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Accessibility for Web Design

Offered By: LinkedIn Learning

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Web Design Courses Accessibility Courses Visual Design Courses Responsive Design Courses Web Accessibility Courses Inclusive Design Courses

Course Description

Overview

Make the digital world more accessible to visitors with disabilities and impairments. Learn web accessibility techniques to make sure your web designs are easy for everyone to use.

Syllabus

Introduction
  • Making the digital world accessible
1. Real-World Scenarios
  • An ecommerce purchase
  • Personas
2. Accessible Visual Design
  • The use of color
  • Color contrast
  • Animation, movement, and flashing
  • Proximity and grouping in design
  • Effective visual focus indicators
3. Keyboard Interaction
  • Keyboard functionality
  • Avoiding keyboard traps
  • Linear flow of content
4. Touch Interfaces
  • Accessibility and touch
  • Target sizes
  • Working with gestures
5. Images and Multimedia Accessibility
  • Working with audio and video
  • Understanding media types
  • The importance of text equivalents
  • Accessibility for complex visuals
6. Form Accessibility
  • Labeling forms
  • The placeholder attribute
  • HTML5 form inputs
  • Form validation and error messaging
7. Flexibility and Accessibility
  • Flexible vs. fixed width designs
  • Responsive design and accessibility
  • Designing for text resizing
8. Structured Content
  • Content hierarchy and headings
  • The importance of page titles
  • Page structure
Conclusion
  • A challenge for you

Taught by

Derek Featherstone

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