This session will provide information on the updates and enhancements to the Functional Accessibility Evaluator (FAE) and AInspector for Firefox tools to help support the web accessibility initiatives at Illinois. The OpenA11y Evaluation Library has been rewritten and updated to support the latest HTML and Accessible Rich Internet Application (ARIA) technologies and the rules have […]
THIS SESSION HAS BEEN CANCELED WordPress is a popular Content Management System (CMS) for creating websites at the University of Illinois. This session will describe our experience in creating an accessible WordPress theme for the Accessible IT Group website. The session will discuss the use of headings and landmarks, the creation of an accessible banner […]
THIS SESSION HAS BEEN CANCELED Participants will learn how to use free and open source tools, developed here at Illinois over the past 16 years, to evaluate and understand the accessibility of entire websites, based on the requirements of the W3C Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) 2.0 Level A and AA requirements. Participants are encouraged […]
THIS SESSION HAS BEEN CANCELED Participants will learn how to use free and open source tools, developed here at Illinois over the past 16 years, to evaluate and understand the accessibility of individual pages based on the requirements of the W3C Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) 2.0 Level A and AA requirements. Participants are encouraged […]
This birds-of-a-feather session will discuss the current use of web accessibility testing tools and evaluation techniques and explore the requirements and features of the next generation tools. The Accessible IT Group as Disability Resources Education Services (DRES) is starting to work on the next generation of browser-based web accessibility evaluation and inspection tools and we […]
Content Management Systems (CMS), like Drupal 8, allow authors to edit web content using WYSISWYG editors. Most CMS authors have little understanding of accessibility principles and the technical details of HTML accessibility to insure the content they create is accessible to people with disabilities. Some CMS editors are configured with an accessibility checker, but the […]
Learn about FAE 2.0 and Accessibility Inspector for Firefox open source web accessibility evaluation and inspection tools. The next generation tools provide the capability to analyze Web 2.0 technologies for accessibility features and use the industry standard OpenAjax rule set for WCAG 2.0 evaluation to support the latest accessibility features of Accessible Rich Internet Application […]
WCAG 2.0 is being used as an international standard for web accessibility and most of it’s success criteria are being adopted in the new Federal Section 508 web accessibility standard and the proposed revisions in the Illinois Information Technology Accessibility Act (IITAA 2.0). Illinois Functional Accessibility Evaluator (FAE) 2.0 is currently being developed to meet […]