Requirements
- Having followed one training course on raising awareness on web accessibility;
- Being proficient in web interfaces design (either UI design or UX design);
- No technical background required.
Goals
- Acquiring the necessary knowledge to take all users into account from the design stage in compliance with the RGAA;
- Respecting accessibility rules relating to ergonomics and graphical aspects;
- Understanding the role of designers in achieving a web project’s accessibility.
Training plan
- Common misconceptions about web accessibility;
- Universal design principles;
- Perception and understanding:
- Typography readability;
- Colours and contrasts;
- Texts and symbols.
- Links and navigation:
- Navigation:
- Navigation menus;
- Skip links.
- Links and buttons:
- Explicit link and button labels;
- Specifying links : external links, download links, etc.;
- Clicking areas.
- Navigation:
- Forms and interaction:
- Forms usability;
- Mandatory fields;
- Input help and assistance;
- Error messages and confirmation messages.
- Content display:
- Media (audio, video);
- Text transcripts;
- Data and presentation tables.