Web Accessibility Briefing for Managers

Overview

After attending this training course, you will appreciate the legal issues surrounding accessible web sites and learn how to develop a compliance plan for your organisation.

"Helped identify key areas for change within my organisation."
– Kathryn de Ferrer, WoltersKluwer UK.

This seminar is aimed at

This course is for you if you are a senior designer, a senior developer or a manager of an in-house or agency web design team. The course will also be valuable for marketing managers who want to find out about the business and brand benefits of an accessibility focus, and project managers who want to ensure their web projects comply with standards and legislation.

You will learn how to

• Articulate the business benefits of an accessible web site.
• Reduce the risk of litigation from disabled employees who use your company's intranet.
• Evaluate web site accessibility and define how accessibility standards will be met.
• Develop an accessibility compliance plan for your organisation.

What delegates say about this course

• "Gave me a great overall feel for the issues around accessibility".
• "Very comprehensive, easily digestible and varied".
• "Excellent real life examples".
• "A very useful half-day introduction."
• "Highlighted some useful ways of looking at accessibility, with good illustrations and resources."
• "Sound overview of the issues, with pointers on how to resolve the problems with our site".
• "A nicely presented introduction to the complex world of accessibility".

Duration

This is a half-day seminar.

Continuing Professional Development

Each course delegate receives a certificate of attendence showing 3 CPD hours. More about CPD.

About your trainer

This seminar is led by Dr. David Travis who has over 20 years experience in the field of user centred design.

Course Schedule

There are no scheduled dates for this course. If you want us to run this seminar as a public course, click on the button below. Once we get 8 like-minded individuals we'll organise a public course and let you know.

In-house training

We can bring this course to you and run it for a fixed fee no matter where you are. Prices from £95/delegate + VAT (assuming 12 delegates).