WCAG Course

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The WCAG Course can help anyone learn the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) – even if you’re non-technical and know nothing about web accessibility.

How to Learn WCAG 2.1 AA in as Little as 3 Hours… Even if You’re a Beginner

Did you know that learning website accessibility isn’t as difficult as it’s often portrayed?

Once you decode the Web Content Accessibility Guides, they’re really just simple to-do’s that you account for on your website.

The WCAG Course has helped people from around the world – including the United States, United Kingdom, China, Brazil, and Italy – learn the international standards for web accessibility.

The WCAG Course makes the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) easy to understand with plain English video and text explanations for each success criterion.

Benefits

Here’s how the course will help you:

• quickly improve your digital accessibility (and usability)
• open your website to a broader audience (and more customers)
• learn an in-demand market skill
• add your investment in training to your accessibility statement to demonstrate genuine commitment
• apply the principles in WCAG to all digital assets (apps, documents, software, etc.), not just websites
• market and showcase your accessibility prowess to customers and clients

This training program also helps with compliance with accessibility laws and regulations including:

• Section 508
• Section 504
• Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA)
• Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act (AODA)
• EN 301 549

Features

Here’s what’s inside the course:

• Focused lessons for each WCAG success criterion
• Video explanations
• Text explanations
• Examples of how to meet success criteria
• Links to extra helpful resources
• Downloadable WCAG 2.1 AA checklist in Excel spreadsheet (new: WCAG 2.2 AA added)

Course Creator

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Modules

Start

Lessons

• Introduction to the WCAG Course
• Course Updates

2.0

Lessons

• 1.1.1 Text Alternatives for Non-text Content
• 1.2.1 Alternatives for Audio-Only and Video-Only Content
• 1.2.2 Closed Captions for Video with Audio
• 1.2.3 Audio Description or Full Text Description of Video
• 1.2.4 Live Captions
• 1.2.5 Audio Description for Video
• 1.3.1 Structure Semantically with HTML
• 1.3.2 Correct Reading Order Sequence
• 1.3.3 Instructions Involve More Than One Sense
• 1.4.1 Color Not Only Way of Conveying Information
• 1.4.2 Audio Control
• 1.4.3 Color Contrast
• 1.4.4 Text is Resizable to 200%
• 1.4.5 Avoid Images of Text
• 2.1.1 Keyboard Only
• 2.1.2 No Keyboard Trap
• 2.2.1 Adjustable Time Limit
• 2.2.2 Pause, Stop, Hide Moving Content
• 2.3.1 Limited Flashing Content
• 2.4.1 Bypass Blocks
• 2.4.2 Descriptive Page Titles
• 2.4.3 Focus Order
• 2.4.4 Descriptive Links
• 2.4.5 Multiple Ways of Finding Pages
• 2.4.6 Headings and Labels
• 2.4.7 Visible Focus
• 3.1.1 Default Language
• 3.1.2 Language Change
• 3.2.1 No Automatic Change on Focus
• 3.2.2 No Automatic Change on Input
• 3.2.3 Consistent Navigation
• 3.2.4 Consistent Identification
• 3.3.1 Input Errors
• 3.3.2 Labels and Instructions
• 3.3.3 Error Suggestions
• 3.3.4 Prevent Serious Errors
• 4.1.1 Use Good, Clean Code
• 4.1.2 Custom Components Are Accessible

2.1

Lessons

• 1.3.4 Orientation
• 1.3.5 Identify Input Purpose
• 1.4.10 Reflow
• 1.4.11 Non-text contrast
• 1.4.12 Text spacing
• 1.4.13 Content on Hover or Focus
• 2.1.4 Character Key Shortcuts
• 2.5.1 Pointer Gestures
• 2.5.2 Pointer cancellation
• 2.5.3 Label in Name
• 2.5.4 Motion Actuation
• 4.1.3 Status Messages

2.2

Lessons

• 2.4.11 Focused Not Obscured
• 2.5.7 Dragging Movements
• 2.5.8 Target Size (Minimum)
• 3.2.6 Help Options Consistent
• 3.3.7 Redundant Entry
• 3.3.8 Accessible Authentication

Files

Lesson

• Excel Spreadsheet Checklist