{"id":2636,"date":"2025-02-07T07:00:00","date_gmt":"2025-02-07T15:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wsu.edu\/digital-accessibility\/?p=2636"},"modified":"2025-05-01T14:11:57","modified_gmt":"2025-05-01T21:11:57","slug":"feb-7-2025-digital-accessibility-updates-trainings-and-guides","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wsu.edu\/digital-accessibility\/announcements\/2025\/02\/07\/feb-7-2025-digital-accessibility-updates-trainings-and-guides\/","title":{"rendered":"Feb 7, 2025: Digital Accessibility Updates, Trainings, and Guides"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>A monthly email with the latest updates on Digital Accessibility and additional information and training relevant to digital accessibility.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2>Resources &amp; Trainings<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>These are external resources you might find beneficial<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3><a href=\"https:\/\/wsu.edu\/digital-accessibility\/guides\/resources\/\">Resources<\/a><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/nicolas-steenhout.com\/alt-text-social-media-for-artists-and-photographers\/\">How to do alt text on social media for artists and photographers<\/a>: Adding alt text on images you post on social media is important for blind people to access your content.<br><strong>Source<\/strong>: Nicholas Steenhout<\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/martijnhols.nl\/blog\/accessibility-essentials-every-front-end-developer-should-know\">Accessibility essentials every front-end developer should know<\/a>: Many developers view accessibility as an overwhelming task, requiring a lot of extra effort or specialized knowledge. But a few basic practices can make a significant impact.<br><strong>Source<\/strong>: Martijn Hols<\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.a11y-collective.com\/blog\/aria-in-html\/\">Implementing ARIA: Avoid Common Pitfalls and Optimise Performance<\/a>: Become an ARIA expert: implement accessible, high-performance web applications with confidence. Learn advanced techniques and testing strategies.<br><strong>Source<\/strong>: A11y Collective<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3><a href=\"https:\/\/wsu.edu\/digital-accessibility\/events\/\">Trainings<\/a><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Trainings from around the web that may be of interest. These trainings are free unless noted. See the event\u2019s information page about registration, changes, or cancelation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/wsu.edu\/digital-accessibility\/event\/collaboration-creates-capacity-supporting-shared-pathways-to-digital-accessibility-maturity\/\">Collaboration Creates Capacity: Supporting Shared Pathways to Digital Accessibility Maturity<\/a><br><strong>Details<\/strong>: There are key differences to consider in establishing digital accessibility support services and enforcement protocols for public-facing versus internal resources, a shared framework and strategy across all units is necessary for scaling our institutional digital accessibility efforts.<br><strong>Time<\/strong>: February 11 at 11:00 am&nbsp;&#8211;&nbsp;12:00 pm<br><strong>Source<\/strong>: NWHeat<\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/wsu.edu\/digital-accessibility\/event\/meets-accessibility\/\">Meets Accessibility<\/a><br>Details: Smashing Magazine will host three amazing accessibility experts who will talk about best practices in accessibility design and development, their personal accessibility story, and how to properly test for accessibility.<br>Time: February 20 at 8:00 am&nbsp;&#8211;&nbsp;11:00 am<br>Source: Smashing Magazine<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Feb 7, 2025 email with the latest updates on Digital Accessibility and additional information and training relevant to digital accessibility.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":41717,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[21],"tags":[],"wsuwp_university_category":[],"wsuwp_university_location":[],"wsuwp_university_org":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wsu.edu\/digital-accessibility\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2636"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wsu.edu\/digital-accessibility\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wsu.edu\/digital-accessibility\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wsu.edu\/digital-accessibility\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/41717"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wsu.edu\/digital-accessibility\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2636"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/wsu.edu\/digital-accessibility\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2636\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2894,"href":"https:\/\/wsu.edu\/digital-accessibility\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2636\/revisions\/2894"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wsu.edu\/digital-accessibility\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2636"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wsu.edu\/digital-accessibility\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2636"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wsu.edu\/digital-accessibility\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2636"},{"taxonomy":"wsuwp_university_category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wsu.edu\/digital-accessibility\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/wsuwp_university_category?post=2636"},{"taxonomy":"wsuwp_university_location","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wsu.edu\/digital-accessibility\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/wsuwp_university_location?post=2636"},{"taxonomy":"wsuwp_university_org","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wsu.edu\/digital-accessibility\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/wsuwp_university_org?post=2636"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}