Faculty Forum Web Accessibility Resources
Legal Resources
Accessibility and Compliance Tools
Accessible Design: Information and Technologies
5 Point Plan to Implement Web Accessibility
http://www.w3.org/TR/1999/WAI-WEBCONTENT-19990324/full-checklist.html
| In General (Priority 1) |
Yes |
No |
N/A |
| 1.1 Provide a text equivalent for every non-text element (e.g., via "alt", "longdesc", or in element content). This includes: images, graphical representations of text, image map regions, short animations (e.g., animated GIFs), applets, ascii art, frames, scripts, inserted list bullets, sounds (played with or without user interaction), stand-alone aPudio files, synthesized speech, audio tracks of video, and video. | |||
| 2.1 Ensure that all information conveyed with color is also available without color, for example from context or markup. | |||
| 4.1 Clearly identify changes in the natural language of a document's text and any text equivalents (e.g., captions) of non-text content. | |||
| 6.1 Organize content logically using appropriate structural markup so the organization remains clear even when associated style sheets are turned off or are not supported. | |||
| 7.1 Until user agents allow users to control it, avoid causing the screen to flicker. | |||
| 14.1 Use the clearest and simplest language appropriate for a site's content. | |||
|
And if you use images and image maps (Priority 1) |
Yes |
No |
N/A |
| 1.2 Provide redundant text links for each active region of an image map. [Priority 1 - if server-side image maps are used, Priority 2 - if client-side image maps are used. Redundant text links for client-side image maps are only required until user agents render text equivalents for the map links.] | |||
| 1.5 Replace ASCII art with an image or explain it. [Priority 1 or Priority 2 depending on the importance of the information.] | |||
| 9.1 Provide client-side image maps instead of server-side image maps except where the regions cannot be defined with an available geometric shape. | |||
|
And if you use tables (Priority 1) |
Yes |
No |
N/A |
| 5.1 For data tables, identify row and column headers. | |||
| 5.2 For data tables that have two or more logical levels of row or column headers, use markup to associate data cells and header cells. | |||
|
And if you use frames (Priority 1) |
Yes |
No |
N/A |
| 6.2 Ensure that descriptions and text alternatives for dynamic content are updated when the dynamic content changes. | |||
| 12.1 Title each frame so that users can keep track of frames by title. | |||
|
And if you use applets and scripts (Priority 1) |
Yes |
No |
N/A |
| 6.3 Ensure that pages are usable when scripts, applets, or other programmatic objects are turned off or not supported. If this is not possible, provide equivalent mechanisms on an alternative accessible page. | |||
|
And if you use multimedia (Priority 1) |
Yes |
No |
N/A |
| 1.3 For each movie, provide an auditory description of the video track and synchronize it with the audio track. | |||
| 1.4 For any time-based presentation (e.g., a movie, animation, or multimedia presentation), synchronize equivalent alternatives (e.g., captions or video descriptions) with the presentation. | |||
|
And if all else fails (Priority 1) |
Yes |
No |
N/A |
| 11.4 If, after best efforts, you cannot create an accessible page, provide a link to an alternative page that uses W3C technologies, is accessible, has equivalent information, and is updated as often as the inaccessible (original) page. |