Images

=Use of Graphics, Fonts and the Creation of Images = = = ====Images are important to help convene meaning to text, research indicates that learners understand more with an image and text than with just text alone. Also students need to be visually literate with the ability to interpret, negotiate, and make meaning from informational images. Special fonts have also been developed to assist those with visual impairments. ====

 [|WebAim:] www.webaim.org/techniques/images/ sections 1-5  [|Web Design and Development]Unit 4: Graphics Purpose of Web Graphics  www.washington.edu/accessit/webdesign/student/unit4/module1/Guidelines_for_web_graphics.htm  [|Web Style Guide: Images]  www.webstyleguide.com/wsg3/11-graphics/index.html

Color and Contrast
[|Color Blind Web Page Filter] colorfilter.wickline.org/ [| Color Lovers Blog] as see by the Color Blind www.colourlovers.com/blog/2008/07/24/as-seen-by-the-color-blind/ [| Vischeck] www.vischeck.com/vischeck/vischeckURL.php check your web page for color contrast (does not work for all pages like a blog or a wiki) [| Effective color Contrast] www.lighthouse.org/accessibility/effective-color-contrast/ [| Are your pages color sensitive?] webdesign.about.com/od/accessibility/a/aa062804.htm Article with suggestions from About.com [| Juicy Studios Color Contrast Checker] juicystudio.com/services/luminositycontrastratio.php [| Color Contrast Checker:] www.joedolson.com/articles/2008/12/minimum-color-contrast-ratio-changed-in-wcag-2/ [|Color Contrast Compare] www.joedolson.com/color-contrast-compare.php [| Web Aim Color Checker]: webaim.org/resources/contrastchecker/

Don't know the hexidecimal code for your colors, visit: [| Basic Color Code] http://www.htmlgoodies.com/tutorials/colors/article.php/3478961/So-You-Want-A-Basic-Color-Code-Huh.htm

If your colors do not have enough contrast then your site might be inaccessible for many users.

Fonts
Use Sans Serif Fonts = Arial, Trebuchet, Verdana  [|Making Text Legible] www.lighthouse.org/accessibility/design/accessible-print-design/making-text-legible/  [|Tiresias] www.tiresias.org/fonts/fonts_download.htm  [|APHfont] www.aph.org/products/aphont.html designed for more legible documents

 [|Free Photos] <span class="wiki_link_ext" style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 121%;">www.morguefile.com/ <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 121%;"> [|Pics4Learning] <span class="wiki_link_ext" style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 121%;">www.pics4learning.com/ <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 121%;"> [|Stock Exchange]- Royalty Free Pictures <span class="wiki_link_ext" style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 121%;">www.sxc.hu <span class="wiki_link_ext" style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 121%;"> Search Engine for [|Stock photo] www.everystockphoto.com/ <span class="wiki_link_ext" style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 121%;"> [|FreePixels] freepixels.com/ <span class="wiki_link_ext" style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 121%;"> [|Free Photo] freephoto1.com/ <span class="wiki_link_ext" style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 121%;"> [|Public domain Photo Data base]www.pdphoto.org/ <span class="wiki_link_ext" style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 121%;"> [|EdtechTeacher] edtechteacher.org/publicdomainimages.html <span class="wiki_link_ext" style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 121%;"> [|Creative Commons] wiki.creativecommons.org/MozCC <span class="wiki_link_ext" style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 121%;"> [|Flickr Storm] www.zoo-m.com/flickr-storm/