Title: Try using WCAG to assess accessibility of a website
Time: 60 minutes
Purpose:
To put your learning into practice by using WCAG principles to assess the accessibility of a website. This hands-on activity will help strengthen your understanding of the WCAG levels and what they look like in action.
Activity:
- Choose a website to review—ideally, one you use regularly or are curious about.
- Look into the different WCAG levels (A, AA, AAA) and the four key principles:
- Perceivable – Can users recognise and access content with the senses available to them?
- Operable – Can users navigate and interact with the site in different ways?
- Understandable – Is the content easy to read and predictably structured?
- Robust – Does the content work well with assistive technologies?
- Use the WAI Easy Checks resource (linked below) as a starting point to guide your assessment.
- Spend some time exploring the website and noting any accessibility strengths or gaps.
- Write and submit a short report summarising:
- Which site you tested
- What stood out to you (both good and bad)
- Which WCAG principles were met or missed
- Anything that surprised or challenged you
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