DEVACCESSFND
Introduction to Accessible Development
Design accessible websites
✓ Official training SFEIR InstituteLevel Fundamentals⏱️ 2 days (14h)
What you will learn
- Understand the topic of accessibility, its importance, and its history
- Use the different available standards (WCAG / RGAA) for their respective purposes
- Know how to identify the main accessibility errors and how to fix them
- Apply daily best practices to make one's site usable by everyone
- Design accessible sites with the help of RGAA
- Audit a site using the ARA tool, the government's audit tool
Prerequisites
- Have a solid foundation in HTML, CSS, and JavaScript
- Basic proficiency with command-line tools and npm
Target audience
- Web application developers wishing to create accessible websites in accordance with RGAA.
Training Program
12 modules to master the fundamentals
Topics covered
- →Understand the challenges of accessibility
- →Definition of accessibility and its universal mission
- →Legislative history of accessibility in the world and in France
- →Learn to use common tools (screen reader, accessible masking...)
- →Presentation of the standards
- →Brief explanation of ARIA
- →Review of the most frequent errors
Activities
Quiz on knowledge of concepts related to accessibility
Topics covered
- →Review of the main RGAA criteria for images with examples and counter-examples
- →Presentation of different types of images
- →Know how to identify non-accessible images
- →Learn how to make them accessible (notably via the WCAG decision tree)
Activities
Correct accessibility errors on the site's images
Topics covered
- →Review of the main RGAA criteria for links with examples and counter-examples
- →Presentation of different types of links
- →Know how to identify non-accessible links
- →Learn how to make them accessible
Activities
Correct accessibility errors on the site's links
Topics covered
- →Review of the main RGAA criteria on links with examples and counter-examples
- →Presentation of tools to help choose good contrasts for your application
- →Presentation of different types of links
- →Learn how to make them accessible
Activities
Correct accessibility errors on the site's links
Topics covered
- →Review of the main RGAA criteria on focus and navigation through the different themes covered in the standard
- →Examples through different practical cases
- →Learn to guide user navigation smoothly
- →Presentation of tabindex and focus trap
Activities
Correct focus errors on the site
Topics covered
- →Review of the main RGAA criteria on information structuring
- →Show how to build HTML well and the pitfalls to avoid
Activities
Correction of the showcase site's HTML
Topics covered
- →Review of what was seen during day 1
- →Questions/Answers
Topics covered
- →Review of the main RGAA criteria for forms
- →Show how to build an HTML form well
- →Group information with relevant labels
Activities
Make the site's form accessible
Topics covered
- →Review of the main RGAA criteria for tables
- →Example and correction methods
Activities
Make the site's tables accessible
Topics covered
- →Presentation of CI tools
- →Sharing knowledge and best practices
- →Conclusion of the accessible Development part
Activities
Questionnaire
Topics covered
- →Presentation of key concepts for auditing a site
- →Presentation of ARA, the government's audit tool
- →Example and correction methods
Activities
Audit
Topics covered
- →Review of what was seen during day 2
- →Questions/Answers
Quality Process
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Teaching Methods Used
- Lectures / Theoretical Slides — Presentation of concepts using visual aids (PowerPoint, PDF).
- Technical Demonstration (Demos) — The instructor performs a task or procedure while students observe.
- Guided Labs — Guided practical exercises on software, hardware, or technical environments.
Evaluation and Monitoring System
The achievement of training objectives is evaluated at multiple levels to ensure quality:
- Continuous Knowledge Assessment : Verification of knowledge throughout the training via participatory methods (quizzes, practical exercises, case studies) under instructor supervision.
- Progress Measurement : Comparative self-assessment system including an initial diagnostic to determine the starting level, followed by a final evaluation to validate skills development.
- Quality Evaluation : End-of-session satisfaction questionnaire to measure the relevance and effectiveness of the training as perceived by participants.
Train multiple employees
- Volume discounts (multiple seats)
- Private or custom session
- On-site or remote