1. Making your web site accessible a11yoz.com/maximise

2. Audit your content and site

3. Site audit Complete an audit of the site, testing, for example:
All images have ALT attributes
Data tables have table headers, SUMMARY and CAPTION
Pages have meaningful sequence
Forms have field labels, LABEL FOR and ID, FIELDSET and LEGEND

4. Site audit Complete an audit of the final site, testing, for example:
Complex images have long descriptions
Videos have transcripts, captions and audio descriptions
Navigation has hidden structural labels

5. Use the WCAG2 Evaluation methodology
Step 1: Define the Evaluation Scope
Step 2: Explore the Target Website
Step 3: Select a Representative Sample
Step 4: Audit the selected sample
Step 5: Report the Evaluation findings

6. Visible keyboard focus indicator

7. Keyboard accessibility

9. Site audit What must an audit include?
Both manual and automated testing
What should an audit include?
List of where every error occurs
User testing with people with disabilities

10. Conduct a11y review of fixes
Ensure any fixes are reviewed by an accessibility specialist!
Once accessibility compliance is confirmed you can ask your accessibility specialist for a “conformance claim” to add to your web site.
For more information on conformance claims, see:

11. Problem areas
Video

12. About video Video makes up approx 65% of all search results
Completion of a video with captions doubles compared to without captions
Videos with transcripts earned 16% more revenue than videos without transcripts
80% of people that use captions are not Deaf or Hard Of Hearing

13. Common accessibility issues for video
Inadequate keyboard access
Insufficient control and operation
Incorrect implementation
Inaccessible content
Missing captions: people who are Deaf or Hard-of Hearing can’t access your video
Missing audio descriptions: people who are vision-impaired can’t access your video

14. AccessibilityOz.com/OzPlayer
Features:
Fully keyboard accessible
Skip links
Interactive transcript
Captions
Audio descriptions
Plays YouTube/ Vimeo` videos

15. Problem areas
Social media

16. Why isn’t social media accessible?

17. Why isn’t social media accessible?
Lack of testing

18. Problem areas
Slideshows

19. AccessibilityOz.com/OzPlayer
Pause button
Skip links
ALT attributes
Fully keyboard accessible
github.com/accessibilityoz/ accessible-slideshow

20. Accessibility is an ongoing project

21. Maintaining accessibility compliance
Make accessibility an accepted part of the content publication process
Conduct six-monthly audits of content
Conduct regular training
Update policies as required
When rebuilding the site, engage an independent accessibility consultant

22. More information

23. Accessibilityoz.com/factsheets
Images factsheet
Content factsheet
Keyboard factsheet
PDF factsheet
HTML5 factsheet
Coding factsheet
Forms factsheet
Source order factsheet
Video factsheet
JavaScript factsheet
Tables factsheet
Interactive Maps factsheet

24. AccessibilityOz.com/resources/articles/
Mobile accessibility
Mobile accessibility fails: Do we need a WCAG3? (2015)
Accessibility during the build of a web site
Prioritising web accessibility during the build of a web site (2014)
Interactive maps and accessibility
Did someone say map? Making interactive maps accessible(2014)
Design and accessibility
Design and accessibility: Use of colour (2014)

25. AccessibilityOz.com/resources/articles/
CAPTCHA
CAPTCHA: Inaccessible to Everyone (2013)
CAPTCHA: How to do it right (ie. don’t use CAPTCHA!) (2014)
Slideshows
The Unbearable Inaccessibility of Slideshows (2015)
Video
8 steps to Creating Accessible Video (2014)
Links
Making Accessible Links: 15 Golden Rules For Developers (2014)

26. AccessibilityOz.com/resources/articles/
Images
The Hidden Nuggets of WCAG2: The Wonderful World of ALT Attributes (2012)
The Hidden Nuggets of WCAG2: When Not to Use ALT Attributes (2011)
Tables and forms
The Hidden Nuggets of WCAG2: Information Relationships (2011)
WCAG2
We should be celebrating our victories (2014)
The Hidden Nuggets of WCAG2: An Introduction (2011)

27. a11yoz.com/ maximise
Gian Wild