Web Accessibility Training

Web Accessibility Training for Roger Williams University 

New and existing online content created by RWU’s community including our faculty, staff and student employees must adhere with the standards in the W3C Web Content Accessibility Guidelines and Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) 2.1. All website content editors and content creators should be trained in the standards through the MarCom web management team.

For assistance making your RWU web pages accessible, or to request training, please complete our form. 

Resources 

Guides and Tutorials 

Please refer to our Web Content Strategy guide when creating web content to ensure best practices. 

We have additionally compiled suggested external resources on web accessibility for content creators and web editors. 

Introduction to Website Accessibility 

• WC3 Introduction to Web Accessibility 
• UK Home Office Designing Accessible Services 
• Princeton University's Content Accessibility Checklist
• UMN Accessible U

Accessible Imagery 

• WC3 Images Tutorial 
• MOZ Guide to Alt Text 
• Sim Daltonism Color Blindness Simulator 

Accessible Links 

• WC3 Tips for Webmasters 
• Nielsen Norman Group Guide to Opening Links in New Windows 
• Plain Language Guide to Writing Accessible Links 

Accessible Website Copy 

• WC3 Guide to Writing for Web Accessibility 
• Gov.uk Guide to Content Design
• Siteimprove Guide to Headings 
• Princeton University's Guide to Not Using Images of Text
• Princeton University's Guide to Not Relying on Sensory Characteristics

Accessible PDFs

• Plain Language Guide to Avoiding PDF Overload 
• Princeton University's Guide to PDF Documents

WAVE (Web Accessibility Evaluation Tool)  

WAVE is free software that website content editors can use to review the accessibility of our web pages.