Instructions for the "About WCAG 2.0" Presentation

NOTE: Much of this presentation is outdated. For new material, see “WCAG 2 Presentations” at www.w3.org/WAI/presentations/WCAG20/Overview

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About WCAG 2.0 Presentation
IMPORTANT: Notes Section
Advice for Presenters
Permission and Reference
Contents Outline
Who Develops the Presentation

The About WCAG 2.0 presentation is available in 2 formats:

Presentation format (updated 2 November 2007) - compatible with Microsoft PowerPoint, Open Office Impress, and some other presentation software.
Web format (HTML/CSS) (updated 2 November 2007) - compatible with HTML Slidy and S5 slide formats.

Other presentations are available from WCAG 2.0 Presentations and WAI Presentations.

The About WCAG 2.0 Presentation

About WCAG 2.0 Web Content Accessibility Guidelines is a presentation that covers the benefits of WCAG 2.0, shortcuts for using WCAG 2.0, how it differs from WCAG 1.0, and other topics listed in the outline below. It does not cover the actual requirements in WCAG 2.0, WCAG 1.0, the basics of Web accessibility, the business case for accessibility, policies, laws, or other aspects of accessibility.

The presentation "slides" and extensive notes are designed for presenters to use for their own presentations on WCAG 2.0. The presentation is also available for anyone who wants to use it to learn about WCAG 2.0.

A video presentation with audio and slides and a text transcript of a presentation similar to this one is online. Note that the video is from June 2007 and some information may have changed since then.

IMPORTANT: Notes Section

The slides themselves have limited text so that participants do not have to read much during a presentation. The Notes section contains important information.

Make sure you read the notes for each slide. The first one starts with: [NOTES SECTION: This is where the important information is for each slide.].

To view the Notes:

In Open Office Impress: From the View menu, select Notes Page.
In Microsoft PowerPoint: From the View menu, select Normal.
In some screen readers: Ctrl+Shift+N.
Most software allows you to change the font size or zoom settings for the notes area.

Advice for Presenters

Read updates and background.
Before you prepare a presentation, please read the latest information in the WCAG 2 FAQ, especially the update section. If the status of WCAG 2.0 documents has changed since the presentation was completed, make sure to update the relevant slides.
Please make sure you are familiar with the information in the links in Resources slides at the end of the presentation.
Customize the presentation for audience and time.
There are many slides covering several topics. We encourage you to customize the presentation based on your audience and the time available. For most presentations you will probably need to delete slides. Suggestions for customizing the presentation are included in the Notes section of several slides.
Printing the Notes.
Most presentation software allows you to print the slides along with the notes on the same page. You might need to change the margins or font size for all of the notes to fit on a printed page. You can also create a word processing version where you can more easily reformat the notes, for example, making them in a larger text size and putting the notes for one slide on two pages.
Cover all displayed text. Describe pertinent parts of graphics.
Remember that some people may not be able to see the slides during your presentation, for example, people who are blind or people listening to an audio-only recording of the presentation. Make sure that you say all of the information that is on each slide. (This does not mean that you have to read the slide exactly as it is, just that you cover the information in what you say.)
When graphics or other displayed information is relevant, describe them to the extent useful for understanding the presentation. For example, see the Notes in Slide 22.
Provide handouts.
Consider providing copies of the presentation materials for the audience. For additional handouts related to this presentation, see WAI Handouts and WAI Flyer.

Permission and Reference

If you plan to use this material for a presentation, please let us know by sending an email to wai-eo-editors@w3.org (a publicly-archived list), or if you do not want it public send it to wai@w3.org. Following your presentation, we would appreciate knowing how many people attended, what questions they had, and such. We also welcome your feedback and suggestions for the presentation.

The About WCAG 2.0 presentation material is copyright© W3C and licensed under the W3C Document License, with the exception of some of the images. Additionally, you are granted permission to create modifications or derivatives of the material.

All that means that you can copy, change, translate, distribute, and present the About WCAG 2.0 presentation material as long as you include the reference information below as source material:

About WCAG 2.0 Web Content Accessibility Guidelines, S.L. Henry, ed. W3C (MIT, ERCIM, Keio), September 2007. www.w3.org/WAI/presentations/WCAG20_about/

Images

Credits for the images and information on permission to use the images are included in the Notes section where the image first appears.

Contents Outline

Below is an outline of the main topics covered in the presentation, along with the slide numbers:

Important note to presenters (slide 1)
What WCAG 2 gives you
- International, cooperatively developed standard (6-7)
  - W3C process (7-15)
- Clearer criteria (16-23)
  - WCAG 2.0 Principles (17-18)
  - Testable Success Criteria (19-23)
- Applies to more advanced technologies;
  Adaptable, flexible (24-47)
  - WAI-ARIA (31-33)
  - Accessibility supported technologies (34- 47)
- Extensive practical implementation guidance (48-57)
  - Quick Reference (52-56)
Accessibility is more than guidelines, including users with disabilities (58-60)
Making accessibility easier and better through improvements in authoring tools and browsers (61-66)
What you can do now (66-69)

Who Develops the Presentation

This presentation was developed by Shawn Lawton Henry with contributions from participants of the Education and Outreach Working Group (EOWG). Dr. Wayne Dick and Justin Thorp worked on the HTML/CSS version.

Comments are welcome to: wai-eo-editors@w3.org.

Disclaimer

We chose to provide the About WCAG 2.0 presentation in some common formats that would meet the needs of a range of presenters. Mention or use of software products or formats in this document does not indicate endorsement by W3C. W3C does not endorse specific vendor products or proprietary formats.

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