WCAG

Identify what WCAG is and the four main principles

Core readings

1. WCAG 101
   Provides an overview of web content accessibility guidelines including the four principles of WCAG
2. Introduction to web accessibility (includes video)
   Introduction to web accessibility and W3C standards.
3. User Stories
   Examples of the effect of accessibility barriers on persons with disabilities
4. Spina, C. (2019). WCAG 2.1 and the Current State of Web Accessibility in Libraries.
   Examines the new success criteria in the recently released WCAG 2.1, considers the opportunity they present for libraries to improve the user experience for users with a broad range of disabilities, and proposes steps to improve compliance with WCAG and online accessibility more broadly.

Reference materials

• WCAG Glossary
  Provides list of terms used in web content accessibility guidelines
• Teach and Advocate (W3C)
  Checklists and curricula for a crafting a variety of outputs (e.g. presentations, hybrid conferences, meetings, online courses, etc) with accessibility foregrounded

Additional training opportunities

• Digital Accessibility Foundations course (W3C)
  An online course that provides the foundation you need to make your digital technology accessible.