Testing & Remediation Strategies for PDF Accessibility: Intermediate Edition - Virtual
On Demand
Welcome to Testing & Remediation Strategies for PDF Accessibility: Intermediate Edition. Microassist’s goal with this course is to teach students the process to remediate and test a PDF document for accessibility issues to make the content accessible, perceivable, and usable by all those who access the information, regardless of level of ability or impairment. Given a simple PDF, participants will be able to remediate the PDF to meet WCAG 2.0 Level AA success criteria to a PDF document.
Learning Outcomes / Objectives
After completing this class, you will be able to:
- Apply accessibility standards to a PDF document.
- Use the Adobe Acrobat Pro DC platform to remediate a PDF document.
- Apply a process to remediate a PDF document.
- Test the PDF document against accessibility standards.
Topic List
- Review Accessibility Standards
- Examine Remediation Resources
- Screen Readers
- Color Contrast Checkers
- Automated Accessibility Checkers
- Set Up Adobe Acrobat Pro DC
- Practice Document Remediation Skills
- New tags
- Content Panel Navigation and Artifacting
- Review the PDF Remediation Process
- Assess Color Contrast
- Modify Text Color in Adobe Acrobat Pro DC
- Prepare Hyperlinks
- Navigation
- Formatting
- Context
- Modify Document Properties
- Evaluate Tag Structure
- Headings
- Figures
- Hyperlinks
- Lists
- Tables
- Examine Alternative and Actual Text
- Assess Document Reading Order
- Test the PDF Document
- Adobe Accessibility Checker
- Screen Reader Overview
System Requirements
Software
- Required
- Windows
- Adobe Acrobat Pro DC
- Microsoft Office – 2010 or higher
- Optional but recommended
- Paciello Color Contrast Analyzer
- PDF Accessibility Checker (PAC 3)
- Screen Reader (NVDA, JAWS, Etc.)
Hardware
- Computer
- Monitor (2 monitors is helpful)
- Mouse
- Speakers/Headphones
- Microphone
- Camera (optional)
Instructor :
Leslie Janek