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SearchEditors Draft: 09 February 2010 [changelog] $Date: 2010/02/17 09:22:59 $ by $Author: andrew $
Status: This document is an in-progress Editor's Draft revision; the existing published version is at <http://www.w3.org/WAI/training/Overview.html>. Please send comments to wai-eo-editors@w3.org (a publicly archived list).
[Draft] Topics for Web Accessibility Presentations and Training
This page outlines some topics to speak about during a presentation, or to use as a section of a training session. Some topics include draft presentations that can be used directly, others are just frameworks to build a presentation from. The topic overviews can also be used starting points for developing training sessions as described on the training examples page.
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List of Topics
Select a link for more information about presenting that topic and resources to draw from.
1. Introducing Web Accessibility
Goal: To help people understand basic principles of web accessibility, who is affected and why it is important.
Audience: Anyone with interest in the web or disability or related topics
Description
Introduction to the importance of the Web as an essential communication tool and the fact that people with disabilities and older people should have equal, barrier-free access.
What the audience will learn
- Understand the meaning and importance of web accessibility for people with disabilities and older people
- Appreciate the many ways that people's lives are affected by lack of equal access to web based technologies
- Know about international efforts to ensure web accessibility
- How to get involved and where to get more information about web accessibility
Notes for speaker
Key points
- Access to the Web is an essential requirement for full participation in the information society
- Web accessibility is a key aspect of providing equality of access to the Web
- WAI guidelines provide an international standard for making the Web accessible
Questions to engage the audience
- Ask attendees what features of the built environment are provided to accommodate people with disabilities. When they answer - ramps, curbcuts, captions, automatic doors, elevators, etc - ask if anyone uses those accommodations other than people with disabilities. Discuss how accommodations for disability are useful to all.
Optional demonstrations
- Show some video of people with disabilities using the Web
or some images of assistive technology users or a scenario from How People with Disabilities use the Web - Show examples of good and poor web accessibility, and the effect these have on access with assistive technologies (consider using the Before and After Demonstration [Draft])
Resources
Primary resources
- Accessibility - W3C - introduces the why, what and how of web accessibility
- Slides Why is web accessibility an issue and Impact of Web on people with disabilities from Overview of WAI presentation
- Material from Use of the Web from Web Accessibility for Older Users presentation
- Introduction to Web Accessibility - a longer introduction to the what, why and how of web accessibility
- How People with Disabilities use the Web - provides examples of people with different disabilities using Web sites, applications, browsers, and authoring tools
- Before and After Demonstration [Draft] - shows some typical pages as inaccessible and accessible with minimal difference to visual appearance
- Videos of People with Disabilities using ICT - some demonstrations, some interviews (compiled by UIAccess)
Additional resources
- Essential Components of Web Accessibility - Interdependencies Between Components - shows how Web accessibility depends on several components working together
- Inaccessibility of CAPTCHA - examines potential solutions to test that users are human, not software robots, in a way that is accessible to people with disabilities
2. How People with Disabilities Use the Web
Goal:
To provide an understanding of common barriers experienced by people with disabilities and older users when accessing the Web.
Audience
Anyone with an interest in the web or disability or related topics
Description
Exploration of barriers faced by people with disabilities and older people as they access the Web and an introduction to principles of accessible design as a way to accommodate assistive technologies and adaptive browsing strategies.
What the audience will learn
- Understand that web accessibility has direct impact on the lives of people with various disabilities and age-related impairments
- Learn about common barriers experienced by millions of Web users.
- Gain some familiarity with actual devices and adaptive strategies used by people with disabilities and older users
- Appreciate the importance of the WAI guidelines in creating an accessible web
- Know where to get more information
Notes for speaker
Key points
- Many different types of disabilities and impairments have an impact on web use
- Common types of accessibility barriers for web users with disabilities and older web users
- People with disabilities and older users employ various assistive technologies and adaptive strategies as they try to overcome barriers.
- Interplay of user agents with web content in delivering web accessibility and role of WAI guidelines
Questions to engage the audience
- Ask if they have ever used Velcro, and think about how it works. Each side must do a job, one can't work without the other. Analogy to assistive technology and accessible design.
Optional demonstrations
- Demonstrate various assistive technologies and adaptive strategies.
- Illustrate web accessibility problems by browsing some popular websites with only the keyboard or with the images and multimedia turned off.
- Show video of people with disabilities using the Web.
- [@@ Activity: Participants use adaptive strategies such as significant screen enlargement or keyboard-only navigation to explore a number of websites, including their own, during or after the session (move to examples?)]
Resources
Primary resources
- Slide Web accessibility is a Cross-Disability Issue from Overview of WAI presentation
- Material from Changing Abilities of Older People from Web Accessibility for Older Users presentation
- How People with Disabilities Use the Web - provides examples of people with different disabilities using Web sites, applications, browsers, and authoring tools
- Better Web Browsing: Tips for Configuring Your Computer [Draft] - references to resources to help people customize their web browser and computer setup
- Essential Components of Web Accessibility - Interdependencies Between Components - shows how Web accessibility depends on several components working together and the role of the WAI guidelines
- Videos of How People with Disabilities using ICT - some demonstrations, some interviews (compiled by UIAccess)
3. Components of Web Accessibility
Goal
To introduce the three sets of WAI guidelines that contribute to Web accessibility.
Audience
Web developers and others with professional responsibility for creating accessible online content and applications; accessibility advocates; ICT departments
Description
Exploration of WAI Guidelines for user agents, for authoring tools and for web content. Discussion of how they work together to substantially improve Web accessibility.
What the audience will learn
- Know that there are three related sets of WAI guidelines
- Understand the role of each guideline in creating and maintaining an accessible Web
- Relate underlying technologies to accessibility (and appreciate WAI-ARIA as an enabler)
- Understand how various guidelines and specifications interact to deliver accessibility
Notes for speaker
Key points
- Web accessiility depends on several components working together - UUAG, ATAG, WCAG.
- Interaction of WAI guidelines in ensuring an accessible Web
- Role of underlying technologies (HTML, XML, CSS, SVG, SMIL, etc.)
Questions to engage the audience
- Ask participants about which components and aspects they are responsible for, or can influence, and discuss
Resources
Primary resources
- "Components of Web Accessibility" Presentation - this presentation can be used as the basis for this topic
- Essential Components of Web Accessibility - shows how Web accessibility depends on several components working together
- How People with Disabilities Use the Web - provides examples of people with different disabilities using Web sites, applications, browsers, and authoring tools
- Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) Overview - an overview of WCAG and the related documentation
- Authoring Tool Accessibility Guidelines (ATAG) Overview - an overview of ATAG and the related documentation
- User Agent Accessibility Guidelines (UAAG) Overview - an overview of UAAG and the related documentation
Additional resources
- Accessibility Features of HTML, Accessibility Features of CSS, Accessibility Features of SMIL, Accessibility Features of SVG
- WAI-ARIA Overview - describes the problems that WAI-ARIA addresses, and introduces the WAI-ARIA suite of technical document
- Involving Users in Web Projects for Better, Easier Accessibility - a start to reaping the benefits of involving people with disabilities and older people with accessibility needs due to aging, throughout your projects
4. Promoting Web Accessibility
Goal
To encourage web accessibility advocates and support their efforts to promote inclusive design practices.
Audience
Accessibility advocates and all others wanting to encourage web accessibility.
Description
Support for speakers who are promoting and furthering web accessibility within groups of all sizes and in any situation, from formal talks to personal conversations.
What the audience will learn
- Understand that web accessibility is an ongoing challenge that needs a high level of awareness
- Become familiar with the components (WCAG, ATAG and UAAG) that make accessibility more easily achievable
- Understand that effective advocacy includes the need to be flexible, to present information specific to each particular audience
- Identify opportunities to promote web accessibility.
- Learn how to participate in WAI and other W3C projects
Key points for speaker
- Present various scenarios where discussion of web accessibility can be appropriate and useful
- Encourage audience to think broadly about topics, beyond web sites to policy, authoring tools and user agents.
- Introduce the WAI process and how audience members can get involved
- Provide clear instructions for finding and using support materials.
Demonstrations
- Demonstrate use of WAI logos
Resources
- Participating in WAI - describes the different participation opportunities in WAI
- WAI Working Groups and Interest Groups - listing of all he WAI working groups and interest groups with links to their individual pages
- Translating WAI Documents - pointer to translation policy; list of existing translations; priority list of documents for translation
- Contacting Organizations about Inaccessible Websites - steps and tips to help report websites with accessibility problems
- Developing Organizational Policies on Web Accessibility - addresses considerations that can arise when developing organizational policies on Web accessibility
- WCAG logos & ATAG logos - how and when to use the conformance logos
Additional resources
- Why Standards Harmonization is Essential to Web Accessibility - explains the key role that harmonization of standards plays in increasing the accessibility of the Web
- How WAI Develops Accessibility Guidelines through the W3C Process: Milestones and Opportunities to Contribute - introduces how WAI works through a process designed to encourage community input and consensus development
5. Introducing WCAG 2.0
Goal
To provide basic familiarity with WCAG 2.0 and its benefits.
Audience
Anyone interested in providing equal access to the Web.
Description
Presentation of WCAG 2 and its benefits. Exploration of WCAG 2 principles, guidelines, success criteria, techniques and conformance requirements along with the various supporting documents that help developers and others understand and utilize the Guidelines.
What the audience will learn
- Understand the four basic principles under which WCAG 2 is organized
- Relate the four organizing principles to the supporting Guidelines, Success Criteria and associated techniques
- Understand the benefits of WCAG 2 in relation to internationalization, interoperability, adaptability to emerging technologies, etc
- Learn about tools and documents provided to support practical implementation and testing
- Know how to locate support resources through the "How to Meet WCAG 2.0" gateway
Key points for speaker
- The four principles of Web accessibility in WCAG 2.0
- The twelve WCAG 2.0 Guidelines (in brief)
- The structure of WCAG 2.0 success criteria and associated techniques.
- The benefits of WCAG 2.0
- The WCAG 2.0 documents
- Conforming to WCAG 2.0
Questions to engage audience
- How many are using WCAG1? Other accessibility guidelines?
Demonstrations/Exercises/Activities
- How to Meet WCAG 2.0 - A customizable quick reference to WCAG 2.0 requirements (success criteria) and techniques
Resources
- Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) Overview - an overview of WCAG and the related documentation
- Understanding the Four Principles of Accessibility (from understanding WCAG 2.0)
- The WCAG 2.0 Documents - describes the different WCAG 2.0 technical documents, to help know where to go for different types of information
- Benefits of WCAG 2 presentation - a complete presentation to draw from
- Improving the Accessibility of Your Web Site - approaches to make the process of improving accessibility more efficient and effective
- How to Meet WCAG 2.0 Customizable Quick Reference - lists all of the WCAG 2.0 requirements and techniques to meet the requirements; also:
Additional resources
- How WAI Develops Accessibility Guidelines through the W3C Process: Milestones and Opportunities to Contribute - introduces how WAI works through a process designed to encourage community input and consensus development
Handouts
- WCAG 2 at a Glance - a paraphrased summary of Web Content Accessibility Guidelines WCAG 2.0
6. Migrating to WCAG 2
Goal
To help people understand the relative ease of migrating to WCAG 2.
Audience
Web developers; policy makers; accessibility advocates
Description
Support for those who have previously incorporated older accessibility standards and are interested in WCAG 2. A guide to help prioritize, analyze, and document technical and organizational requirements.
What the audience will learn
- Understand that the basic goals of accessibility have not changed
- Learn to identify priority areas for revision based on impact and effort
- Understand the need to analyze and relate those priorities to WCAG 2 Principles, Guidelines and Success Criteria
- Develop methods to document the process and update organizational policies and supporting materials
- Know where to get more information, including WCAG 2 translations
Key points for speaker
- Accessibility is fundamentally the same
- Impact and effort assessment to prioritize updates
- Determining conformance parameters, including technologies relied on
- Analysis of how the WCAG 2 technical requirements apply to your site
- Updating of organizational policies and technical documents
- Availability of WCAG 2 translations
Questions to engage audience
- How many are using WCAG1? Other accessibility guidelines?
Resources
- How to Update Your Web Site from WCAG 1.0 to WCAG 2.0 - detailed guidance for designers, developers, and project managers
- How WCAG 2.0 Differs from WCAG 1.0 - describes the differences in structure and the different support resources
- Comparison of WCAG 1.0 Checkpoints to WCAG 2.0 - lists the new requirements in WCAG 2.0, and shows how each WCAG 1.0 checkpoint relates to WCAG 2.0
- Benefits of WCAG 2 presentation - a complete presentation to draw from
- Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) Overview - an overview of WCAG and the related documentation
- The WCAG 2.0 Documents - describes the different WCAG 2.0 technical documents, to help know where to go for different types of information
- WCAG 2.0 Translations - a list of complete and in-progress translations
Additional resources
- Improving the Accessibility of Your Web Site - approaches to make the process of improving accessibility more efficient and effective
- Implementation Plan for Web Accessibility - considerations for the planning process for implementing web accessibility
Handouts
- WCAG 2 at a Glance - a paraphrased summary of Web Content Accessibility Guidelines WCAG 2.0
7. Designing Accessible Websites (with WCAG 2)
Goal
Web authors learn how to create accessible web content and applications.
Audience
Web designers and developers
Description
Techniques for using WCAG 2 to develop websites that will be accessible to people with disabilities and older people.
NB. see also the Accessibility of Authoring Tools topic to include aspects of user generated content.
What the audience will learn
- Learn to use the How to Meet WCAG 2.0 Customizable Quick Reference as a guide to find and implement proven accessible design techniques
- Understand the applicability of WCAG 2.0 Success Criteria to all web technologies, including complex, dynamic, and media content
- Distinguish between the different categories of documented techniques and their relationship to best practice
- Apply principles of accessibility using specific techniques that are validated by means of success criteria
- Become familiar with navigating among the various resources
- Know where to get more information
Key points for speaker
- WCAG 2.0 are technology neutral, general accessibility principles.
- Success Criteria for WCAG 2.0 apply to all web technologies
- Documented techniques for WCAG 2.0 fall into three categories - failure, sufficient and advisory
- Advisory techniques value as best practice for specific groups such as older people
- Use of How to Meet WCAG 2.0 Customizable Quick Reference for finding documented techniques
- Detailed presentation of specific techniques
- Role of WAI-ARIA in ensuring accessibility of Ajax and related DHTML technologies.
Questions to Engage Audience
- Who is here? Developers? Designers? Project managers? Other?
- Currently using accessibility standards?
- How many avoid using AJAX for accessibility reasons? Heard of WAI-ARIA? Using JS toolkits with accessibility built in?
Demonstrations/Exercises/Activities
- The Before and After Demonstration pages showing some of the improvements and techniques used
- The How to Meet WCAG 2.0 Customizable Quick Reference) to demonstrate access to the WCAG 2.0 Techniques document and markup examples
- A short captioned video (with transcript) to show how even a multimedia example can be fully accessible
- Recoding some of the BAD 'before' pages to improve accessibility
Resources
- Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) Overview - an overview of WCAG and the related documentation
- Benefits of WCAG 2 presentation - a complete presentation to draw from
- The WCAG 2.0 Documents - describes the different WCAG 2.0 technical documents, to help know where to go for different types of information
- How to Meet WCAG 2.0 Customizable Quick Reference - lists all of the WCAG 2.0 requirements and techniques to meet the requirements; also links to "Understanding" for descriptions, examples, and resources
- HTML techniques from How to Meet WCAG 2.0
- CCS techniques from How to Meet WCAG 2.0
- Scripting techniques from How to Meet WCAG 2.0
- SMIL techniques from How to Meet WCAG 2.0
- WCAG 2.0 Conformance - lists the WCAG 2.0 conformance levels and requirements
- WAI-ARIA Overview - describes the problems that WAI-ARIA addresses, and introduces the WAI-ARIA suite of technical document
- Better Web Browsing: Tips for Configuring Your Computer [Draft] - references to resources to help people customize their web browser and computer setup
- @@ Accessible video sample (resource to be provided)
- @@ Techniques also exist for the accessibility of other web technologies such as Flash, PDF, Silverlight, etc - these techniques are documented on the vendor's site as well as by third parties
Additional resources
- Improving the Accessibility of Your Web Site - approaches to make the process of improving accessibility more efficient and effective
- Inaccessibility of CAPTCHA - examines potential solutions to test that users are human, not software robots, in a way that is accessible to people with disabilities
- Accessibility Features of HTML - relates to HTML 4.0
- Accessibility Features of CSS - summarizes the features of the Cascading Style Sheets level 2 (CSS2) known to directly affect the accessibility of Web documents
- Accessibility Features of SMIL - summarizes the accessibility features of the Synchronized Multimedia Language version 1.0 (SMIL 1.0),
- Accessibility Features of SVG - describes the Scalable Vector Graphics 1.0 Specification (SVG 1.0) features that support accessibility
- WAI-ARIA Authoring Practices 1.0 - a guide to understanding and implementing Accessible Rich Internet Applications
Handouts
- Web Accessibility QuickTips - WCAG 2 at a Glance - a paraphrased summary of Web Content Accessibility Guidelines WCAG 2.0
- Including People with Disabilities in Design Studies
8. Browser Accessibility and UAAG
Goal
To help people understand the importance of user agents in enabling web accessibility.
Audience
Web developers; ICT departments; accessibility advocates
Description
Exploration of the User Agent Accessibility Guidelines, the interrelationship between content and browsers, and the adaptive strategies that some people use with their browsers.
What the audience will learn
- Understand UAAG as one of the key components to ensuring Web accessibility
- Gain insight about how UAAG relates to other WAI guidelines [@@ and the current status of the Working Draft for UAAG 2.0]
- Learn about how browsers, media players, etc interface with assistive technologies
- Learn about the adaptive strategies used by people with disabilities in configuring user agents
Key points for speaker
- The inter-relationship of the three WAI guidelines in achieving accessibility
- General principles and specific checkpoints for accessibility of browsers, multimedia players, and interface with assistive technologies
- Adaptive strategies and assistive technologies people might adopt for better web browsing
Questions to Engage Audience
- Anyone aware of UUAG?
- Conditions that mimic disability? Adaptive strategies to share?
- What browser software and media players do people use? Accessibility issues to share?
Exercises/Activities
- In hands-on situations, have audience use adaptive strategies such as significant screen enlargement or keyboard-only navigation to explore a number of websites and multi-media sites. If not, suggest they do so after the session
Resources
- Essential Components of Web Accessibility - shows how Web accessibility depends on several components working together
- "Components of Web Accessibility" Presentation - presentation that can be drawn on about different people and technology components that have a role in providing Web accessibility
- User Agent Accessibility Guidelines (UAAG) Overview - an overview of UAAG and the related documentation
- Table of Checkpoints for User Agent Accessibility Guidelines 1.0 - list may be used to review a tool or set of tools for accessibility
- Better Web Browsing: Tips for Configuring Your Computer [Draft] - references to resources to help people customize their web browser and computer setup
Additional resources
- User Agent Accessibility Guidelines 1.0 - specifies requirements that, if satisfied by user agent developers, will lower barriers to accessibility
- User Agent Accessibility Guidelines (UAAG) 2.0 [Draft] - updated (draft) requirements that, if satisfied by user agent developers, will lower barriers to accessibility
- How WAI Develops Accessibility Guidelines through the W3C Process: Milestones and Opportunities to Contribute - introduces how WAI works through a process designed to encourage community input and consensus development
9. Authoring Tool Accessibility and ATAG
Goal
To help people understand the importance of authoring tools in achieving web accessibility.
Audience
Web developers; web managers; procurement personnel
Description
Presentation of the Authoring Tool Accessibility Guidelines, the interrelationship between content and accessible authoring tools, and the ongoing merger of technologies.
What the audience will learn
- Understand ATAG as one of the key components to ensuring Web accessibility
- Gain insight about how ATAG relates to other WAI guidelines [@@ and the current status of the Working Draft for ATAG 2.0]
- Learn how to choose the most accessible options for in-house CMS and other authoring tools
- Understand the concept of work-arounds for inaccessible tools
- Know where to get more information
Key points for speaker
- The inter-relationship of the three WAI guidelines in achieving accessibility
- The requirement for authoring tools to have an accessible interface as well as to generate accessible web content
- The selection and use of in-house authoring tools or CMS's and consideration of limitations or workarounds
- The design of accessible authoring tools, including Blogs and other tools for user-generated-content, that support the production of accessible content
- What CMS are people using, any accessibility issues to share?
- What blogging and social media tools are they using and any accessibility issues?
- What barriers can they imagine are encountered by people with various disabilities who try to blog and otherwise participate in online exchanges?
- Have participants use adaptive strategies such as significant screen enlargement or keyboard-only navigation to publish some user generated content, during or after the session
- Have participants check their authoring tool or CMS for accessibility by users and accessibility of output after the session
- Essential Components of Web Accessibility - shows how Web accessibility depends on several components working together
- "Components of Web Accessibility" Presentation - presentation that can be drawn on about different people and technology components that have a role in providing Web accessibility
- Authoring Tool Accessibility Guidelines (ATAG) Overview - an overview of ATAG and the related documentation
- Selecting and Using Authoring Tools for Web Accessibility - provides information which may help find improved authoring tools and/or work around the gaps in existing authoring tools
- Checklist of Checkpoints for Authoring Tool Accessibility Guidelines 1.0 - lists of all checkpoints from the Authoring Tool Accessibility Guidelines 1.0
- Checklist for Authoring Tool Accessibility Guidelines 2.0 [Draft] - lists all of the guidelines and success criteria from ATAG 2.0
- Implementing ATAG 2.0 [Draft] - a guide to understanding and implementing Authoring Tool Accessibility Guidelines 2.0
- Better Web Browsing: Tips for Configuring Your Computer [Draft] - references to resources to help people customize their web browser and computer setup
- How WAI Develops Accessibility Guidelines through the W3C Process: Milestones and Opportunities to Contribute - introduces how WAI works through a process designed to encourage community input and consensus development
- Understand the various accessibility barriers of rich internet applications
- Understand the relationship of WAI-ARIA to WCAG 2.0
- Learn about the technical solutions provided by WAI-ARIA
- Know where to get more information
- Identify types of accessibility barriers in rich internet applications
- Basic steps to make rich internet applications accessible
- WAI-ARIA features that make help make Ajax, DHTML, etc accessible
- WAI-ARIA Roles, States, Properties, plus relationships and live regions
- Illustrate some WAI-ARIA uses like drag-and-drop, sliders, navigation, etc
- WAI-ARIA Overview - describes the problems that WAI-ARIA addresses, and introduces the WAI-ARIA suite of technical document
- WAI-ARIA FAQ - some frequently asked questions (FAQ) about WAI-ARIA
- WAI-ARIA Primer - introduces developers to the accessibility problems that WAI-ARIA is intended to solve, the fundamental concepts, and the technical approach of WAI-ARIA
- WAI-ARIA Authoring Practices 1.0 - a guide to understanding and implementing Accessible Rich Internet Applications
- WAI-ARIA techniques from How to Meet WCAG 2.0
- Scripting techniques from How to Meet WCAG 2.0
- How WAI Develops Accessibility Guidelines through the W3C Process: Milestones and Opportunities to Contribute - introduces how WAI works through a process designed to encourage community input and consensus development
- Learn about the changing demographics of web users as the world population ages
- Relate web accessibility to improved cross-device browsing including television, mobile, etc
- Survey social factors, procurement practices and government policies relevant to accessibility and business
- Understand the legal landscape and liabilities associated with web accessibility
- Learn from case studies and successful corporate accessibility policies and practices
- Know where to get more information
- Disability statistics relevant to use of the Web, including population ageing
- Carry-over benefits of accessibility for other Web users
- Mainstreaming of accessibility with device independence - car, television, games consoles, mobile-phone, etc with speech output, touch screen, motion sensors, etc
- Social, technical, financial and legal factors in developing a business case as relevant to the audience's context
- Government, industry, or other policies that are relevant to the audience's context
- Case studies of accessibility improvements
- Features of an organization's policy for web accessibility
- Parents, grandparents spending money on the web? Barriers encountered?
- Anyone want to share barriers encountered in mobile browsing?
- How many work for company with an accessibility policy in place?
- Web access via a mobile phone or hand-held device to popular/relevant websites (or use a mobile browser emulation)
- Developing a Web Accessibility Business Case for Your Organization - a suite of five web pages covering the social, technical, financial, and legal and policy factors in the business case for Web accessibility
- Online slide Web accessibility is a marketplace issue from Overview of WAI presentation
- Material from Changing demographics and Changing abilities from Web Accessibility for Older Users presentation [Draft]
- @@ Also see your national statistics agency (and possibly some national disability organizations)
- Online slide accessibility contributes to universal design from Overview of WAI
- Web Content Accessibility and Mobile Web: Making a Web Site Accessible Both for People with Disabilities and for Mobile Devices - introduces the similarities along with benefits of addressing both areas
- Case Studies of Accessibility Improvements from Resources for Developing a Web Accessibility Business Case for Your Organization
- Policies Relating to Web Accessibility - links to laws and policies regarding Web accessibility around the world (not definitive)
- Developing Organizational Policies on Web Accessibility - addresses considerations that can arise when developing organizational policies on Web accessibility
- What is web accessibility?
- What standards to use. Is formal policy needed?
- How to identify existing accessibility barriers
- How to prioritize repair process and schedule
- How to maintain accessibility over time
- Identifying scope and nature of accessibility problems
- Creating an implementation plan to optimize accessibility improvements
- Prioritizing 'low-hanging-fruit' for immediate accessibility fixes
- Planning for ongoing accessibility and creating an accessibility policy and monitoring process
- Quick techniques for preliminary web accessibility review
- Improving the Accessibility of Your Web Site - approaches to make the process of improving accessibility more efficient and effective
- Preliminary Review of Web Sites for Accessibility - describes a method to quickly identify some accessibility problems on a website
- Conformance Evaluation of Web Sites for Accessibility - describes a conformance evaluation method that combines automatic, semi-automatic, and manual testing
- Implementation Plan for Web Accessibility - considerations for the planning process for implementing web accessibility
- Developing a Web Accessibility Business Case for Your Organization - a suite of five web pages covering the social, technical, financial, and legal and policy factors in the business case for Web accessibility
- Involving Users in Web Projects for Better, Easier Accessibility - a start to reaping the benefits of involving people with disabilities and older people with accessibility needs due to aging, throughout your projects
- Understand benefits of involving users with disabilities and older users in development and evaluation of web sites
- Gain skills in how to engage such users
- Understand the complementary nature of conformance to guidelines and user experience reporting
- Know where to get more information
- The importance and benefits of involving users in all aspects of web projects
- How and when to involve users throughout a project
- The benefits of involving users in web accessibility evaluation
- How to combine testing with users with formal conformance evaluation methods
- Care required when drawing conclusions
- Ask participants to share experiences of involving users in their projects
- Ask participants to identify opportunities to involve users in their own project and discuss
- Involving Users in Web Projects for Better, Easier Accessibility - a start to reaping the benefits of involving people with disabilities and older people with accessibility needs due to aging, throughout your projects
- Involving Users in Evaluating Web Accessibility - describes the benefits from evaluating with real people and identifying usability issues that are not discovered by conformance evaluation alone
- How People with Disabilities Use the Web - provides examples of people with different disabilities using Web sites, applications, browsers, and authoring tools
- Understand that the world population is aging and that increasing numbers of older users are online
- Relate the age related impairments of older people to the need for web accessibility
- Understand the value of conforming to WAI Guidelines to meet the needs of older users
- Learn about the WAI-AGE project and how to become involved
- Know where to get more information
- Demographic forecasts show a rapidly increasing older population in most countries
- Older people are online taking advantage of unprecedented opportunities, but facing barriers
- Web accessibility needs of older people are similar to the needs of people with disabilities as aging is often accompanied by changing abilities.
- Importance of all WAI Guidelines and standards harmonization in a converging web world
- WAI-AGE project deliverables for industry and users
- Opportunities to become involved with WAI's work on ageing
- Show some video with older people using the Web
- Web Accessibility for Older Users presentation - this presentation can be used as the basis for a presentation on this topic
- Overview of "Web Accessibility for Older Users: A Literature Review" - the Literature Review is to inform education and outreach to better promote accessibility solutions for older Web users
- WAI-AGE Project page - includes information about the activities of the WAI-AGE project
- WAI-AGE Project Deliverables page - contains an overview of the education and outreach material to be updated or developed within the WAI-AGE Project
- Videos of People with Disabilities using ICT - some demonstrations, some interviews (compiled by UIAccess)
- Developing a Web Accessibility Business Case for Your Organization - a suite of five web pages covering the social, technical, financial, and legal and policy factors in the business case for Web accessibility
- Why Standards Harmonization is Essential to Web Accessibility - explains the key role that harmonization of standards plays in increasing the accessibility of the Web
- Understand the similarities in the experience of web users with disabilities and users of mobile devices
- Understand the differences between those user groups
- Learn to meet the overlapping requirements during development
- If one set of requirements has been met, learn to incorporate the other
- Experiences shared by people with disabilities and mobile web users - Perceivable; Operable; Understandable; Robust
- Similarity and overlap of solutions for web accessibility and mobile web
- Differences of approach between WCAG and Mobile Web Best Practices (MWBP)
- Ease of meeting the requirements of both audiences
- Incorporating mobile web best practices if you are already accessible
- Incorporating accessibility if you are already mobile friendly
- Meeting the needs of both during development
- Demonstrate relevant websites on a mobile device or using a mobile browser emulator
- Demonstrate overlapping accessibility issues such as keyboard access, tunnel vision (via emulation), screen magnifier, linearization via removal of style sheets, scripting not supported
- Web Content Accessibility and Mobile Web: Making a Web Site Accessible Both for People with Disabilities and for Mobile Devices - introduces the similarities along with benefits of addressing both areas
- Shared Web Experiences: Barriers Common to Mobile Device Users and People with Disabilities - provides examples of barriers that people with disabilities and people using mobile devices experience when interacting with Web content
- Relationship between Mobile Web Best Practices (MWBP) and Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) - technical report describing the similarities and differences between the requirements in WCAG and MWBP
- From MWBP to WCAG 2.0 (and From MWBP to WCAG 1.0) - describes what also needs to be done to meet WCAG for those familiar with MWBP
- From WCAG 2.0 to MWBP (and From WCAG 1.0 to MWBP) - describes what also needs to be done to meet MWBP for those familiar with WCAG
- Mobile Web Best Practices 1.0 - technical report specifying Best Practices for delivering web content to mobile devices
- Developing a Web Accessibility Business Case for Your Organization - a suite of five web pages covering the social, technical, financial, and legal and policy factors in the business case for Web accessibility
- How People with Disabilities Use the Web - provides examples of people with different disabilities using Web sites, applications, browsers, and authoring tools
- Learn about web accessibility policy specific to local audience
- Understand the need for and the benefits of international policy and standards harmonization
- Learn the essential elements that an agency, business or organization needs in order to develop successful web accessibility policy
- Know where to get more information
- Legal and policy factors apply differently to specific organizations and situations
- Many countries are ratifying the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities
- Determination of legal and policy factors applying to a specific organization
- Why standards harmonization is important for web accessibility
- Developing a web accessibility policy for an organization
- Legal and Policy Factors in Developing a Web Accessibility Business Case for Your Organization - provides guidance on addressing legal and policy factors in a business case for Web accessibility
- UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities - ratified by many countries and specifically includes accessibility of the Internet and other information and communications technology (ICT)
- International Policies Relating to Web Accessibility - links to laws and policies regarding Web accessibility around the world (not definitive)
- Why Standards Harmonization is Essential to Web Accessibility - explains the key role that harmonization of standards plays in increasing the accessibility of the Web
- Developing Organizational Policies on Web Accessibility - addresses considerations that can arise when developing organizational policies on Web accessibility
- Learn what is meant by a quick website accessibility check
- Understand basic techniques for performing a quick review
- Learn the difference between a quick check and a full conformance review
- Know where to get more information
- Limitations of a quick web accessibility check
- Selecting representative pages to check
- Quick checks to make with a regular browser
- Checking web pages using specialized browsers
- Use of automated web accessibility evaluation tools (noting that while many tools are still oriented towards WCAG 1.0 evaluation they can still give a useful overview)
- Summarizing the results of the quick check
- Difference between an initial evaluation and a conformance evaluation
- Role of users in web accessibility evaluation
- Combined expertise required for full evaluation
- "Before and After Demonstration" site for illustrating browser-based evaluation techniques and automated tools
- Quick evaluation of participants' own sites and summary of results
- Preliminary Review of Web Sites for Accessibility - describes a method to quickly identify some accessibility problems on a website
- Selecting Web Accessibility Evaluation Tools - highlights different features of evaluation tools which can assist during evaluation reviews
- Web Accessibility Evaluation Tools - filterable list of Web accessibility evaluation tools
- Involving Users in Evaluating Web Accessibility - describes the benefits from evaluating with real people and identifying usability issues that are not discovered by conformance evaluation alone
- Using Combined Expertise to Evaluate Web Accessibility - describes the diverse kinds of expertise and perspectives required to evaluate the accessibility of web content
- Before and After Demonstration [Draft] - shows some typical pages as inaccessible and accessible with minimal difference to visual appearance
- Better Web Browsing: Tips for Configuring Your Computer [Draft] - references to resources to help people customize their web browser and computer setup
- Conformance Evaluation of Web Sites for Accessibility - describes a conformance evaluation method that combines automatic, semi-automatic, and manual testing
- Evaluation Approaches for Specific Contexts - describes considerations for evaluation of large and complex websites
- Involving Users in Web Projects for Better, Easier Accessibility - a start to reaping the benefits of involving people with disabilities and older people with accessibility needs due to aging, throughout your projects
- Understand the concept of a conformance evaluation for websites and how it differs from a quick review
- Be able to define scope, conformance level and sample size
- Learn about validators and automated tools and be able to choose among them
- Be able to report findings in a comprehensive and understandable way
- Understand when and how to involve users in evaluation process
- Know when and where to get more help and more information
- Difference between an initial evaluation and a conformance evaluation
- Determining the scope of the evaluation and desired conformance level
- Selecting a representative page sample to evaluate, including consideration for dynamic sites and other contexts
- Considerations in selecting and using appropriate evaluation tools, including validators and automated tools
- Role of specialist help that may be appropriate
- Steps in performing manual evaluation of representative page
- Understanding some of the tools available to assist manual evaluation
- Summarizing and reporting the evaluation findings
- Benefits of involving users for a comprehensive evaluation
- "Before and After Demonstration" site to illustrate evaluation techniques and tools
- Try several different evaluation tools on same set of websites
- Evaluate some relevant pages, recommend improvements, and discuss
- Conformance Evaluation of Web Sites for Accessibility - describes a conformance evaluation method that combines automatic, semi-automatic, and manual testing
- Evaluation Approaches for Specific Contexts - describes considerations for evaluation of large and complex websites
- Selecting Web Accessibility Evaluation Tools - highlights different features of evaluation tools which can assist during evaluation reviews
- Web Accessibility Evaluation Tools - filterable list of Web accessibility evaluation tools
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- How to Meet WCAG 2.0 Customizable Quick Reference - lists all of the WCAG 2.0 requirements and techniques to meet the requirements
- Template for Accessibility Evaluation Reports (refers to WCAG 1.0, but applicable to WCAG 2.0)
See also the Before and After Demonstration Reports [Draft] - Involving Users in Evaluating Web Accessibility - describes the benefits from evaluating with real people and identifying usability issues that are not discovered by conformance evaluation alone
- Involving Users in Web Projects for Better, Easier Accessibility - a start to reaping the benefits of involving people with disabilities and older people with accessibility needs due to aging, throughout your projects
- Before and After Demonstration [Draft] - shows some typical pages as inaccessible and accessible with minimal difference to visual appearance
- Involving Users in Web Projects for Better, Easier Accessibility - a start to reaping the benefits of involving people with disabilities and older people with accessibility needs due to aging, throughout your projects
- Preliminary Review of Web Sites for Accessibility - describes a method to quickly identify some accessibility problems on a website
- Using Combined Expertise to Evaluate Web Accessibility - describes the diverse kinds of expertise and perspectives required to evaluate the accessibility of web content
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10. Accessible Rich Internet Applications
Goal
To provide an understanding of the requirements for accessible rich internet applications.
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Description
Use of the WAI-ARIA resources to develop rich internet applications that are accessible to people with disabilities.
What the audience will learn
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11. Business Case for Web Accessibility
Goal
To provide an appreciation of the business case for web accessibility.
Audience
Web accessibility advocates, web site managers and other management staff who need data to inform decisions about the return on web accessibility investment
Description
Exploration of social, technical, financial and legal factors that influence an organization's policy decisions about web accessibility.
What the audience will learn
Key points for speaker
Questions to engage audience
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12. Improving the Accessibility of Existing Websites
Goal
To support organizations that are taking the initial steps towards implementing web accessibility.
Audience
Web developers; website owners; decision makers in corporate, government and educational institutions
Description
Start the process of embracing web accessibility by improving existing websites. Once accessibility is achieved, learn to maintain it over time.
What the audience will learn
Key points for speaker
Demonstrations/Exercises/Activities
Resources
Additional resources
13. Involving Users in Web Projects
Goal
To encourage all web projects to involve users from the start.
Audience
Project Managers; development teams; QA and usability departments
Description
How and why to involve people with disabilities and older users from the beginning of a web development project. Demonstration of how users can identify usability issues that are not always discovered by conformance evaluation alone.
What the audience will learn
Key points for speaker
Demonstrations/Exercises/Activities
Resources
Handouts
14. Web Accessibility and Older Users
Goal
To help people understand the importance of web accessibility for older people.
Audience
Web developers; procurement personnel; accessibility advocates
Description
Explore the importance of the adoption of WAI guidelines to meet the needs of older users as global demographics change with the aging of the world's population.
What the audience will learn
Key points for speaker
Demonstrations/Exercises/Activities
Resources
Additional resources
15. Accessibility and the Mobile Web
Goal
To provide an understanding of the overlapping issues between web accessibility and mobile web use.
Audience
Web developers; procurement personnel; web policy makers
Description
Encourage concurrent development of websites for both accessibility and mobile use through understanding of common barriers faced by both groups of users; the overlapping solutions available to developers; and the ease of meeting the needs of both groups simultaneously.
Key points for speaker
Demonstrations/Exercises/Activities
Resources
Additional resources
16. Web Accessibility Policy and Legislation
Goal
To provide an appreciation of local web accessibility policy and legislation, the need for international harmonization, and the essential elements of an organizational policy.
Audience
Web policy makers; procurement personnel; accessibility advocates
Description
Examine global policy and legal requirements that companies and organizations face as they meet local nondiscrimination and web accessibility laws. Explore the movement for international standards harmonization and learn to develop and implement organizational accessibility policy.
What the audience will learn
Key points for speaker
Demonstrations/Exercises/Activities
- Have audience work in small groups with policy development worksheet including stakeholders, external drivers, standards, and any other factors that will contribute to poicy development.
Resources
Additional resources
17. Quick Check for Web Accessibility
Goal
To introduce the concept of a quick website accessibility check, including benefits, techniques and limitations.
Audience
Web developers; website managers; project managers; procurement personnel; accessibility advocates
Description
Explore the difference between a quick preliminary website accessibility check and a more thorough conformance evaluation review. Easy evaluation techniques provide participants with the ability to perform quick reviews and present the results.
What the audience will learn
Key points for speaker
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18. Conformance Evaluation for Web Accessibility
Goal
To help people understand how to undertake a conformance review for website accessibility.
Audience
Web developers; accessibility experts
Description
Tools and techniques to perform a more detailed, thorough website accessibility conformance evaluation review, including the role of user testing.
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