This training will introduce learners to digital accessibility, demonstrate its importance, and provide guidance on meeting Harvard’s Digital Accessibility Policy. You’ll learn essentials and best practices for creating digital content at Harvard that’s accessible to everyone. The material will be applicable across digital platforms, such as websites, documents, and learning management systems.
In this on-demand course, you’ll learn how to ensure that multimedia, such as videos and podcasts, is accessible and inclusive to everyone. You’ll learn why captions, transcripts, and audio descriptions are essential for users with disabilities, and how they are beneficial for all users. The course also covers practical steps for implementing media alternatives, with guidance on using vendors and accessing Harvard’s discount pricing.
This course introduces the basics of the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) 2.0. It is most appropriate for Developers, Accessibility Testers, Quality Assurance Specialists, and UI/UX Designers.
Modern-day dependence on smartphones is not limited to those without disabilities. These days, iPhones and Androids offer suites of tools and features to allow anyone, anywhere to use smartphones. In this course, you'll be introduced to the most commonly used mobile accessibility tools as well as tips for testing on mobile devices. (Note: This course refers to settings and gestures in iOS 15 and Android 9.1 or higher.)
This course provides an introduction to assistive technology - What it is, how it works, who it benefits, and why it's so important for removing barriers for people with disabilities.
This course helps developers understand the concept of progressive enhancement. It also goes into different areas to ensure accessibility: semantic structure, non-text elements, and keyboard accessibility. Lastly, the course will touch on accessible design systems to ensure consistent and accessible experience. The course is most appropriate for Web Developers.
The Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) are part of a series of web accessibility guidelines published by the Web Accessibility Initiative (WAI) of the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C), the main international standards organization for the Internet. This course is a look ahead at what to expect in WCAG 2.2. Note: This course references a working draft of the guidelines, and therefore there may be changes between the draft referenced in this course and the final published guidelines.
Course Description: This course provides an introduction to Section 508 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 (as amended), and how this U.S. Federal law regulates software and hardware accessibility of digital technology used by Federal Agencies. You will learn what Section 508 is, what it applies to, and what compliance to the standards looks like. You will also be introduced to Section 508 procurement vocabulary, so you can talk about Section 508 more comfortably.
Course description: As the Demand for accessible technology grows, so does the demand for manufacturers and vendors to provide Voluntary Product Accessibility Templates (VPATs) to formally document conformance with accessibility laws and standards. A well written VPAT is a compelling competitive differentiator, showing potential buyers that you're actively evaluating and building accessibility into the products and services you deliver. In this course, you will learn everything you need to know about authoring top-notch VPATs.
This course focuses on providing important tips and tricks to design an accessible site using Adobe Experience Manager (AEM). It is most appropriate for Accessibility Testers, Web Designers, Quality Assurance Specialists, and UI/UX Designers.
Audience: Designers, Developers, Testers, QA Analysts and Specialists.
Course description: Vendor-sourced products and services make up the majority of organization Information Technology (IT), and most products and services do not meet accessibility technical standards. This course discusses the challenges and best practices for procuring accessible IT for your organization and how doing so will help you build better relationships with your vendors and customers.
Course description: This course provides an overview of how to create and evaluate Portable Document Format (PDF) documents in Adobe Acrobat Pro that are accessible to users with disabilities. Note: This course discusses Acrobat Pro, which is compatible with Microsoft Windows 7, 8, and 10 or Mac OS X v10.9, and v10.0 (June 2022).
Course description: If you build a website with WordPress, build it with accessibility in mind. Making your content, themes, navigation, and other site features accessible helps everyone - including visitors who want to find your site through search engine results. This course, merging WordPress coding with accessible web design techniques, helps you make sure your website meets modern accessibility standards. You'll learn how to use the power of WordPress to quickly build a beautiful and accessible website that can be used by people with different types of abilities. Author Joe Dolson provides a broad introduction to accessibility and then focuses on practical steps to make sure your WordPress themes, plugins, and content are accessible and usable to all.
Course description: This course shows how to make accessible Office documents in Word, PowerPoint, and Excel. Accessibility expert Glenna Shaw begins by describing what it's like for those with visual, hearing, or movement impairments to experience regular Word and Excel files and PowerPoint presentations. Glenna goes through the essential steps of creating documents that are accessible to all - those using assistive technology and those not - including applying useful headings, formatting tables for ease of use, naming sheet tabs in Excel, using slide layouts and following z-order in PowerPoint, and adding captioning to presentations.