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Developing Web Accessibility Presentations and Training: Overview
[Draft for review - updated 7 September 2012]
Introduction
WAI offers materials for speakers and trainers to help their participants understand more about web accessibility. The materials provide a range of information from introductory slides for those new to accessibility, to updated statistics and demos for experienced trainers. This set of resources includes:
- Accessibility Topics - provides descriptions and resources for topics that can be covered in presentations and training, including:
- Introducing accessibility (4 topics)
- Guidelines and techniques (6 topics)
- Managing accessibility (6 topics)
- Evaluating accessibility (2 topics)
- Presentation Outlines - example outlines of presentations that combine some of the Topics:
- Introducing web accessibility (20 minutes for any audience)
- Promoting web accessibility (10 minutes for senior management)
- Using an accessible web (1 hour for people with accessibility needs)
- Accessible web design (2 hour lecture as part of a web design course)
- Workshop Outline - an example outline for:
- Three-day hands-on web accessibility training workshop for:
- Website developers and application programmers (all 3 days)
- Web content authors and visual designers (days 1 & 2 only)
- Managers and decision-makers (day 1 only)
- Three-day hands-on web accessibility training workshop for:
Notes:
Feel free to use this material as is or adapt it for your specific audience and goals, as long as you attribute it as described in the "Creative Commons License (CC)" section of Using WAI Material.
We encourage you to share accessibility information. Understand your own level of knowledge (no one knows everything about accessibility), and be careful how you address sensitive topics. Be open with your audience about your background and level of expertise. If you get questions that you are unsure about, it's fine to say that you don't know the answer. That is a great opportunity to look for the answer on the WAI website with your audience, or say that you will find the answer later and ask the question on the WAI Interest Group mailing list.
See also How to Make Your Presentations Accessible to All for guidance on making your presentations and training accessible to people with disabilities and others in your audience.
