1. The Disability Resource Center Web Accessibility Assessment for Everyone

2. The Disability Resource Center I believe in bicycles I believe in riding my bike to the store, riding to work, riding for fun, fitness and adventure - Road bikes, mountain bikes, single-speeds, you name it. As long as it has two wheels and a human motor, I'm on it. And I truly believe, deep down in my easily misdirected soul, that the world would be a better place if more people rode bicycles. - Don Cuerdon

3. The Disability Resource Center Web accessibility issues are often invisible

4. The Disability Resource Center Categories of disabilities Learning disabilities Deaf and hard of hearing Vision impaired and blind Mobility impaired

5. The Disability Resource Center Impacts of disabilities Learning disabilities – reading challenges Hearing impaired and Deaf – no speakers Vision impaired and blindness – no monitor and mouse Mobility impaired – no mouse

6. The Disability Resource Center Elements of accessibility Structure Styling (font, color, spacing) Images Media Keyboard navigation

7. The Disability Resource Center Web accessibility standards Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) 2.0 AA Section 508

8. The Disability Resource Center Web accessibility evaluation WebAIM’s WCAG 2.0 checklist A11yproject.com checklist IBM web accessibility checklist

9. The Disability Resource Center Web accessibility evaluation process Perform both manual and automated checks Structure and keyboard navigation Images and links Color contrast Media Forms

10. The Disability Resource Center Web accessibility checking software Comprehensive checkers WAVE Firefox toolbar and WAVE online service WAVE Firefox toolbarWAVE online service AInspector Sidebar Firefox extension W15y Quick Check

11. The Disability Resource Center Web accessibility checking software Automated tools Functional Accessibility Evaluator SiteImprove – from SiteImprove SiteImprove

12. The Disability Resource Center Web accessibility checking software ARIA roles and color contrast Juicy Studio color contrast checker WCAG contrast checker AInspector Sidebar Firefox extension

13. The Disability Resource Center Web accessibility checking software Screen readers ChromeVox Screen Reader NVDA – free screenreader NVDA JAWS – screen reader JAWS VoiceOver – Mac built in screen reader VoiceOver

14. The Disability Resource Center Web accessibility checking Additional checks Use only the tab key, space bar and the Enter key on your keyboard. Use screen magnification Use browser based text magnification Use Speech to Text software (Dragon Naturally Speaking)

15. The Disability Resource Center Web accessibility checking Usability testing An accessible web page or application may not be functionally accessible. Use people with disabilities to test your website.

16. The Disability Resource Center Example of using WAVE Toolbar z.umn.edu/scansample Issues Requires manual checking Image alt tags Outline ARIA roles

17. The Disability Resource Center Example of using AInspector z.umn.edu/scansample Issues Requires manual checking Image alt tags Outline ARIA roles

18. The Disability Resource Center Example of using W15yQC z.umn.edu/scansample Issues Requires manual checking Image alt tags Outline ARIA roles

19. The Disability Resource Center WCAG Good / Bad example z.umn.edu/goodbad

20. The Disability Resource Center In conclusion Web accessibility issues are often invisible. Identification of web accessibility issues is done using a combination of manual and automated checks. Making Web page elements accessible does not insure functional accessibility.

21. The Disability Resource Center Contact info Tonu Mikk tmikk@umn.edu 612 625-3307 http://accessibility.umn.edu http://cap.umn.edu http://diversity.umn.edu/disability