Challenge 096 · Ages 12–16
Website Accessibility Review
Improve website accessibility.
Recommended Guided Learning Time: 3 hours
Learners may require additional or fewer hours depending on age, prior experience, pace and the level of development they choose to take their project to.
Primary STEAM area
Technology
The Challenge
What will your learner investigate?
Can you improve website accessibility. and explain the choices that make your solution effective?
Learning outcomes
- Plan a digital product for a clear audience and purpose.
- Create or prototype key content, navigation and interactions.
- Test usability and improve the design using feedback.
Connected learning
Computing: web design and testing; PSHE/Citizenship: inclusion; English: clear communication; Design: human-centred design.
Dream Areas
Prepare for this Challenge
What you'll need
Here's what may be useful for completing this activity. Requirements may vary depending on the learner, activity format and equipment available.
Materials & consumables
- Website review checklist
- examples showing easy-to-read and hard-to-read text/background colour combinations
- accessible test-page URLs
- findings sheet.
Equipment, tools & software
- Computer
- browser
- keyboard
- screen reader (software that reads screen content aloud) and/or accessibility checker
- contrast checker.
Safety & preparation
- Use permitted public or test pages
- assess keyboard navigation, alternative text and readable contrast
- do not alter live sites.
These preparation notes support planning and do not replace a project-specific risk assessment or appropriate adult supervision.