The WCAG Course is our course that is specifically designed to make learning the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) as simple and as easy as possible.
What we’ve done is distilled every single WCAG success criterion (requirement) into small blocks of easy to understand explanations and then presented those explanations in video and text format to help students better absorb and learn the requirements.
The official technical documentation is very difficult to read, but once you get past the technical wording, the WCAG requirements are actually easy to understand. The WCAG Course helps students get past the technical wording.
Inside the course you will find a lesson dedicated to each success criterion that fully explains the requirement details, what it means, and its practical application – all in plain English.
To become compliant with many laws – including the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) – WCAG conformance is mandatory. The WCAG Course is written so that all students, including beginners and non-technical people, can understand how to make web content accessible.
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Features
The course features:
- Independent Modules: For WCAG 2.0 AA, 2.1 AA, and 2.2 AA.
- Focused Lessons: Individual lessons for each success criterion.
- Multiple Formats: Video and text formats for different learning styles.
- Practical Examples: Real-world examples to make success criteria come alive.
- Downloadable Checklists: WCAG 2.1 AA and 2.2 AA checklists in Excel spreadsheet format.
- Supplemental Materials: Extra role-specific reference materials are also included.
Benefits
Here’s how the WCAG Course will help you:
- Legal Compliance: Understand technical standards for compliance with the law.
- Website Accessibility: Know what you need to do to make your website accessible.
- Grow Your Business: WCAG conformant products and services are highly sought after.
- Impressive Resume: WCAG knowledge is in demand so your resume shines brighter.
- Demonstrate Commitment: Showcase your investment in accessibility in your accessibility statement.
- Digital Accessibility: The principles in WCAG extend beyond websites to apps, documents, and software.
Use Cases
Below are just a few of the many use cases for learning WCAG.
Website Owner/Operator: A website owner wants confidence in knowing they won’t be sued over website accessibility. The website owner now knows all of the requirements to follow best practices for ADA compliance.
Software Company: A software company trains its entire development team on WCAG so accessibility can be implemented into its development processes. As a result all of the company’s digital products are accessible when production is completed.
School: A university must make all educational material WCAG 2.1 AA conformant, including teacher lessons. The university can now train their entire staff to make sure their professors create accessible class materials.
Web Agency: A web design agency purchases the course so they can create WCAG 2.1 AA conformant websites. Prospective clients flock to them to make sure they’re ADA compliant.
Job Seeker: An individual is looking for career opportunities in technology and notices WCAG knowledge keeps coming up as preferred. The result is more interview requests come through because most applicants don’t know what WCAG is.
Corporation: A Fortune 500 company must make sure their marketing team only produces completely accessible social media. After taking the course, all of their Facebook and LinkedIn posts are accessible to people with disabilities.
Local government: A local government trains its current staff on WCAG. As a result, new content posted to the county website, public records, online forms, and Twitter updates are all accessible.
The WCAG Problem
When people search Google and find the official WCAG documentation on the W3C website, they’re immediately discouraged. The Web Content Accessibility Guidelines look long, boring, confusing, and too complicated.
Nobody wants to spend a week struggling to understand technical requirements.
The Good News
The good news is learning WCAG doesn’t have to be hard.
In just 3-5 hours, you can have a great understanding of all of the requirements – and with the WCAG Course, you’ll receive spreadsheet checklists and other supplements to make sure you have references to refresh your memory as you’re working on accessibility.
The WCAG Course is your answer for easy to understand digital accessibility training.
The WCAG Course is on-demand so you can sign up and start learning right now by visiting ADACompliance.net.