CAST: Universal Design for Learning

In 1995, CAST launched Bobby as a free public service to make the burgeoning World Wide Web more accessible to individuals with disabilities. Over the next decade, Bobby helped novice and professional Web designers analyze and make improvements to millions of Web pages. This work won CAST numerous awards and international recognition.

CAST no longer supports the Bobby accessiblity testing software. Bobby was sold to Watchfire in 2004 which, in turn, was acquired by IBM in 2007.

Although Bobby is no longer available as a free service or standalone product, it is one of the tests included within the IBM Rational Policy Tester Accessibility Edition software, the comprehensive enterprise application for testing websites.

References:
www-306.ibm.com/software/rational/welcome/watchfire/press.html

www.watchfire.com/products/webxm/bobby.aspx

www-306.ibm.com/software/awdtools/tester/policy/accessibility/

Other options are listed on the W3C Website at:

www.w3.org/WAI/eval/Overview.html

WiggleWorks is Back!
The first universally designed literacy series for beginning readers and writers is now available in Spanish and is compatible with Windows Vista and Macintosh OS X. With an award-winning blend of literature, technology, and teacher support, WiggleWorks was first developed Scholastic and CAST in the early 1990s. Produced and distributed by Scholastic .

CAST Joins Google to Mark World Book Day
Read the release, see the new online literacy tools UDL Editions  and Strategy Tutor.

Watch a video introducing UDL Editions.