WAI Curricula

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Build, Compare, and Select

Courses on Web Accessibility

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Daniel Montalvo, W3C WAI

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W3C WAI w3.org / WAI

• World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) Web Accessibility Initiative (WAI)
• Standards
• WCAG - Web Content Accessibility Guidelines
• ATAG - Authoring Tool Accessibility Guidelines
• UAAG - User Agent Accessibility Guidelines
• Technical resources
• WAI-ARIA - Accessible Rich Internet Applications
• Audio and Video
• Evaluation
• Personalization
• Pronunciation

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Educational Resources - a few examples

• How People with Disabilities Use the Web
• Perspectives Videos illustrating how�accessibility is essential for some and useful for all
• Making Events Accessible: Checklist for …
• Making Audio and Video Media Accessible
• … and more from: w3.org / WAI / resources

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Finding Suitable Accessibility Training

• Quality and suitability of accessibility training is often influenced by:
• Coverage of needs of people with disabilities
• Instructors expertise
• Regulation-oriented approach
• Coverage of accessibility overlaps with other disciplines

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Objectives

• People developing courses want guidance on
• What to include
• How to teach accessibility topics
• How to assess students knowledge
• People selecting courses want guidance on
• Course quality
• Appropriate coverage of topics

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Essentials for Teaching Accessibility

• Involve people with disabilities
• Include the Why and the How
• Cover all disabilities
• Approach accessibility holistically
• Make it accessible

Available Curricula

• Role-based
• Modular approach
• Foundation modules (all roles)
• Developers
• Designers
• Content Authors

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Module Contents

• Learning outcomes
• Competencies
• Topics to teach
• Ideas for teaching and assessment
• Teaching resources

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Foundation Modules

1. What is web accessibility
2. People and digital technology
3. Business case and benefits
4. Principles, standards, and checks
5. Getting started with accessibility

Developer Modules

1. Page Structure
2. Menus
3. Images
4. Tables
5. Forms
6. Custom widgets
7. Rich Applications

Designer Modules

1. Visual Design
2. Information Design
3. Navigation Design
4. Interaction Design
5. Images and Graphics
6. Multimedia and Animations
7. Forms Design

Content Author Modules

1. Clear Content
2. Structure
3. Forms
4. Images
5. Data Tables
6. Multimedia

We welcome your feedback

• Curricula: w3.org / WAI / curricula
• Submit comments via GitHub or e-mail -�links in "Help improve this page" box�near the bottom of all pages

Educational Resources - a few examples (2)

• Tips for Designing, Developing, Writing
• Web Accessibility Tutorials
• Tools for developing reports and accessibility statements
• … and more from: w3.org / WAI / resources

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Free Online Course�w3.org / WAI / courses / foundations-course

Thank You

w3.org / WAI

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• Daniel Montalvo: dmontalvo@w3.org

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