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Web Accessibility & ARIA bootcamp: Seats still available

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From: Paul Bohman
Date: Apr 23, 2015 2:32PM

There are still seats available in the upcoming Web Accessibility and ARIA
workshop in the Washington DC area next week. The details and sign-up are
online:

https://dequeuniversity.com/events/2015/bootcamp-april

I've pasted in some of the highlights here too:

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

Schedule Part 1: Thursday April 30

- 8:30-9:00 — Breakfast (provided by Deque)
- 9:00-9:30 — Introductions & Mobile Web Accessibility Highlights
- 9:30-10:45 — Web Accessibility Fundamentals
- 10:30-10:45 — Break
- 10:45-12:00 — HTML & CSS Accessibility Techniques
- 12:00-1:00 — Lunch (provided by Deque)
- 1:00-3:00 — HTML & CSS Accessibility Techniques (continued)
- 3:00-3:15 — Break
- 3:15-4:30 — HTML & CSS Accessibility Techniques (continued)
- 4:30-5:00 — How to Use Screen Readers
- 6:00 — Optional dinner at local restaurant (not provided by Deque)

Part 2: Friday May 1

- 8:30-9:00 — Breakfast (provided by Deque)
- 9:00-10:30 — ARIA, JavaScript, & HTML 5
- 10:30-10:45 — Break
- 10:45-12:00 — ARIA, JavaScript, & HTML 5 (continued)
- 12:00-1:00 — Lunch (provided by Deque)
- 1:00 - 2:30 — ARIA, JavaScript, & HTML 5 (continued)
- 2:30-3:30 — ARIA, JavaScript, & HTML 5 (continued)



Paul Bohman, PhD
Director of Training, Deque Systems, Inc
https://DequeUniversity.com
703-225-0380, ext.12