Come join members of the AITS QA Team as we go over common accessibility tools and practices. Attending this workshop will give you practical, hands-on experience you can use immediately after leaving the workshop.
Agenda is as follows:
10:00am – 10:45am: Document Accessibility (Word, PDF, Excel if time)
11:00am – 11:45am: Website Accessibility (keyboard, color contrast, ANDI, screen readers)
About this event:
Presenters:
- Matthew Macomber, Senior QA Engineer, AITS
- Mark McCarthy, Quality Assurance Engineer Lead, AITS
- Ryan Harper, Quality Assurance Accessibility Engineer, AITS
Track:
Reinforce the Core Systems — Build up the foundations so the ship stays ready for anything the galaxy throws at it, from accessibility to tribbles to Cloudflare outages.
Experience Needed:
Beginner
Learning Outcome:
Participants will learn how use common accessibility tools and techniques such as (but not limited to): color contrast checks, PDF and Word remediation, NVDA screen reader use, ANDI, and navigating with a keyboard.
Additional Keywords:
accessibility, hands-on, practical, documents, tools