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Modules for Web Accessibility Training
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This page provides suggested modules to address different learning objectives
around Web accessibility. These can be used within a variety of
curricula.
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Discuss: Ask people about their prior knowledge
and experience with accessibility and assistive technologies.
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Present: Discuss cross-disability aspects of
Web accessibility. Resource: online slide
Web accessibility is a Cross-Disability
Issue from Overview of WAI.
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Present: Discuss how people with different kinds
of disabilities use the Web. Resource:
How People with Disabilities Use the
Web [document being updated.]
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Demo: Demonstrate assistive technologies and adaptive
strategies for accessing the Web, for instance by using a text-only browser,
a screen reader with speech output (can play an audio recording of screen
reader output), a screen enlarger, speech recognition, captions, or adapted
keyboards. Resource: reference links in
Alternative Web Browsing; and
How People with Disabilities Use the
Web [document being updated.]
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Demo: Demonstrate a few popular and/or locally
relevant Web sites, with their images turned off, and ask audience to discuss
barriers on the sites.
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Demo: Show video on Web site accessibility.
Resource: Web Sites That Work [Web page will
be provided].
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Exercise: Ask people to use a text browser
to explore a number of Web sites, during or after the training session.
Resource:
Alternative Web Browsing.
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Demo: Show the "Car" demo, with captions and
descriptions turned on, to show how even a multimedia example can be fully
accessible. Resource:
Car.
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Present: Introduce the 14 general guidelines
in the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines as general accessibility principles,
without going into detail. Resource:
Web Content Accessibility Guidelines 1.0.
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Disseminate: Distribute WAI Quick Tips reference
cards and discuss the ten points on the cards. Remind people they can order
more from the Web site. Resource:
Quick Tips for Accessible Web Sites.
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Present: Discuss the Web Content Accessibility
Guidelines by priority level. Resource:
WCAG Checklist.
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Demo: Introduce the Curriculum for WCAG, highlighting
specific example slides, and going into the Techniques for WCAG to demonstrate
some markup examples. Resources:
Curriculum for WCAG;
Techniques for WCAG.
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Present: Discuss technical references on
accessibility features of W3C specifications.
Resources:
Accessibility Features of HTML,
Accessibility Features of CSS,
Accessibility Features of SMIL,
Accessibility Features of SVG.
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Discuss: Ask which authoring tools the audience
is using, and what accessibility issues arise in using those tools.
Resource: Authoring Tool
Accessibility Guidelines 1.0.
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Exercise: Ask participant teams to review sections
of the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines, then discuss them with other
participants. Resource: Web
Content Accessibility Guidelines 1.0.
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Discuss: Discuss the potential benefits and
shortcomings of automated evaluation and manual evaluation.
Resource:
evaluation, repair and transformation
tools resource list.
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Present: Present and discuss the review process
page as a way of doing more formal Web site evaluation.
Resource: [Web page will be provided.]
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Demo: Show how to use Bobby, A-Prompt, WAVE, and
Lynx-Me, to evaluate and to retrofit a Web site.
Resource:
evaluation, repair and transformation
tools resource list.
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Demo: Show the "Before and After Demo." Resource:
[Web page will be provided.]
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Exercise: Download someone's page, make
accessibility improvements, and discuss the changes.
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Exercise: Have people redesign their own Web
sites to make them more accessible; then have other course participants give
feedback.
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Exercise: Ask people to try several evaluation
tools on before and after versions of the same set of Web sites. Resource:
evaluation, repair and transformation
tools resource list.
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Discuss: Discuss involvement opportunities in
WAI interest and working groups. Resource:
[link to be added].
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Demo: Demonstrate use of WAI logos.
Resource:
WCAG logos,
ATAG logos.
Last updated November 3, 2000 by Judy Brewer
(jbrewer@w3.org). This WAI Resource is
produced by the Education and Outreach Working Group.
Please send comments and updates to
w3c-wai-eo@w3.org.