A monthly email with the latest updates on Digital Accessibility and additional information and training relevant to digital accessibility.
Resources & Trainings
These are external resources you might find beneficial
Resources
- Top tips for hosting accessible and inclusive online events: Accessibility fosters inclusivity, allowing all participants to engage fully, regardless of their abilities. In this post we share some top tips on how you can plan, design and host accessible and inclusive online meetings.
Source: GOV.UK: Accessibility in government - A guide to alt text across popular tools: In this article, we’ll list out several tools and give details about their alt text support and tips for the best way to add accessible images in the tool.
Source: Pope Tech - Getting Started with Word Processing Accessibility (Session 1 of 2): From syllabi to reports, word-processing is a key part of everyday communication in higher education—but are your documents designed with accessibility in mind? This session will introduce core accessibility principles for Google Docs and Microsoft Word, including proper heading structure, alternative text, and readable formatting.
Source: NWHeat - Word Processing Accessibility in Practice (Session 2 of 2): We’ll cover practical steps for making your documents more readable, navigable, and inclusive using both built-in accessibility checkers and manual evaluation.
Source: NWHeat - How to Conduct an Accessibility Audit: A Step-by-Step Guide: In this guide, we’ll walk you through the key steps to conducting an accessibility audit, whether you’re an experienced developer, a product manager, or a business owner looking to improve compliance and usability.
Source: AFixt
Trainings
Trainings from around the web that may be of interest. These trainings are free unless noted. See the event’s information page about registration, changes, or cancelation.
- Digital accessibility fundamentals
Time: May 15 at 10:00 am – 12:00 pm
Details: If you’re new to accessibility, Deque’s Accessibility Fundamentals session is the perfect place to start—and it’s FREE!
Source: Deque - Series: NWHeat Document Accessibility Workshop Series
Details: This practical workshop series will help participants design, validate, and remediate accessible documents using word processing (Microsoft Word, Google Docs), presentation slides (PowerPoint, Google Slides), and PDFs (Adobe Acrobat Pro).
Source: NWHEAT- Presentation Accessibility in Practice (NWHeat Session 4 of 6)
Time: May 15 at 10:00 am – 11:00 am
- Getting Started with PDF Accessibility (NWHeat Session 5 of 6)
Time: June 5 at 10:00 am – 11:00 am - PDF Accessibility in Practice (NWHeat Session 6 of 6)
Time: June 18 at 10:00 am – 11:00 am
- Presentation Accessibility in Practice (NWHeat Session 4 of 6)