WCAG 2.1 AA Fundamentals
Get a complete understanding of web accessibility and its guidelines. Designed by our certified Web Accessibility Specialist.
Incorporating games, activities and demos, this course takes participants through all 2.1 AA WCAG (Web Content Accessibility Guidelines) criteria, its application in the real world and the techniques to make and test content to achieve level AA compliance.
This is the in-person version of the WCAG 2.1 Fundamentals course, delivered as 2x 7-hour sessions with an on-site instructor.
Not currently scheduled
$1000.00 per person (excl. GST)
Wellington
Course outline
Introduction
- What is web accessibility, what is WCAG
- Who benefits from web accessibility
- The 4 impairment types
Visual elements
- Colour
- Visual cues
- Images and multimedia
Keyboard accessibility
- Keyboard navigation
- Focus visibility and order
- Keyboard traps and unexpected behaviour
Semantics and forms
- Semantics and parsing
- Headings
- Forms
Motion and orientating
- Motion
- Display
- Status messages
- Page and site orientating
Accessibility and you
- Action planning to set your accessibility journey into motion or take your team to the next level
Note: These are the topics normally covered but might alter slightly depending on the needs of the attendees.
Target audience
Suitable for Front-end developers, UX Designers, Business Analysts, Visual designers and QAs. Appropriate for practitioners with absolute beginner to intermediate skill level in web accessibility.
Prerequisites
A basic understanding of the web (elements, controls, content types) is required.
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