Ryerson-test/RYER101/Overview

Learning Outcomes

By the time you complete this course, you should be able to:

Create an accessibility auditing toolkit.
Identify and apply key accessibility guidelines in WCAG 2.0.
Retrieve WCAG 2.0's supporting documents when needed.
Employ Web-based automated accessibility checkers.
Measure and/or assess Web design elements such as colour contrast, readability, and others using a range of publicly available test tools.
Test for accessibility using assistive technologies such as the JAWS and ChromeVox screen readers.
Use a screen reader to navigate the Web.
Apply easy manual tests to quickly assess accessibility.
Select an appropriate type of Web accessibility audit and corresponding reporting strategy aimed at the audience being served.
Recognize relevant accessibility guidelines, standards and specifications and integrate these into accessibility review strategies based on international requirements.

You will need the following applications to complete the course:

Chrome Web browser (and the ChromeVox Screen Reader, for which links and installation instructions will be provided in the course)
A word processing application (e.g., Microsoft Word, OpenOffice, or Google Docs)
A PDF reader (e.g., Adobe Reader)