LibGuides Accessibility: Best Practices and Guidelines

When creating content for the web, it is important to evaluate your site's accessibility.  Here are some self-evaluation and assessment tools you can use to evaluate your sites.

• Check your LibGuides with WAVE!

  The WAVE tool is recommended by and for LibGuides for checking accessibility. Read and follow their step-by-step instructions! Any errors will be flagged for your attention, along with other areas that work but might be improved.

The WAVE tool was created in 2001 and revamped in 2019 by the WebAIM, a non-profit organization based at the Center for Persons with Disabilities at Utah State University.

The WAVE browser plug-in is easy to use and allows you to see issues on your pages, such as contrast errors or structural issues, all at once automatically. The tool also provides information and links to further information regarding WCAG so it helps you learn about accessibility as you use it. WAVE for Firefox, WAVE for Chrome.

Attribution:[WebAIM - Web Accessibility in Mind] (2020, Apr. 9) Introduction to WAVE [Video File]. Retrieved from https://youtu.be/ITUDiTgAZY0