Guidelines, Accessibility & Usability

Guidelines, Standards, and Policies

• Web Publishing Policies – Strongly suggested advice regarding the style and content of your site.
• Web Publishing Standards – Every state webpage needs a page title, contact information, and should not have or link to illegal or pornographic content.
• Web Publishing Guidelines – Branding information, accessibility guidelines and resources, state template, hosting choices and domain information.

Accessibility

• WAVE-WebAIM – Test your site for compliance with accessibility standards. Filter for WCAG 2.0 AA or A or 508.
• WebAIM – Up-to-date information about making web content accessible for people with disabilities.
• Web Accessibility Initiative – Strategies, guidelines and resources to make the Web accessible to people with disabilities from the W3C.
• Easy Checks – A First Review of Web Accessibility – Simple steps to help you assess the accessibility of a web page.

Download the Website Accessibility Checklist

See the Accessibility Training section for more information.

Usability

• Usability.gov – A one-stop source for user experience best practices and strategies.
• Articles on Usability – A List Apart has several articles on usability.
• Downloads from Rocket Surgery Made Easy – Example usability scripts, consent forms and checklists from Rocket Surgery Made Easy.