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Developing Websites for Accessibility

  • Number of Courses7 courses
  • Duration13 hours
  • Skill IQ available Skill IQ

Web accessibility means that websites, tools, and technologies are designed and developed so that people with disabilities can use them. More specifically, people can perceive, understand, navigate, and interact with and contribute to the Web.

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Developing Websites for Accessibility

In this path you will learn how those with disabilities access and use the web. You will test and evaluate accessibility, explore design considerations, build accessible forms, and learn how to provide accessibility for elements, images, and other forms of media.

Accessibility: Testing and Screen Reader Use

  • by Gerard K. Cohen
  • 2h 43m Duration
  •  (28)

Accessibility: Exploring Images and Media

  • by Fiona Holder
  • 1h 21m Duration
  •  (34)

Accessibility: Keyboard Input and Forms

  • by Fiona Holder
  • 1h 15m Duration
  •  (40)

Accessibility: Website Structure and Comprehension

  • by Matt Henry
  • 1h 35m Duration
  •  (37)

Introduction to Developing Custom Components with ARIA 1

  • by Gerard K. Cohen
  • 1h 29m Duration
  •  (16)

Developing Websites for Accessibility: Getting Started

  • by Brian Treese
  • 2h 24m Duration
  •  (67)

Meeting Web Accessibility Guidelines (Section 508/ WCAG 2.1)

  • by Gerard K. Cohen
  • 1h 51m Duration
  •  (199)

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Gerard K. Cohen
Gerard K. Cohen
Gerard lives near Sacramento with his wife, and when he is not sleeping or drinking Zombies at tiki bars, he helps raise awareness by speaking at Front End and Accessibility conferences around the country. He is also a member of the W3C Web Platform Work Group and contributor to the ARIA Authoring Practices.
Fiona Holder
Fiona Holder
Fiona Holder is Director of Software Development at Xibis Ltd, an innovative web and mobile application development company. She primarily works in C#,ASP.NET MVC, JavaScript, CSS, and HTML5, although a lot of her time is spent on leading development projects, mentoring others and ensuring that the company runs like a well­oiled software development engine! Fiona is also a strong advocate of web accessibility, and blogs on the subject on YouTube.
Matt Henry
Matt Henry
Matt is a passionate elearning professional. Since he began working in technology during middle school, Matt's career has spanned film, video, design, development, product management, and course authoring. He is currently the Vice President of Product at Innovative Language Learning, building a learner-centered platform for students to reach their language goals. As a committed generalist, Matt believes learning diverse subjects can benefit one's thinking in unpredictable and immeasurable ways. ... more
Brian Treese
Brian Treese
Brian Treese is the Chief of UX at SoCreate, a company building a fun and easy way to turn great ideas into movie & TV show scripts. Technically a Web Designer (he's always loved the aesthetic side of the web), but his expertise does not stop at Photoshop and Illustrator. He's been building websites for over a decade using technologies such as HTML, CSS, SASS, SVG, JavaScript, Angular, jQuery, ASP.Net, PHP, and more. While he very much enjoys building things, he also loves to learn and he finds ... more

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