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Digital accessibility means ensuring that technologies and the information they provide are accessible to people with disabilities. This class introduces disability, accessibility, and digital accessibility, with a focus on digital accessibility in practice.
The class is co-taught with colleagues from the New Jersey Commission for the…
Learn how to create documents and slides that are accessible to people with disabilities. This course includes best practices for making documents and slides more readable and understandable for everyone.
Beginning with topics introduced in Getting Started With Digital Accessibility, we will explore practical steps to check your work.
We will start with content and design:
And build towards more technical topics:
This class answers your questions about dealing with common issues in captioning quality, such as what to do when the speaker is inaudible, or uses offensive language. Learn how to address these, and to follow best practices to ensure your video's captions provide an equally effective experience for people with disabilities.
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Learn how to plan and present inclusive, disability-friendly meetings and events online. This course covers best practices, with a focus on Zoom. Learn how to ensure that attendees can fully participate, can engage with presented materials, and have less fatigue.
Digital accessibility means ensuring that technologies and the information they provide are accessible to people with disabilities. This class introduces disability, accessibility, and digital accessibility, with a focus on digital accessibility in practice.
The class is co-taught with colleagues from the New Jersey Commission for the…
Learn some ways to make your presentations more accessible for everyone whether online or in-person. Following accessibility best practices helps ensure the information you present is clear and understandable by your audience.
Learn how to create documents and slides that are accessible to people with disabilities. This course includes best practices for making documents and slides more readable and understandable for everyone.
Alt text is text that describes an image to a person who cannot see that image. This text is not visible on screen, but is read to a user by a screen reader. This class answers your questions about dealing with common issues in alt text. What is alt text? How do you describe images in alt text? How do you know if an image should be marked as…
Digital accessibility means ensuring that technologies and the information they provide are accessible to people with disabilities. This class introduces disability, accessibility, and digital accessibility, with a focus on digital accessibility in practice.
The class is co-taught with colleagues from the New Jersey Commission for the…
Recorded Classes
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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. The Writing for the Web course introduces a 6-step method for writing for the web, based on cognitive psychology and writing best practices, for getting your message across.
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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.
Custom Classes
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