How To submenu:

Web pages Images Conferencing Chat Audio/Video PowerPoint PDF Advanced Multimedia

How To Multimedia Topics: Flash | Shockwave | Java | Whiteboards

Students Affected:

Principles: Provide Meaningful Alternatives, Degrade Gracefully

What It Means

Macromedia Director is a graphic, video, and animation program that is used to create multimedia "Shockwave" files for the Web and CD-ROM. Unfortunately, Macromedia Shockwave can pose problems for students who use screen readers or the keyboard to navigate.

How It Works

1. Provide two formats—a Shockwave version and an accessible HTML version. Follow the accessibility guidelines for images, Web pages, and audio and video to make sure any HTML version you create is completely accessible.
   
   
2. Try to make your Shockwave file keyboard-accessible so people that who cannot use a mouse are able to navigate and close the file.
   
   

For more information about Macromedia Director accessibility features, visit the Macromedia Accessibility Web site.

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