Creating Accessible On-line Course Materials with CourseInfo

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There are some accessibility problems associated with the use of frames:
- Choices in one frame (i.e. selecting a button) affect content in a different frame. This means someone using a browser that does not support frames will find it difficult to impossible to access some course content features.
- Frame titles are identical for different frames on the same page, which makes it difficult to tell the purpose of each frame.
- Inappropriate <NOFRAMES> content. ("Courses by CourseInfo v3.0 are best viewed with Netscape Navigator or Microsoft Internet Explorer. Please download one in order to continue.")
Not all of the code is standard HTML:
- Incorrect syntax prevents alt text from displaying properly in some browsers.
External links open in new windows, which can be very disorienting to some users.
Address displayed by browser is always the same no matter what page the user is on, starting with the CourseInfo Gateway. This is confusing.
Uses physical styles, such as <CENTER> and <FONT> tags, to format text instead of using web style sheets.

Look at the CourseInfo Gateway example to see some accessibility issues with the CourseInfo Gateway and how they could be corrected.