4A - ARIA: What's in a Name? - Spring 2021 IT Pro Forum

Presented by: Mark McCarthy, Administrative Information Technology Services (AITS); Keith Hays, Office of the Vice Chancellor for Diversity, Equity & Inclusion

ARIA, or Accessible Rich Internet Applications, can be an overwhelming topic at first. By learning some basics of the standard, as well as some rules and guidelines around its use, you may be able to vastly improve the accessibility of your site or web application. We'll be discussing some of the basic tenets of ARIA as well as some simple examples and how they benefit users and their browsers and/or assistive technologies of choice.

Experience Level: Intermediate