the podcast, I also post a transcript of the podcast online to go along with it. The transcript would have a plain background with the text in black with a clear font.

I really wanted to try the third option but as of tonight I was having problems downloading the software for my computer at work.  As soon as I can, I plan to play with the Closed Captioning.