KCLS Accessibility Checklist

Our goal at the King County Library System (KCLS) is to achieve the success criteria of the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) 2.0 at Level AA. WCAG 2.0 is the standard for web accessibility developed by the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C).

The following checklist is based on the WCAG 2.0 standards, and is provided to assist KCLS in creating and procuring accessible IT. It can also be used by bidders, vendors and contractors seeking to provide KCLS with information about accessibility of their products and services.

Instructions

This checklist consists of a Product/Service Overview section, followed by four tables, one for each of the principles on which WCAG 2.0 is organized (perceivable, operable, understandable, and robust). In each table, rows correspond with items in the checklist. Additional information about each item is available through the University of Washington’s IT Accessibility Checklist & Tutorial website.

For each item, select a conformance level by selecting one of the available options in the Conformance Levels column. See the "Conformance Levels" section below for definitions of the available options.

In the "Remarks and Explanations" column, please provide specific details about how your product or service supports or does not support each item in the checklist. Bidders, please feel free to submit additional supporting documentation such as test results.

A copy of this form, once submitted, will be emailed to you for your records.

In creating this checklist KCLS is primarily targeting an audience who is new to accessibility and may be overwhelmed by the complexities of WCAG 2.0. All the items in the checklist map to WCAG 2.0, but in some cases we combined multiple WCAG success criteria into a single checklist item, and otherwise paraphrased WCAG in order to make it more user-friendly. For this reason the checklist numbering does not correspond exactly to the WCAG 2.0 guidelines numbering. Following the UW Checklist Tutorial, the corresponding WCAG 2.0 success criteria are listed in the References section for each item.

Conformance Levels

The options listed under Conformance Level are defined as follows:

Supports: The functionality of the product meets the criteria without known defects or meets with equivalent facilitation.
Supports with Exceptions: Some functionality of the product does not meet the criteria.
Does Not Support: Majority of functionality of the product does not meet the criteria.
Not Applicable: The criteria are not relevant to the product.
Not Evaluated: The product has not been evaluated against the criteria.

Product/Service Overview

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Step 1 of 5

Company Name*

Name of Product/Service*

Version*

Date*

Name*

Primary Contact for Accessibility

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Email*

Phone*

Notes

Perceivable

1-1 Do images have alternative text?*

Conformance Level

1-1 Conformance Level Explanation*

1-2 Does video have captions and does audio have a transcript?*

Conformance Level

1-2 Conformance Level Explanation*

1-3 Does the web page or document include headings, lists, ARIA landmarks and other sematic elements to communicate document structure?*

Conformance Level

1-3 Conformance Level Explanation*

1-4 Is the tab order and read order logical and intuitive?*

Conformance Level

1-4 Conformance Level Explanation*

1-5 Do form fields within web pages and documents have appropriately coded labels and prompts?*

Conformance Level

1-5 Conformance Level Explanation*

1-6 Have you avoided using visual characteristics to communicate information (e.g., "click the circle on the right" or "required fields are in red")?*

1-6 Conformance Level Explanation*

1-7 Does the interface have sufficient contrast between text color and background color?*

Conformance Level

1-7 Conformance Level Explanation*

1-8 Does the content scale well when text is enlarged up to 200 percent?*

Conformance Level

1-8 Conformance Level Explanation*

Operable

2-1 Can all menus, links, buttons, and other controls be operated by keyboard, to make them accessible to users who are unable to use a mouse?*

Conformance Level

2-1 Conformance Level Explanation*

2-2 Does the web page include visible focus indicator so all users, especially those using a keyboard, can easily track their current position?*

Conformance Level

2-2 Conformance Level Explanation*

2-3 Do features that scroll or update automatically (e.g., slideshows, carousels) have prominent accessible controls that enable users to pause or advance these features on their own?*

Conformance Level

2-3 Conformance Level Explanation

2-4 Do pages that have time limits include mechanisms for adjusting those limits for users who need more time?*

Conformance Level

2-4 Conformance Level Explanation*

2-5 Have you avoided using content that flashes or flickers?*

Conformance Level

2-5 Conformance Level Explanation*

2-6 Does the web page or document have a title that describes its topic or purpose?*

Conformance Level

2-6 Conformance Level Explanation*

2-7 Are mechanisms in place to allow users to bypass blocks of content (e.g., a "skip to main content" link on a web page or bookmarks in a PDF)?*

Conformance Level

2-7 Conformance Level Explanation*

2-8 Does the website include two or more ways of finding content, such as navigation menu, search feature, or site map?*

Conformance Level

2-8 Conformance Level Explanation*

2-9 Is link text meaningful, independent of context?*

Conformance Level

2-9 Conformance Level Explanation*

Understandable

3-1 Has the language of the web page or document (or individual parts of a multilingual document) been defined?*

Conformance Level

3-1 Conformance Level Explanation*

3-2 Have you avoided links, controls or form fields that automatically trigger a change in context?*

Conformance Level

3-2 Conformance Level Explanation*

3-3 Does the website include consistent navigation?*

Conformance Level

3-3 Conformance Level Explanation*

3-4 Do online forms provide helpful, accessible error and verification messages?*

Conformance Level

3-4 Conformance Level Explanation*

Robust

4-1 Is the web page coded using valid HTML?*

Conformance Level

4-1 Conformance Evaluation*

4-2 Do rich, dynamic, web interfaces, such as modal windows, drop-down menus, slideshows, and carousels, carousles, include ARIA markup?*

Conformance Level

4-2 Conformance Explanation*

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