Web Accessibility, Part 5: Multimedia, Animations, and Motion
Web Accessibility, Part 5: Multimedia, Animations, and Motion
Technical level: Intermediate (knowledge of HTML required)
Duration: 105 minutes (estimate)
IAAP CAECs: 1.75 (This class counts toward renewal of IAAP certification)
Course Synopsis:
Timed media accessibility, including captions, transcripts, audio descriptions, animations, visual transitions, vestibular disorders, and seizure disorders.
Course Topics: Web Accessibility, Part 5: Multimedia, Animations, and Motion
- Multimedia Accessibility Decision Matrix
- Captions
- Open versus Closed Captions
- Prerecorded Multimedia
- Live Events
- What to Include in Captions
- Visual Presentation of Captions
- Visual Customizability
- Caption File Format
- Transcripts
- Determining When Transcripts Are Needed
- What to Include in Transcripts
- Methods of Presenting Transcripts
- Interactive Transcripts
- Audio Descriptions
- Determining When Audio Descriptions Are Needed
- What to Include in Audio Descriptions
- Extended Audio Descriptions
- Methods of Presenting Audio Descriptions
- Sign Language Interpretation
- Determining When Sign Language Interpretation is Needed
- Methods of Presenting Sign Language Interpretation
- Media Player Accessibility
- Keyboard Accessibility
- Screen Reader Accessibility
- Captions, Transcripts, and Audio Descriptions
- Customizability
- Background Sounds
- Background Sounds in Media
- Background Audio on Web Pages
- Seizure-Inducing Flashes
- Flashing Content
- Animations and Motion
- Parallax Effects
- Background Videos and Animations
- Animations from Interactions
- Auto-Play
- Legal Requirements
- Procurement Laws (Section 508, EN 301 549)
- Civil Rights Laws
- CVAA: The 21st Century Video Communications and Accessibility Act