ITO-Announce July 2005

The following resources were added to ItrainOnline during July:

1. Accessibility
2. Search Engine Optimization
3. Compressing Files and URLs
4. Recursos en español
5. Suggest a resource

1. ACCESSIBILITY

Editor's Choice: WEBSITE ACCESSIBILITY 101: POLICY, STANDARDS AND DESIGN TECHNIQUES
Full online tutorial offered by the University of Wisconsin. The course details how to make images, links, tables, multimedia, scripts and more fully accessible. Each module provides a self-assessment test to ensure full understanding of the concepts presented, as well as a full assessment at the end of the course. In addition to ensuring compliance with US laws on accessibility, the site presents
considerations that go beyond Section 508 on accessibility. It also gives handy tips and suggestions for facilitating the transformation of your site into an accessible one. The site also features a simple an online quiz to test your accessibility awareness.
http://www.doit.wisc.edu/accessibility/online-course/

Editor's Choice: MAKING PDF'S ACCESSIBLE
An excellent tutorial from WebAccessibilityInMind on accessibility for PDFs - detailed information regarding how to use Adobe 7.0 to make tags and Adobe 7.0 Professional to modify tags. The tutorial warns of pitfalls and failings in the Adobe tagging process, and how to get around them. The tutorial first outlines different
disabilities and approaches to accessibility. It also offers general concerns about accessibility using easy "convert to html" tools, which create unnecessary html code.
http://www.webaim.org/techniques/acrobat/

SECTION 508 WEB ACCESSIBILITY STANDARDS FOR HTML
This detailed check list provides key information for meeting accessibility standards in the United States, at the same time providing an example of an appropriately tagged PDF file so that the PDF file is fully accessible. A "pass" or "fail" listing is provided for each component of Section 508, helping web designers know if they
are appropriately complying with accessibility criteria. The notes section helps readers avoid common traps when addressing accessibility. (Section 508 requires that United States Federal agencies' electronic and information technology is accessible to people with disabilities.)
http://www.webaim.org/standards/508/508checklist.pdf

EVALUATING WEBSITE ACCESSIBILITY
This WebAIM tutorial provides seven steps to ensure the accessibility of your site, including validation tools and tips for different types of disabilities.
http://www.webaim.org/techniques/evaluating/

2. SEARCH ENGINE OPTIMIZATION

11 SEARCH ENGINE OPTIMIZATION TIPS
This article gives helpful hints to improve search engine results for your site. In addition to examining tags - the importance of title, description, and alt tags - the article examines other website design elements such as frames or Java that can limit search engines' ability to index your site.
http://www.gerrymcgovern.com/nt/2005/nt_2005_04_11-11-SEO-tips.htm

SEARCH ENGINE OPTIMIZATION AND SPAM DISCUSSION
Though geared to consultants, the information in this article is helpful to understand key principles around Search Engine Optimization (SEO). In addition to giving the basic guidelines common in SEO articles, it explains "players", "processes" and
"methodology", so that one can see how different tips might work in different ways. It also clearly spells out spam practices and how sites might get de-indexed unintentionally due to what different search engines perceive as spam.
http://www.bruceclay.com/EmergingStandards.htm

3. COMPRESSING FILES AND URLS

HOW TO DEAL WITH DOWNLOADS .ZIP
This helpful article not only tells you about compressed files, it gives you a good downloading and unzipping strategy to be able to manage your zip files more effectively and scan them for viruses.
http://editorial.tucows.com/blog/HowTo/_archives/2005/4/14/582238.html

DIGBIG AND TINYURL
Long URLs included in e-mail messages may break across lines and cease to be "clickable" links, forcing users to copy and paste each line into their browsers. DigBig and TinyURL are free online tools which produce short versions of URLs which can easily be used in e-mail messages and other contexts where a short URL is important.
http://www.digbig.com/ http://www.tinyurl.com/

4. RECURSOS EN ESPAÑOL

REDES INALAMBRICAS

CURSO: TECNOLOGÍAS WIFI PARA REDES LOCALES Y EXTENDIDAS
Curso en línea diseñado de manera que pueda ser utilizado con o sin la ayuda de un instructor. Cubre topicos como: Introducción a Redes, Sistema de Comunicación, Señales y Modulación,Medios de transmisión, Medios no guiados, Antenas, Multiplexaje y Acceso, Redes Inalámbricas, Voz sobre IP, y Energía y protección. Requiere registro previo.
http://tutor.wilac.net/index.php

PORTAL WILAC: TECNOLOGÍAS INALABRICAS PARA EL DESAROLLO EN
LATINOAMERICA Y EL CARIBE
WiLAC promueve a través de nuestra región la información referente al diseño, implementación, desarrollo, replicabilidad y uso de los componentes que deben incorporarse y tenerse en cuenta para que un proyecto de conectividad inalámbrica funcione, sea exitoso, y se mantenga en el tiempo, fortaleciéndose al servicio de la comunidad. En este portal encontrarós noticias sobre desarrollo en la región, información sobre cursos presenciales y a distancia, experiencias de implementación y legislación, entre otros topicós.
http://www.wilac.net/

MATERIALES DE PRESENTACIÓN DEL TALLER 'REDES INALÁMBRICAS PARA LA TRANSMISIÓN DE DATOS' / WALC 2004
El prof. Ermanno Pietrosemoli y su equipo de la Universidad de los Andes de Mérida, compilaron en el siguiente paquete de materiales los conocimientos adquiridos durante los años de trabajo en diseño e implementación de redes inalámbricas. Consiste en una colección de transparencias.
http://www.wilac.net/modules.php?op=modload&name=News&file=article&sid
=70&mode=thread&order=0&thold=0

SOFTWARE LIBRE

LA TRADUCCIÓN EN EL MUNDO DE SOFTWARE LIBRE
Análisis de las herramientas lingüísticas de que dispone la comunidad de software libre, de los proyectos de traducción y de los desafíos que presenta el tratamiento informático de los lenguajes naturales.
http://es.tldp.org/Articulos/0000otras/doc-traduccion-libre/doc-traduccion-libre/

MANUALES PARA OPEN OFFICE.ORG
En esta seccion de Linex, iniciativa de la Junta de Extremadura, encontraras manuales de uso de OpenOffice Writer 1.0, Impress y Calc.
http://www.linex.org/modules.php?op=modload&name=Downloads&file=index&
req=viewsdownload&sid=8

CUTEPDF WRITER
Utileria para generar documentos en formato PDF (Formato de Documento Portatil). El documento presenta instrucciones para obtener, instalar y usar el producto.
http://www.ua.es/es/servicios/si/manuales/publicacion_mozilla/m50.pdf

5. SUGGEST A RESOURCE

If you would like to suggest a resource for inclusion in ItrainOnline, please visit
http://www.itrainonline.org/itrainonline/english/submit.shtml or e-mail mmtk@apc.org