Accessibility for Developers
Build interfaces that work with a keyboard, a screen reader and a bad connection
Created by Lena Fischer
What you will learn
- Operate and test your own interface using only a keyboard
- Use a screen reader well enough to find real problems
- Write semantic HTML that needs far less ARIA than you think
- Apply ARIA correctly on the components that genuinely need it
- Meet colour contrast and focus-visibility requirements
- Read WCAG success criteria without despair
Course content
12 sections · 42 lectures · 6h 30m total length
- What this course covers, and what it does notPreview04:00
- How to get the most out of itPreview05:00
- Setting up and downloading the exercise files07:00
- Why semantics come firstPreview05:00
- Why semantics come first in detail10:00
- A closer look at why semantics come first14:00
- Worked example: why semantics come first06:00
Topics covered
Requirements
- Basic HTML
- A browser — a screen reader is free on every major platform
Description
Accessibility is usually taught as a list of rules, which is why it rarely sticks. This free course teaches it as a set of behaviours you can test yourself in ten minutes, then explains the standards afterwards, once they mean something.
Your instructor
Product designer and design-systems lead
Lena has built three design systems and thrown away two of them. She teaches the parts that survived: naming, tokens, and the unglamorous governance that keeps a system from rotting.
Learner reviews
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- GSGrace S.21 June 2025
Excellent. The examples are realistic rather than the usual toy versions.
- WEWei E.21 December 2025
I have recommended this to two colleagues already. The structure makes it easy to dip back into.
- SHSam H.26 December 2025
Very practical. I applied something from module four at work the same week.
- DWDmitri W.12 October 2025
Exactly what I needed. It assumes you are an adult and does not over-explain.
- IDIngrid D.16 November 2025
Excellent. The examples are realistic rather than the usual toy versions.
- WTWei T.28 September 2025
The instructor answers questions properly rather than pointing you at the documentation.
- VBViktor B.14 August 2025
Concise and honest about what it does not cover, which I appreciated.
- FMFarid M.23 December 2025
Genuinely well structured. I have started three courses on this topic and this is the first one I finished.
- HHHugo H.15 July 2025
Excellent. The examples are realistic rather than the usual toy versions.
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