Determine which products and services fall within the scope of the European Accessibility Act and their deadlines.
Digital Transformation & Artificial Intelligence
Digital Accessibility Compliance with WCAG 2.2 and the European Accessibility Act
Learn to audit, remediate and govern digital products against WCAG 2.2 success criteria and the European Accessibility Act, so they work for assistive technology users.
🗓️Duration5 training days
📚Content4 modules · 8 sessions
🎓On completionAccredited attendance certificate
About the programme
Course Overview
Digital products that are difficult or impossible to use with a screen reader, keyboard or switch device exclude a significant share of potential users and, in much of Europe, now create direct legal exposure. The European Accessibility Act extends accessibility obligations to a wide range of private-sector products and services, referencing the harmonised standard EN 301 549 and, through it, the WCAG 2.2 success criteria that define what an accessible interface must do. This course teaches participants to audit real products against WCAG 2.2 using both automated scanning and manual testing with assistive technology such as screen readers and keyboard-only navigation, then to remediate the barriers that testing uncovers in forms, navigation, documents, media and custom components. It also covers the scope and deadlines of the European Accessibility Act and the disproportionate-burden provisions that can limit what a product must change. The course closes with governance practice: writing accessibility requirements into procurement, publishing an accessibility statement and building habits that stop new barriers appearing after launch.
Expected Learning Outcomes
Apply WCAG 2.2 success criteria to judge whether a digital product meets level A or AA conformance.
Test digital products manually with screen readers, keyboard navigation and users with disabilities.
Configure automated accessibility scanning and integrate it into a continuous integration pipeline.
Remediate common barriers in forms, navigation, documents, media and custom interactive components.
Prioritise an accessibility remediation backlog using a defined severity and impact model.
Establish governance, procurement requirements and monitoring that sustain accessibility across future releases.
Who Should Attend
Digital product managers responsible for meeting European Accessibility Act deadlines.
Front-end developers and UX designers building interfaces used by people with disabilities.
Quality assurance testers adding accessibility checks to existing test plans.
Procurement specialists evaluating supplier accessibility conformance claims.
Public sector digital teams whose existing accessibility obligations are now extending in scope.
Content editors producing documents, video and media that must meet WCAG criteria.
Course Modules
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01Legal and Standards Foundations of Digital Accessibility
2 sessions · 8 points
Session 1The European Accessibility Act and Related Obligations
- Identify which products and services fall within the scope of the European Accessibility Act and their compliance deadlines.
- Map European Accessibility Act requirements to the harmonised standard EN 301 549 used to demonstrate conformance.
- Distinguish obligations that fall on manufacturers, importers, distributors and service providers within a single supply chain.
- Assess the disproportionate-burden exemption and the documentation needed to justify invoking it.
Session 2WCAG 2.2 Structure, Principles and Conformance Levels
- Explain the four WCAG principles, perceivable, operable, understandable and robust, and how success criteria map to each.
- Differentiate conformance levels A, AA and AAA and identify which level typical public-sector and commercial obligations require.
- Review the new success criteria introduced in WCAG 2.2, including focus appearance, dragging movements and consistent help.
- Apply the accessibility conformance testing methodology to determine pass, fail or not-applicable status for a given criterion.
02Auditing Digital Products Against WCAG 2.2
2 sessions · 8 points
Session 1Manual and Assistive Technology Testing
- Test keyboard-only navigation across a full user journey to confirm every interactive element is reachable and operable.
- Evaluate a page or app with a screen reader such as NVDA, JAWS or VoiceOver to check that content is announced in a logical order.
- Assess colour contrast, text resizing and reflow at 400 percent zoom against the relevant WCAG success criteria.
- Recruit and brief users with disabilities to validate findings that automated and expert testing alone cannot confirm.
Session 2Automated Testing and Sampling Strategy
- Configure automated scanning tools to catch programmatically detectable issues such as missing alternative text and label associations.
- Build a representative page and component sample that covers templates, states and user journeys rather than testing every page.
- Integrate accessibility linting into a continuous integration pipeline so regressions are caught before release.
- Triangulate automated results with manual findings, since automated tools alone typically detect only a minority of WCAG failures.
03Remediating Common Accessibility Barriers
2 sessions · 8 points
Session 1Remediating Interface and Content Barriers
- Fix common failures in forms, including missing labels, unclear error identification and inaccessible custom validation messages.
- Remediate navigation and focus-order issues so assistive technology users encounter content in a predictable sequence.
- Correct heading structure, landmark regions and link text so screen reader users can navigate efficiently to relevant content.
- Rewrite colour-dependent and motion-dependent interactions so information does not rely on a single sensory channel.
Session 2Remediating Documents, Media and Complex Components
- Remediate PDF and Office documents with tagged structure, reading order and accessible tables for assistive technology.
- Add captions, transcripts and audio description to video content in line with the relevant WCAG success criteria.
- Rebuild custom widgets, such as date pickers and carousels, using appropriate ARIA roles, states and keyboard interaction patterns.
- Prioritise a remediation backlog using a severity model that weighs the number of users blocked against the effort required.
04Governance, Procurement and Sustaining Accessibility
2 sessions · 8 points
Session 1Embedding Accessibility in Design and Development
- Introduce accessibility acceptance criteria into design handoff so components are specified as accessible before development begins.
- Build an accessible component library so recurring interface patterns pass WCAG criteria consistently across products.
- Train designers and developers to use accessibility checkers and browser developer tools during their normal workflow.
- Define a definition of done that blocks release when a component fails an agreed set of critical success criteria.
Session 2Governance, Procurement and Ongoing Monitoring
- Publish an accessibility statement that discloses known limitations and a channel for users to report barriers.
- Write accessibility requirements into procurement contracts and evaluate supplier conformance reports before purchase.
- Establish a governance board that tracks remediation progress, legal deadlines and recurring audit findings.
- Schedule periodic re-audits and regression testing so accessibility conformance is maintained through subsequent releases.
What the participant receives
4 course modules
A structured syllabus
8 training sessions
across 5 days
32 detailed points
Applied, detailed content
Accredited attendance certificate
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