{"id":8342,"date":"2012-05-18T15:09:56","date_gmt":"2012-05-18T19:09:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/carleton.ca\/webservices\/?page_id=8342"},"modified":"2012-05-18T15:09:56","modified_gmt":"2012-05-18T19:09:56","slug":"accessibility","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/webworkshops\/accessibility\/","title":{"rendered":"Web Accessibility"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Accessibility is of the utmost importance to Carleton University.<\/p>\n<p>Carleton&#8217;s commitment to accessibility is guided by the principles of dignity, independence, integration and equal opportunity and apply to students, faculty and staff, contractors and visitors or guests.<\/p>\n<h2>What is an accessible website?<\/h2>\n<p>Web accessibility refers to a set of guidelines, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/WCAG20\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG)<\/a>, that specify how to make digital content accessible for all users, despite differences in ability. WCAG is organized around four principles:<\/p>\n<p><strong><div class=\"slideme\"><dl class=\"slideme__list\"><dt class=\"slideme__term\"><a href=\"#slideme-perceivable\" aria-expanded=\"false\" aria-controls=\"slideme-perceivable\" class=\"slideme__heading slideme__trigger\">Perceivable<\/strong><\/a><\/dt><dd class=\"slideme__description\" id=\"slideme-perceivable\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><p><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Provide text alternatives for any non-text content.<\/li>\n<li>Place headings in logical sequential order.<\/li>\n<li>Make it easier for users to see and hear content including separating foreground from background.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><\/p><\/dd><dl><\/div><strong><div class=\"slideme\"><dl class=\"slideme__list\"><dt class=\"slideme__term\"><a href=\"#slideme-operable\" aria-expanded=\"false\" aria-controls=\"slideme-operable\" class=\"slideme__heading slideme__trigger\">Operable<\/a><\/dt><dd class=\"slideme__description\" id=\"slideme-operable\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><p><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Make all functionality available from a keyboard.<\/li>\n<li>Provide users enough time to read and use content.<\/li>\n<li>Do not design content in a way that is known to cause seizures.<\/li>\n<li>Provide ways to help users navigate, find content, and determine where they are.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><\/p><\/dd><dl><\/div><strong><div class=\"slideme\"><dl class=\"slideme__list\"><dt class=\"slideme__term\"><a href=\"#slideme-understandable\" aria-expanded=\"false\" aria-controls=\"slideme-understandable\" class=\"slideme__heading slideme__trigger\">Understandable<\/a><\/dt><dd class=\"slideme__description\" id=\"slideme-understandable\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><p><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Make text content readable and understandable.<\/li>\n<li>Make web pages appear and operate in predictable ways.<\/li>\n<li>Help users avoid and correct mistakes.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><\/p><\/dd><dl><\/div><strong><div class=\"slideme\"><dl class=\"slideme__list\"><dt class=\"slideme__term\"><a href=\"#slideme-robust\" aria-expanded=\"false\" aria-controls=\"slideme-robust\" class=\"slideme__heading slideme__trigger\">Robust<\/a><\/dt><dd class=\"slideme__description\" id=\"slideme-robust\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><p><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Use good design that works with all assistive technologies.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><\/p><\/dd><dl><\/div><\/p>\n<p>In cases where you can&#8217;t make the website or web content accessible, information it contains must be made available upon request.<\/p>\n<h2>How to Create Accessible Web Content<\/h2>\n<p>There are roughly 60 success criteria outline in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/WCAG20\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">WCAG 2.0 guidelines<\/a>.\u00a0 About 25% of these are specific to body content that each of our web content administrators have control over.\u00a0 These include things like:<\/p>\n<div class=\"columns\"><div class=\"columns__two\"><ul>\n<li>navigation<\/li>\n<li>headings<\/li>\n<li>tables<\/li>\n<\/ul><\/div>\n<div class=\"columns__two\"><ul>\n<li>text formatting<\/li>\n<li>hyperlinks<\/li>\n<li>images<\/li>\n<\/ul><\/div><\/div>\n<p>In this section of our website we have outlined 12 key things to do in four categories: text, images, tables, and video. 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