UVA-Licensed Tools
Did you know UVA already pays for you to use accessibility tools from the vendor Level Access?
It's true! And you can find a list of all the tools that are free to you to use on the UVA Digital Accessibility Project (DAP) website.
- A complete web-based platform to monitor and check your digital assets for accessibility (Accessibility Management Platform (AMP))
- Access University - self-paced tutorials on topics for all audiences
Learn more about UVA's standards and commitment to digital accessibility.
Readings and Resources on Digital Accessibility
Culture change
- ADA Lawsuit Prompts Institutional Change, Draws More Students (5/22/19, Inside Higher Ed)
- Atlantic Cape Community College reformed its accessibility practices after a disability discrimination lawsuit. Now students with disabilities are enrolling in record numbers.
- Web Accessibility: Guidelines for Administrators (DO-IT)
- In making Yale more digitally accessible, everyone benefits
- Creating a Culture of Accessibility (Medium)
- Building a Culture of Accessibility in Higher Education (Educause Review)
- Accessibility Buy-In: Rubrics and Faculty Development Workshops (Educause Review)
- Reframing Accessibility for the Web (A List Apart)
General web accessibility
- WebAIM articles
- Web Accessibility Standards (Accessible.org)
- The ADA Checklist: Website Compliance Guidelines for 2019 in Plain English (Medium)
- Digital Accessibility Checklist (NYU)
- Basic Checklist: Online Content Accessibility (Michigan State University)
- Common Accessibility Problems: Good and Bad Examples in Modern Websites (Medium)
- Web Design - Accessibility (W3C)
- HHS Section 508 Accessibility Checklists
- Presentation - Keeping Your Website Accessible (Kelli Wise)
- Accessibility Cheat Sheets - (NCDAE)
Course materials
- Webinar - 10 Tips for Creating Accessible Online Course Content (3Play Media)
- The National Center on Disability and Access to Education
Testing
- Web Accessibility Evaluation Tools List (W3C)
- Manual Accessibility Testing as Part of Your 360-Degree Approach to Web Testing (Deque)
- The Importance of Manual Accessibility Testing (Smashing Magazine)
- Video - How I do an accessibility check -- A11ycasts #11 (Google)
- Accessibility Testing Tutorial: A Complete Step By Step Guide (Software Testing Help)
- Web Accessibility Testing 101: A Checklist for Beginners (Open EdX)
Design and user experience
- Inclusive Design (Microsoft)
- Designing for Accessibility and Inclusion (Smashing Magazine)
- Tips for Getting Started Designing for Web Accessibility (W3C)
Writing for accessibility
- Tips for Getting Started Writing for Web Accessibility (W3C)
- The Writer's Guide to Making Accessible Web Content (Zapier)
Feature-specific guidance
Forms
WAI-ARIA
- WAI-ARIA Authoring Practices 1.1 (W3C)
- Nutrition Cards for Accessible Components
- "A11Y Nutrition Cards is an attempt to digest and simplify the accessibility expectations when it comes to component authoring. Based on the WAI ARIA Authoring Practices Guide."
Infographics
Images
Documents