Creating Accessible Content
Course Overview:
Anyone who is responsible for creating and publishing digital content will benefit from learning how to create content that’s accessible.
We’ll give your content creators an overview of how people with disabilities search for, navigate and consume content on the web. They’ll walk away with practical skills for writing and structuring content to be accessible to people with various types of disabilities.
Learning Objectives
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Accessibility overview
Learn what really accessibility means and who it benefits. -
Inclusive design
Learn the principles behind creating content that everyone can engage with. -
Writing accessible content
Learn practical tips for writing content, so it's accessible to the widest range of people. -
Content management systems
Learn the accessibility considerations for your authoring tool or content management system.
Audience:
This training is primarily intended for authors, writers and content creators, but also recommended for designers, developers and digital marketing personnel.
Time estimate:
This training typically takes two hours.
Topics covered:
During this training, we typically cover the following topics:
- Accessibility Overview
- Disabilities in the U.S.
- What is Inclusive Design?
- Digital Accessibility Standards
- Writing Accessible Content
- Authoring Tools & Content Management Systems
- Formatting Text
- Fonts
- Color
- Spacing
- Lists
- Content Elements
- Headings
- Links
- Document Links
- Images & Graphical Elements
- Multimedia Content
- Tables
- Forms
Frequently Asked Questions
We’re here to help you achieve better digital accessibility. If you can’t find an answer you need, please contact us.
Our team makes training recommendations based on your unique needs and project timeline. We incorporate training strategically, weaving sessions into your project, so that your teams have the skills they need when they need them, making an immediate impact. Building skills in-house throughout our engagement sets you up for continued success.
As many as you’d like! We don’t limit participants, because as educators, our goal is to build your organization’s skills. We open up our training to your entire team, so you have the help you need to sustain accessibility across your organization.
Of course you can! As you train with us, you can develop your own internal training library, which can serve as a resource for your current and future employees.
Yes, we can work with your vendor! We recommend training be provided in the most accessible format possible and will work directly with your caption provider to implement. If you don’t have a caption provider, we can make recommendations.
Talk to an expert about your accessibility needs.
We’re excited to partner with you to help your organization reach, engage and serve more people, more fully.
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