During this presentation we discussed website accessibility best practices for web content managers in CAES and UGA Extension.
Below you will find the webinar recording, a link to the presentation slides, and links to additional resources.
Remember, if you need help with your CAES or UGA Extension website, please contact the Web Team at
Webinar Outline
| Topic | Starts |
|---|---|
| Introduction & Overview | 0:00 |
| What is Web Accessibility? | 1:06 |
| Who is impacted? | 1:36 |
| Compliance | 5:06 |
| Legal Liability | 6:14 |
| Other Benefits of Accessibility | 6:53 |
| Web Accessibility Best Practices | 8:33 |
| Images: Alt Text | 15:09 |
| Adding alt text in AEM and WordPress | 17:56 |
| Images: Image Sliders and Galleries | 18:58 |
| Images: Don’t use images to convey text | 19:31 |
| Video & Audio: Captions & Transcripts | 24:29 |
| How to: Caption YouTube Videos | 25:13 |
| Links: Links should be descriptive! | 31:50 |
| Links: Link Text Dos and Don’ts | 34:40 |
| Headings: Use headings to break up and organize content | 36:35 |
| Tables | 42:57 |
| PDFs: Make sure your PDFs are easy to read! | 43:41 |
| PDFs: Accessible PDFs should have “tags” | 44:49 |
| Takeaways | 46:14 |
Webinar Recording
Slides and Accessibility Resources
Presentation Slides (opens in new tab)
Web Accessibility Articles by the Web Team
- Web Accessibility 101
- Web Accessibility Checklist
- Two Ways to Caption YouTube Videos
- All Accessibility & Section 508 articles