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Google Gives Online Class on Making Websites Accessible to the Blind
A free online course offered by Google is aimed at teaching Web developers and designers how to make sites friendlier to the blind and visually impaired.
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Google is offering a free online course to teach Web developers and designers how to make their websites more friendly for blind and visually-impaired users.
Scheduled for Sept. 17-30, "Introduction to Web Accessibility" will offer best practices and design elements that will allow websites to serve visually-impaired users, says Google's Eve Andersson. She says the two-week course will teach developers "how to make easy accessibility updates, starting with your HTML structure, without breaking code or sacrificing a beautiful user experience." Developers also will learn tips and tricks for inspecting the accessibility of their website using Google Chrome extensions. Google engineers will provide support.
The course is recommended for developers who have basic familiarity with HTML, JavaScript, and CSS. Developers can register online, and participants can have Google staffers evaluate their websites for their current level of accessibility.
Google regularly provides free online courses to developers. For example, it recently offered "Mapping with Google," a free self-paced online course for users and developers to improve their use of Google Maps, Maps Engine Lite, and Google Earth.
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