• Web Development Training

    InterSource offers live instructor-led courses on all important web design technologies, including Ajax, CSS, Dreamweaver, Expression, Google, HTML, JavaScript, and Web Accessibility.

    These live classes are offered both on client sites, at our Geneva training center, and via a Web interface.

  • About Web Development

    Web design is the skill of creating presentations of content (usually hypertext or hypermedia) that is delivered to an end-user through the World Wide Web, by way of a Web browser or other Web-enabled software like Internet television clients, microblogging clients and RSS readers.

    The intent of web design is to create a web site-a collection of electronic files that reside on a web server/servers and present content and interactive features/interfaces to the end user in form of Web pages once requested. Such elements as text, bit-mapped images (GIFs, JPEGs) and forms can be placed on the page using HTML/XHTML/XML tags. Displaying more complex media (vector graphics, animations, videos, sounds) requires plug-ins such as Adobe Flash, QuickTime, Java run-time environment, etc. Plug-ins are also embedded into web page by using HTML/XHTML tags.


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  • Course Details Web Development

    Classes are offered at client sites, at our Geneva training center, and via a live web conference. For detailed course outlines and scheduled classes, please see below.

    To book training, navigate to the course you need, then:

    • For scheduled online classes, register from the choices indicated.
    • If you need an alternative date, time or location, or if you want a live classroom course, click on “request an offer for this course,” to complete the form.

Web Accessibility: WCAG and Section 508 Training

Course duration

  • 2 days

Course Benefits

  • Understand the importance of creating accessible websites.
  • Learn the legal requirements for web accessibility.
  • Learn what it means to make a site "accessible".
  • Learn the four principles of accessibility: "POUR".
  • Learn how to test your web pages for accessibility.
  • Learn the accessibility features of HTML5 and ARIA.
  • Learn to create accessible alternative for images, audio, and multimedia.
  • Learn to create accessible forms, tables, and styles.
  • Learn assistive technologies and adaptive strategies.

Course Outline

  1. Background and Overview of A11Y
    1. An Introduction to Digital Technology
    2. The Layers of Technology
      1. Content
      2. HTML
      3. CSS
      4. JavaScript
    3. Web Accessibility, An Overview
      1. What Is Disability?
      2. What Is Web Accessibility?
      3. Timeline of Web Accessibility Standards
      4. The Four Principles of Accessibility: "POUR"
      5. Why Be Concerned with Web Accessibility?
      6. Key Benefits of Web Accessibility
      7. Accessibility as a Similar Concept to Usability
      8. Assistive Technologies and Adaptive Strategies
      9. Mobile Accessibility
  2. The Laws and Standards
    1. Accessibility is a Civil Right
    2. The Americans with Disabilities Act - ADA
    3. Section 508 of the Rehabilitation Act
      1. The Sixteen Section 508 1194.22 Requirements and Instructions
      2. The 508 "Refresh"
    4. Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG)
      1. 4 Principles "POUR"
      2. 12 Guidelines
      3. 61 Success Criteria
    5. Twenty-First Century Communications and Video Accessibility Act/FCC
  3. Testing and Evaluation: The Accessibility Testing Process
    1. Online Evaluation Tools
      1. Wave
      2. Functional Accessibility Evaluator
    2. Assistive Technology Testing
      1. NVDA and JAWS
      2. Voiceover and Talkback
    3. Accessibility Toolbars and Accessibility Favelets/ Bookmarklets
      1. Web Accessibility Toolbar For IE
      2. Fangs and Claws; Screen Reader Emulators
      3. Favelets/ Bookmarklets for Accessibility Testing
    4. Manual Review
      1. Keyboard-only Testing
    5. The Trusted Tester Program
      1. DHS Section 508 Compliance Testing Tools
  4. The Planning, Evaluation, Repair, and Maintenance Process
    1. Top Mistakes Made in Accessibility Remediation Projects
    2. A11y Problematic Issues
  5. Review - Web Accessibility, WCAG, and Section 508

Class Materials

Each student will receive a comprehensive set of materials, including course notes and all the class examples.

Class Prerequisites

Experience in the following would be useful for this Web Accessibility class:

  • HTML
  • CSS
  • JavaScript
  • Experience with server-side web development
Since its founding in 1995, InterSource has been providing high quality and highly customized training solutions to clients worldwide. With over 500 course titles constantly updated and numerous course customization and creation possibilities, we have the capability to meet your I.T. training needs.
Instructor-led courses are offered via a live Web connection, at client sites throughout Europe, and at our Geneva Training Center.