Test Accessibility of Your Design with WAVE

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In this Free Guided Project, you will:

Examine the WAVE evaluation results on a webpage for structural elements and ARIA.

Identify parts of the WAVE webapge.

Evaluate the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG).

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1.5 hours
Beginner-friendly
No download needed
Split-screen video
English
Desktop only

Wave is an online suite of tools that you can use to check the accessibility of a website against the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG). In this project, you will learn about WCAG and how to use WAVE to ensure your web page is meeting the guidelines.

Requirements

None

Skills you will develop

  • Web Development

  • Customer Service

  • Accessibility Standards

  • Web Design

  • Evaluation

Learn step-by-step

In a video that plays in a split-screen with your work area, your instructor will walk you through these steps:

  1. Evaluate the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG).

  2. Identify parts of the WAVE webapge.

  3. Understand the errors, contrast errors, alerts, features and language with the WAVE evaluation of a webpage.

  4. Examine the WAVE evaluation results on a webpage for structural elements and ARIA.

  5. Learn more about structure and contrast standards on a webpage in WAVE.

How Guided Projects work

Your workspace is a cloud desktop right in your browser, no download required

In a split-screen video, your instructor guides you step-by-step

Frequently Asked Questions

Because your workspace contains a cloud desktop that is sized for a laptop or desktop computer, Guided Projects are not available on your mobile device.

Guided Project instructors are subject matter experts who have experience in the skill, tool or domain of their project and are passionate about sharing their knowledge to impact millions of learners around the world.

You can download and keep any of your created files from the Guided Project. To do so, you can use the “File Browser” feature while you are accessing your cloud desktop.

At the top of the page, you can press on the experience level for this Guided Project to view any knowledge prerequisites. For every level of Guided Project, your instructor will walk you through step-by-step.

Yes, everything you need to complete your Guided Project will be available in a cloud desktop that is available in your browser.

You'll learn by doing through completing tasks in a split-screen environment directly in your browser. On the left side of the screen, you'll complete the task in your workspace. On the right side of the screen, you'll watch an instructor walk you through the project, step-by-step.