Three things for an accessibility help page - AbilityNet Webinar, 25 September 2013

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Accessibility pages help people use your site and show a commitment to meeting your customers' needs. So what should they say? Join our next Accessibility webinar to hear AbilityNet's Head of Digital Inclusion Robin Christopherson explain the three key ingredients that every accessibility page needs. Robin Christopherson, Head of Digital Inclusion, AbilityNetThree things to put in your accessibility help page These are slides from a webinar delivered on Wednesday 25 September 2013 Robin will review the reasons for providing an accessibility help page and look at three things every page should include: a compliance statement links to relevant assistive technologies a feedback channel.

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Three things to add to your accessibility help page

AbilityNet Accessibility Webinar

25 September 2013

www.abilitynet.org.uk

@AbilityNet www.facebook.com/abilitynet

Welcome

Why does my site need an accessibility help page?

What should be in it?

How should it be signposted?

Robin Christopherson, Head of Digital Inclusion

Joe Chidzik, Accessibility Consultant

Mark Walker, Marketing Manager

Why does my site need an accessibility help page?

Delivering seamless user journeys

What to expect on this site re accessibility

Help to overcome any barriers

Invitation to have your say

Accessibility is a journey

What to include on your accessibility help page

Advice and information that helps people use your website

Compliance statement

Accessibility features

Feedback/contact process

Compliance statement

How compliant is this site?

Ask your web team

Speak to a specialist

Use free tools such as http://wave.webaim.org

User-friendly words that show you’ve thought about their needs

Sample compliance statements

This site complies with both the principals and practices of the WCAG2.0 AA guidelines and is therefore accessible to users with a wide range of disabilities using their preferred specialist access methods.

This website strives to comply with…

We are working towards…

Adheres to the spirit of…

Accessibility features

Help to make our website work for you

Skip to content, styleswitcher, resizable text

My Computer My Way

BrowseAloud

Other features worth highlighting

www.ability.org.uk/mcmw

www.ability.org.uk/mcmw

Feedback/contact process

Best practise to collect feedback from all site users

Is it working the way we intended?

Identify the best channel to meet that person’s needs

Web team or customer services?

Telephone or email?

How to signpost?

Make it easy to find

Footer menu

Most common, but not great

Top of page but small text size

Okay but not great

Top of page – generous + bold

Ideal

What next?

Review your accessibility help page

Check your compliance

Update your accessibility help page

Change the words

Agree who is the contact

Add My Computer My Way

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Contact us

robin.christopherson@abilitynet.org.uk

www.abilitynet.org.uk/webinars

www.abilitynet.org.uk/mcmw

www.slideshare.com/abilitynet

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