Web Accessibility Best Practices Training

Hosted by Arab Information and Communication Technologies Organization (AICTO) on 20-21 November 2014 in Tunis, Tunisia

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Introduction
Program

Introduction

The W3C Web Accessibility Initiative (WAI) is holding a Web Accessibility Best Practices Training on 20-21 November 2014 in Tunis, Tunisia. This training is hosted by the Arab Information and Communication Technologies Organization (AICTO) and carried out by Shadi Abou-Zahra.

The training covers the following topics:

Day 1: Introduction and the business case for web accessibility
Day 2: Authoring accessible web content and evaluating websites

Program

Day 1: Introduction and the business case for web accessibility

Suitable for anyone interested in web accessibility, including executives, decision makers, project managers, accessibility advocates, designer, and developers:

09:00 - 09:30 Welcome
09:30 - 10:30 Introduction to Web Accessibility
- What is web accessibility?
- Why is web accessibility important?
- What are the standards and guidelines?
- Short questions and answers
10:30 - 10:45 Coffee Break
10:45 - 12:30 Web Accessibility Business Case
- Who is affected by web accessibility?
- What are the auxiliary benefits?
- What are some example costs and figures?
- Short questions and answers
12:30 - 14:00 Lunch Break
14:00 - 15:30 Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) 2.0
- Principles, guidelines, and success criteria
- Techniques and supporting documents
- How to Meet WCAG 2.0
- Short questions and answers
15:30 - 16:00 Questions, answers, and discussion

Day 2: Authoring accessible web content and evaluating websites

Target for people involved in the creation and evaluation of web content, including designer, developers, content authors, consultants, trainers, and others:

09:00 - 10:30 Implementing Web Accessibility
- Before and After Demonstration (BAD)
- Web Accessibility Tutorials
- PowerPoint slides (2.5MB)
- Short questions and answers
10:30 - 10:45 Coffee Break
10:45 - 12:30 Evaluating Web Accessibility
- Evaluation tools and resources:
  - Easy Checks - A First Review of Web Accessibility
  - List of Web Accessibility Evaluation Tools
- Website conformance evaluation:
  - Website Accessibility Conformance Evaluation Methodology (WCAG-EM)
  - WCAG-EM Report Tool [Beta]
- Integrating accessible development:
  - Strategic Planning for Web Accessibility
  - Improving the Accessibility of Your Website
- Short questions and answers
12:30 - 13:30 Conclusion and Next Steps
- Summary of the two days
- More resources to help you
- Questions and answers