Integrating Accessibility into the Computer Science Curriculum

计算机科学（31）该项目正在编制教育材料，将无障碍知识单元纳入计算机科学课程。它建立在Liffick以前的工作支持的NSF-CCLI program.The accessibility of Web and software applications has been a developing area of interest since Section 508，a 1998 amendment to the Rehabilitation Act that requires联邦机构使他们的电子和信息技术对残疾人无障碍.该项目正在创建课程模块（教学大纲，课堂讲稿，幻灯片，样本实验练习，网络资源和评估工具），将无障碍主题纳入软件编程，用户界面，网络开发和计算机扫盲课程;正在测试Liffick提出的自适应技术高级选修课，包括一个关于无障碍编程的新组成部分;并正在制定一个示范辅助技术（AT）实验室的指南，强调辅助技术和软件开发工具的低成本解决方案。将无障碍环境融入计算机科学课程是一个低成本的，影响的方式，暴露和培训计算机科学本科生的重要性，开发软件，服务于更多样化的人口。

Computer Science (31)This project is developing educational materials to integrate accessibility knowledge units into the computer science curriculum. It builds on prior work by Liffick supported by the NSF-CCLI program.The accessibility of Web and software applications has been a developing area of interest since the passage of Section 508, a 1998 amendment to the Rehabilitation Act that requires Federal agencies to make their electronic and information technology accessible to people with disabilities. The project is creating curriculum modules (syllabi, lecture notes, slides, sample laboratory exercises, Web resources, and assessment tools) that integrate accessibility topics into software programming, user interface, Web development, and computer literacy courses; is testing an advanced elective course in adaptive technology proposed by Liffick and including a new component on programming for accessibility; and is developing guidelines for a model Assistive Technology (AT) laboratory, emphasizing low-cost solutions to assistive technology and software development tools.Integrating accessibility into the computer science curriculum is a low-impact way to expose and train computer science undergraduate students on the importance of developing software that serves a more diversified population.