WAC Tutorial: Best Practices

WAC Tutorial: Best Practices
Accessible Design: Best
Practices
A comprehensive guide to the best
design practices for accessible and
usable web pages.
Introduction
This guide is intended as an introduction to both good accessible and good usability
web design for those in the OSU community planning to build a first site or
considering a revision of an existing web site. It seeks to bring together the best
techniques and standards for accessible design, typically found in a variety of
resources and explain, in plain language, how web designers can implement these
guidelines, in most cases, using simple HTML solutions. Whenever possible,
guidelines are followed with real-life examples and include code-snippets for easier
understanding.
The guidelines and suggestions presented here are adapted from several sources
and cover OSU requirements for accessible web design as established by the OSU
Web Accessibility Policies and Standards and based on Section 508 of the
Federal Rehabilitation Act, as well as recommendations based on the World
Wide Web Consortium's Web Content Accessibility Guidelines, and usability
standards supported by industry experts Jacob Nielsen and Vincent Flanders.
For more information about the guidelines referenced, including a key to the
guideline symbols, see the About the Guidelines section at the end of this
tutorial.
About the WAC
The OSU Web Accessibility Center (WAC) analyzes web pages for their accessibility
to people ...