May 17, 2021 in Learn
It’s Global Accessibility Awareness Day!
On May 20, 2021, Treehouse joins in the celebration of the tenth Global Accessibility Awareness Day, or GAAD. Source: ucsd.edu According to the Global Accessibility Awareness Day website, The purpose of GAAD is to get everyone talking, thinking and learning…
May 6, 2021 in Learn
The Problem With Zoom’s New “Captions”
On February 24, 2021, Zoom announced it was making live transcription available on free accounts. Prior to this announcement, Zoom’s captions were available only to paid users. If users dependent on captions couldn’t afford a paid account, they were excluded…
February 12, 2021 in Learn
WCAG 1.3: Adaptable
The third WCAG Guideline, Adaptable, is part of the Perceivable principle and covers adapting to the different needs of users by allowing content to be received in multiple ways. WCAG 1.3: Use Semantic HTML One of the most important ways…
November 20, 2020 in Learn
WCAG 1.2: Time-based Media
The second WCAG Guideline, Time-based Media, is part of the Perceivable principle and covers providing alternatives for audio and video content. Accessible Podcasts A text transcript can make audio-only content like a podcast accessible to deaf and hard-of-hearing users, as…
October 6, 2020 in Learn
WCAG 1.1: Text Alternatives
The first WCAG Guideline, Text Alternatives, is part of the Perceivable principle. The guideline states Provide text alternatives for any non-text content so that it can be changed into other forms people need, such as large print, braille, speech, symbols,…
September 10, 2020 in Learn
Introducing the WCAG Principles
In my introductory blog post on Accessibility , I mentioned that the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) is broken up into four accessibility principles: Perceivable Operable Understandable Robust These four principles are then divided into thirteen accessibility guidelines. Each WCAG…
July 30, 2020 in Learn
Web Accessibility: An Introduction
Throughout my career as a web design and development educator, I’ve noticed a consistent lack of attention paid to Accessibility principles in both college and bootcamp curriculum. The results of a 2018 WebAIM global survey of web accessibility practitioners was…
October 16, 2019 in Treehouse News
Treehouse went to the Grace Hopper Celebration (#GHC19) and it was amazing. Here’s what we loved the most.
In early October, some of the Treehouse team traveled to Orlando, Florida for the Grace Hopper Celebration. The conference is the largest event in the world for women in tech. It was a massive event! Thousands of women from all…
May 10, 2013 in Learn
Illustrator Foundations Course Hits May 15th!
We’re very excited to announce the highly anticipated release of Treehouse’s Illustrator Foundations course! On May 15th (this coming Wednesday), Illustrator Foundations will be available to all Treehouse members. Expert Teacher Mat Helme will show you absolutely everything you need…
April 9, 2013 in Learn
Accessibility, CSS Architecture, and Web Printing | Treehouse Show Ep 34
In this episode of The Treehouse Show, Nick Pettit (@nickrp) and Jason Seifer (@jseifer) talk about accessibility, CSS architectures, and web printing. Here are the links for the week: The Treehouse Show on iTunes! https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/the-treehouse-show-hd/id623064192 Pixi.js http://www.goodboydigital.com/pixi-js-is-out/ Sublime Web Inspector…
October 17, 2011 in Learn
Announcing Some Fantastic FOWD NYC Extras!
The Future of Web Design NYC is always a real celebration of what’s new in the world of web. People head to our show from all corners of the globe, and in turn, we strive to create a fitting atmosphere:…