This talk, as presented at CollabCon discusses a practical approach for ensuring that SharePoint sites are meeting the necessary accessibility guidelines as defined by AODA and WCAG 2.0

1. Practical SharePoint Accessibility
Haniel Croitoru, MSc, PMP, PMI-ACP
MAY 10, 2015

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WARNING!
This presentation may trigger
photosensitive epilepsy
VIEWER DISCRESSION IS ADVISED!

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Audience
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what is AODA?

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AODA Overview
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wcag 2.0

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Perceivable
• Content must be visible to all
senses
Operable
• UI components and navigation
must be operable
• Cannot require interaction that a
user cannot perform
Understandable
• Content or UI operation cannot
be beyond user’s understanding
Robust
• Content must be robust enough
to be interpreted by a wide
variety of user agents, including
assistive technologies

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AODA compliance deadlines

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AODA Compliance Deadlines
Date Organizations Target
Jan 1, 2012 Government of
Ontario and the
Legislative Assembly
New internet and intranet websites and web
content on those sites must conform with WCAG
2.0 Level AA
Jan 1, 2016 All internet websites and web content must
conform with WCAG 2.0 Level AA
Jan 1, 2020 All internet and intranet websites and web
content must conform with WCAG 2.0 Level AA
Jan 1, 2014 Designated public
sector organizations
and large
organizations
New internet websites and web content on those
sites must conform with WCAG 2.0 Level A
Jan 1, 2021 All internet websites and web content must
conform with WCAG 2.0 Level AA
Failure to comply with the AODA requirements can lead to administrative monetary penalties and prosecutions. The Accessibility
Directorate of Ontario has the power to conduct inspections, assign monetary penalties and prosecute through the courts. Penalties for
non-compliance range from $200 to $2,000 for individuals and unincorporated organizations; $500 to $15,000 for corporations. In the
case of an offense under the AODA, penalties can reach a daily maximum of $50,000 for individuals or unincorporated organizations and
$100,000 daily for corporations.

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what about SharePoint?

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process

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Process for achieving AODA
Plan Design Execute Monitor

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t4 planning

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T4 Planning
Team
ToolsTechniques
Target

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target

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team

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tools

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Criteria for tool selection
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techniques

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Techniques
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design

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Design
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Anatomy of a SharePoint site
SharePoint
Structure
Master Pages
Layouts
Fields
Web Parts
SharePoint
Custom
Control Adapters
Content
Documents
Images
Blogs
Wiki
Pages
Content Editor Web Parts
Page Content

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execution

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Execution
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Execution
Web Parts, Content
Layouts, Fields, Controls,
Web Part Zones
Master Pages

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Execution
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Execution
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gotcha!

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colour blindness

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Colour Blindness

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Colour Blindness

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Colour Blindness
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Colour Blindness

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Reporting Status

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Reporting Status
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Reporting Status
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Reporting Status
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Colour Blindness
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animations

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Photosensitive Epilepsy

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contrast

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Contrast

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friendly url’s

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Friendly URL’s

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meaningless tags

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scripting

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monitor

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final thoughts

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71. Thank You
haniel@vertexpoint.com
ca.linkedin.com/in/hanielcroitoru
@TheSharePointPM
www.thesharepointpm.com