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EOWG Deliverables Plan

Updated $Date: 2008/01/14 21:01:41 $

This page lists planned deliverables of the Education and Outreach Working Group (EOWG). Completed EOWG deliverables and other WAI deliverables are listed on the WAI Resources page. Please note:

2008 Planned Deliverables

Deliverables that EOWG is currently working on are listed on the EOWG home page under "Current Work".

High Priority and Awaiting Editor Availability

  1. WAI Flyer and/or other printed material
    • basic WAI Flyer, changelog [update, develop ordering page, print]
    • components of Web accessibility [develop, review and revise, print]
    • others? cool stuff? [brainstorm, prioritize]
  2. How People With Disabilities Use the Web
    • Changelog for How People With Disabilities Use the Web
    • Stage: mature draft available. pending edits from previous discussions, and updates on coverage of people with cognitive disabilities. planned additions for WCAG 2.0 and to cover ageing more throughly.
    • Overview page for How People with Disabilities Use the Web
  3. Before/After Demo (BAD) [TF]
  4. Transitioning WCAG 1.0 to 2.0 Suite
    1. How to Transition Your Web Site from WCAG 1.0 to WCAG 2.0 [EOW2]
    2. Benefits of WCAG 2.0 [EOW2]
    3. Transitioning Web Accessibility Policies from WCAG 1.0 to 2.0

Lower Priority

  1. Components of Web Accessibility: A Brief Tutorial
    • Stage: requirements written, complete draft available. needed: graphics work and interaction design
  2. Promotional Campaign: Integrating Web Accessibility in Courses
    • Stage: draft complete, development in progress
  3. Selecting Web Accessibility Evaluation Tools (align with tools database, announce database)
  4. WAI Web site redesign
    • Stage: phase 1 rolled out, some cleanup left; phase 1 clean up on-going, phase 2 on hold
    • Needed: CSS skills to fix rendering in IE7
  5. WCAG 2.0 support documents [TF with WCAG WG]
    1. WCAG 2.0 Basic/101? (consider relationship with Quick Reference and Quick Tips)
    2. Application Notes (Forms, Tables, ?)
    3. Quick Tips for Making Accessible Web Sites [revise based on WCAG 2.0] (draft from Harvey, note there are 12 guidelines that are fairly simply worded) {second quarter 2008}
    4. Suggestions to WCAG WG: The explanatory sections of Understanding WCAG 2.0
    5. Suggestions to WCAG WG: The introductory sections of Techniques for WCAG 2.0
  6. Mini-tutorials / presentation materials [prioritize, develop, review and revise, copyedit]
    1. ? developing a business case for web accessibility for your organization
    2. ? standards harmonization
    3. ? how to promote Web accessibility in your organization or community
    4. ? how to respond to organizations with inaccessible Web sites
    5. ? how to retrofit Web sites for accessibility
    6. ? how to evaluate and monitor Web sites for accessibility
  7. Promoting Web Accessibility [UMTF] and other education and outreach materials for people with disabilities
  8. Evaluation resource suite [assess what level of re-writing to do when]
    1. Preliminary Review of Web Sites for Accessibility
    2. Conformance Evaluation of Web Sites for Accessibility
    3. Evaluation Approaches for Specific Contexts
    4. Evaluating Web Sites for Accessibility
  9. Essential Components of Web Accessibility [update]
  10. WAI Web site redesign
    • Incorporate translations

Update to align with WCAG 2.0

Update quarterly or as needed

Items in this section should be reviewed and updated quarterly or when new information is available.

Wishlist / Parking Lot

EOWG would also like to address the following deliverables, however they are lower priority. They may be taken up by EOWG based on editor and working group availability.

  1. Myth Busting
    1. Guidelines not sufficient for Accessibility [brainstorm, prioritize; possibly develop, review and revise, copyedit]
    2. Why text-only is not a good solution for accessibility [brainstorm, prioritize; possibly develop, review and revise, copyedit]
    3. Possibly add to Developing a Web Accessibility Business Case for Your Organization
  2. WAI General FAQ [brainstorm, develop, review and revise, copyedit]
  3. Business Case for Authoring Tool Accessibility [complete edits, copyedit]
  4. Glossary [TF] [coordinate with other WAI groups] (+ coordination)
  5. Training resources framework [brainstorm, prioritize]
  6. Curriculum for Web Content Accessibility Guidelines 2.0 [brainstorm, start development]
  7. Selecting Accessibility Consultants (working title only) [prioritize; possibly develop, review and revise, copyedit]
  8. Additions to How People with Disabilities Use the Web [brainstorm new section or page, review] - add links to assistive technologies and adaptive computing resources for people with disabilities
  9. Accessibility Features of W3C Technologies [update as non-technical messaging]
    • Highlighting accessibility benefits of key W3C technologies [brainstorm]
    • Accessibility features of SMIL [revise existing resources, expand]
    • Accessibility features of SVG [revise existing resources, expand]
    • Accessibility features of CSS [update as non-technical messaging]
    • Accessibility features of SMIL [update as non-technical messaging]
    • Accessibility features of MathML [update as non-technical messaging]
  10. Alternative Web Browsing [revise, update, integrate into evaluation resource suite] - potential wiki content
  11. Web accessibility for kids

Completed Deliverables

Deliverables that EOWG has completed in the past (most are current, but some require ongoing maintenance, some need significant updating, and a few have been superseded):

  1. Accessibility Features of W3C Technologies
  2. Best Practices Training Exchange Workshops
  3. Curriculum for Web Content Accessibility Guidelines 1.0 (needs minor corrections, and eventual updating to WCAG 2.0)
  4. Frequently Asked Questions
  5. Getting Started: Making a Web Site Accessible (WAI resource page)
  6. Overview of Web Accessibility Initiative (needs quarterly updating)
  7. Reference Links
  8. Evaluating Web Sites For Accessibility (WAI Resource Suite, including the following sub-pages)
    1. Preliminary Review
    2. Conformance Evaluation
    3. Specific Contexts
    4. Involving Users
    5. Selecting Tools
    6. Tools Search
    7. Combined Expertise
    8. Reporting Template
  9. Implementation Planning Resource Suite (WAI Resource Suite, including the following sub-pages) [implementation changelog]
    1. Developing Organizational Policies on Web Accessibility
    2. Selecting and Using Authoring Tools for Web Accessibility
  10. Planning a Web Accessibility Training (WAI Resource Suite)
  11. Quick Tips to Make Accessible Web Sites (will need updating for WCAG 2.0 release)
  12. Translating WAI Documents (needs updating)
  13. WAI Flyer (needs updating, needing ordering form)
  14. Web Sites That Work video
  15. WAI Web site redesign
  16. Introduction and Overview pages
  17. Developing a Web Accessibility Business Case for Your Organization
  18. Why Standards Harmonization is Essential for Web Accessibility
  19. Improving the Accessibility of Your Web Site ("retrofitting")
  20. How WAI Develops Accessibility Guidelines through the W3C Process: Milestones and Opportunities to Contribute
  21. About WCAG 2.0 Presentation