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Good morning all, In online campus environments, creating accessible information, whether for teaching or just providing basic information on an institutionıs web site, is becoming a pressing issue for students with disabilities, especially those with visual impairments. Re. below, is a recent reference to Adobe Systemıs Guide for Document Authorsı and other related resources for creating accessible online material. As you make plans for this coming fallıs online resource supports, please keep this in mind when creating your own documents, or when providing suggestions to faculty or instructors for their own online resources. Cheers, Leo PS: Re. the list-serve source, UID stands for: Universal Instructional Design.ı For more info see: http://www.uid.ca/ ------ Forwarded Message From: Karen McCall <[log in to unmask]> Reply-To: Communications with other UID projects <[log in to unmask]> Date: Mon, 9 Aug 2004 07:29:35 -0400 To: [log in to unmask] Subject: [UID-FORUM] New Access Adobe Web Site with Adobe 6.0 Accessibility Documents Hi Everyone: Adobe Systems has a new access.adobe.com web site and it includes the two documents I worked on for them. Creating Accessible Adobe PDF Files: A Guide for Document Authors: http://www.adobe.com/enterprise/accessibility/pdfs/acro6_pg_ue.pdf <http://www.adobe.com/enterprise/accessibility/pdfs/acro6_pg_ue.pdf> and Reading PDF Documents with Adobe Reader 6.0: A Guide for People with Disabilities http://www.adobe.com/enterprise/accessibility/pdfs/acro6_cg_ue.pdf <http://www.adobe.com/enterprise/accessibility/pdfs/acro6_cg_ue.pdf> They also have a general Create Accessible Content page: http://www.adobe.com/enterprise/accessibility/creating.html and of course the main accessibility site is http://access.adobe.com <http://access.adobe.com/> Cheers, Karen ------ End of Forwarded Message ________________________________________ Leo J. Deveau, B.A., M.Ed., MLIS Research and Communications Post-Secondary Educational Support Services Canadian Paraplegic Association (Nova Scotia). Halifax Office Suite 18, West End Mall, 6960 Mumford Road, Halifax, Nova Scotia. B3L-4P1 Office: (902)-444-4881 Fax: (902)444-4882 Email: [log in to unmask] Home Office: 9 Chestnut Avenue Wolfville, Nova Scotia. B4P-1V7 (902)542-3908