Designing Without
Tradeoffs
for All Users:

Ten Checkpoints
for Accessibility

1. Introduction
2. The AIS Toolbar for Explorer
3. One: Use of Color
4. Two: Use of Images
5. Three: Flexible Page Design
6. Four: Structure vs. Design
7. Five: Easy, Consistent Navigation
8. Six: Use of Scripts and Forms
9. Seven: Use of Multimedia
10. Eight: Use of Frames
11. Nine: Use of Tables
12. Ten: Graphs and Charts
13. Walk Away

This tutorial will lead you on an exploration of ten accessibility checkpoints. Using common sense and just a touch of technical expertise you can assess Web materials for accessibility and see where to make changes yourself or know how to ask for changes from Web producers and developers. Accessibility is easiest when it's designed into Web materials from the start. While retrofitting is possible it can sometimes make more sense to start over with an accessible template system.

This material is intended for beginners, but even if you are an expert you'll find something to walk away with.

We'll be using the AIS Toolbar for Microsoft Windows Explorer during this tutorial. While a different accessibility toolbar does exist for Mozilla/Firefox for Mac and Win, most accessibility software is available for Windows only.