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Elements and Performance Criteria

  1. Identify accessibility standards
  2. Test for accessibility of website
  3. Test pages

Required Skills

Required skills

Developing a website

Analysing a website

Designing technical tests

Implementing tests

Evaluating tests

Giving feedback on the evaluation

Analysing the evaluation

Identifying and accommodating user groups with special needs

Required knowledge

Website architecture

Website security

Work load metrics

Technical performance measurement

Business process design

Customer and business liaison

Government advocacy group and special needs group liaison

Website accessibility security and equity legislation

Web Accessibility Initiative WAI

Copyright and intellectual property

Relevant privacy legislation and principles

Electronic commerce modelling language

Australian Computer Society Code of Ethics

Access and equity legislation and principles

Evidence Required

The evidence guide provides advice on assessment and must be read in conjunction with the performance criteria required skills and knowledge range statement and the Assessment Guidelines for the Training Package

Overview of assessment

Critical aspects for assessment and evidence required to demonstrate competency in this unit

Evidence of the following is essential

Accessible web pages take into account the special needs of visitors with auditory visual mobility and cognitive impairments and those people who use assistive technology The objective is to provide those users an equivalent browsing experience to that of visitors without special needs

Assessment must confirm the ability to identify accessibility requirements with reference to the client profile to design or implement a valid accessibility test to facilitate the test process and document results The proposed solution must meet legal special customer and business needs and expectations as well as the current and future needs of the business Design elements that are considered undesirable in the website should be highlighted for redesign for better accessibility

To demonstrate competency in this unit the person will require access to

Live website

Requirements documentation

Customer relationship model

Automatic accessibility measuring tools

Context of and specific resources for assessment

The expansion in availability and use of the internet provides challenges for developers and website custodians in respect of access for people with special needs Accessibility refers to ensuring that content is accessible ie It can be navigated and read by everyone regardless of location experience or the type of computer technology used Accessibility is most commonly discussed in relation to people with disabilities because this group are most likely to be disadvantaged if the principles of accessible web design are not implemented Failure to follow these principles can make it difficult or impossible for people with disabilities to access content Creating accessible content should be an integral part of the web design philosophy and accessibility features should be incorporated into all aspects of the design process Designing for accessibility is thus as much a strategic issue as a purely technical one

The focus of this competency is testing for accessibility Such testing should be incorporated into any and all user testing regimes and not be seen as an isolated event that can occur after other user testing has taken place

Depending on complexity of content basic knowledge and skills would prepare a person to perform in a range of activities where there is a clearly defined range of contexts for the website

The breadth depth and complexity of knowledge and skills in this competency would cover a broad range of varied activities or application in a wider variety of contexts most of which are complex and nonroutine Leadership and guidance would be involved when organising activities of self and others as well as contributing to technical solutions of a nonroutine or contingency nature

Assessment must ensure

Performance of a broad range of skilled applications including the requirement to evaluate and analyse current practices develop new criteria and procedures for performing current practices and provision of some leadership and guidance to others in the application and planning of the skills would be characteristic

Applications may involve responsibility for and limited organisation of others

Method of assessment

The purpose of this unit is to define the standard of performance to be achieved in the workplace In undertaking training and assessment activities related to this unit consideration should be given to the implementation of appropriate diversity and accessibility practices in order to accommodate people who may have special needs Additional guidance on these and related matters is provided in ICA Section

The purpose of this unit is to define the standard of performance to be achieved in the workplace. In undertaking training and assessment activities related to this unit, consideration should be given to the implementation of appropriate diversity and accessibility practices in order to accommodate people who may have special needs. Additional guidance on these and related matters is provided in ICA05 Section 1.

Competency in this unit should be assessed using summative assessment to ensure consistency of performance in a range of contexts This unit can be assessed either in the workplace or in a simulated environment However simulated activities must closely reflect the workplace to enable full demonstration of competency

Assessment will usually include observation of real or simulated work processes and procedures andor performance in a project context as well as questioning on underpinning knowledge and skills The questioning of team members supervisors subordinates peers and clients where appropriate may provide valuable input to the assessment process The interdependence of units for assessment purposes may vary with the particular project or scenario

Guidance information for assessment

Holistic assessment with other units relevant to the industry sector workplace and job role is recommended for example

ICAAC Design a website to meet technical requirements

ICAA4142C Design a website to meet technical requirements

ICABB Create a simple markup language document to specification

ICAB4135B Create a simple mark-up language document to specification

ICABB Develop cascading style sheets

ICAB4171B Develop cascading style sheets

ICADB Write content for web pages

ICAD4209B Write content for web pages

ICAIB Ensure website content meets technical protocols and standards

ICAI4189B Ensure website content meets technical protocols and standards

ICATB Ensure site usability for full range of users

ICAT4184B Ensure site usability for full range of users

ICATB Create a website testing procedure

ICAT4185B Create a website testing procedure

ICATB Conduct operational acceptance tests of websites

ICAT4186B Conduct operational acceptance tests of websites

An individual demonstrating this competency would be able to

Demonstrate understanding of a broad knowledge base incorporating some theoretical concepts

Apply solutions to a defined range of unpredictable problems

Identify and apply skill and knowledge areas to a wide variety of contexts with depth in some areas

Identify analyse and evaluate information from a variety of sources

Take responsibility for own outputs in relation to specified quality standards

Take limited responsibility for the quantity and quality of the output of others

An individual demonstrating this competency would be able to

Test a website for accessibility

Demonstrate some theoretical knowledge of website content creation

Apply a range of welldeveloped skills in communication and negotiation

Perform a range of skills in website design where some discretion and judgement is required

Interpret available information using discretion and judgement

Maintain knowledge of industry products and services


Range Statement

The range statement relates to the unit of competency as a whole. It allows for different work environments and situations that may affect performance. Bold italicised wording, if used in the performance criteria, is detailed below. Essential operating conditions that may be present with training and assessment (depending on the work situation, needs of the candidate, accessibility of the item, and local industry and regional contexts) may also be included.

Web development standards may include:

Web content accessibility guidelines 1.0 (WCAG)

Authoring tool accessibility guidelines 1.0 (ATAG)

User agent accessibility guidelines 1.0 (UAAG)

Web accessibility initiative (WAI)

Best practice vendor-specific accessibility standards

User groups may include but is not limited to:

person with auditory

visual

mobility

cognitive impairments

Software may include but is not limited to:

commercial software applications

organisation-specific software

packaged software

in-house or customised software

Browser may include but is not limited to:

Netscape Navigator

Internet Explorer

Mozilla

Opera

Galleon

Phoenix

Konqueror

Lynx

Standards may include:

ISO/IEC/AS standards

organisational standards

project standards (for further information refer to the Standards Australia website at: www.standards.com.au)

Requirements may be in reference to:

business

system

network

people in the organisation

Testing tools may include but is not limited to:

Bobby

Opera

PwWebSpeak

Lynx

General Magic's Web-On-Call

Non-text element may include:

Images, graphical representations of text (including symbols)

Image map regions

Animations (e.g. animated GIFs)

Applets and programmatic objects

ASCII art

Frames

Scripts

Images used as list bullets

Spacers

Graphical buttons

Sounds (played with or without user interaction)

Standalone audio files

Audio tracks of video, and video