Offered several times a year, this class provides an introduction to digital accessibility and associated standards, practices, and resources. Topics include:

• Overviews of disability and digital accessibility
• Creating accessible content on the Web
• Creating accessible documents
• University resources
• Demonstrations of assistive technology

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Learn how to plan and present inclusive, disability-friendly meetings and events. This course includes an overview of accessibility and provides best practices for both live and online formats. Learn how to ensure that attendees have less fatigue, can engage with presented materials, and can fully participate.

Register in the Employee Learning Center

Accessibility is very broad field, and often people have specific questions or training needs. Custom classes are designed for small groups and departmental staff upon request.

Examples of topics previously taught include:

• Overviews of disability and how to improve the accessibility of your IT
• Best practices for entering accessible content using your website editing environment
• How to test your website or application
• Checking responsive designs for phones and screen magnification
• Using automated tools
• Accessible meetings and events

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Clear and effective writing is an essential component of universal design and ensuring that what you communicate is accessible to people with disabilities. This training course introduces a 6-step method for writing for the web, based on cognitive psychology and writing best practices, for getting your message across.

Learn how to plan and present inclusive meetings and events. This course includes an overview of accessibility and provides best practices to help ensure that everyone who participates has less videoconferencing fatigue and more engagement with the session.