Major Issues that Make Websites Inaccessible
- Website Platform: not compatible with accessibility software
- Content: videos not captioned; pdfs not accessible; embedded hyperlinks not properly named; images not described in the jpg title
- Not an exhaustive list
Goal
To be WCAG2.0 compliant (Web Content Accessibility Guidelines 2.0)
Tools
- Before you build a new website for accessibility: https://webaccess.berkeley.edu/evaluating/self-assessment
- Self-evaluate how accessible your website is now: https://webaim.org/standards/wcag/checklist
- Review how to create good pdfs and hyperlinks in the ‘Communications’ folder slide deck
- Have a clinic with campus experts in IST’s WebAccess: https://webaccess.berkeley.edu/evaluating/self-assessment
- Easy slide show on what happens with online remote captioning: https://aberdeen.io/blog/2020/04/10/webinar-replay-captioning-virtual-ev...