How To Design for Accessibility: for UX Designers (WCAG 2.2)
How To Design for Accessibility: for UX Designers (WCAG 2.2) Udemy Course
2023 Accessibility & Usability Best Practices for UX & UI Designers (User Experience + WCAG 2.2, Section 508, ADA)
Do you want to easily design accessible interfaces for digital products? But maybe you’ve been overwhelmed by the amount of information out there about accessibility, or don’t know where to start for just the design side of things?
As a seasoned User Experience (UX) designer, experienced with Accessibility, I’m here to solve these issues for you! (Also, if you need to learn about WCAG 2.1 / 2.2 or your country’s legal requirements this course has you covered! [e.g. the U.S.’s Section 508 and Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), India’s Guidelines for Indian Government Websites (GIGW) and Rights of Persons with Disabilities Act (RPwD Act), the European Union’s Web Accessibility Directive (EN 301 549) Web Accessibility Directive (2016/2102) and European Accessibility Act (2019/882), the United Kingdom’s Equality Act (2010), or any others that are based on/reference the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines])
What you’ll learn in How To Design for Accessibility: for UX Designers (WCAG 2.2) Course
- How to specifically design for accessibility (the essentials for designers – UX, UI, and Product)
- The top 51 best practices and strategies for designing for accessibility (plus usability & SEO)
- Accessible color contrast & color independence
- Accessible wording – Verb or noun, short or medium labels, are “read more” links bad, and more
- Accessible styling – Border radius, capitalization, fill & color, shadow & elevation, competition, proximity
- Designing accessible error messages, menu items, links, progress trackers
- Designing accessible charts, graphs, and other data visualizations
- Designing amazing signifiers (aka perceived affordances) for accessibility
- Accessible interaction states and the 10 states to design (focus, hover, etc)
- How to combine accessibility tactics
- Accessibility mistakes to avoid.
- Accessibility Fundamentals – The who, what, when, where, and why of accessibility
- Section 508, ADA, and WCAG 2.1 and 2.2
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