Acessibilidade na web: aplicando a NBR 17225 no desenvolvimento do software EDUCAEE

Abstract

According to the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C), web accessibility proposes that websites, tools, and technologies be designed so that all people are able to perceive, understand, navigate, and interact with the web, regardless of their circumstances or abilities. This premise makes the implementation of accessibility in web-oriented projects a significant challenge for developers and digital product designers. Therefore, guidelines are necessary to steer these professionals through this process. Accordingly, the recent release of ABNT NBR 17225 represents a very important step for the Brazilian community. Released on March 11, 2025, this standard defines the requirements for ensuring digital accessibility for the web in our country. Motivated by this advancement in national standards and guidelines, the present work seeks to evaluate the use of the Nuxt and Vuetify frameworks in the development of accessible web applications according to the NBR 17225 standard, based on a pre-existing prototype called EDUCAEE. The prototype in question proposes a software aimed at assisting teachers of the Specialized Educational Support (AEE) in the process of creating and applying educational activities during the assistance of students with disabilities. Based on this premise, the work is developed from a metho dology divided into 3 phases: Study, Development, and Evaluation. The first phase was based on an in-depth study of the NBR 17225 document and the concepts surrounding its scope. In the Development phase, the entire front-end coding and implementation process for the "My Dashboard,My Students,"and "Add Student"screens of the EDUCAEE software was documented. During the Evaluation phase, the NBR 17225 standard and Google Lighthouse were used as accessibility auditing strategies for the developed artifact. Based on the process undertaken, it was found that the use of the Nuxt and Vuetify frameworks, in conjunction with the new guidelines of NBR 17225, ensures a synergy in the process of implementing accessibility in WEB applications.