Conformance Level A Guidelines

Non-Text Content:

Does your site or application provide text alternatives for images or other non-text content? (Success Criterion 1.1.1 – Level Level A)

Audio-only and Video-only (Prerecorded):

Does your site or application provide transcripts for audio only files, and descriptions for what is happening in a video only file? (Success Criterion 1.2.1 – Level Level A)

Captions (Prerecorded):

If your site or application has video content, are captions available? (Success Criterion 1.2.2 – Level Level A)

Audio Description or Media Alternative (Prerecorded):

Are you providing an optional audio track or text alternative to describe what is happening visually in all video content? (Success Criterion 1.2.3 – Level Level A)

Info and Relationships:

Is the information, structure, and relationships of the content on your site or application maintained when being accessed with assistive technology? (Success Criterion 1.3.1 – Level Level A)

Meaningful Sequence:

Is the content on your site or application presented in a logical reading order when viewed with assistive technology, an alternate stylesheet, or by keyboard only navigation? (Success Criterion 1.3.2 – Level Level A)

Sensory Characteristics:

Are you avoiding using sensory language or sounds as the only way to describe controls or provide directions on how to operate your site or application? (Success Criterion 1.3.3 – Level Level A)

Use of Color:

Are you ensuring that color is not the only means of providing information or distinguishing visual content? (Success Criterion 1.4.1 – Level Level A)

Audio Control:

Are you making sure audio does not play automatically when a page loads? (Success Criterion 1.4.2 – Level Level A)

Keyboard:

Are all website/application controls and content fully operable through a keyboard interface? (Success Criterion 2.1.1 – Level Level A)

No Keyboard Trap:

Can keyboard focus be moved into and out of web content and components without getting stuck in keyboard traps? (Success Criterion 2.1.2 – Level Level A)

Timing Adjustable:

If web content uses time limits can a user turn off, adjust or extend those time limits? (Success Criterion 2.2.1 – Level Level A)

Pause, Stop, Hide:

Can moving, blinking, scrolling or auto-updating content be paused, stopped or hidden by the user? (Success Criterion 2.2.2 – Level Level A)

Three Flashes or Below Threshold:

Have you ensured that your website/application does not contain content that flashes? (Success Criterion 2.3.1 – Level Level A)

Bypass Blocks:

Is there a way for users to bypass content that is repeated on multiple web pages (e.g., setting controls, navigation areas, user menu, etc.)? (Success Criterion 2.4.1 – Level Level A)

Page Titled:

Do all pages on your website have unique descriptive page titles?  (Success Criterion 2.4.2 – Level Level A)

Focus Order:

If page content is designed to be navigated sequentially, do the focusable parts receive focus in a sequential order that maintains the meaning and operation of the content? (Success Criterion 2.4.3 – Level Level A)

Link Purpose (In Context):

Is all link text contextual and provide users with a clear indication of the link destination and content? (Success Criterion 2.4.4 – Level Level A)

Language of Page:

Is the language of each page properly identified in the code for your web site/application? (Success Criterion 3.1.1 – Level Level A)

On Focus:

Have you ensured that user interface components contained within your site or application do not initiate a change of context when they receive focus? (Success Criterion 3.2.1 – Level Level A)

On Input:

In your site or application, are there controls (e.g., form fields, radio buttons or checkboxes) that cause an unexpected change in context when answered? If so, are you providing users with notification of changes? (Success Criterion 3.2.2 – Level Level A)

Error Identification:

If an input error occurs in your website/application, is the error identified and described to the user in text form? (Success Criterion 3.3.1 – Level Level A)

Labels or Instructions:

In your website/application, do input fields have sufficient labeling and instructions describing what input data is expected? (Success Criterion 3.3.2 – Level Level A)

Parsing:

To ensure proper parsing, is website/application code complete, according to specifications, nested correctly, free of duplicate attributes, and are all IDs unique? (Success Criterion 4.1.1 – Level Level A)

Name, Role, Value:

In your platform/content, are there any interface components that have been developed or scripted internally that may not provide name, role, and value appropriately? (Success Criterion 4.1.2 – Level Level A)