Title: Accessibility Check for Web Pages
Course: Web Accessibility MOOC for Educators > Section: Creating Accessible HTML Pages

Accessibility Check for Web Pages

There are a few different web page accessibility checkers, but in order to check web pages that require a log-in, such as a gated learning management system does, you will need a browser based checker, such as the Web AIM WAVE accessibility add-on for the Firefox browser.

Download & Install the WAVE toolbar

1. To run a WAVE report, browse to a web page
2. Select the "Errors, Features, and Alerts", "Structure/Order View", "Text-only View", or "Outline View" icons on the toolbar.
3. The web page will be modified to display the WAVE report.

  - Error icons in green, red, yellow and blue will appear on the page. If you hover over an error icon, more information on the error will appear.
  - The "Reset Page" icon will refresh the page and should typically be selected between viewing reports.
  - The "Icons Key" button will display a list of all WAVE icons with additional details, information, and recommendations.
  - WAVE Toolbar functionality is also available through the Tools menu (ALT + T). This allows keyboard accessibility to all WAVE functions, even if the toolbar is not visible.

1. Return to the original webpage page, and use an HTML editor to repair the problems you found.
2. There's a lot more you can do with this toolbar too, this short paragraph only gives you the information to use the WAVE toolbar to perform an accessibility error check with it. For more information on the toolbar, see the Web AIM website.

Can't add a tool bar?

If your institution doesn't allow you to add toolbars to your institutions browsers, use WAVE web accessibility evaluation tool

You might also like to checkout Jim Thatcher's Favelets for Checking Web Accessibility.

Testing webpage with a screen reader

Fangs Screen Reader Emulator: is a Firefox add-on, and will show you in a text format how a screen reader will read the page.