Website Accessibility Compliance Webinar

Understanding your AODA requirements, the accessibility laws that apply to your website, and how to achieve compliance

Today’s Agenda

1. Moveable Online: Who We Are

2. Our Clients

3. Our Accessibility Services

4. Our Expertise on Accessibility

5. What is Web Accessibility

(WCAG 2.0/AODA)?

6. Why is it Important?

7. What are the Most Common Accessibility Issues?

8. How Can We Help You?

9. Thank You

1 – Moveable Online: Who We Are

Web applications:

Content Management Systems

E-commerce

Mobile e-procurement

Professional Services:

Accessibility Consulting

Accessibility Testing

Reporting

2 – Our Clients

3 – Our Accessibility Services

Professional Services:

Web Accessibility Assessment and Audits

Accessibility Consulting

Accessibility Testing

Reporting

Strategy

4 – Our Expertise on Accessibility

Royal College of Dental Surgeons of Ontario (RCDSO)

• Accessibility consulting

• Accessibility testing services

• Report on findings

• October – November 2013

Independent Electricity System Operator (IESO)

• Accessibility consulting

• Accessibility testing services

• Report on findings

• November – December 2013

5 – What is Web Accessibility?

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• AODA: Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act

• WCAG: Web Content Accessibility Guidelines

• W3C: World Wide Web Consortium

6 – Why is it Important?

• An accessible site benefits millions of users

• Users may not get the information they need from a non-compliant site

• Users may be deterred from accessing your site if it is inaccessible to them

$50,000 fines per day for directors and officers

$100,000 fines per day for non-compliant corporations

Meeting WCAG 2.0, Level A

• Provide captions and text alternatives for images and multimedia

If a meaningful alternative (ALT) text has been provided, someone using a screen reader will hear: “Scholarship Applications Site Label”, followed by “Resources”, “Contact Us”.

If no ALT text were provided, the screen reader may just read the file name associated with the image (e.g. image123.gif), or it might skip it as if it doesn’t exist.

Scholarship Applications

Resources

Contact Us

Image123.gif

image1.gif

image2.gif

image3.gif

Meeting WCAG 2.0, Level A

• Use strong contrast between text and background

Text in this colour does not provide sufficient contrast

against this background to be

accessible for people with low vision.

This combination of coloured text and

background is accessible to people

with low vision.

Too little contrast Sufficient contrast

Meeting WCAG 2.0, Level A

• Make text resizing available

• Create content that can be presented using assistive technologies without losing meaning (i.e. tables and charts)

• Provide structured, keyboard-accessible content

• Avoid time limits when asking users to provide a response or information

Text Size: A A

A

Meeting WCAG 2.0, Level A

• Avoid blinking images

• Avoid the use of colour indicators

• Help users find and navigate content by making links specific (not ‘click here’)

• Make tables and charts accessible to assistive technology

Meeting WCAG 2.0, Level AA

Everything from Level A, plus new criteria, including:

• Provide captions for all live audio content

• Provide ability to resize text up to 200 percent without loss of content or functionality

• Headings and labels describe topic or purpose

• When errors are detected (e.g., form inputs), suggestions for correction are provided to the user

Meeting WCAG 2.0, Level AAA

Everything from Level A & AA, plus new criteria, including:

• Provide captions for all pre-recorded synchronized media and all pre-recorded video-only media

• All functionality of the content is operable through a keyboard interface

• When an authenticated session expires, the user can continue the activity without loss of data after re-authenticating

• Web pages do not contain anything that flashes more than three times in any 1 second period

Pro Tip

Make your web content accessible at Level AA now

This will reduce the amount of changes you’ll have to make to your website down the road.

It may also reduce the requests you receive for accessible formats or communications supports.

How do I know what I’m required to do?

• If you are unsure about the accessibility level you are required to meet, or by when, the Government of Ontario has prepared an AODA Compliance Wizard to help you:

https://www.appacats.mcss.gov.on.ca/eadvisor/start.action

7 – What are the Most Common Accessibility Issues?

1. Poor colour contrast

2. Missing text alternatives

3. Inaccessible PDFs

4. Blinking images

5. Unclear link descriptions

8 – How Can We Help You?

1. Accessibility Assessment

2. Information Architecture

3. Development

4. Quality Assurance

YOUR TIME

THANKS FOR

ANY QUESTIONS?

For inquiries, please contact:

Armand D’Oliveira Business Development Managerarmand@moveable.comOffice: (416) 532-5690 ext. 229www.moveableonline.com