Web Accessibility training - 1 day - private courses from £595 + vat
Web Accessibility training uk
This one day instructor-led Web Accessibility training course provides a practical introduction to Accessibility and Usability for websites, equipping participants with the skills and knowledge required to ensure conformance with the legal requirements of the Disability Discrimination Act - DDA.
Web Accessibility Training Course Objectives
By the end of the Accessibility training course, delegates will have:
- an overall understanding of accessibility and usability issues
- an understanding of the legal requirements of the Disability Discrimination Act - DDA
- learnt HTML code techniques to make sites accessible
- learnt about page layout issues relating to accessibility
- used online HTML and CSS validators to check code and style sheets; done a Bobby accessibility test; and have an understanding of common validator and Bobby error messages;
- an understanding of Accessibility Levels 1, 2 and 3, and what these mean
- gained knowledge of how to conduct usability tests
Web Accessibility Training Course Content
Introduction to Accessibility and Usability
- What do accessibility and usability mean?
Legal requirements for your site
- The Disability Discrimination Act - DDA
Making your HTML code accessible
- Which document declaration should I use?
- Which character set should I use?
- Deprecated HTML
- Tables vs DIVS
- Page flow - turning off the style sheets and tables
- Using liquid layouts
- How does XHTML differ from HTML?
- Browser compatibility in the accessibility context
Validating your site
- Document declarations
- Validation Tools
- Validating your HTML
- Validating your CSS
Taking the Bobby test
- Bobby error messages and what they mean
- Bobby user checks
- Which level of accessibility should I aim for?
Making your site usable
- Common usability problems
- How to conduct usability tests
What Next?
- Keeping your information up-to-date
- Useful
- Tips
Web Accessibility Course Prerequisites
- This Web Accessibility training course assumes familiarity with HTML coding and is most useful for people who currently have a web site they maintain.
- Participants are welcome to bring their website on CD to work on during the course.
Subject Training Recommended Reading
Maximum Accessibility - Jakob Nielsen (Foreword), John Slatin, Sharron Rush – buy from amazon
Web Accessibility for People with Disabilities - Michael Paciello – buy from amazon
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