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W3Cx: Introduction to Web Accessibility by Edx
Get a strong foundation in digital accessibility to make your websites and apps work well for people with disabilities, meet international standards, and provide a better user experience for everyone.
Course Highlights
- What accessibility means, and how it’s essential for some people and useful for all
- The scope of web accessibility, and how it applies to a wide range of people and situations
- The business case, including how accessibility can expand market reach, demonstrate social responsibility, drive innovation, and minimize legal risk
- The W3C Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) and other international standards for accessibility
- The principles of accessibility: Perceivable, Operable, Understandable, and Robust (POUR)
- How you can check web pages for some basic accessibility issues and improve accessibility
- Approaches for planning managing accessibility in your project and in your organization
- Where to find W3C resources for developers and designers to implement accessibility
Skills you will learn!
Curriculum
2 Topics
Introduces the broad scope of digital accessibility through real stories of people with disabilities
Examples of how accessibility impacts the lives of interacting in the digital world
4 Topics
Explores how people with different disabilities use various assistive technologies and adaptive strategies
Introduces accessibility barriers and accessibility solutions
Explores how design decisions impact interactions
Explains the essential components of web accessibility
2 Topics
Presents direct and indirect return of investment and the organizational business case
Explains the broader benefits for everyone with or without disability
3 Topics
Covers international accessibility standards from W3C Web Accessibility Initiative (WAI)
Explains the guiding principles of web accessibility: Percievable Operable Understandable and Robust (POUR)
Guides through first steps in checking accessibility and applications
2 Topics
Explains approaches for integrating accessibility into your design and development processes
Provides tips to get started with accessibility right away
W3Cx: Introduction to Web Accessibility
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