Stanford WebCamp
All Things Web - Free Online May 2-3 2024
We all know that accessible websites are important, but many people assume that accessible equates to static or boring. In an attempt to be "accessible" they add ARIA roles & landmarks on everything which is counterintuitive; knowing when to avoid ARIA & how to properly implement it leads to an accessible and enjoyable website for all. Aten's accessibility expert, Michaela Lederman will cover the ins & outs of incorporating ARIA into your development process including:
“We need to think about accessibility before we start any of our work, before we write any line of code, at every step of our development lifecycle. Shifting left means thinking about accessibility at the start of every step we take when we deploy new software or services.”
It is critical to have a solid process for considering accessibility at every stage of the strategy, design, and development of a web project. Like many schools, Stanford University has a decentralized environment with many communications and web teams working together (or in teams of one!) to create and support beautiful, usable, secure, and effective websites and applications.
Making websites and apps accessible and usable by people with disabilities requires thoughtful attention throughout the design and development process. The earlier in the design process you start thinking about accessibility, the easier it is to ensure an accessible final product. In this session we will go over many factors to consider when making your designs, including basics like color contrast and other less obvious cases where you may need to modify or create additional designs to meet the goal. Attendees will come away with many items to include in their process or checklists.
We have been hearing about lot of trends about accessibility. In this session we will learn things we can do additionally as a developer to increase our site health in terms of making it accessible to all types of users, and in addition various trends and integrations in Drupal.
Session Agenda -
1) Introduction to Drupal in Front end.
2) Trending ideology in Front end world.
3) Accessibility trends.
4) Marrying Drupal Front end with Accessibility.
5) Modules available in Drupal for targeting some of the Accessibility aspects.