Introduction to Web Accessibility

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You can read the pages in any order, and you do not have to mark a page complete to move to the next one. To earn your certificate, click Mark Complete on each lesson and topic as you finish it, then take the final quiz and score 85% or higher. When every page is complete and the quiz is passed, your certificate unlocks and you can download it anytime from the course page.

Most of what colleges and universities share now lives on the web: course pages, documents, announcements, forms, and video. If that content is not built with accessibility in mind, some of your students and colleagues cannot use it. The good news is that most web accessibility comes down to a handful of habits that anyone who adds content to a website can learn.

This course is for people who create web content, usually in a content management system (CMS) with a visual editor, not for professional developers. You will learn who you are designing for, what the law now requires, and the specific, practical fixes that solve the most common problems: headings, alt text, color, links, media captions, and forms. You will dip into a little HTML so the choices make sense, but in most cases your editor handles the code and you just make good choices.

Work through the lessons, then take the quiz. Score 85% or higher to earn your KSARN certificate.

Course Content

What web accessibility is, and why it matters
Who you are designing for
The standard the law now requires
Headings and document structure
Images, alt text, and color
Links and navigation
Accessible media: captions, transcripts, and audio description
Forms and embedded elements
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Introduction to Web Accessibility Quiz