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Re: Web Accessibility Bootcamp January 15-16

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From: Paul Bohman
Date: Jan 5, 2015 8:13AM

The Web Accessibility Training Bootcamp in the Washington DC area is nearly
full, but there are a few seats still available for last-minute planners if
you hurry!

See the details at:
https://dequeuniversity.com/events/2015/bootcamp-january/

The list of topics is shown below:
Topics

This is an ambitious list of topics. It's an accelerated workshop designed
to give you a full taste of what's possible, and then allow you to review
and learn more at your own pace after the workshop though Deque
University's online courses.
Web Accessibility Fundamentals:

- Types of disabilities
- How people with disabilities use computers and the web
- Demonstrations of assistive technologies: screen readers, screen
magnifiers, etc.
- Applying accessible design principles to the web (perceivable,
operable, understandable, robust)
- Universal design and usability for disabilities and general audiences
- Web Content Accessibility Guidelines 2.0
- Laws, regulations, and legal compliance

HTML and CSS Accessibility Techniques

- Document structure and semantics (landmark regions, headings, lists,
etc.)
- Keyboard accessibility and device independence
- Navigation (menus, links, "skip to main content")
- Visual layout and styling
- Color and contrast
- Images (alternative text, background images, charts, graphs, font
icons, etc.)
- Video, audio, and multimedia
- Iframes
- Data tables
- Forms

ARIA, JavaScript, HTML 5, and Dynamic Web Accessibility

- Understanding the importance of names, roles, states, properties, and
relationships
- How accessibility APIs communicate to assistive technologies
- Form validation (confirmation and error messages, auto-validation,
etc.)
- Timed content and motion
- Examples of ARIA widgets, such as tablist, tabpanel, alert, modal
dialogs, carousels, auto-complete, AJAX, accordion menus, hide/show
content, tooltips, and more

How to Use a Screen Reader

- The basics of using a screen reader to test for accessibility
- Keyboard shortcuts for screen readers
- We will discuss NVDA, JAWS, and VoiceOver

Mobile Web Accessibility Highlights

- iPhone screen reader demonstration
- Android screen reader demonstration
- Tap and swipe motions with screen readers on mobile devices
- Other mobile accessibility highlights



Paul Bohman, PhD
Director of Training
Deque Systems, Inc
www.deque.com
703-225-0380, ext.121