{"id":21193,"date":"2025-06-16T08:33:49","date_gmt":"2025-06-16T12:33:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/webservices\/?p=21193"},"modified":"2025-06-16T08:49:55","modified_gmt":"2025-06-16T12:49:55","slug":"new-web-accessibility-website-launches","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/webservices\/2025\/new-web-accessibility-website-launches\/","title":{"rendered":"New Web Accessibility website launches"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<section class=\"w-screen px-6 cu-section cu-section--white ml-offset-center md:px-8 lg:px-14\">\n    <div class=\"space-y-6 cu-max-w-child-5xl  md:space-y-10 cu-prose-first-last\">\n\n            <div class=\"cu-textmedia flex flex-col lg:flex-row mx-auto gap-6 md:gap-10 my-6 md:my-12 first:mt-0 max-w-5xl\">\n        <div class=\"justify-start cu-textmedia-content cu-prose-first-last\" style=\"flex: 0 0 100%;\">\n            <header class=\"font-light prose-xl cu-pageheader md:prose-2xl cu-component-updated cu-prose-first-last\">\n                                    <h1 class=\"cu-prose-first-last font-semibold !mt-2 mb-4 md:mb-6 relative after:absolute after:h-px after:bottom-0 after:bg-cu-red after:left-px text-3xl md:text-4xl lg:text-5xl lg:leading-[3.5rem] pb-5 after:w-10 text-cu-black-700 not-prose\">\n                        New Web Accessibility website launches\n                    <\/h1>\n                \n                                \n                            <\/header>\n\n                    <\/div>\n\n            <\/div>\n\n    <\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Web Services in ITS<\/strong>\u00a0has launched a new website focused on best practices for creating accessible content on Carleton websites. The\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/webaccessibility\">Web Accessibility\u00a0site<\/a> highlights 10\u201315 commonly overlooked accessibility areas, each with:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>An explanation of its importance<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>A best practice example<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>A less accessible example<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Related benefits in SEO, usability, and marketability<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>WCAG references with quotes and links<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>The site features a clean, user-friendly design and is a database of factors in creating accessible content, tailored to Carleton\u2019s needs. Its goal is to help the Carleton community build accessible websites &#8211; not as a &#8220;problem&#8221; to fix, but as a foundation for inclusive design. Accessibility improves usability, search rankings, and Carleton\u2019s overall appeal.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>If you would like further input on accessibility, please do not hesitate to <a href=\"https:\/\/itsjira.carleton.ca\/servicedesk\/customer\/portal\/5\/create\/668\">reach out to ITS<\/a>. Also available is <a href=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/webworkshops\/accessibility-training\/\">our self-guided training resource on web accessibility<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><br><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Web Services in ITS\u00a0has launched a new website focused on best practices for creating accessible content on Carleton websites. The\u00a0Web Accessibility\u00a0site highlights 10\u201315 commonly overlooked accessibility areas, each with: The site features a clean, user-friendly design and is a database of factors in creating accessible content, tailored to Carleton\u2019s needs. 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