Date & Time
Wednesday 27 November, 2024
09:30 AM - 16:30 PM
Venue
Online CPD Workshop
Availability
3 Spaces Left
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Overview
This one day course is for people new to accessibility and experienced alike. Improving digital accessibility in an organisation requires changes from many different areas of a business. It is not just about auditing for accessibility compliance, or making reasonable adjustments when there are requests. It is about building a consistent approach to make accessibility part of the core behaviours of an organisation in all areas. Whether that is during the procurement of new digital platforms, recruiting new members of staff, content writing and document production, including accessibility into policies and supporting all stakeholders in inclusive and proactive ways.
This event is focused on understanding the regulations, policy and how to cover all of the important management tasks to defend against legal challenges, along with embedding accessibility as a responsibility for all staff.
Learning Objectives
By the end of the workshop, delegates will gain:
An introduction to accessibility and how to begin persuading others to join in on accessible practices.
A better understanding of accessibility legislation in the UK and current applicable legislation including the public sector bodies accessibility regulations and the upcoming EU Accessibility Act
Web content accessibility guidelines, how to conduct and report on basic web testing and a host of tools to help you.
Comprehensive guidance on including accessibility into procurement processes to help you avoid buying in problems.
An introduction to accessible document and basic accessibility practices which you can incorporate into all staff produced documents
Resources Provided
To support delegate learning, we will be providing training materials and resources for them to take away to help implementation of their learning after the course. We will provide:
Practical exercise materials
Full slide deck and notes printed
Copies of our award-winning Digital Accessibility Toolkit including; reference material, templates and cheat sheets
The regulations
Quick accessibility checks
Auditing, reporting and prioritisation
Procurement and suppliers
3rd party content and systems
Accessibility statements
Disproportionate burden
Accessible documents
Accessible events
Video accessibility
Writing in plain English
Key Speakers
Ben Watson
Accessibility Consultant
All Able
George Rhodes
Accessibility Consultant
All Able
Agenda
9:30 am
Welcome
9:45 am
Accessibility and Inclusion
10:10 am
Session 1: Understanding the Accessibility Requirements for Public Sector Bodies
The Public Sector Bodies (Websites and Mobile Applications) Accessibility Regulations 2018 - how did the regulation come about and what it aims to achieve
Apply the Website Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) 2.2
Outlining who and what falls under the new legislation and who is exempt
Memorandum of Understanding and how the process of monitoring and enforcement operates
Getting senior management on board – realising the scale of work involved and prioritisation
Prioritisation and risk assessment exercise
Budgeting resources and tools to ensure value for money
Sources for keeping in touch with the latest developments
Ben Watson
Accessibility Consultant
All Able
George Rhodes
Accessibility Consultant
All Able
11:00 am
Morning Break
11:15 am
Preparing your Organisation for the Changes - Policy and Practical Steps
Publishing the accessibility statement
Outlining the requirements of an accessibility statement
Discussion exercise on the purpose of accessibility statements and what other information users might want
Procurement and Suppliers
What to include in procurement, tenders and contracts
What to expect from suppliers
What to do with existing suppliers
3rd Party systems and your responsibilities
3rd Party responsibility matrix
Your responsibilities exercise
Ben Watson
Accessibility Consultant
All Able
George Rhodes
Accessibility Consultant
All Able
12:30 pm
Lunch
1:00 pm
Decide how to check for accessibility problems
Reviewing internal processes and ensuring that all staff involved are effectively trained
Basic checks for accessibility – Where do you need to address the problem and how
Image alternatives
1. Video and Audio content
2. Documents
3. Websites (intro)
4. Other comms
Ben Watson
Accessibility Consultant
All Able
George Rhodes
Accessibility Consultant
All Able
2:30 pm
Afternoon Break
2:40 pm
Achieving Accessibility Under the New Standard
Which web content accessibility guidelines do you need to adhere to and understand WCAG 2.2
Learn about the process of testing sites for accessibility using automatic scanning tools versus an audit
Live testing exercise
Understanding accessibility evaluations and testing results
Issue reporting, exclusions and disproportionate burden – what is it and what does it apply to
How diverse user testing can inform accessibility audits and future development plans
Discussing common accessibility issues and how to overcome them
Creating content, including dynamic and visual, with accessibility in mind
Ben Watson
Accessibility Consultant
All Able
George Rhodes
Accessibility Consultant
All Able
3:40pm
Break
3:45 pm
Open Questions
In the final session, we want delegates to be able to ask any questions that they feel we haven’t fully addressed and welcome the discussion of real issues delegates are facing
This is a chance for delegates to get some consultancy time with us and a chance for real expert advice on their real issues
If you have any questions you made a note of during the day because we had to get through a lot, now is the time to ask them!
Ben Watson
Accessibility Consultant
All Able
George Rhodes
Accessibility Consultant
All Able
4:30 pm
Summary and Close
*programme subject to change
Pricing
Health & Voluntary Sector
£245 + VAT
Public Sector
£345 + VAT
Private Sector
£445 + VAT