Creating Accessible Web Content

Web accessibility follows the same rules and guidelines as accessibility for Microsoft Word.

The page structure should be properly defined with headings and styles, images should contain alt tags, lists and tables should be properly formatted, spaces should not be used for layout, and color should not be used to convey meanning.

See Creating Accessible Word Documents for details. In addition, review these topics:

• Accessible Design Principles
• Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG 2) at a Glance
• UW IT Accessibility Checklist & Tutorial
• Check your Website using WebAIM's Web Accessibility Evaluation Tool: WAVE

Videos

• Make Technology Work for Everyone - Introducing Digital Accessibility
• Keeping Web Accessibility in Mind

Resources on the Web

• Accessibility Evaluation Resources
• WebAIM - Introduction to Web Accessibility
• VA Developing Section 508 Compliant Web Content
• VA Testing HTML for Section 508 Compliance

Contact Accessibility Coordinators