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From: Howard Kramer
Date: May 15, 2020 8:33AM

Please excuse the cross-posts.

Passing along this announcement from the Education and Outreach Working
Group of WAI:

The Accessibility Education and Outreach Working Group (EOWG) has
published 5 short *videos that introduce evaluation resources* from
the W3C Web Accessibility Initiative (WAI), at:
https://www.w3.org/WAI/test-evaluate/

The animated videos cover:
* Easy Checks — A First Review of Web Accessibility
* Evaluation Tools
* Conformance Evaluation, including the Report Tool
* Involving Users in Web Accessibility

You can use the videos freely under a Creative Commons License,
including in upcoming Global Accessibility Awareness Day (GAAD)
promotions and events. Other resources particularly relevant for GAAD
include:
* Video Introduction to Web Accessibility and W3C Standards
<https://www.w3.org/WAI/videos/standards-and-benefits/>
* Web Accessibility Perspectives videos that demonstrate how
accessibility is essential for some and useful for all
<https://www.w3.org/WAI/perspective-videos>
* Free online course (through September 2020): Introduction to Web
Accessibility <https://www.w3.org/blog/2019/12/free-online-course-introduction-to-web-accessibility/>

We encourage you to share this information and include @w3c_wai #a11y #GAAD
Here's a tweet you can use:
https://twitter.com/w3c_wai/status/1260952007688544256

Regards,
Shawn Henry, WAI Outreach and EOWG W3C Staff Contact
Sharron Rush, EOWG Co-Chair
Brent Bakken, EOWG Co-Chair




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Regards,
Howard

Howard Kramer
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