MAKING WEBSITES ACCESSIBLE

Section 508 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 was added in 1998 to require federal agencies to make their electronic and information technology accessible to people with disabilities, including both employees and members of the public. [...]platforms are developing built-in accessibility checkers and building accessible district templates. The following platforms were represented: ?¢ Blackboard / Schoolwires Accessibility ?¢ eChalk ?¢ Edlio ?¢ Google ?¢ School Messenger ?¢ Wix ?¢ WordPress.org WEBSITE PLATFORM WORKSHOPS Attendees spent the next part of the day in workshops hosted by these website platform providers, where they could get a deeper dive into how each solution worked, and how each could be used to make websites accessible. Edlio's content management system powers over 10,000 websites for schools and districts across North America, each with a beautiful design reflecting the organization's brand and teacher-focused features for easy editing.