Presentation at CSUN 2017 - CSUN2017 Walk through WAI
Title: The WAI to Web Accessibility: Education & Outreach Update 2017
Dates: 01 March and 03 March 2017 (Two sessions, one as an overflow because so many had indicated interest.)
Location: CSUN Conference, San Diego, California
Event: 40 minute session
Presenters: Shawn Lawton Henry, Sharron Rush, Brent Bakken, Eric Eggert
- Goals
- Understand breadth of WAI resources ,especially newly updated resources
- Know where to find what on W3C WAI website
- Answer your questions: Does WAI have ... ?
- Become involved with WAI community
- WAI website
- Videos! Web Accessibility Perspectives: Explore the Impact and Benefits for Everyone - Show that accessibility is "essential for some, useful for all".
- Evaluation resources
- Easy Checks - A First Review of Web Accessibility - updated
- New check on Moving, Flashing, or Blinking Content
- Added instructions for Web Developer Toolbar for multiple browsers
- Note: Covers first high level indication of some web accessibility issues, not full conformance review
- Planning Easy Checks next generation - input welcome!
- WCAG-EM Conformance Evaluation Methodology and WCAG-EM Report Generator
- Web Accessibility Evaluation Tool List
- Easy Checks - A First Review of Web Accessibility - updated
- Managing resources significantly updated:
- Planning and Managing Web Accessibility describes Initiate, Plan, Implement, and Sustain activities to help integrate accessibility throughout your organization and projects
- Web Accessibility First Aid: Approaches for Interim Repairs provides guidance on addressing short-term accessibility fixes. Helps with the situation: "I need to make my website accessible and I don't even know where to start!"
- Developing Organizational Policies on Web Accessibility - how to write policy that fits your organization and situation.
- Tips for Getting Started are task-based:
- Designing - for user interface and visual design
- Writing - for writing and presenting content
- Developing - for markup and coding
- For developers:
- How to Meet WCAG 2.0 A customizable quick reference to WCAG Success Criteria and Techniques
- Web Accessibility Tutorials - Topics include Page Structure, Menus, Images, Tables, Forms, Carousels, ...
- Gems you might not know about:
- How People with Disabilities Use the Web Stories of web users, diversity of browsing, and
Accessibility Principles <-- A great starting place for understanding accessibility requirements
- How People with Disabilities Use the Web Stories of web users, diversity of browsing, and
- In development:
- Updated list of Policies Relating to Web Accessibility
- Redesigned WAI website with modern visual design and updated navigation (information architecture)
- Updated Before and After Demo (BAD) example website
- Join in!
- Getting WAI Announcements
- Participate in WAI
- Many documents in GitHub so you can contribute more directly