Creating Accessible Content For Websites
Creating Accessible Content course
Are you ready to make your content accessible for all people? Then, this is the place to be! Welcome to the Creating Accessible Content course! This is a self-paced course that you will have 365 days to complete.
This course covers important accessibility terminology and considerations for how to make images, audio, video, and even just text accessible. Many of the things you learn in this course will end up being beneficial to all your users, not just those who may have special needs or a disability.
As we go through the topics, you’ll not only learn what you need to do, but you’ll also learn the rationale behind why these steps are important to take, including how assistive technologies will use the accessibility features you put in place.
Course Objective
After completing this course, you will:
- Know various assistive technologies your users may be using.
- Know how accessible technologies utilize the accessibility features you add to your content.
- Determine if an image needs alternative text, and if so, the best alternative text to provide based on the image’s purpose.
- Verify if color contrast ratios meet WCAG guidelines.
- Add an appropriate heading structure to your content.
- Know how to format hyperlinks and tables for accessibility.
- Verify the reading order of your content is correct.
- Identify considerations for making content keyboard accessible.
- Generate appropriate closed captions and audio descriptions.
If you have any questions, please contact info@getadaaccessible.com
Course Overview
This course covers important accessibility terminology and considerations for how to make images, audio, video, and even just text accessible. Many of the things you learn in this course will end up being beneficial to all your users, not just those who may have special needs or a disability.
Section 1: Accessibility Technologies
Assistive Technologies are products, equipment, and systems that increase, maintain, or improve functional capabilities of people with disabilities. Assistive technologies are just one piece of the puzzle though.
Section 2: Alternative Text (Alt text)
Section 3: Color Contrast & Color Meaning
Section 4: Document Structure with Headings
Section 5: Hyperlinks
Section 6: Tables
Section 7: Reading Order
Section 8: Keyboard Accessible
Section 9: Working with Audio & Video
