CreateWeb

= Create Pages, Graphics and Audio for the Web =  **Web Page Creators** **Multi-purpose   Editing Tools** **Creating Graphics and Fonts** **Accessible Video Using Captioning & Audio**

Use these free resources to create your own web site, html programming not required
[|Tackk] www.tackk.com create a free web site  to post announcements, collect student projects,

[|Jimdo] www.jimdo.com/ Create a jimdo free page <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;"> [|Joomia]www.joomla.org/ Free Open Source content management system <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;"> [|Roxer]www.roxer.com/ Click, drag, done web page creation - easy to use. Fairly <span class="GINGER_SOFTWARE_mark">easy but no place to add in <span class="GINGER_SOFATWARE_correct"><span class="GINGER_SOFTWARE_mark">Alt Text. <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;"> <span class="GINGER_SOFATWARE_correct"><span class="GINGER_SOFTWARE_mark"><span class="GINGER_SOFTWARE_mark">[|Sampa]  www.sampa.com/ Create a website and a blog <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;"> [|Weebly] www.weebly.com/ Create and publish your web pages. Easy to create, look <span class="GINGER_SOFTWARE_mark">great but no place to add in <span class="GINGER_SOFATWARE_correct"><span class="GINGER_SOFTWARE_mark">Alt Text. <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;"><span class="GINGER_SOFATWARE_noSuggestion GINGER_SOFATWARE_correct"><span class="GINGER_SOFTWARE_mark"><span class="GINGER_SOFTWARE_mark">[|SchoolRack]  schoolrack.com free service for educators to create <span class="GINGER_SOFATWARE_correct"><span class="GINGER_SOFTWARE_mark">classroom site <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;"><span class="GINGER_SOFATWARE_noSuggestion GINGER_SOFATWARE_correct"><span class="GINGER_SOFTWARE_mark"><span class="GINGER_SOFTWARE_mark">[|Yola]  yola.com free service for web site creation allows <span class="GINGER_SOFATWARE_correct"><span class="GINGER_SOFTWARE_mark">addition  of video <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;"><span class="GINGER_SOFATWARE_noSuggestion GINGER_SOFATWARE_correct"><span class="GINGER_SOFTWARE_mark"><span class="GINGER_SOFTWARE_mark">[|Lifeyo]  www.lifeyo.com Quick free service to create your own website and blog <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">[|Webs] www.webs.com can include videos, calendar, polls and other widgets <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">[|Snap Pages]snappages.com to create and maintain a site <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;"><span class="GINGER_SOFATWARE_noSuggestion GINGER_SOFATWARE_correct"><span class="GINGER_SOFTWARE_mark"><span class="GINGER_SOFTWARE_mark">[|Webnote]  webnote.com drag and drop interface <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;"><span class="GINGER_SOFATWARE_noSuggestion GINGER_SOFATWARE_correct"><span class="GINGER_SOFTWARE_mark"><span class="GINGER_SOFTWARE_mark">[|Kafafa]  kafafa.com ad free templates to build your own web site

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<span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;"><span class="GINGER_SOFATWARE_correct"><span class="GINGER_SOFTWARE_mark">Multi-task Editing Tools
<span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">[|Aviary] www.aviary.com/ Online creation tools for audio, video, html <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">[|Aviary Education] www.aviaryeducation.com/ <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">[|Cloud Canvas] www.cloud-canvas.com/ raster and vector graphics, layers and filters, creative toolkit in your browser <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;"><span class="GINGER_SOFATWARE_correct"><span class="GINGER_SOFTWARE_mark"><span class="GINGER_SOFTWARE_mark">[|Kompozer]  kompozer.net/ WYSIWYG Editing and CSS FREE tool to use instead of Dreamweaver <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">[|Primary Access] www.primaryaccess.org/ online tools to create digital source materials. <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">[|Embed Plus] www.embedplus.com/ crop, zoom, slow motion, make changes to your videos <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;"><span class="GINGER_SOFATWARE_noSuggestion GINGER_SOFATWARE_correct"><span class="GINGER_SOFTWARE_mark"><span class="GINGER_SOFTWARE_mark">[|KeepVid]  www.keepvid.com capture and save videos on your hard drive to show in your class

<span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">Upload and Share
<span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;"><span class="GINGER_SOFATWARE_correct"><span class="GINGER_SOFTWARE_mark">BeePDF <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;"><span class="GINGER_SOFATWARE_noSuggestion GINGER_SOFATWARE_correct"><span class="GINGER_SOFTWARE_mark">Slideshare <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;"><span class="GINGER_SOFATWARE_noSuggestion GINGER_SOFATWARE_correct"><span class="GINGER_SOFTWARE_mark">Yudo <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;"><span class="GINGER_SOFATWARE_correct"><span class="GINGER_SOFTWARE_mark">Issuu <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;"><span class="GINGER_SOFATWARE_correct"><span class="GINGER_SOFTWARE_mark">.docstoc <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">Scribd <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;"><span class="GINGER_SOFATWARE_noSuggestion GINGER_SOFATWARE_correct"><span class="GINGER_SOFTWARE_mark">Youblisher <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">My eBook <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;"><span class="GINGER_SOFATWARE_correct"><span class="GINGER_SOFTWARE_mark">SimpleBooklet

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=<span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">Use of Graphics, Fonts and the Creation of Images = = = ====<span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">Images are important to help convene meaning <span class="GINGER_SOFATWARE_correct"><span class="GINGER_SOFTWARE_mark">to text, research indicates that learners understand more with an image and text than with just text alone. <span class="GINGER_SOFTWARE_mark">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. ====

===<span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;"> Information on creating paper and computer based images ===

<span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;"> <span class="GINGER_SOFATWARE_noSuggestion GINGER_SOFATWARE_correct"><span class="GINGER_SOFTWARE_mark"><span class="GINGER_SOFTWARE_mark">[|WebAim]  [|:] www.webaim.org/techniques/images/ sections 1-5 <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;"> [|Web Design and]<span class="GINGER_SOFATWARE_correct">[|Development]<span class="GINGER_SOFTWARE_mark">Unit 4: Graphics Purpose of Web Graphics <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;"> www.washington.edu/accessit/webdesign/student/unit4/module1/Guidelines_for_web_graphics.htm <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;"> [|Web Style Guide: Images] <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;"> www.webstyleguide.com/wsg3/11-graphics/index.html

<span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">Color & Contrast
<span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">[|Color Blind Web Page Filter] colorfilter.wickline.org/ <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;"> [|Color Lovers Blog] as see by the Color Blind www.colourlovers.com/blog/2008/07/24/as-seen-by-the-color-blind/ <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;"> <span class="GINGER_SOFATWARE_noSuggestion GINGER_SOFATWARE_correct"><span class="GINGER_SOFTWARE_mark"><span class="GINGER_SOFTWARE_mark">[|Vischeck]  www.vischeck.com/vischeck/vischeckURL.php check your web page for color contrast <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">[|Effective color Contrast] www.lighthouse.org/accessibility/effective-color-contrast/ <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;"> <span class="GINGER_SOFATWARE_correct"><span class="GINGER_SOFTWARE_mark"><span class="GINGER_SOFTWARE_mark">[|Are]  [| your]<span class="GINGER_SOFATWARE_correct"><span class="GINGER_SOFTWARE_mark"><span class="GINGER_SOFTWARE_mark">[|pages]   [| color sensitive?] webdesign.about.com/od/accessibility/a/aa062804.htm <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;"> Article with suggestions from About.com

<span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">Fonts
<span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">Use Sans Serif Fonts = Arial, Trebuchet, Verdana <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;"> [|Making Text Legible] www.lighthouse.org/accessibility/design/accessible-print-design/making-text-legible/ <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;"> [|Tiresias] www.tiresias.org/fonts/fonts_download.htm <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;"> <span class="GINGER_SOFATWARE_noSuggestion GINGER_SOFATWARE_correct"><span class="GINGER_SOFTWARE_mark"><span class="GINGER_SOFTWARE_mark">[|APHfont]  www.aph.org/products/aphont.html designed for more legible documents

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<span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;"> FREE Resources for Accessible Video:
<span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">[|Caption it Yourself]: www.dcmp.org/ciy/

<span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">[|Media Access Group at WGBH]: main.wgbh.org/wgbh/access/access.html <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;"> <span class="GINGER_SOFATWARE_correct"><span class="GINGER_SOFTWARE_mark"><span class="GINGER_SOFTWARE_mark">[|MAGpie]  [| Media Access Generator] ncam.wgbh.org/webaccess/magpie/ FREE <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;"> <span class="GINGER_SOFATWARE_noSuggestion GINGER_SOFATWARE_correct"><span class="GINGER_SOFTWARE_mark"><span class="GINGER_SOFTWARE_mark">[|CaptionTube]  [|:] /captiontube.appspot.com/ <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;"> <span class="GINGER_SOFATWARE_correct"><span class="GINGER_SOFTWARE_mark"><span class="GINGER_SOFTWARE_mark">[|Jubler]  [|:] www.jubler.org/index.php Edit subtitles <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;"> [|Subtitle Workshop] www.urusoft.net/ (open source Windows Only) <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">[|Tutorial on Captioning and Accessibility] www.wac.ohio-state.edu/examples/youtube-player-controls <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">[|Simple Caption] for <span class="GINGER_SOFATWARE_correct"><span class="GINGER_SOFTWARE_mark">iMovie www.macupdate.com/app/mac/16503/simple-caption <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">Watch Video: how to [|Add captions using]<span class="GINGER_SOFATWARE_correct"><span class="GINGER_SOFTWARE_mark"><span class="GINGER_SOFTWARE_mark">[|iMove]  www.youtube.com/watch?v=fJ-QWLEc7to <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;"><span class="GINGER_SOFATWARE_correct"><span class="GINGER_SOFTWARE_mark"><span class="GINGER_SOFTWARE_mark">[|Youtube]  [| Help: Editing Videos] www.google.com/support/youtube/bin/topic.py?topic=16561 (click on adding and editing captions)

<span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">Webinar on [|How to Caption YouTube Video]: /www.da.usda.gov/oo/target/discovery/archive.html <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;"> Scroll down for other videos on accessibility, Archived

<span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;"> Example of a simple YouTube video with captioning <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;"> [|Beware of the Black Snake] www.youtube.com/watch?v=LgjNprH7tnY

<span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">[|Automatic Synch] www.automaticsync.com/caption/index.htm <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;"> [|CPC] Captioning www.cpcweb.com/ <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;"> [|Softel] Captioning and Subtitles /www.softelgroup.com/ <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;"> [|Caption Colorado] Real Time captioning /captioncolorado.com/

=<span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">Resources for Audio =

<span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;"><span class="GINGER_SOFATWARE_correct"><span class="GINGER_SOFTWARE_mark"><span class="GINGER_SOFTWARE_mark">[|PodCasts HowTo]  reviews.cnet.com/4520-11293_7-6246557-1.html <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">[|How Stuff Works] computer.howstuffworks.com/how-to-podcast.htm <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">[|AudioBoo] <span class="GINGER_SOFATWARE_correct"><span class="GINGER_SOFTWARE_mark">audioboo.fm / Mobile and web program for you to record and share audio [|Twisted Wave] twistedwave.com/online/ browser based audio editor

<span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">[|Audacity] audacity.sourceforge.net/ Audio Editor and Recorder <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">[|WavePad Audio Editor] www.nch.com.au/wavepad/index.html <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">[|LAME MP3 Encoder] lame.sourceforge.net/ Mp3 encoder to convert audio files to Mp3

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