Date & Time
Wednesday 3 July, 2024
9:30 AM - 4:00 PM
Venue
Online CPD Workshop
Availability
Available
Purchase
Overview
The key to meeting the Public Sector Bodies (Websites and Mobile Applications) Accessibility Regulations 2018 and recent Website Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) 2.2, is to have strong leadership from management and accessibility champions. The topic is highly complex and has a significant strategic element. Organisations that do not build strong leadership for accessibility are bound to have it become an unfocused activity by a small number of staff, and ultimately become a significant legal and reputational risk for the organisation.
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 should have the knowledge and tools to:
Know the effects and timescales of the Public Sector Bodies (Websites and Mobile Applications) Accessibility Regulations 2018
Apply the Website Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) 2.2
Know their organisations responsibilities under the regulations
Know how to write and what is included into a compliant accessibility statement
Know steps they can take to include accessibility into procurement processes
Understand responsibilities when it comes to 3rd party content
Know how to engage senior management on accessibility
Understand what changes need to be made across an organisation to deliver accessibility
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
Logging on and Accessing the Online Platform
9:45 am
Welcome and Clarification of Learning Objectives
10:00 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
Session 2: 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
Video and Audio content
Documents
Websites (intro)
Other comms
Ben Watson
Accessibility Consultant
All Able
George Rhodes
Accessibility Consultant
All Able
12:20 pm
Session 3: 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
12:45 pm
Afternoon Break
1:15 pm
Session 4: 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
2:30 pm
Break
2:45 pm
Session 5: Open Questions and Accessibility Clinic
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
4:00 pm
Summary and Close
*programme subject to change
Pricing
Public Sector
£345 + VAT
Private Sector
£445 + VAT