Course Outline
I. Accessibility. What it is and what problems are most commonly associated with it.
1. What is accessibility?
2. Are people with disabilities rare?
3. Who is a person with a disability?
4. People with motor impairments;
5. People with cognitive and intellectual impairments;
6. People with hearing impairments;
7. People with visual impairments;
8. Accessibility is not just about people with disabilities;
9. Groups of people with disabilities are not homogeneous;
10. What problems most commonly arise in ensuring accessibility?
11. A person with a disability and handling matters at an office: how to serve people with disabilities.
II. Digital accessibility and the WCAG standard
1. What is digital accessibility?
2. Who sets the standards for digital accessibility?
3. WCAG as the foundation of accessibility
4. WCAG documentation
5. Breakdown of WCAG guidelines
6. WCAG standard
7. When has accessibility become mandatory?
8. Technical and organisational requirements for digital accessibility of websites according to WCAG
a) Accessibility principles
b) 78 success criteria
c) Success criterion levels – minimum, recommended, comfort
d) 17 new success criteria according to WCAG
e) WCAG backward compatibility
9. The Act of 4 April 2019 on the digital accessibility of websites and the WCAG standard
- Digital accessibility requirements according to the annex to the Act
a) 4 principles, 13 guidelines, 49 success criteria
b) Perceivability, operability, understandability and robustness – what they mean for an entity?
• Principle 1: Perceivability – how to implement it?
• Principle 2: Operability
• Principle 3: Understandability
• Principle 4: Robustness
c) Success criteria at the minimum (A) and recommended (AA) levels – how to implement them and to what extent?
10. Accessibility declaration
a) How to prepare an accessibility declaration? Components of the accessibility declaration
b) Placement of the accessibility declaration
c) Updating the accessibility declaration
11. Technical requirements for websites compliant with the annex to the Act on the digital accessibility of websites and guidelines issued by the minister responsible for informatisation
a) Alternative text
b) Accessible players for persons with disabilities
c) Transcripts, captions, audio description
d) Headings and proper hierarchy
e) Tables as a structural element of the page – can they be used?
f) Navigation mechanisms
g) Order of navigation and reading
h) Information architecture
i) Navigation elements and messages
j) Links
k) Automatic page playback
l) Content contrast
m) Button for switching to a contrast version
n) Typography of texts and contrasts for readability
o) Responsiveness
p) Dynamic content changes
q) Form fields and labels
r) CAPTCHA – allowed or not?
s) Compliance with HTML standards
12. Practical aspects of digital accessibility
a) Is it necessary to publish scanned documents?
b) Tender documentation and digital accessibility
c) Scientific and technical publications and digital accessibility
d) What to do with asset declarations in the context of digital accessibility?
e) Material produced by an external entity and digital accessibility – in which cases must it be digitally accessible, and in which not?
f) Is a high-contrast version of a website necessary?
g) Audio description and digital accessibility
h) Digital accessibility and social media portals
i) How to ensure digital accessibility in contracts and public procurement?
j) Fonts – which ones?
k) Service operation using a keyboard
l) Navigation in the service 4
m) Extended captions – how to prepare them
n) PJM - Sign language interpreter – a requirement or a good practice?
o) Text justification – why not?
p) Plain language – when to use it and what does it mean?
q) Information in easy-to-read text – ETR (Easy to read) – when do we use it?
r) Machine-readable text – when do we use it?
s) What does a report from the government audit of digital accessibility mean and what should be done with it?
13. Checking digital accessibility
a) Methods for detecting errors and testing the digital accessibility of websites
b) How to find basic digital accessibility errors on a website?
c) How to independently test the digital accessibility of a website?
Requirements
Target audience:
• Anyone interested in the above topic;
• Accessibility specialists.
Testimonials (4)
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Frank Mhlongo - Standard Bank of South Africa
Course - JBoss
What stood out for me in particular: Intensive pace – yet never overwhelming or chaotic. Strong, practical content – full of depth, relevance, and clarity. Engagement & communication – open, responsive, and truly attentive to participants. Professionalism without stiffness – expert-level delivery, but with warmth and ease. No pettiness, just substance – focused on what really matters. Sense of taste and balance – great judgment in choosing what's worth emphasizing. Top-notch presentation & preparation – smooth structure, great visuals, precise language. Genuine responsiveness to participants' requests – rare and deeply appreciated.
Jacek - Kyndryl Wroclaw
Course - Oracle WebLogic Fundamentals
The was as trainer past their knolodge and experience.
Alberto - TIS TECH ANGOLA - TECNOLOGIA, INFORMACAO, SISTEMA E SERVICOS, LDA
Course - Oracle WebLogic Administration
the trainers skills about the topics and hes way to approach it after viewing our environment in screen share session.
