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1. Open A-Prompt.
2. Set compliance settings by pressing the "Settings" button, go to the "Conformance Level" tab and choose "Section 508 Compliance."
3. Click on the "Advanced" button, go through the list of settings and turn on all Priority One and Priority Two settings. Press OK.
4. Go to the "Saving Files" tab, and choose the "Allow user to select a name for the repaired file" option. Press OK.
5. Open the Sakai 2.0.1 RC3 site: http://sakai-stable.mit.edu:8030/portal .
6. Login using the user name/password combination of admin/admin.
7. Go to your assigned tool(s). Some tools will appear on the first page. If not there, go to the "Accessibility Test" worksite in the tabs.
8. Go to the Tool section of Firefox, and click on Fangs
9. Go to the tab marked Headings list and check for: 1) meaningful heading labels, 2) an accurate hierarchy (h1, h2, h3, etc.), and 3) a thorough use of headings. Mark your findings and recommended changes on the spreadsheet in a category called "Headings" or "Labels," as appropriate.
10. Go to the tab marked Links list and check for: 1) redundant link names, and 2) meaningful link names. Mark your findings down in the spreadsheet under "Links."
11. Go back to the browser, and roll over links with your mouse. The title tag text will appear. Check this text to see if it provides sufficient and meaningful context. Supplement, as necessary, your findings under "Links."
12. Go back to the browser, and tab through the application. A dotted box will show you the focal point. As you tab through the application, check for the following: 1) tabbing moves in a logical fashion, and 2) all key items receive focus. Put any problems with the recommended changes into the spreadsheet.
13. Place your cursor over the content area (or frame portion) of the page (see Picture 1), right click your mouse, and open the frame in a separate window.
14. Save the frame as html code, giving it a name that describes tool content (such as "WorksiteSetupDefault" and save it in a folder such as "Worksite Setup Repairs." Note: You may find it easier to save all the frames at once, rather than one by one as you test.
15. Go to A-Prompt
16. Locate the folder containing the file(s) you have saved for evaluation in "Select Files to Repair".
17. Open the folder, choose the file to review and repair and press "Repair" in A-Prompt.
18. Click on each item under "Required for Conformance," establish why it is non-compliant, and make the appropriate repairs. Note: Be sure to review the "Not Required For Conformance" section, since some Priority One and Priority Two items may be lurking there.
19. Enter the reason for non-compliance on a spreadsheet (see page 3) and the repair you have made, recommended or have a question about.
20. In some cases you may be unsure how to repair the code. If you can, put in a placeholder called "REPAIR" and move on to the next item. Otherwise note the item in the spreadsheet.
21. After you have addressed all the compliance issues, save the repaired file with "rev" added to the original name.
22. Open the file in Dreamweaver MX or a similar html editor. Verify the changes made by A-Prompt, and make any additional changes you have recommended for headings, labels, title tags, etc. Have your html editor also make any code repairs that are necessary. You can find it in Dreamweaver under Commands > Clean up XHTML. Re-save the file.
23. Go to the W3C HTML Validator webpage: http://validator.w3.org/
24. Find "Validate by File Upload and browse to find the revised file. Press "Check."
25. Review and save the results under a name that reflects the html name for the revised file, such as "WorksiteSetupDefaultRevValidation." This should be a very short list of necessary repairs.
26. Reopen the html file in your html editor, and make the corrections specified by the W3C HTML Validator.
27. When you are finished with each file, note on the revised file where you have made changes by highlighting the changes in a larger size font, bold and blue. You can do this by saving the file as a Word document and highlighting it there.
28. Repeat steps 12 through 24 for each page in your assigned tool
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