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Toolkit<\/h2>\r\nThroughout the content, we identify items for you to collect and add to your WAI-ARIA Developer Toolkit<\/strong>. These items will include links to resource documents and online tools used during development activities, as well as software or browser plugins that you may need to install.\r\n\r\nThese will be identified in a green Toolkit box like the following:\r\n
Toolkit:<\/strong>\u00a0Provides useful tools and resources for your future reference.<\/div>\r\n

Key Points<\/h2>\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>Essential information and interesting points.<\/div>\r\n

Try This<\/h2>\r\nBrief activities are highlighted in in the Try This boxes. These\u00a0activities are designed to get you thinking or give you firsthand experience with something you\u2019ve just read about.<\/span>\r\n
Try This: <\/strong>Usually a quick activity to help you understand a topic being discussed.<\/div>\r\n

Suggested Reading<\/h2>\r\n
Links listed in these Suggested Reading boxes act more as references than readings. At a minimum, scan through these documents to understand what they contain and refer back to them when you encounter scenarios where WAI-ARIA could or should be used.<\/div>\r\n
Suggested Reading:<\/strong> Links to various web resources for optional<\/strong><\/em> reading on the topics being discussed.<\/div>\r\n

Activity Elements<\/h2>\r\nWhen the widget coding activities are introduced in Unit 4, each of the elements in the example activity are described using the Activity Element box.\r\n
Activity Element:<\/strong> A brief description of each section of an activity.<\/div>\r\n

Self-Tests<\/h2>\r\nThe first few units include Self-Tests, which will help reinforce key topics discussed in a unit. For questions that have multiple answers, be sure to select all the correct answers and no incorrect answers in order for the question to be marked \u201ccorrect.\u201d Multiple answer questions can be challenging, and they typically require a thorough understanding of the topic to answer correctly. Questions will only reference topics covered in the content itself. They will not test your knowledge of content referred to on external resource sites that may be linked from the content.\r\n
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We highly recommend reading online. While the materials here are available for download in various formats (ePub, HTML, and PDF), the interactive elements in the readings and activities are best viewed online in Pressbooks.<\/p>\n

Throughout the pages here, you\u2019ll see the various coloured boxes described below to help you organize how you engage with the content.<\/p>\n

Toolkit<\/h2>\n

Throughout the content, we identify items for you to collect and add to your WAI-ARIA Developer Toolkit<\/strong>. These items will include links to resource documents and online tools used during development activities, as well as software or browser plugins that you may need to install.<\/p>\n

These will be identified in a green Toolkit box like the following:<\/p>\n

Toolkit:<\/strong>\u00a0Provides useful tools and resources for your future reference.<\/div>\n

Key Points<\/h2>\n

Important 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.<\/p>\n

Key Point: <\/strong>Essential information and interesting points.<\/div>\n

Try This<\/h2>\n

Brief activities are highlighted in in the Try This boxes. These\u00a0activities are designed to get you thinking or give you firsthand experience with something you\u2019ve just read about.<\/span><\/p>\n

Try This: <\/strong>Usually a quick activity to help you understand a topic being discussed.<\/div>\n

Suggested Reading<\/h2>\n
Links listed in these Suggested Reading boxes act more as references than readings. At a minimum, scan through these documents to understand what they contain and refer back to them when you encounter scenarios where WAI-ARIA could or should be used.<\/div>\n
Suggested Reading:<\/strong> Links to various web resources for optional<\/strong><\/em> reading on the topics being discussed.<\/div>\n

Activity Elements<\/h2>\n

When the widget coding activities are introduced in Unit 4, each of the elements in the example activity are described using the Activity Element box.<\/p>\n

Activity Element:<\/strong> A brief description of each section of an activity.<\/div>\n

Self-Tests<\/h2>\n

The first few units include Self-Tests, which will help reinforce key topics discussed in a unit. For questions that have multiple answers, be sure to select all the correct answers and no incorrect answers in order for the question to be marked \u201ccorrect.\u201d Multiple answer questions can be challenging, and they typically require a thorough understanding of the topic to answer correctly. Questions will only reference topics covered in the content itself. They will not test your knowledge of content referred to on external resource sites that may be linked from the content.<\/p>\n

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