Creating Accessible Tables
taught by: Jim Allan
Session Summary
Tables can pose unique usability and accessibility challenges to people, including those using assistive and mobile technologies. This BYOL hands-on session will review current practices and strategies to making tables usable and accessible using semantic HTML and CSS. We will review how screen-readers and other assistive technologies interact with tables.
Description
Tables can pose unique usability and accessibility challenges to people, including those using assistive and mobile technologies. This BYOL hands-on session will review current practices and strategies to making tables usable and accessible using semantic HTML and CSS. We will review how screen-readers and other assistive technologies interact with tables.
Practical Skills
- Understand how to structure data tables to make them accessible
- Identify common barriers encountered by people with disabilities
- Identify components of accessible tables, including Caption, Headers, ARIA, usability and CSS