3. Task 1.2 - accessibility and usability

Watch the following video which provides a good overview of accessibility and was developed by the Department of Social Services, Australian Government.The last slide shows a link to resources which is targeted at Government employees and not the University of Queensland staff.  For guides related to UQ Drupal content management system, please consult the UQ Web Publishing site.

Additional information: Accessibility tool

There are many accessibility tools that can support your practice in creating accessible content. Wave is one of the tools you can use to assess the accessibility of your website

Features

  • Assists in identifying accessibility errors
  • 3 views
    • Styles
    • No styles – underlying reading and navigation order
    • Contrast – colour

Reference

http://wave.webaim.org/ (16/02/2016)