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Overview

Web accessibility is now a required skill of all web developers. And yet many have not had the opportunity to learn it from real experts, who not only know accessibility, but themselves code websites every week.

Learn practical web development techniques to ensure websites are fully accessible across desktop, tablet and mobile. Understand the needs and challenges of people with disabilities, and how to apply the latest techniques to create responsive websites and hybrid web apps that meet the latest version of the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines, WCAG 2.1 AA.

The training leaves space to ask questions you may have regarding accessibility, and also includes an online assessment at the end of the course, so you can gain formal accreditation for your accessible coding skills from Hassell Inclusion Academy.

You will build your knowledge of accessibility through 12 practical modules covering:

• Who accessibility benefits, the tools and techniques people who need it use, and a demonstration of key testing tools
• Signposting content - the importance of semantic HTML
• Links and buttons
• Images and Media
• Text and Content
• Tables
• Keyboard and Gestures
• Introduction to WAI-ARIA
• Content that updates
• User input (including forms and error messages, labels, and field autocomplete)
• Custom controls and widgets
• Review and delegate feedback

Is this for you?

This is suitable for all web developers who want to enrich their existing HTML5, CSS and JavaScript skills with the understanding and techniques needed to make the code they deliver accessible and compliant with WCAG 2.1 AA.

If you have any questions about whether the course will give you what you need, contact us at learning@hassellinclusion.com and we'll be delighted to help you.

Benefits to you/your organisation

• Improve your personal skills in accessible web development, learning with your peers, from experts who themselves build sites every week
• ‘Continuing Professional Development’ for teams (leading to formal accreditation)
• Develop in-house expertise in the latest standards of web accessibility.
• Increase your market access and revenue opportunities through coding accessible, compliant sites that allow the fullest access to 20% of the population that are often excluded
• Reduce your risk of legal challenge (legal or regulatory) from site visitors who can't complete tasks on your site
• Create business advantage wherever clients require accessibility, especially in international markets with strict procurement requirements (Europe, USA, Australia)

Pre-Requisites

We'll send you an online pre-existing knowledge & skills questionnaire before the course, to help focus the training to the key needs of those attending. You will need to have existing skills in web development (HTML5, CSS and JavaScript), and the desire to learn and discuss code ideas. You will need to bring your own laptop to the training (PC or Mac) to engage in exercises and the assessment.