Course

Accessibility for developers

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How do you code with accessibility in mind? This course is aimed at developers who want to learn about digital accessibility and how that affects the coding process. Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) is a set of guidelines for creating and maintaining accessibility in websites. Our goal is to provide participants of this course with an understanding of the laws and guidelines that apply to accessibility, in theory and in practice.

Contents

  • Web accessibility laws
  • Disabilities and assistive devices
  • How to build HTML in an accessible way
  • WCAG 2.1 – what it is, and its guidelines
  • Best practice for issues and solutions
  • Screen readers and how to manage them
  • Testing tools and methodology
  • WAI-ARIA
  • ATAG
  • Work processes – how to include accessibility in a project

 

Duration

One full day on site, or two half days online

Course type

This customizable course for closed groups can be held on-site or online.

Prerequisites

This course is designed for developers, testers and for those with general programming experience. Basic knowledge of HTML, CSS and JavaScript is necessary.

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Charlotte Magnusson

Charlotte Magnusson

Head of Education, Consid Excellerate

charlotte.magnusson@consid.se

+46 72-368 73 36

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