Our team has always been engaged and hands-on when it comes to web accessibility and inclusion. Through learning, teaching, auditing, remediating or supporting others doing the same, providing information access to all is at the core of how we run our business. Inclusivity, equality, and global access is still very much a work in progress for humanity. Any step that Hook 42 can take towards improving inclusion and access, you bet we’re going to do it. This year’s Bay Area Drupal Camp (BADCamp) is no exception.
This camp is packed with content covering accessibility topics. Aimee and Lindsey leading a web accessibility training session on Thursday. On Friday and Saturday, there are four sessions that will touch base on accessible best practices. Thank you to each of the presenters for broadening the audience one of our favorite subjects. We hear you, and are so happy to join in on the discussion!
Web Accessibility Sessions at BADCamp
Your Code is Terrible!, presented by Jayson Jaynes, will cover the topic of semantic HTML. In the talk, Jayson will explain its importance, how to best practice it, and what developers benefit from by understanding it. The best part? Jayson will explore some tools that make creating semantic code in Drupal easier and how to utilize your new tools to ensure accessibility compliance.
It's a Bird... It's a Plane... It's ¯\_(ツ)_/¯? Using Machine Learning to Meet Accessibility Requirements, presented by Danny Teng and Neha Bhomia, will explore a new world where manual input for alt tags becomes a thing of the past. The pair will explore how machine learning can be leveraged to take care of the tedious task of alt text generation.
Shine a Light on Me, presented by Paul Sheldrake, will cover a broad overview of a chrome extension, Lighthouse, that checks pages for not only accessibility compliance, but site performance and SEO concerns as well. Paul will cover the basics for why it’s important to run these scans, and how Lighthouse can help make that process a little better for everyone.
SVG Magic!, by Anthony Horn, will talk about the glory that SVGs behold. There is more to an SVG than putting scalable vector on the web, and Anthony will walk through exactly what that entails from animation to accessibility compliance and everything in between.
Web Accessibility Training at BADCamp
Our accessibility training session at BADCamp, Web Accessibility Training, will take place on Thursday from 8:00 am to 5:00 pm. We hope you’re ready for a deep-dive into all things inclusion on the web.
Aimee and Lindsey will cover as much as they can squeeze into one full-day crash course. The course starts at accessibility laws and principles, works through design, content, media, code, and testing tools. We cover the topic with both a broad but deep approach for all attendees to gain the most exposure to such a big topic.
At the end of the day, our goal is to make sure everyone becomes an advocate for web accessibility! We hope you’ll gain a better understanding of where your organization stands with accessibility, what specific role you’ll play in ensuring your websites stay compliant, and how you can show others where to go in order to apply accessible best practices in their areas of expertise.
It’s going to be a busy camp, and we are thrilled to be part of such a hot topic in the web community. If you want to chat further about accessibility, you can always stop by our booth while you’re there to pick our brains. We’re always in the mood to talk accessibility!