ACCESSIBILITY: HOW TO DESIGN FOR ALL

COURSE DESCRIPTION

This course will help you achieve exactly that—from handling images to getting the most out of ARIA markup, you’ll learn how to approach accessibility from all angles. You’ll gain practical, hands-on skills that’ll enable you to assess and optimize for common accessibility issues, as well as show you how to place an emphasis on the quality of the user experience by avoiding classic mistakes. What’s more, you’ll also come away with the knowledge to conduct effective accessibility testing through
working with users with disabilities.

TARGET AUDIENCE

• UX designers, UX researchers and visual designers who want to know more about accessibility
• Developers who are looking to learn about, and improve, their accessibility skills and approaches
• UX or development managers who want to build organizational momentum and align a team around accessibility best practices
• Legal counsel or teams who are looking to understand and improve accessibility compliance beyond a cursory understanding

Lesson 0: Welcome and Introduction
• An introduction to courses from the Interaction Design Foundation
• Let our community help you
• How to earn your Course Certificate
• Meet and learn from design professionals in your area
• Gain Timeless Knowledge Through Courses From The Interaction Design Foundation
• Mandatory lessons vs. Optional lessons

Lesson 1: Accessibility Basics
• Accessibility: Why It Matters
• Ten Principles of Accessibility for Web and Mobile Design
• How Accessibility Impacts Usability and SEO
• Interview: The Impact of Poor Accessibility
• Experiencing Accessibility Issues With Each Disability Type
• What Poor and Good Accessibility Looks Like

Lesson 2: Steps to Gaining Compliance
• Using Automated Tools: Pros and Cons
• Following the Guidelines: Pros and Cons
• Getting Compliant: Section 508 Issues and Lessons
• Identifying Your Compliance Requirements: A, AA, AAA
• How to Use WCAG 2.0 Guidelines: Theory vs Practice

Lesson 3: Optimizing Your Code
• Code Optimization Basics and Opportunities
• Images: All about Alt + Contrast
• Keyboard
• Focus Control + Layout Considerations For UX Designers
• Forms, Tables and Search
• 3rd Party Content
• Pop Ups + Iframes
• HTML5, CSS + ARIA
• ARIA Markup
• Javascript
• Dynamic Content: Infographics, Animations, Audio Descriptions, Video, Live Events
• Designing Accessible Navigation

Lesson 4: Meeting Accessibility Design Challenges
• Toward Accessible Interaction Design
• Interview: Visual Bias e.g. Maps
• Web Site and Web Application Issues and Tips
• Interview: Social Media Accessibility Experiences
• Mobile Accessibility Issues and Tips
• VR/AR Accessibility Issues and Tips
• Plain English and Copywriting Tips for Inclusive Design
• PDF Accessibility and Document Accessibility Experiences
• Elderly and Senior Users

Lesson 5: Inclusive Design Strategies and Tactics
• Approaching Inclusive Design and Compliance
• Identify Your Audience: Disability Personas
• Interview: Accessibility Needs to Be Built into Design and Dev from the Start
• Building an Accessibility Program in Your Organization
• ROI of Accessibility

Lesson 6: Accessibility Testing
• How Does Accessibility Testing Differ From Other Kinds of Testing?
• Assistive Technologies: Test Tools
• Accessibility Testing: How to Conduct Access Testing
• Tips for Recruiting Users; Moderating Tests: Assessing and Taking Action on Feedback
• Interview: Accessibility Testing in Action
• Quality of Accessible Experience: How Far Should You Go?
• Evaluating Your Accessibility Level: Feeling Confident With Accessibility Optimization

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