Forms must be carefully constructed to ensure accessibility. The form element must include an aria-label describing the purpose of the form. In the event of error or during a multiple Read More »
The W3C provides detailed instructions for creating accessible menus which we have summarized below along with providing some code examples for improving the accessibility of your menus: Verify that the Read More »
A skip (navigation) link provides a way for users of assistive technology to skip what can often be many navigation links. This skip link should go right after the body tag, (it Read More »
Landmarks provide a way to identify the organization and structure of a web page. The structural information conveyed visually to users should be represented programmatically in the markup using landmark Read More »
Course Length Approximately 8 hours of self-paced reading assignments and videos. Software required for this training Microsoft Word Adobe Acrobat Professional Web browser WP ADA Compliance Plugin Web Accessibility Topics Read More »
A very common accessibility problem is the lack of properly formatted Heading tags in a webpage (H1, H2, H3, H4, H5 or H6). Sometimes headings are not present or they Read More »
All web pages must have complete start and end tags, be nested according to their specifications, not contain duplicate attributes, and IDs must be unique. To ensure ADA compliance, use Read More »
Animated gifs that repeat non-stop or more than 3 times in one second should be avoided. To ensure compliance, animated images should stop after 5 seconds or users should be Read More »
If any audio plays automatically for more than 3 seconds, either a mechanism must be available at the top of the page to pause or stop the audio, or a Read More »
The main content is not usually the first thing on a webpage. This makes it difficult for screen reader users to locate the actual content. Skip links are used on Read More »
