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Developing Web Accessibility Presentations and Training: Overview
[Draft for review - updated 21 September 2010]

Introduction

WAI offers materials for speakers and trainers to help their participants understand more about web accessibility. The materials provide a range of information from introductory slides for those new to accessibility, to updated statistics and demos for experienced trainers. This set of resources includes:

• Accessibility Topics - provides descriptions and resources for topics that can be covered in presentations and training, including:
  • Introducing accessibility (4 topics)
  • Guidelines and techniques (6 topics)
  • Managing accessibility (6 topics)
  • Evaluating accessibility (2 topics)
• Presentation Outlines - example outlines of presentations that combine some of the Topics:
  • Introducing web accessibility (20 minutes for any audience)
  • Promoting web accessibility (10 minutes for senior management)
  • Using an accessible web (1 hour for people with accessibility needs)
  • Accessible web design (2 hour lecture as part of a web design course)
• Workshop Outline - an example outline for:
  • Three-day hands-on web accessibility training workshop for:
    • Website developers and application programmers (all 3 days)
    • Web content authors and visual designers (days 1 & 2 only)
    • Managers and decision-makers (day 1 only)

Note: See also How to Make Your Presentations Accessible to All for guidance on making your presentations and training accessible to people with disabilities and others in your audience.

Feel free to use this material as is or adapt it for your specific audience and goals, as long as you attribute it as described in the "Creative Commons License (CC)" section of Using WAI Material.

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Status: This document is a complete draft published for public review.
Please send comments to wai-eo-editors@w3.org (a publicly archived list) by 21 October 2010.

Document Information

Draft last updated: 21 September 2010 [changelog]
Editors: Andrew Arch and Shadi Abou-Zahra. Previous editor: Judy Brewer. Contributors: Shawn Henry, Sharron Rush, Heather Hasner, Michael Stenitzer, Jennifer Sutton, and participants of the WAI-AGE Task Force and Education and Outreach Working Group. Developed as part of the WAI-AGE Project (IST 035015) funded by the European Commission under the 6th Framework.

[Contacting WAI] Feedback welcome to wai-eo-editors@w3.org (a publicly archived list).