Overview and objectives
This practical, non-technical workshop introduces the principles and practices of making a website accessible. It covers key aspects of web accessibility: looking at your legal obligations, business benefits, how people with disabilities access the web, guidelines and standards and planning and implementation techniques.
The workshop contains useful case studies and demonstrations of access technologies, and looks at examples of good and bad practice on the web today. Overall, the workshop aims to provide you with a framework within which to deploy and maintain accessible web sites.
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Suitable for: Website owners, commissioners, project managers, marketing people, content authors and other non-technical stakeholders in the development of an accessible site.
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Pre-requisites: None.
Content
Aspects include:
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the legal and business case - the legal and good practice drivers for accessible websites
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how people with disabilities access the web - a look at various access technologies and how web pages render
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guidelines and standards - an introduction to the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) and a wander around the web looking at sites built to these guidelines
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implementing accessibility - key aspects of retrofitting sites for accessibility, new builds, testing techniques and resources.
Benefits
Delegates will:
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understand the legal requirement for web accessibility
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be able to put together a business case for accessibility
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gain a familiarity with the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG), and other national and international legislation and guidance
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be able to put together implementation plans, manage and maintain accessible web sites.
Delegate comments
"I felt that the quality of the workshop was excellent. The trainer was well informed about current issues, was very approachable and answered questions thoroughly but without being led away from the structure of the day."
Katie Paling, Marketing and Website Administrator, The Place.
"The course covered everything I needed to know, was explained well and delivered at a level that I could understand."
Sarah Riahi, Web Services Assistant, Bracknell Forest Council.
Course detail
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Duration: full day (10am to 4.30pm)
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Fee: £275 plus VAT
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Dates and venues: to be confirmed.
How to book
To book a place on one of our open training courses, please fill out the
online open training booking form. Alternatively, please download and complete the
open training booking form (Word, 101kb) and email it to
webaccess@rnib.org.uk or contact us on
020 7391 2178.
A 10 per cent discount is available for delegates that book on more than one training course during the same training week. This 10 per cent discount applies to each course booked after the first one.
If your organisation has six or more delegates who would like to attend this course on the same day, we would be happy to run the course on an additional, mutually convenient date, either at your premises or at our venue. Please see our
in-house training page for more details regarding this.