Duration 2 days

Objectives
It is becoming increasingly important that all public web sites, commercial and non-commercial alike, provide access for people with disabilities. Recently, the first UK court actions have been taken out against companies whose web sites do not comply with the Disability Discrimination Act. As a result, companies and organisations are becoming very aware of their responsibilities under the law, and web designers and developers alike are beginning to look at ways of making web sites both accessible and legally compliant.

Of course, making websites accessible to everyone also makes good business sense, and our hands-on course will enable web designers, developers and managers to make accessible web sites that reach the widest market. We will also demonstrate that designing for accessibility doesn’t have to be as difficult or as limiting as it may at first appear. Our course offers practical advice on the types of disability, different assistive technologies and the kind of design and coding techniques that are needed to enable web sites to work well with them.

On this course we will also look at different approaches to content design to help create attractive, inclusive and accessible web sites for all. At the end of the course you will build and test a website capable of being read by a screen-reader and with a range of other accessibility features built-in. You will then go on to test your site and modify it accordingly ready for publication.