Free

Web Accessibility

Course

In this course you’ll get hands-on experience making web applications accessible. You’ll understand when and why users need accessibility. Then you’ll dive into the “how”

Last Updated March 7, 2022

Prerequisites:

No experience required

Course Lessons

Lesson 1

Accessibility Overview

Explore the diversity of different users experience with web sites and applications. Learn about using screen readers practically and recognize the challenge of building web experiences for all users.

Lesson 2

Focus

Manage focus - the location on a page that receives input from the keyboard. Discover how some users navigate website entirely with the keyboard, and how to optimize their experience.

Lesson 3

Semantics Basics

Dive into the differences between visual UI and semantically designed accessible UI. Add semantic elements to HTML to create a user interface that works for everyone.

Lesson 4

Navigating Content

Implement effective semantic navigation using headings, link text and landmarks.

Lesson 5

ARIA

Sometimes an HTML element may not have a role or value assigned semantically. In this lesson, you'll use ARIA attributes to provide context for screen readers.

Lesson 6

Style

Incorporate CSS styling into your accessible web design and use accessible color schemes to improve accessibility.

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Alice Boxhall

Instructor

Rob Dodson

Instructor

Michael Wales

Instructor

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