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Accessibility is part of usability and should be part of usability testing. A best practice for your accessibility testing approach includes the 3-tier approach.Include accessibility into each phase of your product development cycle: design, build, and test.The W3C offers this great resource Evaluating Web Accessibility Overview. 

Several functions with Excel for the Web perform differently than they do in the Excel desktop app. 

From tabs to sliders, JavaScript provides a number of ways to enhance content and present information in innovative ways. For example, JavaScript can update information on the fly without requiring a page refresh. That's a great thing for folks using Assistive Technology so long as the updates made to the page also include ways to update the user about how the page has changed.

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Accessible videos include playback controls for keyboard use, play only when activated (rather than as page loads), and closed captions or are accompanied by a full-text transcript.You may see there are plenty of videos on the web with no or poor captioning. If others are breaking the law, and it is the law, it does not excuse UCSF from the obligation to take the higher road and do the right thing – provide accurate captioning with videos.

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Creating the accessible web is a lot like building a house. Once the knowledge foundation is in place, such as understanding the “who” and “why” of web accessibility, it's time to erect the frame for the information you want to provide. Using structured HTML to create your content and provide the semantic meaning it needs, helps to reach anyone who encounters it. This could be on a laptop, via Braille display, or in ways we haven’t dreamed of yet.

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