{"id":17631,"date":"2022-05-19T13:39:30","date_gmt":"2022-05-19T17:39:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/webworkshops\/?page_id=17631"},"modified":"2022-08-11T14:33:29","modified_gmt":"2022-08-11T18:33:29","slug":"module-1-about-accessibility","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/webworkshops\/accessibility-training\/module-1-about-accessibility\/","title":{"rendered":"Module 1: About Accessibility"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Time estimate<\/h2>\n<p>The estimated time to complete the entire module is around <strong>40 minutes.<\/strong> Time estimates for individual units are listed on each page.<\/p>\n<h2>Topics<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/webworkshops\/accessibility-training\/module-1-about-accessibility-2\/what-is-accessibility\/\">What is accessibility and why does it matter?<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/webworkshops\/accessibility-training\/module-1-about-accessibility-2\/accessibility-challenges-and-barriers-to-access\/\">What are accessibility challenges and barriers to access?<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/webworkshops\/accessibility-training\/module-1-about-accessibility-2\/accessibility-strategy-and-guidelines\/\">How should I approach making content accessible and what are the rules and guidelines surrounding web accessibility?<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/webworkshops\/accessibility-training\/module-1-about-accessibility\/take-action-and-further-resources\/\">Take Action and Further Resources<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Learning Goals<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Understand what accessibility is and why it matters<\/li>\n<li>Become aware of the prevalence of disability in our community, and the importance of enabling access for persons with disabilities<\/li>\n<li>Explore additional benefits of accessible content<\/li>\n<li>Understand the accessibility challenges users may face, and how these can be accommodated for through designing with accessibility in mind.<\/li>\n<li>Learn how disability may change the user&#8217;s experience of web content and how designing accessibly enable persons with disabilities to access web content<\/li>\n<li>Consider other accessibility challenges and how these might also be mitigated through the use of design practices<\/li>\n<li>Understand that accessible web content can provide address many different accessibility challenges at the same time<\/li>\n<li>Consider and develop a strategic approach to making your content accessible<\/li>\n<li>Understand accessibility guidelines and rules (such as <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ontario.ca\/page\/how-make-websites-accessible\">AODA<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/WCAG20\/\">WCAG<\/a>) and how to create regulation-compliant content<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Get Started!<\/h2>\n\n<div class=\"u-center-text\">\n\t<p>\n\t\t<a class=\"button__red button__red--solid\" href=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/webworkshops\/accessibility-training\/module-1-about-accessibility-2\/what-is-accessibility\/\"  rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">What is Accessibility?<\/a>\n\t<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Time estimate The estimated time to complete the entire module is around 40 minutes. 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