Confirming accessibility of websites for people with special needs

From Wikiversity

Jump to: navigation, search
Web Design → Confirming accessibility of websites for people with special needs
DeliciousFruitFromOSWD.png
 This page is part of the Web Design project.
CSSZenGardenLikeTheSea.png
Original image: 'Access for skinny wheelchairs only' http://www.flickr.com/photos/20816835@N00/210641686 by: Richard Drdul

From the official document:

"This unit defines the competency required to ensure that a website is accessible to users with special needs including people with disabilities."

Basically, that means this unit is based on building a website that everybody can use.

You can read more about this unit on the National Training Information Systems Official document for ICAT4183A.

This unit forms part of the following qualifications:


Contents

[edit] How this unit will help you

After learning and applying the skills required by this unit you'll be able to demonstrate your skills in:

ELEMENT PERFORMANCE CRITERIA
1. Identify accessibility standards
  1. Research and identify specific user groups with particular accessibility requirements
  2. Identify general legislated and industry accessibility standards and requirements to understand the wider context of accessibility
  3. Identify web development standards and prioritise application
  4. Consolidate specific and general standards and requirements into an accessibility checklist for application to website related work
2. Test for accessibility of website
  1. Select and prepare appropriate automatic testing tools and software
  2. Run automatic testing tools and based on results, make and document changes
  3. Ensure that the text equivalent for every non-text element is present in the website where feasible
  4. Verify that all information conveyed with colour is also available without colour
  5. Identify all changes in the natural language of a document text
  6. Check and ensure that document can be read without style sheets
  7. Check and ensure that all priorities identified in the analysis of web development standards are met and completed
  8. Test site with different user groups'ensure that the site transforms successfully and maintains accessibility'
3. Test pages
  1. Check and ensure that pages are not dependent on colour and can operate in a monochrome environment
  2. Check and ensure that pages are logical and accessible in a text-only environment
  3. Verify that pages operate correctly on text-to-speech browser
  4. Have the accessibility of the website signed off by an appropriate person as meeting web development standards
  • translate the above elements and performance criteria into plain english and summarise here...

[edit] Ideas for learning the required skills

Stub
This section is a stub. You can help Wikiversity by expanding it.

[edit] Ideas for demonstrating this unit

The best way to demonstrate these skills is ...

Stub
This section is a stub. You can help Wikiversity by expanding it.

[edit] Grading

If you are demonstrating this unit as part of a formal course, you might find that the unit is graded (meaning you can not only demonstrate your competence, but can also gain a credit or distinction). Your facilitator may already have set criteria that your college uses. If not, here are some ideas for possible credit/distinction activities that you can discuss with your facilitator:

Stub
This section is a stub. You can help Wikiversity by expanding it.

[edit] Notes and discrepancies

Stub
This section is a stub. You can help Wikiversity by expanding it.
v • d • e
Introduction to web design


HTML: What is HTML, Advanced HTML Tutorial, HTML Challenges, Lists and Tables, The Structure of HTML, Pen and Paper HTML activities
CSS: Learning Basic HTML and CSS, CSS challenges, Embedded CSS, Basic HTML and CSS Tutorial, Inline CSS, Develop cascading style sheets
PHP: Simple functions in PHP, Dynamic websites, PHP challenges, Dynamic websites with PHP, Generating a receipt with PHP, Responding to HTML forms with PHP,
Javascript: An Introduction to Programming with Javascript, JavaScript Challenges, Getting to know Javascript events, Getting to know the Document Object Model with Javascript, JavaScript pen-n-paper activities, Web Programming Intro, Produce basic client side script for dynamic web pages
XML: XML challenges
Databases: Creating Database Tables
Projects: A small website project, A step-by-step web design project, Build a basic web page, Build a small website
Challenges: Web design challenges, HTML Challenges, AJAX Challenges, CSS challenges, JavaScript Challenges, PHP challenges, XML challenges, Information Architecture Challenges, Introductory algorithm challenges
Activities: Web design group learning activities, Pen and Paper HTML activities, A Web Design Quiz show, Ordering Tasks for a Web Project, Paired Bio Pages, Scoping a Small Project, Emerging Technologies Research Activities
Project management: An introduction to Project Management, Developing a Client Project
Design: Accessibility, Design Principles for Web Design, Design Suggestions
Testing: Testing Website performance, Website Performance Test Plan
Publishing: Getting Your Site On the Web
Certification and standards: Cert IV Websites Qualification in Australia, Australian Qualifications, Web design qualifications
Professional development: Developing your online portfolio, Contribute to personal skill development and learning, Useful Applications, Useful Books, Emerging Technologies, Using the Internet as a Learning Tool
Course meta-information: Web design, About the web design learning project, New Structure, Sample Timetable

Retrieved from "http://en.wikiversity.org/wiki/Confirming_accessibility_of_websites_for_people_with_special_needs"