This “non-techie”, but "hands-on" course is for managers and those in marketing and communications who work with Word and PDFs. It’s also for anyone who drops content into the content area of a Content Management System (CMS) and posts it online (such as Drupal, Wordpress, Site Core, Teamsite, Interwoven, etc.). We explore how to add CMS content so it conforms.  A USB key with tools and techniques are provided.

What You Will Learn:

• Introduction to WCAG 2 Principles, Guidelines, and Success Criteria
  
• Choosing the Success Criteria that apply to you
  
• Examples of accessibility barriers and how they affect people with disabilities
  
• A demonstration of assistive devices used by people with disabilities
  
• In depth understanding on how to write good ALT text
  
• Colour, contrast and design choices
  
• Strategies used to drop in content
  
• Simple HTML elements for CMS content providers
  
• Common Errors
  
• Creating accessible source documents in MS Word
  
• Exporting from MS Word to PDF for best conformance
  
• Basic multimedia accessibility (including Captioning)
  
• Conformance requirements and timeframes
  
• WCAG vs. AODA: what you can leave out
  
• Examples of good conformance
  
• W3C resources
  

Prerequisite:

Experience with MS Word, PDFs and/or a CMS