Are you ready to learn how to make your CAES or UGA Extension website accessible to all? Our Web Accessibility Compliance presentation from February 2022 has everything you need to know as a web content manager.
We’ve got you covered with the webinar recording, presentation slides, and additional resources. Contact the CAES Web Team at caesweb@uga.edu for further assistance with your website.
Table of Contents
Webinar Recording
Presentation Addendum
In the presentation, we mention there are two methods for captioning your YouTube videos. As of 2023, we recommend just one method: do-it-yourself. Learn how to caption YouTube videos by checking out our article Captioning YouTube Videos.
Webinar Outline
| Topic | Starts |
|---|---|
| Introduction & Overview | 0:00 |
| What is Web Accessibility? | 3:25 |
| Who is impacted? | 3:58 |
| Compliance | 7:02 |
| Legal Liability | 7:55 |
| Other Benefits of Accessibility | 8:38 |
| Web Accessibility Best Practices | 10:00 |
| Images: Alt Text | 18:15 |
| Adding alt text in AEM and WordPress | 21:26 |
| Images: Image Sliders and Galleries | 22:42 |
| Don’t use images to convey text | 23:30 |
| Video & Audio: Captions & Transcripts | 29:15 |
| How to: Caption YouTube Videos | 30:26 |
| Links: Links should be descriptive! | 36:42 |
| Links: Link Text Dos and Don’ts | 41:03 |
| Use headings to break up and organize content | 42:58 |
| Tables | 49:28 |
| PDFs: Make sure your PDFs are easy to read! | 52:51 |
| PDFs: Accessible PDFs should have “tags” | 54:05 |
| Takeaways | 55:57 |
Slides and Accessibility Resources
Presentation Slides (opens in new tab)
Web Accessibility Articles by the Web Team
- Web Accessibility 101
- Web Accessibility Checklist
- Captioning YouTube Videos
- PDF Accessibility Series
- All Accessibility & Section 508 articles
