From Awareness to Action: How to Test Digital Accessibility Effectively
Speaker
Target audience
Basic (no prior knowledge)
Description
Digital accessibility is a core quality requirement, yet many teams struggle to identify accessibility issues, turn them into actionable work, and test them effectively beyond automated checks. This workshop focuses on moving from awareness to practical execution.
Participants will learn how to discover accessibility issues in web applications by reviewing pages and components for common problems related to keyboard navigation, focus management, semantic structure, forms, and dynamic content. The session also covers how to break these issues into component-level stories with clear acceptance criteria aligned with WCAG principles.
A key part of the workshop is hands-on testing using manual techniques such as keyboard navigation and basic screen reader usage, alongside automated and AI-assisted tools. The focus is on understanding how these approaches complement each other.
By the end of the workshop, participants will have a practical approach to identifying, documenting, and testing accessibility issues, and integrating accessibility testing into everyday QA and development workflows.
You will learn
How to identify accessibility issues in web pages and UI components
How to create component-level accessibility stories with clear acceptance criteria
How to perform manual accessibility testing using keyboard and screen readers
How to use automated and AI-assisted tools alongside manual testing
How to integrate accessibility testing into QA and Agile workflows