Learn how to test web pages and web sites against WCAG 2.1 AA criteria and document findings for the design and development team.
What You Will Learn
- test web pages and web sites against WCAG 2.1 AA criteria and therefore with ADA, Section 508 and AODA criteria
- document findings for the design and development team
- test websites for accessibility with a reliable 5 step process
Prerequisites
Take these first, or have equivalent knowledge or experience: WCAG 2.2: Understanding the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines
Course Outline
Brief review
- disabilities and assistive technologies
- what is WCAG?
Automated tools
- how to find automated testing tools
- what automated tools will and will not do for you
- reporting findings of automated tools
Functional testing
- testing against WCAG 2.2 AA compliance
- testing techniques to simulate user environments
- real user testing
Documenting tests
- environmental and technical information
- user information
- assigning tasks
- collecting information
Reporting findings
- overall WCAG compliance report
- task-based issues
- comparative results
- ranking, scoring and prioritization
5 step process to reliably test websites for accessibility
- the steps will be shown in details during the course
