Questions?

Contact the Equity and Access Office or NAU Accessibility Analyst, to learn more about accessibility on campus.

Accessibility resources

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W3C and W3Schools

The World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) has tips for getting started to help you make your website accessible. Read the W3C accessibility standards.  Want to learn even more? W3schools.com offers free tutorials in many common web languages and techniques.

Consequences for inaccessible environments and content

Over the past few years, several universities have been accused of discrimination, because many of their information technology applications could not accommodate people with disabilities. The University of Washington offers a review of some of those cases.

 

Introduction to Accessibility Accordion Closed
  1. Getting started with web accessibility
  2. The Beginner’s Guide to Accessibility

Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) Accordion Closed

The links in this section will take you to the guidelines themselves or helpful information directly related to the guidelines.

  1. Quick reference – How to meet WCAG
  2. WCAG Overview
  3. Techniques and Failures for WCAG 2.0
  4. Web accessibility guidelines (2.0)
  5. WCAG 2.1 at a Glance
  6. Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) 2.1
  7. Understanding WCAG 2.1 – Reviewing Mobile Success Criteria
  8. What’s New in WCAG 2.1
  9. Understanding Success Criterion 2.4.11: Focus Visible (Enhanced)
  10. H90: Indicating required form controls using label or legend
  11. Understanding SC 3.2.5: Change on Request
  12. G201: Giving users advanced warning when opening a new window
  13. G139: Creating a mechanism that allows users to jump to errors
  14. Error Identification:  Understanding SC 3.3.1

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This links in this section provide information about how people with different types of disabilities experience technology.

  1. How people with disabilities use the web
  2. Web accessibility perspectives

Design and Develop for accessibility and inclusion Accordion Closed
  1. Tips for Getting Started Developing for Web Accessibility (W3C)
  2. Designing for web accessibility
  3. Accessibility guidelines for UX Designers
  4. What Does Responsive Web Design Have to do with Accessibility?
  5. Developing for web accessibility
  6. Accessible web design
  7. WebAIM – Designing for Screen Reader Compatibility
  8. Give Your Site Some Focus! Tips for Designing Useful and Usable Focus Indicators
  9. WebAIM – Keyboard Accessibility
  10. Designing for Keyboard Accessibility – UW
  11. Menu Concepts
  12. Fly-outs – Menu Keyboard navigation
  13. ARIA6 Example
  14. Alt Img example
  15. ARIA19: Using ARIA role=alert or Live Regions to Identify Errors
  16. Design Considerations: Text-only Versions
  17. C7: Using CSS to hide a portion of the link text
  18. SCR2: Using redundant keyboard and mouse event handlers
  19. Creating Accessible Tables

Guides and tips for website accessibility Accordion Closed
  1. Writing good link text
  2. Writing for web accessibility
  3. WebAIM – Audio alternatives
  4. WebAIM – Alt Text
  5. WebAIM – Fonts
  6. W3C – Readability
  7. Writing alt text and long descriptions
  8. WordPress Accessibility

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  1. Contrast (minimum)

Guides and tips for document accessibility Accordion Closed
  1. Create usable and accessible PDF documents from Microsoft Word
  2. 10 tips for creating accessible documents
  3. Create accessible PDF documents (and other items) using Adobe products (Important concept: PDF Accessibility Starts with the Author)
  4. Microsoft mini-course in creating accessible Word documents
  5. Creating accessible PowerPoint presentations
  6. Creating accessible Excel workbooks
  7. Creating accessible forms in InfoPath
  8. Creating accessible notebooks in OneNote
  9. Accessibility overview of Microsoft Teams
  10. Chat and e-mail accessibility
  11. Creating Accessible Forms
  12. Form elements must have labels
  13. Website Accessibility (Best Practices): 15 Practices to Improve Your Website Accessibility

Mobile accessibility Accordion Closed
  1. Smartphone Accessibility 101: Mobile Screen Readers by Level Access
  2. Use TalkBack Gestures by Google Support
  3. Learn VoiceOver Gestures on iPhone by Apple Support iOS 12

Tutorials, courses, and other learning opportunities Accordion Closed
  1. Web Accessibility Tutorials
    1. Page Structure
    2. Menus
    3. Images
    4. Tables
    5. Forms
    6. Carousels
  2. SoloLearn (code)
  3. Freecodecamp
  4. Code Academy
  5. Places to learn code
  6. How to Code for Website Accessibility by Upwork
  7. Accessibility Coding Standards (WordPress)

Accessibility checklists Accordion Closed
  1. Web accessibility guidelines checklist