Authoring Tool Accessibility Guidelines from Skillsoft

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The Authoring Tools Accessibility Guidelines (ATAG) define how to create accessible tools and make more accessible content. Explore ATAG 2.0, authoring tool accessibility, accessible production, and ATAG implementation.

Learning Objectives

Authoring Tool Accessibility Guidelines (ATAG)

describe ATAG 2.0, its purpose, and the audience it's intended for
define ATAG 2.0 layers of guidance parts, principles, guidelines, and success criteria
specify ATAG 2.0 levels of conformance and how conformance is achieved
describe how integration using ATAG 2.0 promotes better development for accessibility
define ATAG 2.0 principle A.1: authoring tool user interfaces follow applicable accessibility guidelines, and its guidelines
define ATAG 2.0 principle A.2: editing views are perceivable, and its guidelines
define ATAG 2.0 principle A.3: editing views are operable, and its guidelines
define ATAG 2.0 principle A.4: editing views are understandable, and its guidelines
describe ATAG 2.0 principle B.1: fully automatic processes and accessible content, and its guidelines
describe ATAG 2.0 principle B.2: authors supported in production, and its guidelines
describe ATAG 2.0 principle B.3: authors are supported in improving the accessibility of existing content, and its guidelines
describe ATAG 2.0 principle B.4: authoring tools promote and integrate their accessibility features, and its guidelines
specify ATAG and WCAG and how they relate to each other
describe ATAG and WCAG requirements for conformance and components of a conformance claim
define the two types of conformance levels for ATAG 2.0
specify ATAG 2.0 conformance as it pertains to authoring tools capable of producing multiple web content technologies
describe how ATAG 2.0 may be applied to live authoring tools
define how to determine success in determining ATAG 2.0 conformance using the three potential answers
describe ATAG 2.0, its purpose, and accessible production