| Date | October 13, 2009 (9:30am – 4:30pm) |
|---|---|
| Venue | BSG House, London, United Kingdom |
| Trainer | Ben Logan |
| Duration | 1 day |
| Cost | $930.00 ex VAT |
Overview
Web accessibility has been a legal requirement in countries that have disability and discrimination laws, such as the UK, for a number of years. However, few businesses show much more interest than they did three years ago, with many ignoring it altogether.
This workshop provides a practical hands-on approach to accessibility compliance and inclusive design. Through the day you’ll learn how to champion the cause, identify compliance issues and easily build sites that are easy for anyone to use.
WHO IS THIS COURSE FOR?
This course is for you if you are actively involved in website design either as a designer, developer or manager of an in-house or agency web design team. The course will also be valuable for marketing managers who want to find out about the business and brand benefits of an accessibility focus, and project managers who want to ensure their web projects comply with standards and legislation.
HOW WILL I BENEFIT?
After attending this course, you will be able to:
• Articulate the business benefits of an accessible website
• Describe the assistive devices used by disabled people to overcome accessibility barriers
• Demystify accessibility compliance documents and laws
• Evaluate website accessibility and define how accessibility standards will be met
WHAT WILL I LEARN?
This in-depth course will cover the following topics:
• Accessibility standards explained
• Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) 1.0 / 2.0
• Publicly Available Specification (PAS) 78
• Main disability types
• Royal National Institute for the Blind (RNIB) Guidelines
Legal standing
• Disability Discrimination Act (DDA)
Introduction to accessibility
• What does it mean?
• Who’s affected?
• Assistive technology demonstration (Jaws, Lynx and ZoomText)
• Video presentations
Creating accessible sites
• Dispelling common myths
• Easy work-arounds
• Writing for the web
• Basic best practice compliance
Practical examples
• Walkthrough of WCAG 1.0 Level 1 (A) and Level 2 (AA) checkpoints
Practical introduction to WCAG
• Overview of simplified standards
• Participatory site inspection
Testing for accessibility compliance
• Simple tools and techniques available to everyone
• Demonstration of Accessible Information Solutions (AIS) tool bar
• Automated testing vs Manual testing
• User testing
Future trends
• Cross platform compliance (TV and mobile)
• AJAX (Asynchronous JavaScript and XML)
• WAI-ARIA (Accessible Rich Internet Applications)
• Accessible PDFs
• Accessible Flash
• Video presentation
Trainer
Ben Logan
Director, Spotless Design
Ben has over 9 years' experience in the New Media industry, despite being one of the youngest Econsultancy trainers, and is extremely passionate about all aspects of web usability and front end design. Ben has worked agency-side for agencies such as AKQA, Dare Digital, Syzygy and CorporateEdge and also direct for clients including GE Money, BDO Stoy Hayward LLP, Capita and more.
The courses Ben typically delivers for Econsultancy include:
- Usability and User Experience
- Accessibility
Ben worked at KPMG for 5 years as the lead UK intranet designer that saw him work on global branding projects over in the USA. Ben left in 2004 seeing an opportunity to offer accessibility services to clients direct, and set up his own business called Spotless Design. The types of services offered include user research, functionality and compatibility testing, design and build and accessibility testing. Ben also runs monthly training courses in other areas for his own organisation such as Adobe PDF tagging, Wireframing in Axure RP Pro and more.
Ben is a member of the following groups:
- Usability Professionals Association
- Guild of Accessible Web Designers
- British Computer Society
Spotless Design has been mentioned in publications such as .net magazine, ZDNet and Computer Weekly.
In his spare time Ben can be found DJ-ing in various clubs in London and abroad as part of the deep house production trio he's involved with called The Layabouts.
