Digital and Architectural Accessibility Auditor Training Course

I. WCAG 2.1 Standard

1. What is digital accessibility? 2. Why is digital accessibility for public entities important? 3. Who sets the standards for digital accessibility? 4. WCAG as a foundation of accessibility 5. WCAG documents 6. Division of WCAG guidelines 7. Characteristics of WCAG 2.1 standard 8. When did accessibility become mandatory? 9. Technical and organizational requirements for digital accessibility of websites according to WCAG 2.1 a) Accessibility principles b) 78 success criteria c) Levels of success criteria – minimum, recommended, comfortable d) 17 new success criteria according to WCAG 2.1 e) Backward compatibility of WCAG 2.1. 10. Act of April 4, 2019 on digital accessibility of websites and the WCAG 2.1 standard – Accessibility requirements according to the annex to the act a) 4 principles, 13 guidelines, 49 success criteria

2 b) Perceivability, operability, understandability, and robustness – what do they mean for entities? • Principle 1: Perceivability – how to achieve it? • Principle 2: Operability • Principle 3: Understandability • Principle 4: Robustness c) Success criteria at the minimum (A) and recommended (AA) levels – how to implement them and to what extent?

II. Conducting a Digital Accessibility Audit – Where to Start?

1. First step: defining “digital accessibility” 2. Selecting methodology 3. Pilot study – what to prepare?

III. Conducting a Digital Accessibility Audit

1. Levels of accessibility a) Minimum level - Compliance with the act (on digital accessibility) b) Intermediate level - Compliance with WCAG + additional requirements of the act c) Plus level - Compliance with WCAG + additional requirements of the act + other requirements 2. Research methods a) Tools and automated tests b) Expert research and testing c) Testing using the Government Checklist d) User testing e) Mixed tests and research methods f) Simple tests – pros and cons 3. Pilot study – what and how to do it? a) Subpages for testing – what to consider when selecting? b) Most important subpages and functions

3 c) What is covered and what is not covered by the act on digital accessibility – a few words about exceptions 4. Detecting basic web page accessibility errors a) Text content b) Keyboard navigation c) Alternatives for graphics d) Alternatives for multimedia e) Easy orientation and navigation f) No surprising situations 5. Audit tools and programs

IV. Digital Accessibility Audit Report 1. How to prepare the report? 2. Methodology for preparing the report 3. Components of the report 4. Division into descriptive and analytical parts 5. What not to include in the report?

V. Conducting an Architectural and Information-Communicative Accessibility Audit

1. First step: defining “architectural and information-communicative accessibility” 2. Selecting methodology 3. Areas to check a) Parking lots, parking spaces for vehicles • Location • Surface of parking spaces • Access to the parking space from the sidewalk • Dimensions of parking spaces adapted for people with disabilities

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• Marking of parking spaces b) Building entrance • Doorphone • Vestibule • Ramp c) Clear information in the building d) Wayfinding system e) Tactile plans f) Induction loops g) Graphic symbols, pictograms, text and audio information h) Tactile buttons i) Clear horizontal communication in the building j) Corridors • Width of corridors • Principle of maintaining a single line • Placement of small architecture k) Height of communication lines l) Designing rest areas m) Stairs and landings n) Handrails o) Vertical and inclined platforms p) Reception desks, secretariats q) Sanitary facilities and their equipment r) Coatrooms s) Doors t) Shoe cleaning systems u) Windows v) Lighting • Types of lighting • Method of illumination • Reflective surfaces and lighting

5 VI. Architectural and Information-Communicative Accessibility Audit Report 1. How to prepare the report? 2. Methodology for preparing the report 3. Components of the report 4. What not to include in the report?