Web Accessibility

Perceivable:
This web page was very hard to look at. The color of the background was basically the same color as the text. The blinking was distracting as was the music. I was unable to listen the the video bacuase the music would not stop playing so loudly. Also the marquee was a distraction. Basically the whole web page was a distraction. Visually I had a hard time trying to navigate the page with my eyes. Had I not gone to the webinar I would have had a hard time viewing the page. If had a page like that for my special needs students they would not be able to scroll down the screen for all the distraction they are incountering. The ADD would kick into high gear.

Also their were no alternate text for the images or anything on the page. I tried using Microsoft sam on the page but he could not get to anything. He was unable to read the page to me. A blind student would have a hard time reading this page.
Based on the Wave test and the Cynthia test the web page is in need of some work. The main problem that web sites picked up on we the alternate text for images as well as link within the page.

Operable
This is hard to answer becuase I am so used to using my mouse. However, upon further investigation I was able to use the sift tab function to navigate but again it would be pointless if their were no narration to tell me what I am doing. The alternate text are very important for this keyboard function to actually be of assistance to visually impaired students. I could not understand the order that the sift function went in. If were guessing I would say that it started me at the bottom of the page as opposed to the top of the page. I would this that this order does not make any since and would be confusing.

Understandable
lets face it the text and the background are the same color. the music is loud. the marquee could be too fast for some readers and their is no way to stop it and their is no subtitles to help. The video seems to be out of place. Maybe if the the video opened in a new window you could actually hear it. The music was just too loud. Man I seem to be over focused on the music. I was just hoping after a few minutes it would stop.

Robust
Not sure how I would answer this question. I would think that since their are errors in the operable phase and the perceivable phase that this web site would not pass the robust phase. However, in basic terms I would have to say that the majority of individuals would be able to access the page but they would be confused about the navigation, and over all presentation of the material.

Other thoughts.
First off the Html code. I am not sure how you would fix it in terms of tags but you would need to tag the images with some kind of alternate text tag. That way people can understand what and where some objects are within the page. I found the table to wrong also . Not sure how it should be fixed but the alignment seemed off. The marquee does not have a scrolling speed? or does it? I could not see it when I viewed the source. I am not great at the Html code stuff, but it seems the images at the bottom for the Wave page and the Cynthia says web sites were coded wrong.

After running the page through the filter pages. I was surprised to see that their weren't that many mistakes. The Wave filter basically said that their were 4 mistakes. mostly dealing with header tags, blinking text, and not having alternate text. The Cynthia says site came up with more mistakes but they were way more picky. I did find that My schools web page has a ton of mistakes 38 in all most of them dealt with alternate text and tables and navigation errors.

My web page:
Wow each time I think I have something figured out and I am thrown another curve ball. Not only do I have think about people accessing my web page but I have to specially think of my kids. I can tell right now that my main problems would be forgetting to use alternate text for images and tables etc... Unless I am prompted each time I add something to my web page to add alternate text then I am certain I will forget. I noticed however that when uploading images etc.. that you are sometimes prompted by that particular web site. Other problems that I can see coming is operability. I think that I will have something that is too complicated to navigate trough. I need to remember to keep it simple. Start with the basic needs of my class on the web page and branch out as I can more confidence in my abilities as a web teacher.
Now that you have given the chance to use the WAVE and CYNTHIA SAYS web pages I think I will use them to make sure my web site is up to par with some of the WCAG standards. Of course no one can help me better than feed back from my kids and colleagues that visit the site. Using their input alone will help. Especially early on and later for quality control