Australian W3C Office

Writing for the Web Workshop

Canberra   - 12 February 2008
Melbourne - 26 February 2008

Vision Australia is partnering with respected usability and accessibility expert Dey Alexander to offer a unique Writing for the Web workshop.  Dey is co-convenor of the Web Accessibility Network of Australian Universities and is a regular presenter on useable and accessible web writing to the education, corporate and government sectors.

Focusing on excellent content writing, this practical workshop complements the Vision Australia Web Accessibility Workshops. 

Further information is at:
Canberra: http://www.visionaustralia.org.au/info.aspx?page=1653&event=64 
Melbourne:  http://www.visionaustralia.org.au/info.aspx?page=1653&event=108

Web Accessibility Benefits and Issues

Melbourne - 20 February 2008 (afternoon)
Canberra    - 6 March 2008 (afternoon)

This half-day workshop run by Vision Australia is targeted at policy makers, business managers and corporate communications or web development professionals who want an overview of why web accessibility is important. No knowledge of HTML or other web technologies is needed. This workshop provides an introduction to Web Accessibility. The focus is on how web accessibility can benefit organisations and their website users. A range of simulations are used to demonstrate how people with disabilities use the web. The workshop introduces the World Wide Web Consortium's Content Accessibility Guidelines and their implementation.

Further information is at:
Melbourne:  http://www.visionaustralia.org.au/info.aspx?page=1653&event=53
Canberra:  http://www.visionaustralia.org.au/info.aspx?page=1653&event=63

Web Accessibility Techniques Workshops

Melbourne - 21 February 2008
Canberra - 7 March 2008

This full-day workshop run by Vision Australia is targeted at web-development team leaders, corporate communications professionals along with content authors, web programmers and designers and web contract managers. A basic knowledge of HTML is helpful.

This workshop provides a thorough overview of accessibility issues and the techniques used to address them. It covers the World Wide Web Consortium's Content Accessibility Guidelines and their implementation.

Further information is at:
Melbourne: http://www.visionaustralia.org.au/info.aspx?page=1653&event=112 
Canberra:  http://www.visionaustralia.org.au/info.aspx?page=1653&event=117

Past Events (including links to slides)