{"id":241252,"date":"2014-10-14T13:53:23","date_gmt":"2014-10-14T17:53:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/2014.toronto.wordcamp.org\/?post_type=wcb_session&#038;p=241252"},"modified":"2015-01-30T15:27:03","modified_gmt":"2015-01-30T20:27:03","slug":"how-to-perform-an-accessibility-audit","status":"publish","type":"wcb_session","link":"https:\/\/toronto.wordcamp.org\/2014\/session\/how-to-perform-an-accessibility-audit\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Perform an Accessibility Audit"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>With <a href=\"https:\/\/2014.toronto.wordcamp.org\/speaker\/janis-yee\/\" title=\"Speaker info\">Janis Yee<\/a> in the <a href=\"\/track\/a11y\" title=\"A11y track listings\">A11y<\/a> track<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Wordcamp 2014   - How to Perform an Accessibility Audit\" src=\"https:\/\/www.slideshare.net\/slideshow\/embed_code\/key\/2MuhrqpRrkaS8p\" width=\"427\" height=\"356\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" style=\"border:1px solid #CCC; border-width:1px; margin-bottom:5px; max-width: 100%;\" allowfullscreen> <\/iframe> <\/p>\n<div style=\"margin-bottom:5px\"> <strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.slideshare.net\/JanisYee\/wordcamp-2014-accessibility-track-41958662\" title=\"Wordcamp 2014 - How to Perform an Accessibility Audit\" target=\"_blank\">Wordcamp 2014 &#8211; How to Perform an Accessibility Audit<\/a> <\/strong> from <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.slideshare.net\/JanisYee\" target=\"_blank\">Janis Yee<\/a><\/strong> <\/div>\n<p>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. <\/p>\n<h3>Topics covered:<\/h3>\n<p>Brief Intro:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>What are the goals of AODA in respect to Web Design and Development?<\/li>\n<li>What is WCAG?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The Meat:<br \/>\nStep by Step Process &#8211; How to perform an audit?<\/p>\n<p>Intended audience:<br \/>\nGeneral but with some basic front-end dev knowledge such as understanding CSS as some parts will require knowing how to use &#8220;Inspect Element&#8221;<\/p>\n<h2>Learning Outcomes<\/h2>\n<p>Participants will:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Gain a high level understanding of WCAG 2.0 guidelines<\/li>\n<li>Be able to apply them to auditing existing sites or be cognizant of them when designing\/developing for new websites.<\/li>\n<li>Have an understanding of the Process required to perform an audit independently.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>With Janis Yee in the A11y track Wordcamp 2014 &#8211; How to Perform an Accessibility Audit from Janis Yee 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 &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/toronto.wordcamp.org\/2014\/session\/how-to-perform-an-accessibility-audit\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">How to Perform an Accessibility Audit<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7390768,"featured_media":0,"template":"","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_wcpt_session_time":1416087000,"_wcpt_session_duration":3000,"_wcpt_session_type":"session","_wcpt_session_slides":"","_wcpt_session_video":"","_wcpt_speaker_id":[241235],"footnotes":""},"session_track":[390011],"session_category":[],"class_list":["post-241252","wcb_session","type-wcb_session","status-publish","hentry","wcb_track-a11y"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"session_date_time":{"date":"November 15, 2014","time":"4:30 pm"},"session_speakers":[{"id":"241235","slug":"janis-yee","name":"Janis Yee","link":"https:\/\/toronto.wordcamp.org\/2014\/speaker\/janis-yee\/"}],"session_cats_rendered":null,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/toronto.wordcamp.org\/2014\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/sessions\/241252","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/toronto.wordcamp.org\/2014\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/sessions"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/toronto.wordcamp.org\/2014\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/wcb_session"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/toronto.wordcamp.org\/2014\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7390768"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/toronto.wordcamp.org\/2014\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/sessions\/241252\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":242409,"href":"https:\/\/toronto.wordcamp.org\/2014\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/sessions\/241252\/revisions\/242409"}],"speakers":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/toronto.wordcamp.org\/2014\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/speakers\/241235"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/toronto.wordcamp.org\/2014\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=241252"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"wcb_track","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/toronto.wordcamp.org\/2014\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/session_track?post=241252"},{"taxonomy":"wcb_session_category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/toronto.wordcamp.org\/2014\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/session_category?post=241252"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}