[Draft] Developer Modules

Introduction

This curriculum focuses on markup and coding techniques. It is primarily designed for teaching front-end developers. Guidance on how to include these techniques in a framework or authoring tool is out-of-scope for this specific curriculum.

This curriculum can be combined with other curricula for teaching designers, content authors, and other roles.

This curriculum guides the creation of courses that:

• explain key terms for developers
• demonstrate how accessible coding helps people with disabilities use the Web
• provide markup and coding techniques around:
  • page structure
  • navigation
  • images and graphics
  • tables
  • forms
  • custom widgets

Prerequisites for Students

Students of courses based on this curriculum are expected to have achieved the learning outcomes from the prior Foundation modules:

• Module 1: What is Web accessibility — Topics “Stories of People with Disabilities” and “Scope of Web Accessibility”
• Module 2: People and Digital Technology — Topics “Diverse Abilities, Tools, and Strategies” and “Components of Web Accessibility”
• Module 4: Principles, Standards, and Checks — Topics “Principles of Web Accessibility”, “W3C Accessibility Standards”, and “Hands-on Experience of Standards”
• Module 5: Getting Started with Accessibility — Topic “Roles and Responsibilities”

Basic HTML and CSS knowledge is also advised.

Modules in this Curriculum

• Module 1: Structure and Semantics
  • Topic: Section Headings
  • Topic: Sections of Content
  • Topic: Page Regions
  • Topic: Page Structure
• Module 2: Navigational Menus
  • Topic: Menu Structure
  • Topic: Menu Styling
  • Topic: Fly-out Menus
  • Topic: Application Menus
• Module 3: Images and Graphics
  • Topic: Simple Images
  • Topic: Functional Images
  • Topic: Complex Images
• Module 4: Tabular Information
  • Topic: Simple Tables
  • Topic: Complex Tables
  • Topic: Table Summaries and Descriptions
• Module 5: Forms and Input Elements
  • Topic: Form Labels
  • Topic: Form Instructions
  • Topic: Time Limits
  • Topic: Notifications
• Module 6: Custom Widgets
  • Topic: Semantics and Widget Roles
  • Topic: Accessible Names and Descriptions
  • Topic: States, Properties, and Values
  • Topic: Keyboard and Focus Management
  • Topic: Live Regions and Notifications