Accessibility training
Table of contents
Overview
The content and materials you create must be accessible and usable to allow everyone access to information and resources. The overarching goals should be to create digital content that is:
- Equally integrated (provided at the same time and not separate)
- Equally effective (provides equal opportunity or outcome)
- Substantially equivalent ease of use (should not be more difficult)
Making accessible content and materials requires specific skills and a new way of thinking. The training resources on this page will help you develop those skills, whether you are a beginner just learning about accessibility or are looking to learn more about inclusive design, web accessibility, accessible course materials, or document accessibility.
IU training resources
- Explore the courses and resources available from IT Training on web accessibility, instructional content and course materials, and creating accessible documents. IT Training serves all IU campuses, providing award-winning educational resources on IT topics, as well as custom IT educational events.
- See Accessibility Bootcamp, a series of instructor-led training sessions by experts at Deque, available on Kaltura with your IU Login. Full transcripts and slide decks are provided in the attachments for each session.
- Learn how to perform an accessibility review on your website.
Online courses
Free online courses
- Learn from Google with the free Udacity Web Accessibility course.
- Explore the free EdX courses related to web accessibility, instructional design, and universal design for learning.
- Find free accessibility related courses for all levels at Coursera. Topics include web accessibility, inclusive design, and disability support and awareness.
- Learn the basics, including why digital accessibility matters, from the free World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) Digital Accessibility Foundations course.
- Expand your knowledge with the LinkedIn Learning courses Accessibility for Web Design and UX Foundations: Accessibility. LinkedIn Learning courses are free for current IU staff, faculty, and students.
- Take one of the free, self-paced courses designed for educators from Teach Access. Start with an introduction to disability and accessible design, or learn about principles of accessible design for a particular discipline.
Fee-based online courses
- Learn from the experts at Deque University with fee-based instruction on accessibility fundamentals, web accessibility, and document accessibility, all available as individual courses or as packages.
- Explore the fee-based courses from Udemy on a variety of topics, including inclusive design, web accessibility, and accessible course materials.
Tutorials and other resources
- Learn accessibility fundamentals from World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) resources.
- Use the free materials provided by the International Association of Accessibility Professionals, including the Certified Professional in Accessibility Core Competencies (CPACC) Body of Knowledge (PDF), the Web Accessibility Specialist (WAS) Body of Knowledge (PDF), and the Accessible Document Specialist Body of Knowledge (PDF).
- Microsoft Inclusive Design is a great place to start. View videos or download resources like the Inclusive 101 Toolkit.
- Learn from the text-based Google Developers documentation.
- Read the Mozilla Developer Network accessibility documentation.
- Learn why inaccessible products are broken and how you can get started making your products accessible in Giving a damn about accessibility, available in either a PDF or audio version.
- Watch assistive technology demo videos to learn how people use different assistive technologies.
- Use the tutorials from the W3C Web Accessibility Initiative (WAI) to learn about accessible page structure, menus, images, tables, forms, and carousels.
- Watch ten quick accessibility test videos.
- Learn how to create accessible PDF forms and documents with Acrobat Pro DC in six free recorded training sessions from Adobe.
- Use the Universal Design for Learning guidelines in your course to support a wider range of student learning styles.
- Learn how to Make Audio and Video Media Accessible.
- Learn about creating accessible synchronized media from Section508.gov.