Digital Accessibility

InDesign styles, unlock the accessibility potential
2026-03-27 04:30 - 05:00 (America/Los_Angeles) | Webinar
In this webinar, you will learn the essential style techniques for InDesign: paragraph styles, character styles, export tags, and language settings. Discover why they matter, when to use which styles, avoid common mistakes, and what to check before export. Styles aren’t just for formatting – they’re your accessibility superpower.
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Web Accessibility Open Lab April 2026 | WSU Web Communication
2026-04-09 09:30 - 11:00
A once-a-month open lab focused on web accessibility by WSU Web Communication. Bring your web accessibility questions and problems, or listen to the conversation around web accessibility.
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Writing Alt Text for the Humanities
2026-04-16 10:00 - 11:00
This session will provide an overview of how to write alt text and image descriptions for a variety of genres and mediums commonly used in the humanities. We will cover the following:

What alt text is, and how to write it effectively
What image descriptions are, and how to write them effectively
How to write image descriptions for complex charts and diagrams, including flowcharts
How to write image descriptions for art or hybrid mediums, including comics
How to describe identity in alt text and image descriptions
Why you should provide alt text for decorative images and how to do so effectively

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Training Support Staff on Accessibility
2026-04-21 08:00 - 09:00
This session, presented by Donata Stroink-Skillrud, President of Termageddon, will discuss drafting an internal Accessibility Support Policy, including what the Policy should state and how to communicate it to your staff. Best practices on how to train your staff to provide accessible support will be shared.
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Keep Calm and Make It Accessible: A Conversation about PDFs
2026-04-21 10:00 - 11:00
This webinar will focus on practical, faculty‑friendly approaches to digital accessibility. We will emphasize thoughtful decision‑making strategies and realistic expectations for dealing with PDFs. We invite participants to contribute ideas for creating accessible content.
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Creating Accessible Online Content (Part 3)
2026-04-29 07:00 - 08:00
Maine CITE will share tips for making social media posts accessible to everyone. They will share tips for making social media posts accessible to everyone. We will also talk about the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG).
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Elevating the Web: An Adventure in Web Accessibility
2026-05-07 08:00 - 09:00
In this engaging presentation, Nora L. Guy (CPACC) will take you on a storytelling adventure, worthy of Charles Muntz, through the world of digital accessibility. Using the characters and themes of Pixar’s Up to guide the audience, Nora explains her “secret sauce” for helping ensure good UX: empathy-driven storytelling that helps stakeholders understand the very human need for accessibility.
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Web Accessibility 101: Small Things That Make a Big Difference
2026-05-19 08:00 - 09:00
In this introductory webinar, you’ll learn how small, intentional changes can dramatically improve usability for people with disabilities—and create a better experience for all users.

Creating Accessible Documents – The Basics (Part 1)
2026-05-19 10:00 - 11:00
This Maine CITE online training will teach you how to make your materials usable by everyone. Here are the main things you will learn about creating accessible documents:

Visual Presentation: Learn about font size and style, color contrast, and using color to convey meaning.
Learn how built-in features provide accessible document navigation, and best practices for hyperlink formatting.
Learn about alt-text and why it is needed.
Learn about built-in accessibility checker features and additional manual checking considerations.

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A Systematic Approach to PDF Accessibility
2026-05-19 10:00 - 11:00
Become more aware of how people with disabilities use PDFs, discuss the most common and more irregular document accessibility issues, learn how to go beyond the Acrobat Accessibility Checker, and gain insight into the go-to tools they use to speed up remediation workflows.
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Global Accessibility Awareness Day (GAAD)
2026-05-21
Thursday, May 21, 2026, help us celebrate the 15th Global Accessibility Awareness Day (GAAD)! The purpose of GAAD is to get everyone talking, thinking and learning about digital access and inclusion, and the more than One Billion people with disabilities/impairments.
GAAD Virtual Events
Deque: Digital accessibility fundamentals training
CivicPlus: A Practical Session on Creating Accessible Documents
UMN: Design, Develop, Deliver
MN.gov: Navigating maps with a screen reader: a conversation

PDF Accessibility Basics: How to Test for Accessibility with JAWS (Part 2)
2026-06-10 10:00 - 11:00
In the second part of this three-part series, Rachel will walk through how to use JAWS to test a PDF for accessibility, covering the key commands and techniques needed to evaluate reading order, tag structure, and navigability from a screen reader perspective. Attendees will learn how to move through a document using JAWS, identify where the reading experience breaks down, and connect those issues back to specific tag problems in Adobe Acrobat. The session will also cover how to document findings and prioritize fixes based on what JAWS reveals during testing. Building on the tags tree foundation covered in Part 1, this session bridges the gap between structure and real-world screen reader performance. Join Rachel Reeves from Access Ingenuity to learn how to use JAWS as a practical and reliable PDF accessibility testing tool.
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Creating Accessible Digital Content and Presentations (Part 2)
2026-06-16 10:00 - 11:00
This webinar builds on the information provided in Creating Accessible Documents – The Basics (May 19, 2026). It will present principles for creating accessible digital content in presentations. It will also cover best practices for using video and audio in presentations.
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PDF Accessibility Basics – Field Types and Tooltips (Part 3)
2026-06-24 10:00 - 11:00
In the third and final part of this three-part series, Rachel will walk through everything needed to make a fillable PDF form accessible, covering field types, proper tab order, tooltip creation, and how screen readers interact with form controls in Adobe Acrobat. Attendees will learn how to identify and correct common form accessibility issues, including unlabeled fields, broken tab order, and missing or unclear tooltips that leave screen reader users without critical context. The session will also cover how to test a completed form using JAWS to verify that the experience works as intended before distribution. Wrapping up the full PDF Accessibility Basics series, this session brings together the tags tree knowledge and testing skills from Parts 1 and 2 and applies them to one of the most common and critical PDF use cases. Join Rachel Reeves from Access Ingenuity to learn how to build and test fillable PDF forms that work reliably with screen readers.
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Creating Accessible Online Content (Part 3- Social Media)
2026-07-08 10:00 - 11:00
For this webinar, Maine CITE will share tips for making social media posts accessible to everyone. They will also talk about the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG).
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From “Inaccessible” to Inclusive: A Practical PDF Remediation Demo
2026-07-21 08:00 - 09:00
In this practical, demo‑led session, we’ll take a PDF and work through how to remediate it step by step. The session will focus on what good looks like, common pitfalls to avoid, and when a PDF is (and isn’t) the right format to use.
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