BIT 222 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Bbc Online, Web Accessibility, Web Content Accessibility Guidelines

• School: CU
• Department: Business Information Technology
• Course: BIT 222

Document Summary

Web accessibility is a practice whereby websites, tools, and technologies are designed and developed so that people with disabilities can use them. Accessibility is all about making the web accessible to everyone. This includes people with all forms of disabilities including the following: cognitive. Accessibility encompasses disability and still account for cases whereby the people using the web have the following limitations: People using devices with smaller screens such as smartwatches, smart tvs. The pour principle is what guides building accessible websites. This principle helps put people at the center of the process. Perceivable: content on the web should be perceivable, this means the web should be available to the senses (vision, touch, and hearing) either through the browser or through assistive technologies like screen readers, screen enlargers etc. Operable: content on the web must be operable, this means users can interact with all controls and interactive elements using either the mouse, keyboard or an assistive device.