Requirements

• Basic Knowledge of Software Testing
• Basic Knowledge of HTML
• Computer with Windows Operating System (Reason: Tools such as NVDA and JAWS can be installed in Windows OS only)
• Installed Internet Explorer/Google Chrome and Mozilla Firefox Browsers in Windows OS based computer

Description

Professional web accessibility testing course to learn 'most wanted' accessibility testing techniques using screen readers such as NVDA, JAWS and perform audio testing (screen reader based testing), write accessibility testcases, high contrast testing, table a11y testing, visual accessibility and keyboard testing, colour contrast testing, Images TurnOff Testing, Animation Testing, ZoomText Testing, Accessibility Automation Testing, Axe Code Scan, Pa11y Accessibility Audit, BDD based automation accessibility testing, Requirements Accessibility Testing and many more real time testing techniques in just 2 hours 5 min!

Web Accessibility Testing is an emerging field in I.T industry and both front end engineers and quality engineers need to know how to build and test applications defect free? Many jobs across USA,UK,Australia are listed with accessibility as a 'required skillset' in job descriptions hence learning web accessibility testing is important for manual,automation testers,front end engineers and anybody working on software engineering/information technology field!

This course is recommended for QA,Test Managers,Developers,BA,Product Owners,Design Engineers and anyone involved in (customer facing)software development projects.

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Note: Recommended to enable captions while accessing the course since screen readers used across this course and read the trainer instructions from caption to understand the techniques.

Captions: English,German,Hindi,Polish,Portuguese ,Russian,Spanish and Tamil (Recommended to enable CAPTIONS throughout the course for better learning since some of the videos are provided with screen reader automated voice testing)

What is Web Accessibility?

Users with disabilities such as visually impaired or ‘physically challenged’ (term used in this section as ‘special users’) are required accessible web applications for ease of use. This has been suggested as part of Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (known as ‘WCAG’)/General Services Administration Section 508 Standards(known as ‘Section 508’) in detail. Providing proper text for each section of the page and facilitating best user experience on the web pages are very important while providing accessibility features to web applications.

Note: Visually impaired has classification specified by Centers of Disease Control and Prevention(CDC) and it is not the only reason for performing accessibility tests. Accessibility ensures the special users with disabilities can access the same web pages what normal users access.

In this course, selenium based BDD scripts are explained using Javascript as a programming language hence knowing Javascript is essential for this section; This is not a automation or selenium focused training but purely focusing on accessibility testing. This is an amazing course to learn and perform web accessibility verification through manual and automation tests using selenium,pa11y,axe,zoomtext and web accessibility toolbar!

What is WCAG?

The Web Content Accessibility Guidelines are part of a series of web accessibility guidelines published by the Web Accessibility Initiative of the World Wide Web Consortium, the main international standards organization for the Internet.

Instructor: Endorsed by TechNation as 'Exceptional Talent of UK' in Digital Technology

Course Language: English (Indian Accent)

Requirements: Computer with Windows Operating System and Internet Explorer/Google Chrome and Mozilla Firefox Browsers (Reason: Tools such as NVDA and JAWS can be installed in Windows OS only)

FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS (FAQ):

Why trainer voice overlapping with system voice in some of the videos?

JAWS and NVDA are screen reading software and they read the content from any website. While explaining about the steps involved in performing accessibility testing, it is possible that the voice from trainer overlap with screen reader voice. Hence requesting you to enable to captions to watch the instructions to understand the type of testing and the necessary steps involved in using those screen readers.

Short Note: Overlapping (2 different audio output playing at once.) is a known challenge while teaching accessibility with screen readers.

Is this an interesting topic or a boring subject since it involves lot of screen readers to perform testing?

Honestly it is a boring topic for many and it wont interest very much unless you are inspired to get the website tested to help your customers (who are disabled in some sort). It is a well paid job but It can not be learnt over night with just a theory preparation.

Do I need to use screen readers to practice accessibility testing or just learning from this course is good enough to start working as accessibility testing engineer?

Theory will give some basics such as WCAG background but practising screen readers such as JAWS or NVDA will give you good insights and complexities to understand accessibility needs.

When can i become an accessibility tester after learning from this course?

This course just takes 2 hours 2 minutes to complete all the sections but it takes three weeks to six weeks to practice those screenreaders (assuming that you spend min. two hours daily to access websites) hence it would make you comfortable to perform accessibility testing against WCAG standards. Unfortunately completing this course alone won't give you 100% confidence since it is a practical job oriented concept.

Why JAWS and NVDA commentary are used in this course?

Screen readers such as JAWS,NVDA are used by people with disabilities while accessing websites hence they are used in this course to explain the need of the screen readers in testing accessibility. But entire commentary of these tools are not explained in this course since it is not a course to teach about screen readers. It is a course about QA who can use screen reader to test websites against WCAG standards.

Why some videos are monotonous?

Teaching accessibility is extremely hard since it involves screen readers and testing those challenging areas of users with disabilities. So the course focus on finding those pain points of differently abled users while accessing websites. So it is not at all a joyful or entertaining course. It will be dull, tedious, and repetitious especially in screen reader related videos.

Is this course suitable for viewing from desktop,laptop,tablet and mobile devices?

It is highly recommended to use a laptop or desktop to learn this course since the power point presentations are made compatible to laptop (screen size) only. Udemy do not support to download the section based attachments from mobile or handheld devices. Participants can view the course from Udemy app or mobile browser. But the experience is really good with a laptop or desktop screen. Even if you attempt to complete the course from udemy app or mobile browser, please watch it once from laptop/desktop for any attachments to download for your preparations.

How the course is structured in different sections?

P.O.U.R is a way of approaching web accessibility: Perceivable,Operable,Understandable and Robust. These four focus areas are provided in four different testing modules/sections in the course:

1. Web Accessibility Testing-Screen Reader Testing
2. Visual Accessibility and Keyboard Testing
3. Automation Accessibility Testing
4. Requirements Accessibility Testing
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Why automation is not a main focus in this course?

Performing 100% automation tests in accessibility is not possible or not recommended since the testing is to identify user difficulties when accessibility is needed. After first few iterations of accessibility testing, few accessibility tests can be automated upto 30%. Note that performing accessibility audit using tools such as Axe,Attest and pa11y are not fully automated accessibility tests-they are meant to scan the pages for accessibility issues. Writing automated code with accessibility assertions in tools such as selenium,cypressio,tosca,UFT would be a right fit into automation accessibility based on the team's maturity level.

Reviews:

"This course gave me some knowledge about accessibility testing and some tips on using tools"

Tools:

JAWS® For Windows is a computer screen reader for people who are blind and visually impaired -from Freedom Scientific

NVDA -NonVisual Desktop Access is a free, open-source, portable screen reader for Microsoft Windows from NV Access

Pa11y - A command-line interface which loads web pages and highlights any accessibility issues

Axe-The axe accessibility checker for Chrome is a fast, lightweight accessibility testing tool from Deque Labs

Who this course is for:

• Software Tester,manual tester
• Beginner selenium
• Beginner software testing
• Advanced web testing
• Beginner automation tester
• Functional Tester
• Non Functional Tester
• Computer Engineer
• Developer
• Software Developer