Web Accessibility Training Course

Design for every user

Your websites and digital products should work for all users, regardless of ability, for ethical, legal and business reasons. There are millions of people in the UK with some form of disability, with a combined spending power of £billions.

Our hands-on web accessibility training is fantastic - small class sizes, highly interactive and taught by experts. It will teach you how to make your digital services work as well for disabled users as they do for fully abled users.

You'll finish the day with a great understanding of:

How disabled people use computers
You'll learn about the various types of disabilities that affect web and computer use, the challenges that they fact and the types of software and hardware people use
What the law says about digital access
Understand how the law on disability affects your organisation, and how to make sure that you provide an inclusive experience for your visitors
How to create inclusive digital content
Images, video, tables and interactive content - we'll show you how to make all your digital content more inclusive!
How to use the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG)
They're really overwhelming, but once you get confident and comfortable with using WCAG they can become an indispensable tool for you
How to check your content
Once we've worked through the basics, we'll show you how to apply what you've learned through some hands-on testing

What you'll need to bring:

A laptop and charger, for taking notes and trying things out
If you're bringing a Windows machine, then we recommend installing the free-to-use NVDA screen reader
If you're bringing a Mac, we'll be using the built in VoiceOver feature
For the testing element we'll be demonstrating some plugins for Chrome, so also download Wave extension and Contrast Radio Checker

What will you learn?

Morning

Different types of disabled user groups
Blind web users
Visually impaired web users
Mobility impaired web users

Deaf and hard of hearing web users
Users with reading difficulties
Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) and how to use them

Afternoon

Implementing accessibility
Form accessibility
Accessibility of tables
Use of colour
Accessible Rich Internet Applications (ARIA)

Video and audio accessibility
Testing for accessibility
Automated testing tools
Testing with the Web Accessibility Toolbar
Accessibility action plan

Meet Grant Broome, your trainer

Grant has been specialising in web accessibility for over a decade, consulting with a variety of organisations on how to make their online content accessible to people with disabilities.

He's audited hundreds of websites and provided many training courses to various European government teams and companies like Virgin and Legal & General. He has also spoken at events for the British Computer Society, Headstar and at the Bett Show.

His approach makes accessibility as simple and understandable as possible, and his passion for inclusion, draws people in to a subject that can seem complex from the start.

About the day

Duration

Courses start at 10am and finish at 4.30-5pm.

Food

Breakfast, lunch and cakes, all from the amazing PAUL's bakery plus as much fresh coffee, tea, soft drinks and fruit as you like.

Class size

No more than 10 participants - enough so you have other people to learn from but not too many that you're lost in the crowd.

What to bring

You'll need a laptop with a few programs on it, which we'll tell you about when you book. Once you've booked, let us know if you don't have a laptop (or can't install the programs) and we can lend you one of ours.