Web Accessibility Training - London

For developers and designers who need to create accessible web sites, "Web accessibility for developers and designers" is a 1-day seminar that shows delegates how to design accessible web pages and how to evaluate web pages for accessibility. Recently updated to cover the principles, guidelines and success criteria in WCAG 2.0, this seminar provides a practical path through the legislation, describing what you need to do to meet the minimum requirements, how to retrofit inaccessible pages and how to make sure new content is accessible.

WHAT YOU'LL LEARN
-Articulate the business benefits of an accessible website;
-Intuitively understand the obstacles facing disabled people as they use the web;
-Experience the assistive devices used by disabled people to overcome these barriers;
-Write alternative content;
-Interpret the principles, guidelines and success criteria in WCAG 2.0;
-Evaluate web site accessibility and define how accessibility standards will be met;
-Learn how to check the accessibility of individual pages, using tools like the web accessibility toolbar;
-Appreciate the strengths and weaknesses of on-line accessibility tools like Bobby;
-Use standards and guidelines to design sophisticated, accessible sites that will work in future browsers as well as current ones.

Associated Link: Web Accessibility Training - Information and Registration

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Date: 1 February 2008 to 1 February 2009
 
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