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- Using the WAVE Web Accessibility Tool, enter the URL for your webpage.
- When the results of the evaluation are displayed, on the left side of the screen, select the flag tab underneath the clipboard tab.
- Look at the errors denoted in red indicating errors in alternative text or missing alternative text.
- Click on the red error boxes to see which images are missing alt text.
3. Tab Focus
- Using the instructions from Navigation (above), Tab through your webpage.
- Is there is a visual indicator, i.e. a box outline, an underline, or font color change, to indicate where you are on the webpage?
4. Navigation
- While your webpage is open in your browser, click on the address bar at the top of your browser.
- Put your mouse under your desk or somewhere that you cannot reach it.
- Press the Tab key. Continue pressing Tab to see if you can continually access all of the content on the webpage.
- Be sure that items in drop down menus are either usable from the keyboard (using the Tab or arrow keys) or that all of the information that is in those drop down menus is available and usable from the keyboard only on the destination page for the menu item.
- Pay attention to the Tab order. Does it jump from one side of the page to another? Or does it go in a logical, orderly fashion? (For example, down the left hand column, down the center, and down the right hand column.)
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- Using the instructions from Navigation (above), Tab through your webpage.Is there is a visual indicator, i.e. a box outline, an underline, or font color change, to indicate where you are on the webpage?
5. Descriptive Hyperlinks
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