What are the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines?

The Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) developed by the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C, 2022) are the global benchmark when it comes to guidelines on how to make sure that digital content meets Accessibility requirements.

Videos

Silktide (2022) briefly introduces what the WCAG guidelines are:

Silktide (2022, April 25). WCAG for beginners – What are the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines? – Web Accessibility. [Video].

It’s a longer video (29:47)… but in Sparkbox (2020), Kasey Bonifacio takes a deep dive into the 13 specific guidelines covered by the WCAG:

Sparkbox (2020, December 4). Understanding Accessibility: WCAG’s 13 Guidelines with Kasey Bonifacio. [Video].

Short Reads

WCAG.com (2021) discusses what the WCAG guidelines are, and who they are for.

• WCAG (2021, January 12). WCAG 101: Understanding the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines. [Web log post]. https://wcag.com/resource/what-is-wcag/

Longer Reads (Optional)

The W3C hosts a website where you can find the most up-to-date version of the complete WCAG Guidelines.

• W3C (2022). Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG). [Web page]. https://www.w3.org/WAI/standards-guidelines/wcag/

Digital Education Strategies’ (2019) Open-Access Introduction to Web Accessibility eBook contains several chapters dedicated to an in-depth exploration of the WCAG guidelines, including the specific standards of POUR (Perceivable, Operable, Understandable, and Robust) that we will discuss in our Week 2 Zoom class session.

• Digital Education Strategies, The Chang School (2019). Introduction to Web Accessibility: Essential Accessibility for Everyone. Toronto Metropolitan University. https://pressbooks.library.torontomu.ca/iwacc/

References

Digital Education Strategies, The Chang School (2019). Accessibility Law: The Global Perspective on Web Accessibility. In Introduction to Web Accessibility: Essential Accessibility for Everyone. Toronto Metropolitan University. https://pressbooks.library.torontomu.ca/iwacc/chapter/accessibility-law-the-global-perspective-on-web-accessibility/

Digital Education Strategies, The Chang School (2019). Introduction to Web Accessibility: Essential Accessibility for Everyone. Toronto Metropolitan University. https://pressbooks.library.torontomu.ca/iwacc/

Silktide (2022, April 25). WCAG for beginners – What are the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines? – Web Accessibility. [Video]. https://youtu.be/5H1JGdqLrWo

Sparkbox (2020, December 4). Understanding Accessibility: WCAG’s 13 Guidelines with Kasey Bonifacio. [Video]. https://youtu.be/RjpvOqZigao

W3C (2022). Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG). [Web page]. https://www.w3.org/WAI/standards-guidelines/wcag/

WCAG (2021, January 12). WCAG 101: Understanding the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines. [Web log post]. https://wcag.com/resource/what-is-wcag/