A big focus of presentations this year was the convergence of consumer products with web standards. This means that more products will be designed in an accessible way that works better with the accessibility features on popular devices.
Offered online by Media Access Australia and the University of South Australia, the fully-assessed Certificate is currently open for enrolments for the first intake of 2013, commencing Monday 8 April. Those outside Australia are welcome to enrol.
Below is the presentation given by course lecturers, Associate Professor Denise Wood and Dr Scott Hollier at the OZeWAI conference in last year.
Monster.com is a job network where employment agencies can post jobs and job seekers can search and apply for jobs across the US. In Australia, similar websites include Seek.com and Monster's local version, CareerOne. Currently, Monster has websites in 40 countries, including China, Hong Kong and the UK.
The six-week online course, now in its second year, gives technical web professionals a practical understanding of the principles and techniques needed to reach compliance with international standards, the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) 2.0.
