Over the years we’ve seen how Accessibility applies to the physical world: many locations provide helpful features that make life easier and more accessible for people with disabilities, but Accessibility in technology is often overlooked, thus excluding many people from access to basic services.

Accessibility has become a necessary development standard when building websites and applications. This workshop will provide an overview of web accessibility and focus on hands-on practice writing accessible HTML and CSS. We will cover the most up to date Website Content Accessibility Guidelines and review different accessibility audit tools that you can use to ensure your sites are in compliance.

This class will run:

• July 20 9:00am - 4:00pm

• July 21 9:00am - 4:00pm

What students will learn:

• Web Accessibility principals and their importance in web development

• How to write accessible HTML and CSS

• How to use accessibility audit tools to ensure sites are in compliance

 

Who should take this workshop?

Are you interested in ensuring everyone has access to content online? Have you heard about Accessibility guidelines, but wondered how to put them into practice? Accessibility requirements are an essential development standard, so make sure you have this fundamental knowledgebase to ensure an inclusive web experience for all.

 

Prerequisites:

Basic HTML, CSS and JavaScript programming experience. For example, this course is perfect for any Front-End Grand Circus graduate or Back-End grads who have done some extra HTML, CSS and JavaScript on their own.

 

Materials needed for class:

A laptop

 

About your Instructor:

Stephanie is a Front End Developer at Accenture Digital working out of the Detroit Delivery Center. She specializes in Angular and has experience developing SPAs with React and Vue. She is extremely focused on Accessibility and has presented on the topic at conferences in the Detroit Area in addition to working on projects requiring Accessibility WCAG 2.1 compliance. Stephanie is also interested in Cloud Computing and is currently working towards the Google Cloud Platform Associate Cloud Engineer certification. Prior to web development, Stephanie worked in education as a teacher and administrator and holds a BA from Duke University and an MA from Cal State University, Northridge. When not coding, you can find her running and biking around Belle Isle or relaxing at the Royce.