Accessibility Training

APS Web Team Accessibility Training

The APS Web Team offers accessibility training. This course is required in order to  become a department or school webmaster. If you are interested in taking this course, or learning more, please contact the Web Team through the Get Web Help form.

WebAim

WebAim offers accessible documents training, which includes MSWord, PowerPoint, Acrobat. New classes start on the first Monday of each month. The course is an independent, self-paced course, must be completed in 60 days, and costs $125.

Microsoft Office Accessibility Training

• Accessibility in Microsoft Office
• Make your Word, Excel, and PowerPoint documents accessible
• Section 508’s Creating Accessible Documents Links.

Adobe Acrobat Pro DC PDF Training

Adobe’s Acrobat DC Accessibility webinar series includes instructions on how to remediate PDF documents:

• Introduction to PDF Accessibility
• The Basics of Remediating an Inaccessible PDF
• Advanced PDF Accessibility, Complex Tables
• Advanced PDF Accessibility, Scanned Documents & Complex Lists
• Accessible PDF Forms – Adding Form Fields to a Tagged PDF
• Accessible PDF Forms – Adding Form Fields Before Tagging

Siteimprove Academy

Siteimprove is a WCAG 2.0 compliancy optimization platform. As a Siteimprove account holder, APS webmasters have access to Siteimprove Academy. To get started, request a user account through the Get Web Help form. The course pathways you will have access to once your account is setup include:

• Accessibility for Content Contributors and Designers
• Accessibility for Leadership
• Accessibility for Web Developers
• Web Fundamentals: Accessibility, Analytics, and SEO

Web Accessibility by Google via Udacity

While the Web Accessibility by Google course is free, you will need to sign-in using the Google button at the bottom of the page. Click on the following lessons within the course to get started:

• For anyone - Lesson Accessibility Overview
• For Web Content Managers and/or Web Developers
  1. Lesson Focus (Keyboard Functions)
  2. Lesson Semantics Basics
  3. Lesson Navigating Content
  4. Lesson ARIA
  5. Lesson Style

LinkedIn Learning (formerly Lynda)

LinkedIn Learning, is a paid online learning platform compromised of videos. To get started with Lynda.com, purchase a LinkedIn Learning account. Some of the videos LinkedIn Learning offers are:

General Accessibility

• Intro to Accessibility (Beginner Course 1h 20m)
• The importance of accessibility for users (Video 1m 38s)

Website Accessibility

• Accessibility for Web Design (Beginner course 2h 4m)
• Accessible Responsive Layout (Video 5m 48s)
• Inclusive Website Design (Video 8m 14s)
• CSS Accessibility (Video 4m 40s)
• Intro to ARIA Roles (Video 1m 50s)
• Accessibility for Web Programmers (Video 3m 5s)

Document Accessibility

• Creating Accessible Documents in Microsoft Office (All Levels Course 25m 18s)
• Using the Accessibility Checker in Word (Video 5m 49s)
• Using the Accessibility Checker in Adobe Acrobat DC (Video 3m 54s)
• Creating Accessible PDFs (Intermediate Course 4h 37m)
• Advanced Accessible PDFs (Advanced Course 2h 30m)

Instructional Design

• Accessibility Considerations for Curriculum Development (Video 1m 12s)
• Accessibility and Inclusion in Instructional Design (Video 4m 34s)
• Accessibility Considerations for LMS (Video 4m 8s)

Other

• Captioning Video for Accessibility (Video 6m 03s)
• Video Accessibility (Intermediate Course 2h 36m)
• Customizing Macs for Accessibility (Beginner Course 51m 47s)
• Customizing Windows for Accessibility (Beginner Course 59m 14s)

This page was last updated on: April 28, 2020.