4 week (4 hours of work per week) course offered several times a year from Juice Academy to learn how individuals using assistive devices interact with the web, understand the standards and best practices for web accessibility, experience with accessibility testing tools and techniques and develop strategies for integrating accessibility into existing design and user testing workflows. Cost: $200
2 hour course from LinkedIn Learning that provides an overview of the elements of accessible web design as referenced in the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines. A good guideline for reviewing and determining level of overall accessibility of websites as well as improving your own websites. Free by logging in with UIC credentials.
Discusses accommodating different types of disabilities and improving accessibility in the workplace such as accessible meetings, emails, presentations and social media. 1 hour. Access LinkedInLearning via UIC log in.
Jaci Wilkinson, Assistant Professor and the Head of Discovery and User Experience at Indiana University Bloomington Libraries, shares five guidelines that have structured her work as the manager of a digital ecosystem of platforms and services since the start of the pandemic. These guidelines are tailored to the unique complexities of the academic library website. 1 hour.
Customizing guide design for accessibility, Adding accessible content and Reviewing your site using accessibility testing tools. 1 hour. From SpringShare.
In a series of trainings, Illinois Extension's Accessibility Committee provides simple guidelines for making all of our digital content accessible to the public. This training focuses on using alternative text for graphics in PDFs, websites, and social media posts. From UIUC. 1 hour.
Open Educational Resources (OER) are meant to be as open and available as possible, but if they’re not accessible or on accessible platforms, how “open” are they really? In this webinar, staff from the Michigan State University (MSU) Libraries will share how they’ve integrated accessibility into their OER initiatives and OER grant program to improve the accessibility of OER created at MSU. 1 hour.
Strategies for advocating for accessibility with vendors from the E-Resources Management Working Group of the Triangle Research Libraries Network. 1 hour.