Objectives and Activities

Objectives

By the end of this unit, you will be able to:

• Practice using one or more automated web content accessibility checkers.
• Evaluate the strengths and limitations of automated web content accessibility checkers.
• Select the automated web content accessibility checker that you wish to include in your Web Accessibility Auditing Toolkit.
• Operate other tools used in accessibility testing.

Activities

• View walk-through/screencast videos of AChecker and WebAIM tools
• Test websites you are familiar with
• Test for colour contrast conformance
• Test for readability conformance
• Build your Toolkit (add bookmarks for tools introduced)
• Self-Test 3