Web Accessibility and Usability
The importance of having an accessible site is greater than simply improving the experience for disabled users, as important as this is. Making your website fully accessible benefits individuals, businesses, and society as a whole. It also keeps you aligned with legal regulations. Developers, designers and content editors all play a part in maintaining the accessibility of a site and without proper training, may inadvertently make changes that compromise a website's accessibility status and fall foul of the law. By equipping internal teams with the knowledge and skills to build and write in an accessible way, you will ensure compliance from the outset.Our course will enable those attending to gain a thorough understanding of web accessibility and usability issues. Our full course agenda includes Web standards, Web accessibility, Understanding accessibility requirements, Making a website more accessible, Assessing website accessibility and Recommendations for delegates' own websites.
Course Facts
- 1 day course
- Our Trainers are Authorised Professionals
- Live Online or Classroom-based
- Certificate of completion
- Maximum class size of 6 for scheduled courses
- Unlimited support after your course
- Courses at all levels: Introduction, Intermediate, Advanced and Masterclasses
Course Outline Overview
- Web Standards
- Web Accessibility
- Understanding Accessibility Requirements
- Making a website more accessible
- Assessing Website Accessibility
Private One-to-One Training
One-to-one tuition tailored to your exact requirements. Your choice of duration, dates and content.
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Group bookings provide you with the most cost-effective way to train your team.
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Booking a private training session allows you to focus on your exact needs on dates that work best for you or your team.
- Sessions can be run online or in person, on your site or at our London training centre.
- We manage training for many of the UK’s largest companies, taking care of all the admin, working with you to ensure the perfect course.
- Our expert trainers will first understand your requirements and then tailor each session to your exact specification.
- We offer a free consultation service to work out every detail of your course.
Prices for bespoke sessions with our expert trainers start at £525 + VAT.
Course Outline
Web Standards
- The need for Web Design Standards
- The roles of Standards bodies such as W3C and ECMA
- Validating Web Content to meet Web/W3C Standards
Web Accessibility
- Web Accessibility and the Equality Act
- Reasons why websites should comply
- Advantages of accessible websites
- The benefits of search engine visibility
Understanding Accessibility Requirements
- Understanding the disability needs of the user
- Challenges faced by users: visual, motor, auditory
- Understanding the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG 2.0)
- COI Guidelines for all Government websites
Making a website more accessible
- Correct use of fonts and colour
- Making accessible images, forms, tables and navigation
- Inserting accessible media (audio, video & Flash)
- Writing to achieve clarity and usability
- Working within a Content Management System (CMS)
Assessing Website Accessibility
- Testing a website for accessibility
- Analysing and solving accessibility problems