Course Overview
TOPIn this Web Accessibility Strategy course for Managers, you ll learn how to plan for website accessibility. Discover how to use accessibility in the enterprise, identify scope, goals, and functions, implement accessibility in site redesign, and adhere to laws and policies governing accessibility. This class is intended for non-designers, managers, and those responsible for understanding, following and enforcing web accessibility guidelines. Attendees of this class do not need expert web design knowledge.
Scheduled Classes
TOP| 06/13/25 - AGI - Virtual Instructor-Led - Virtual Instructor-Led | (click to enroll)
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| 07/30/25 - AGI - Virtual Instructor-Led - Virtual Instructor-Led | (click to enroll)
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| 10/01/25 - AGI - Virtual Instructor-Led - Virtual Instructor-Led | (click to enroll)
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| 12/03/25 - AGI - Virtual Instructor-Led - Virtual Instructor-Led | (click to enroll)
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What You'll Learn
TOP- Appreciate the role of accessibility in the enterprise
- Choose the right approach to accessibility implementation
- Define the scope, goals, and functions of implementation
- Solve web accessibility problems through redesign
- Get familiar with Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG)
- Adhere to web accessibility law and policy
Outline
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Viewing outline for:
Lesson 1: Accessibility in the enterprise
- Setting up an accessibility organization
- The makeup of the organization
- Authority of the organization
Lesson 2: Scope, goals, and functions
- Accessibility awareness
- Feedback
- Quality assurance
- Support
- Standards
- ARIA
- Public representation
Lesson 3: Approaches to Implementation
- Initial assessment
- Accessibility strategy
- Implementation plan
- Handover to the AO
Lesson 4: Getting familiar with WCAG 2.1
- Web Standards vs. Accessibility Guidelines
- Inside WCAG 2.1
- WCAG Principle 1 - Perceivable
- WCAG Principle 2 - Operable
- WCAG Principle 3 - Understandable
- WCAG Principle 4 - Robust
- WCAG Criteria and documents
- Using the guidelines
- Advantages and concerns
- Section 508 Accessibility and WCAG
Lesson 5: Redesigning a website to make it accessible
- The original site and web accessibility issues
- The redesign process
- Solving web accessibility problems
- Lessons learned in the web accessibility process
- Implementing the new design
Lesson 6: Web accessibility law and policy
- ADA and the Internet
- Section 255
- Section 508
- Legal hot topics
- Worldwide laws and policies
The course topics serve as an outline for the course. Instructors may adjust content based on the specific needs of each class, such as to answer your Web Accessibility questions.
Prerequisites
TOPGeneral computer familiarity is required before starting this class, including understanding of how to use a web browser and navigate the Internet.
Who Should Attend
TOPThis class is intended for non-designers, managers, and those responsible for understanding, following and enforcing web accessibility guidelines. Attendees of this class do not need expert web design knowledge.
