Web Accessibility (4 op)

Oppimateriaalit

The primary sources of learning materials for this course will be World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) Web Accessibility Initiative (WAI) guidelines. During this course the software required are for example: Screen readers: For Windows users: NVDA (free version) For Mac users: VoiceOver (should be installed by default) Extensions for Browsers: Siteimprove Accessibility Checker (Chrome, free version) Lighthouse in Chrome DevTools Code Editor: Visual Studio Code

Arviointimenetelmät ja arvioinnin perusteet

The course assessment will consider the outcomes of learning activities and assignments. Detailed grading criteria can be accessed within the Moodle course space.

Opetusmenetelmät

The scope of this course is: - Definition of Web Accessibility - Principles, Standards, and Checks: W3C Web Accessibility Initiative (WAI). - Integrating Web Accessibility into the development processes. - Evaluating the state of Web Accessibility in a website, interpreting the findings and fixing the issues. - Getting familiar with various assistive technologies and specially screen readers. Each topic in this course will include video lectures, learning activities, and assignments. These activities and assignments will be completed individually. There are also required readings for each topic that build upon the content in the video lectures and help introduce to the material that needs to be learned for the assignments and the project work. During the course various learning environments are going to be implemented. Hera are the most important once: - Moodle: main learning environment where student can find information on course, materials, assignments etc. - learning.edx.org: online course learning environment for some addition learning materials. - Visual Studio Code: to produce accessible code: HTML5, CSS, WAI-ARIA - Evaluation tools and browser extensions: for assessing the accessibility state such as Siteimprove browser extensions, Wave etc. - Screen readers: for assessing the accessibility of the code produces, such as VoiceOver and NVDA.

Lisätietoja opiskelijoille

Virtual implementation HAMK students register for studies in Pakki at the time shown in the implementation plan. Students from other universities of applied sciences primarily enrol in Peppi/Pakki. The course information (campusonline.fi portal) contains a registration form for students who are not yet able to enrol in Peppi/Pakki. Students accepted to the course from other universities of applied sciences will receive an email after the registration period has ended, with instructions on how to activate their HAMK user IDs. Note! the message may be redirected to the spam folder. Prerequisites for Web Accessibility Course: HTML 5: Understand the basics of creating web pages with HTML 5. CSS 3: Know the basics of styling web pages using CSS 3. Web Design Fundamentals: Have a basic understanding of how websites are designed for users. Course feedback is given at the end of each course / module in Pakki. For more information on course/module feedback, see the student feedback page. Open University of Applied Sciences and CampusOnline students can provide course/module feedback via a browser at https://pakki.hamk.fi/spark. Enrolment: Open university students enrol via an enrolment form that is on HAMK’s webpage (Study options –> Open university –> Open studies). Our Open University has its own enrolment periods five times a year. 20 study places reserved for HAMK students. 30 study places reserved for CampusOnline students.

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