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A Web Accessibility Primer: Usability for Everyone

A Web Accessibility Primer: Usability for Everyone . XX Presenter Name Presenter Title Presenter Contact. Office of Web Communications. Workshop Goals:. Better understand the barriers and frustrations people with disabilities face with inaccessible websites.

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A Web Accessibility Primer: Usability for Everyone

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  1. A Web Accessibility Primer: Usability for Everyone XX Presenter Name Presenter Title Presenter Contact Office of Web Communications

  2. Workshop Goals: • Better understand the barriers and frustrations people with disabilities face with inaccessible websites. • Know what web accessibility means. • Know how to make your websites and content more accessible.

  3. Workshop Contents: • Introduction to Web Accessibility • Cross-cutting Accessibility Strategies • Creating Downloadable Files • Making “Regular” Web Pages Accessible – HTML • Beyond HTML: CSS, JavaScript, Plug-ins • CommonSpot and BlackBoard • Choosing and Converting File Types

  4. Kinds of Disabilities and Web Use • Visual • Hearing • Motor • Cognitive/learning disabilities Screen reader simulation: www.webaim.org/simulations/screenreader-sim.htm Motor (keyboard only) simulation: Visit a favorite site and set your mouse aside. Can you navigate using only your keyboard?

  5. Cornell’s Approach: • Reasons to make cornell.edu accessible: • Moral • Practical • Legal • Accessible Design is Good Design • Standards: • W3C Web Accessibility Initiative (WAI) • Section 508 • Cornell’s policy, based on 508

  6. Think Access • Art, not science. • A way of thinking, not a mindless compliance checklist. • Often no one right answer.

  7. How would you describe this painting? In these website contexts: • Art course • Psychology course • Your favorite paintings • Decorative image

  8. Basic Design Principles: • Provide appropriate alternative text • Provide headings for data tables • Ensure users can complete and submit all forms • Ensure links make sense out of context • Caption video, provide transcripts for audio • Make file downloads (e.g., Word docs) accessible

  9. Basic Design Principles (cont’d) • Allow users to skip repetitive elements on the page • Do not rely on color alone to convey meaning • Make sure content is structured, clearly written and easy to read • Make JavaScript accessible • Design to standards

  10. Evaluating for Access • There are tools for auto-checking site accessibility. Cornell will license one. • Several free tools online. • But only 7 of the 16 Section 508 standards can be automatically checked. • Even these 7 only indicate areas to double check, don’t provide answers.

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