{"id":57,"date":"2025-03-25T10:14:52","date_gmt":"2025-03-25T10:14:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/docs.brickfield.ie\/accessibilitytoolkit-teacher\/?page_id=57"},"modified":"2025-03-28T11:07:55","modified_gmt":"2025-03-28T11:07:55","slug":"checks-introduction","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/docs.brickfield.ie\/accessibilitytoolkit-teacher\/checks-introduction\/","title":{"rendered":"Checks introduction"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"57\" class=\"elementor elementor-57\" data-elementor-post-type=\"page\">\n\t\t\t\t<header class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c042d5a e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"c042d5a\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-90e4c98 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"90e4c98\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" 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elementor-element-c439e0a e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"c439e0a\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8eaacde elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"8eaacde\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><a href=\"https:\/\/docs.brickfield.ie\/accessibilitytoolkit-teacher\/\">Home<\/a> &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/docs.brickfield.ie\/accessibilitytoolkit-teacher\/category-using-your-toolkit\/\">Using Your Toolkit<\/a> &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/docs.brickfield.ie\/accessibilitytoolkit-teacher\/category-processes\/\">Processes<\/a> &#8211; Checks introduction<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/nav>\n\t\t<main class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-333f3cc e-con-full 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data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4e26a6c elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"4e26a6c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Description of checks and how they work with areas<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7eda1b0 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"7eda1b0\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">What does this do?<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e351bdb elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"e351bdb\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>A check is one specific qualifier on an aspect of an accessibility standard for HTML content. For instance, we know that having a suitable \u201calt\u201d description for images is part of the accessibility standards.<\/p><p>\u00a0<\/p><p>Hence, we have several checks which test different aspects of this one example requirement, including but not limited to:<\/p><ul><li>\u201cImage Alt (Alternative) Text should not be missing for image elements\u201d &#8211; this checks that the alt is not empty.<\/li><li>\u201cImage Alt (Alternative) Text should not be more than the maximum allowed (125) characters\u201d &#8211; this checks that the alt string is not too long.<\/li><li>\u201cImage Alt (Alternative) Text should not be the image filename\u201d &#8211; this checks that the alt is NOT the filename.<\/li><\/ul><p>\u00a0<\/p><p>All these checks are performed on each identifiable piece of HTML content, which have been identified as relevant areas to process.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f904654 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"f904654\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">List of checks by group - and status<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f402e23 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"f402e23\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div>Checks are grouped into six HTML content types:<\/div><ul><li>Image<\/li><li>Layout<\/li><li>Link<\/li><li>Media<\/li><li>Table<\/li><li>Text<\/li><\/ul>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2e51eb0 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"2e51eb0\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">What does this do?<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-65e6139 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"65e6139\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>A comprehensive list of both enabled and potential checks can be found by contacting Brickfield Education Labs directly through clicking &#8220;Submit a request&#8221; at the top right of the page.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/main>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Home &#8211; Using Your Toolkit &#8211; Processes &#8211; Checks introduction Accessibility Toolkit: Checks introduction Table of Contents Description of checks and how they work with areas What does this do? 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