Creating accessible digital content isn’t just about compliance—it’s about ensuring equitable access for all users. With over 50 million people in the U.S. experiencing cognitive or vision-related disabilities, inaccessible documents, presentation slides, and PDFs can create unnecessary barriers. 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). This series will cover both the “Getting Started” foundational concepts and provide “In Practice” practical application opportunities, ensuring that users have the information and practice needed to make content more inclusive and user-friendly across digital platforms.
Bring your own document (or use a sample) and apply accessible design, validation, and remediation best practices in real time! We’ll cover practical steps for converting accessible documents to PDFs and likewise remediating inaccessible PDFs in situations where the original document is unavailable.
This session will walk you through the essentials of creating and converting PDFs with accessibility in mind. Learn about tagging for screen readers, using Optical Character Recognition (OCR) for scanned documents, and the best ways to export accessible PDFs from Word, Google Docs, and other tools.
Bring your own presentation (or use a sample) and apply accessible design, validation, and remediation best practices in real time! This session will introduce accessibility principles for Google Slides and Microsoft PowerPoint, including conscientious theme choices, accessible slide structure, appropriate use of color, readable fonts, and best practices for incorporating images, charts, and links.
This session will introduce accessibility principles for Google Slides and Microsoft PowerPoint, including conscientious theme choices, accessible slide structure, appropriate use of color, readable fonts, and best practices for incorporating images, charts, and links.
Bring your own document (or use a sample) and apply accessible design, validation, and remediation best practices in real time! We’ll cover practical steps for making your documents more readable, navigable, and inclusive using both built-in accessibility checkers and manual evaluation.