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How to Navigate This Resource<\/h2>\r\nTo help you navigate to the information most relevant to your needs, we have colour-coded and labelled the technical content throughout the material as follows. Content that does not appear in coloured boxes is aimed at everyone.\r\n
Technical:<\/strong> Aimed more at web development staff. Typically contains HTML code samples.<\/div>\r\n

Your Web Accessibility Toolkit<\/h3>\r\nThroughout the content, we\u2019ve also identified elements that should be added to the Web Accessibility Toolkit that you will be assembling as you keep reading. These elements will include links to resource documents and online tools used during activities, as well as software or browser plugins that you may need to install. These will be identified in a green Toolkit box, like the one below.\r\n
Toolkit:<\/strong>\u00a0Provides useful tools and resources for your future reference.<\/div>\r\n

Key Points<\/h3>\r\nImportant or notable information is highlighted and labelled in Key Point boxes such as the one that follows. These will include \u201cmust know\u201d information, as well as less obvious considerations and interesting points.\r\n
Key Point: <\/strong>Highlights crucial information and interesting points.\r\n<\/strong><\/div>\r\n

Try This<\/h3>\r\nTry This boxes contain activities designed to get you thinking or give you firsthand experience with something you\u2019ve just read about.\r\n
Try This: <\/strong>Offers a\u00a0short activity related to the topics being discussed.<\/div>\r\n

Suggested Reading<\/h3>\r\n
Suggested Reading:<\/strong> Links to various web resources for optional rea<\/a>ding<\/strong> on the topics being discussed.<\/div>\r\n

<\/a>WCAG Boxes<\/h2>\r\n

Principle<\/h3>\r\nThe W3C have defined four principles that define accessible web content. To be accessible, web content must be p<\/b>erceivable, o<\/strong>perable, u<\/strong>nderstandable, and r<\/strong>obust (POUR).\r\n
\r\n\r\nPrinciple: <\/strong>Fundamental tenets of web accessibility that must be met so that users with disabilities can fully engage with your content as intended.\r\n\r\n<\/div>\r\n

Guideline<\/h3>\r\nUnder each principle are guidelines\u00a0that detail how each principle can be addressed.\r\n
Guideline:\u00a0<\/strong>Usability guidelines that web content creators should review to make their content accessible.<\/div>\r\n

Success Criterion<\/h3>\r\nAccompanying each WCAG guideline are success criteria that provide a detailed checklist of true or false statements for you to check your content against.\r\n
\r\n\r\nSuccess Criterion:\u00a0<\/strong>A checklist of criteria to test your content against. Conformance to each are broken down to different levels of requirement (WCAG levels A, AA, and AAA).\r\n\r\n<\/div>\r\n

General Tips<\/h2>\r\nHere are some tips that will help you manage your time and get the most out of the material.\r\n