Accessibility and Your Website at Hartnell College

You are required to keep your web site accessible to students with disabilities because:

• You want to provide DSPS students with equal opportunities to access important College information and enhance their education.
• This is the Law. Section 508 requires that Federal agencies' electronic and information technology is accessible to people with disabilities. Therefore, all of Hartnell College pages need to include the features that will ensure friendly access to DSPS students.

For more questions or assistance, please come to the Faculty Resource Center or contact Cassidy Porter, Instructional Technologist at 755-6772.Keeping your Web site accessible is not as complicated as it may seem. In fact, it requires only a few easy steps that if you include them as you design your page will not be time consuming at all.

Here are a few practical links for your information and consideration when updating your Web pages independently:

Hartnell College web site accessibility guidelines:

• You may download the accessibility guidelines here and follow the instructions, or attend Hartnell College accessibility workshops.

Additional links for your information:

• W3C - Web accessibility Initiative: http://www.w3.org/WAI/
• WebAIM - http://webaim.org/articles/
• Section 508: http://www.section508.gov
• California Virtual Campus Accessibility links: CVC1, CVC2, CVC3, CVC4
• The High Tech Centers Training Units: http://www.htctu.fhda.edu/