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Learning To Love the Code: HTML As a Tool in the Writing Classroom | Margaret Batschelet

Authoring Programs and Accessibility

Currently, both FrontPage and earlier versions of Dreamweaver rely upon a plug-in program called LIFT to identify accessibility problems and validate code. This program must be purchased in addition to FrontPage, and FrontPage itself continues to issue what Jeffrey Zeldman classifies as "proprietary, nonstandard markup." The newest version of Dreamweaver, Dreamweaver MX, was created in consultation with a Dreamweaver Task Force established by the Web Standards Project; the task force's evaluation of the program indicates that MX is a great improvement over earlier versions, but still falls short of total standards compliance. Adobe GoLive 6.0 includes a "Voluntary Product Accessibility Template" that rates page code in terms of the Federal Standard 508. However, the code generated by the program may not automatically meet those standards. In general, the only way to make sure that students create code that complies with the standards of the World Wide Web Consortium and the accessibility guidelines issued by Standard 508 is to teach them to write their own HTML.

Citation Format: Batschelet, Margaret. "Learning To Love the Code: HTML As a Tool in the Writing Classroom." The Writing Instructor. 2004. http://www.writinginstructor.org/files/batschelet/ (Date Accessed).
Review Process: Margaret Batschelet's hypertext was accepted for publication following blind, peer review.