Achieving Accessibility: Training Options

Accessible Web + Marketing

We create public-facing content so it is important that we learn to follow best-practices for accessibility when it comes to our website and our marketing materials. The following is an incomplete list of resources which may help us to gain the necessary skills and knowledge to do this well. Please add new links and resources as you find them.

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AbilityNet

• Abilitynet.org has paid training (£99-149) on topics such as accessible social media, creating accessible documents and presentations, and how to begin your own accessibility testing. https://abilitynet.org.uk/training

Accessibility Insights

• A testing tool recommended by many, including those who are new to web accessibility work: https://accessibilityinsights.io/

Accessible Social

• A resource that goes into quite a bit of detail about making social media (and online content more broadly) accessible: https://www.accessible-social.com/

A List Apart

• A basic introduction to support understanding of accessible colour is an issue you are particularly working on, such as if your platform has colour graphics or data visualizations (there are other more detailed resources on accessible data visualizations if that is an area of focus for your work): https://alistapart.com/article/color-accessibility-workflows/

American Library Association

• The American Library Association's TechSource journal, for example Library Technology Reports vol. 57, no. 3 (April 2021), "Video Accessibility," by Carli Spina: https://journals.ala.org/index.php/ltr/issue/view/791

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British Dyslexia Association

• Web Design for dyslexia, simple guidance: https://www.bdadyslexia.org.uk/advice/employers/creating-a-dyslexia-friendly-workplace/dyslexia-friendly-style-guide

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Deque

• Deque Systems: https://www.deque.com/resources/

Digital Library Federation

• Digital Library Federation have put together a reliable and useful resource on their Wiki: https://wiki.diglib.org/Creating_Accessible_and_Interactive_Online_Presentations

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Jisc

• A blog post from Jisc about accessible webinars and how to make online work for everyone: https://accessibility.jiscinvolve.org/wp/2016/09/12/webinars/

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Level Access

• Web Accessibility for Product and Marketing Teams - six free 30-minute sessions: https://www.levelaccess.com/resources/web-accessibility-training-product-and-marketing/ which seems to cover lots of useful design ideas.

Library Juice Academy

• Courses offered by Library Juice Academy, including Web Accessibility: Techniques for Design and Testing https://libraryjuiceacademy.com/shop/course/162-web-accessibility-techniques-for-design-and-testing/

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OER Commons

• OER Commons / CAST Learning Resources https://www.oercommons.org/hubs/CAST and https://www.cast.org/products-services/resources

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RGD Ontario

• Association of Registered Graphic Designers of Ontario's AccessAbility Handbook .pdf

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University of British Columbia

• University of British Columbia's OER Accessibility Toolkit: https://open.ubc.ca/oer-accessibility-toolkit/

University College London

• UCL's Digital Accessibility resource includes a guide to accessible visuals and use of colour: https://www.ucl.ac.uk/isd/services/accessibility-disability-it/digital-accessibility-hub/digital-accessibility-resources-and-0

UK Home Office

• A poster on how design decisions affect various disabilities: https://github.com/UKHomeOffice/posters/blob/master/accessibility/dos-donts/posters_en-UK/accessibility-posters-set.pdf

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• WebAIM: https://webaim.org/services/training/; https://webaim.org/projects/screenreadersurvey9/; https://webaim.org/techniques/screenreader/

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