The below standards and guidelines should all be used to help provide the most accessible experience to any individual who encounters a digital product from the Univeristy of Virginia.

University of Virginia Policy

• University of Virginia Policy, IRM-008: University Information Technology Accessibility
• University of Virginia’s Notice of Non-Discrimination and Equal Opportunity

Applicable Laws and Standards

• Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 (ADA), as amended

• Section 508 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973
• U.S. Access Board: Electronic and Information Technology Accessibility Standards under Section 508 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973
• U.S. Department of Justice Guidance on Web Accessibility and the ADA
• Code of Virginia: Information Technology Access Act
• W3C’s Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) Overview

Recorded Webinars/Training in Workday Learning>

As an ongoing resource for all employees of the University, the ADA team, as part of the Office for Equal Opportunity and Civil Rights, sponsored a webinar series that was recorded and uploaded to the Workday Learning Management System on the following topics:

• Introduction of Digital Accessibility
• Fundamentals of Accessibility
• Testing Methodology
• Designing for Mobile Accessibility
• Document Accessibility Basics
• Fundamentals of Microsoft Office
• Creating Accessible PDF Documents

Creating Accessible Electronic Content

The U.S. Department of Education, Office for Civil Rights created a digital accessibility video series on a variety of topics.

The U.S. General Services Administration's Government-wide IT Accessibility Program website provides a list of resources on how to create accessible digital products, such as documents, PDFs, presentations, software and websites, and spreadsheets.

Additional Training Opportunities

Ongoing Trainings

• Accessibility Association Event Listing
• Deque Accessibility Webinar Listing
• SiteImprove Accessibility Webinar Listing
• SiteImprove Frontier Training Site
• U.S. Access Board Webinar and Trainings Listing
• A11y Talks
• Monsido Webinars

Conferences and Webinars

• January 24 Trends in Digital Accessibility Lawsuit - webinar
• February 9-10 2023 ATHEN Virtual STEM Accessibility Conference
• February 23 Risky Business? Only if you're not in Compliance - webinar
• March 15-16 2023 Deque AXE-Con
• March 21 It Starts at the Storyboard Before a Single Line of Code is Written - Webinar
• April 25 Script and Sequence Your Accessibility Action Plan - Webinar
• May 9-12 John Slatin AccessU 2023
• May 22-24 AHEAD Master Classes for Seasoned Professionals
• June 6 It Started with a Storyboard, Then you Added a Script and Sequence. Now it's Time to Render Your Accessibility Plan into Action - Webinar
• July 25 HighEdWeb 2023 Accessibility Summit
• August 22 Ensure Self-Service is Accessible to Everyone - Webinar
• October 8-11 HighEdWeb 2023 Conference
• October 24 A Goal Without a Plan is Just a Dream - Webinar
• November 6-10 Accessing higher Ground Annual Conference

You can find a list of examples and tutorials below that will help guide you as you learn to build accessible content here at the University of Virginia.

Form Tutorials and Examples

• W3C Forms Tutorial
• "WebAim Creating Accessible Forms Tutorial

Deque University Accessibility Code Library

Deque University provides training on accessibility as well as many resources including code examples/snippets that can help you build various components of your digital projects in an accessible way. Below is a list of code examples that Deque has in their code library to help you in your development.

• Accordion (Multiselect)
• Accordion (Tabbed)
• Alerts
• Buttons
• Button (toggle)
• Carousel (based on a tabpanel)
• Checkbox (Single)
• Checkbox (Tri-State)
• Datepicker
• Dialog (Message Alert Dialog)
• Dialog (Message Dialog)
• Dialog (Simple Alert Dialog)
• Expand/Collapse
• Expand/Collapse (based on Details/Summary)
• Link
• Live Region Playground
• Navigation (Hierarchical) with Expand/Collapse
• Predictive Text
• Progress Bar (Bounded
• Progress Bar (Unbounded)
• Radio and Radio Group
• Shopping Cart
• Slider
• Slider (Multirange)
• Table (Responsive, Collapsible)
• Table (Sortable)
• Tabpanel
• Tooltip
• Tooltip Dialog
• Tree View

Testing digital content is critical to ensure that we are creating and maintaining accessible content here at the Univeristy of Virginia. The University has a paid tool (SiteImprove) that you can use to help maintain your website content meets WCAG AA standards and we have various other free options to help you check your content through your creative process and during your testing.

Siteimprove

The University has selected Siteimprove as its digital accessibility and quality assurance monitoring platform.  For information about how to gain access to the Siteimprove platform and for assistance in addressing accessibility issues on your website, please visit the University's Siteimprove Accessibility Center.

Color Blindness Viewers

• Coblis color Blindness Simulator

Testing Tools

Development Tools

• W3C (World Web Consortium)
• WebAim (Web Accessibility in Mind)
• Axe Dev Tools

Color Ratio Tools

• WebAim’s Color Contrast Checker
• Lea Verou’s Contrast Ratio Checker (Transparent images/backgrounds)

Screen Readers

For more information on screen readers and useful guides check out Deque Universities Resource page on Screen readers.

• Voiceover for Mac (Free) - VoiceOver Keyboard Shortcuts
• NVDA for Windows (Free) - NVDA Keyboard Shortcuts
• JAWS for Windows (Paid subscription) - JAWS Keyboard Shortcuts

University of Virginia Library – Accessibility Services

The University of Virginia Library Accessibility Services offers a variety of services, equipment, and resources to all members of the University community, including information regarding Captioning and Transcription requirements and guidelines.

Online Video Conferencing Accessibility Features and Resources

Zoom

In addition to the information about Zoom on the Library's website, Zoom’s accessibility page outlines their accessibility features, compliance standards, resources and more.

Webex

• Webex Web App Accessibility Features
• Webex for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing
• Cisco Webex Meetings and Cisco Webex Events Accessibility Features

Google Meet

• Google Meet Accessibility

Microsoft Teams

Currently, it is not possible to integrate a third-party captioning vendor with Teams to provide live captions. MS Teams relies on Automatic Speech Recognition (ASR) for this service. More information on ASR and other methods for creating transcripts and captions can be found on the Accessible Video and Audio Materials site. ASR is not a recommended solution for accommodation purposes.

• Accessibility Overview of Microsoft Teams
• Use Live Captions in a Team Meeting
• Screen Reader: Accessibility Support for Microsoft Teams

VHEAP Captioning Initiative

UVA in partnership with the state of Virginia has acquired many video captioning services that can be used by state entities. For specifics on these contracts and the vendors involved visit the VHEAP captioning initiative website.

Whether virtual or in-person, meetings, accessibility should be considered and implemented within and throughout all programs and events. The Planning Accessible Programs and Events page serves as an aid for departments and units to create more inclusive and accessible environments.

Facebook

• Facebook Accessibility

Twitter

• Twitter - How to create accessible images for people

Instagram

• Instagram Accessibility Support Features: Images

YouTube

• Live Captions Requirements - YouTube
• Contribute translated content - YouTube
• YouTube Accessibility: How to Make Accessible Videos with Closed Captions