december 5 study question

54. What is meant by accessibility standards?

standards that allow all types of users with disabilities to use the site.

55. How can color create a barrier to content? it can draw or distract the eye from looking at the main content. It can also drown out content if it is to close to the same color.

56. Why is it important to give users a way to skip navigation lists? to save the user time , and allow users who know where they are going to get there faster.

57. What is meant by providing Alt text to the user? it allows different types of fonts to be used.

58. what is the difference between section 508 and wcag 1.0 ?he WCAG 1.0 lists fourteen guidelines and, additionally, provides a list of checkpoints for each guideline. There are a total of sixty-five checkpoints. Each checkpoint has been assigned a priority level (1-3), where Priority 1 checkpoints address barriers that make access impossible for one or more groups of users. Priority 2 and Priority 3 checkpoints address barriers that make access difficult and somewhat difficult, respectively.

With the passage of Section 508 of the Rehabilitation Act Amendments of 1998, the Architectural and Transportation Barriers Compliance Board (Access Board) was required to publish standards establishing a set of compliance criteria for the newly enacted legislation. The outcome of this process was the Electronic and Information Technology Accessibility Standards, which were published in the Federal Register on December 21, 2000. The Access Board standards are the only set of technology accessibility standards that have their basis in the law.

november 21 study questions

51. What are some methods for communicating a concept with visual design?

concept model, creative briefs.

52. Discuss the use of "theme" in visual design?

the theme is what the visual design should portray, and gives the designer an idea to go by when creating his design.

53. How does "theme" relate to style?

theme controls the style of the design

saturday november 14 study questions

46. What are the size attributes used to change text sizes.

%, em, x sizes

47. What are relative the relative text sizes that are important to use?

not an issue now but you could use em's to make the text zoom with the page .

48. What is leading? the space between line's. How do we set it using css? line height

49. what is an em? n css an em is a form of measurement for text comparable to a font size.

50. What are the generic font choices? san serriff ariel times neroman.

Nov 7th study questions

39. Name a site that tracks and documents css bug and hacks? www.w3.org/Style/CSS/tracker/issues/44

40. How can we circumvent a majority of ie/pc bugs without using hacks.

use alternative coding for those browsers or {position;relative}

41. What is one way to catch design problems before they become too complicated to repair.

Test periodically in different browsers during the design process.

42. Why is it important to established a visual hierarchy in design.

so the design visually flows and does not have any conflicting elements.

43. What is one way to create a clear order of visual dominance?

by using a visual hierarchy, and keeping your design clean from clutter by not overwhelming the users eye.

44. What are some techniques for adding emphasis to page components?

you can use color, borders, placement on the page.

45. Why is it important to develop the skill of evaluation.

to look at your design objectively and make sure it is usable, make sure the design flows and fits what it is trying to portray.