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        Below you will find several tools and tutorials that will help you learn about accessibility issues and evaluate your course pages for accessibility problems.

        Tools:

          * Bobby -- Bobby is a free Web-based service that helps you find accessibility problems on your Web pages. Simply enter the URL and Bobby will examine the code on your page and point out any accessibility issues and their solutions.

          * Lynx-View -- The Web-based Lynx-View allows you to check what your Web page layout looks like in Lynx, the popular text-mode browser that many people with disabilities use, quickly and easily.

          * TOM: The Text Only Maker -- Developed at NCSA, TOM will convert your graphical Web pages into friendlier "graphics with alternative text" pages or simply into "text only" pages.

        Tutorials:

          * Considering User Differences: An Alternative Web Design Guide -- This design tutorial takes you on a tour of accessibility issues related to the use of color and backgrounds in web pages.


        For more information about Access.Edu, email Michelle Hinn at hinn@uiuc.edu
        Last Updated: 13 March 1998