WCAG Techniques for Web Applications and Forms

Course Outline
Brief Review
Disabilities and assistive technologies
What is WCAG?
Finding WCAG documentation and techniques
Filtering the techniques documentation
Determining which guidelines apply to your content
Techniques for principle 1 Perceivable
1.1 Provide text alternatives for any non-text content
1.3 Create content that can be presented in different ways
1.4 Make it easier for users to see and hear content
Techniques for principle 2 Operable
2.1 Make all functionality available from a keyboard
2.2 Provide users enough time to read and use content
2.4 Provide ways to help users navigate, find content, and determine where they are
Techniques for principle 3 Understandable
3.2 Make Web pages appear and operate in predictable ways
3.3 Help users avoid and correct mistakes
Techniques for principle 4 Robust
4.1 Maximize compatibility with current and future user agents
Understanding Conformance Requirements
Meeting conformance levels
Sufficient techniques for conformance requirement
Using a statement of partial conformance