Law, Health Policy & Disability Center Bulletin Board: IMS Guidelines for Creating Accessible Online Learning Technologies

IMS Guidelines for Creating Accessible Online Learning Technologies

The IMS Guidelines are a comprehensive source on accessibility, including
principles for accessibility in online learning, accessible delivery of text, audio, images and multimedia, using XML for accessibility, and legal issues for accessible distance learning. The IMS Guidelines are available on the Web in a screen-reader friendly
format (http://ncam.wgbh.org/salt) as well as in PDF (http://ncam.wgbh.org/salt). They are expected to be an invaluable resource for a broad range of stakeholders in online
education, including educators providing online learning materials, developers of learning software such as learning management systems and educational software, and educational publishers, content authors, authoring tool developers and parents, advocates and students with disabilities themselves. Developers will find methods for developing a wide range of accessible tools including asynchronous communication and collaboration tools; synchronous communication and collaboration tools; interfaces and interactive environments; testing and assessment; and authoring tools. "IMS Guidelines for Creating Accessible Learning Technologies" is a joint publication of the IMS Global Learning Consortium, and the CPB/WGBH National Center for Accessible Media.

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