Are you ready to learn how to make your digital images, videos, documents, and course files accessible? Essentials of Accessibility for Faculty and Staff is a free, self-paced, online course that will teach you the basics of digital accessibility and accessibility best practices for several key applications that UW-Green Bay employees may use in their daily work.
The training covers:
- Compliance with accepted standards for digital accessibility in higher education.
- Common accessibility issues in digital or web-based content and how to address them.
- Technical steps and processes for creating accessible images, videos, documents (Microsoft Word and PDF), slides (Microsoft PowerPoint), spreadsheets (Microsoft Excel), and Canvas courses.
- Practical approaches for remediating digital accessibility issues in a variety of use cases.
Prerequisites: None
When: The course is open to all UWGB employees for self-enrollment. The course will remain open indefinitely, and there is no deadline for completion.
Course Format
Essentials of Accessibility for Faculty and Staff is an online, self-paced training course administered through Canvas. The course structure is flexible, permitting you to choose your own learning path. Once you finish the intro module, you can complete any of the application-specific modules or just use the course as an ongoing resource. Participants will not be obligated to complete all modules and may participate at whichever level fits their interest and capacity.
Badges
Participants will earn a digital badge for completing each of the eight main modules, and a special additional badge if they choose to complete the whole course! You can include digital badges in your email signature or embed them in online portfolios or resumes as evidence of your commitment to professional development.
- Module 1: Make Your Media Accessible
- Module 2: Make Your Images Accessible
- Module 3: Make Your Documents Accessible
- Module 4: Make Your PowerPoint Presentations Accessible
- Module 5: Make Your Excel Spreadsheets Accessible
- Module 6: Make Your PDFs Accessible
- Module 7: Make Your Canvas Course Accessible with the Canvas Accessibility Checker
- Module 8: Make Your Canvas Course Accessible with UDOIT
- Course Badge
Questions?
If you have any questions about this course, please contact CATL (CATL@uwgb.edu).