Changelog for Introduction to Web Accessibility

7 March 2024

Update some links to use HTTPS
In “What is Web Accessibility” section, in “More Info on What is Accessibility” box:
- Replaced “see the mobile resource” with “see the archived mobile resource”.
- Replaced “multimedia” with “the multimedia resource”
- Replaced “the archived” with “the archived resource”
- Reordered resources: multimedia resource, then benefits for people with and without disabilities, then mobile resource.

Content after update

-   If you want more examples of benefits for others, see the multimedia resource [Used by People With and Without Disabilities](/media/av/users-orgs/#situations), the archived resource [Web Accessibility Benefits People With and Without Disabilities](https://www.w3.org/WAI/business-case/archive/soc#groups) and the archived mobile resource [Shared Web Experiences: Barriers Common to Mobile Device Users and People with Disabilities](/standards-guidelines/shared-experiences/).

20 November 2023

In “Examples” section”, update links to “Understanding WCAG 2” pages, to point to WCAG 2.2. versions.
Use canonical and relative links (when possible):
- https://www.w3.org/WAI/videos/standards-and-benefits/ instead of https://www.w3.org/WAI/videos/standards-and-benefits.html
- /about/participating/ instead of /get-involved/
- /tutorials/ instead of https://www.w3.org/WAI/tutorials/
- /resources/ instead of /Resources/
- /courses/foundations-course/ instead of https://www.w3.org/WAI/fundamentals/foundations-course/
In “For More Information” section, use double brackets around “Digital Accessibility Foundations - Free Online Course”, to automatically use the title of the linked-to resource as link text.
Update frontmatter for translators.

31 March 2022

At end, added: **[Digital Accessibility Foundations - Free Online Course](https://www.w3.org/WAI/fundamentals/foundations-course/)** provides the foundation you need to make your digital technology accessible.

6 October 2021

In “What is Web Accessibility” section, in “More Info on What is Accessibility” box:
- Deleted “, with WCAG to support them,”
- Added “the mobile resource”
- Added “multimedia Used by People With and Without Disabilities”
- Content after update: If you want more examples of benefits for others, see the mobile resource [Shared Web Experiences: Barriers Common to Mobile Device Users and People with Disabilities](/standards-guidelines/shared-experiences/), multimedia [Used by People With and Without Disabilities](/media/av/users-orgs/#situations), and the archived [Web Accessibility Benefits People With and Without Disabilities](https://www.w3.org/WAI/business-case/archive/soc#groups).
In “Accessibility is important for…” section, in “More Info on Accessibility is Important” box:
- Added sub-bullet: Examples of the benefits of [making audio and video media accessible](/media/av/) is in the section [Benefits to Organizations](/media/av/users-orgs/#benefits).

7 May 2021

In “What is Web Accessibility” section, in “More Info on What is Accessibility” box, changed:
If you want more examples of benefits for others, with WCAG to back it up, see
to:
If you want more examples of benefits for others, with WCAG to support them, see
Note: Did not change the last updated date (so that existing translations would not be shown as out of date), because this was a minor clarification edit (that some translations already addressed it).
minor updates to Spanish translation