How to Perform an Accessibility Audit

With Janis Yee in the A11y track

In my experience, I worked as a self-made accessibility advocate when AODA came down the pipe early this year. With limited time, and resources, I had to develop a strategy on my own as to how to perform this audit and work with developers to implement the changes. As the field is so new, and there were no local leaders I could turn to as a mentor, I waded through much of this on my own. This is my chance to pass along these lessons as things I wish I knew when I started out.

Topics covered:

Brief Intro:

  • What are the goals of AODA in respect to Web Design and Development?
  • What is WCAG?

The Meat:
Step by Step Process – How to perform an audit?

Intended audience:
General but with some basic front-end dev knowledge such as understanding CSS as some parts will require knowing how to use “Inspect Element”

Learning Outcomes

Participants will:

  • Gain a high level understanding of WCAG 2.0 guidelines
  • Be able to apply them to auditing existing sites or be cognizant of them when designing/developing for new websites.
  • Have an understanding of the Process required to perform an audit independently.