Welcome to the DHS Section 508 Trusted Tester Study Group. This series builds on our previous Accessibility Webinar Series. If you are new to accessibility auditing, review the recordings in advance or in between sessions, as we won't go into the details of WCAG and POUR principles.

Study Group Sessions

• Session 1: What is Section 508? Functional performance criteria and standards, getting familiar with testing tools and how they work

  • Summary: What is Section 508 & the Trusted Tester Program?

• Session 2: Auto-Playing and Auto-Updating Content + Flashing

  • Summary of testing criteria covered

• Session 3: Keyboard Access and Focus

• Session 4: March 20: Forms

• Session 5, April 3: Links + Images + Adjustable Time Limits

• Session 6, April 17: Repetitive Content, Content Structure

• Session 7, May 1: Language, Page Titles, Frames & iFrames

• Session 8, May 15: Sensory Characteristics and Contrast, Tables

• Session 9, May 29: CSS Positioning + Pre-Recorded Audio-Only, Video-Only, and Animations

• Session 10, June 12: Synchronized Media

• Session 11, June 26: Resize Text, Multiple Ways, Parsing

• Session 12, July 10: Conforming Alternate Version and Non-Interference, Conformance Reporting, Q&A

Ressources

• Study Group Recordings

• Slides and Transcripts

• Summary blog posts

• GitHub repository