Training/Courses
Below are examples of training courses and reference material to help learn about the importance of digital accessibility, the key principles and guidelines for creating accessible digital content, and practical strategies for designing and testing accessible websites, documents, and multimedia.
Whether you are a developer, designer, content creator, tester, or manager, this information will help equip you with the knowledge and skills to make your digital content inclusive and welcoming to all users.
Currently, only free resourses are listed below.
Updated 3/24/2023
Introduction to Web Accessibility - by W3C Web Accessibility Initiative (WAI)
When websites and web tools are properly designed and coded, people with disabilities can use them. However, currently many sites and tools are developed with accessibility barriers that make them difficult or impossible for some people to use.
- Type
- Reference
- Audience
- Content author; Designer; Developer; Manager; Tester; General
- Level
- Basic
- Prerequisites
- None
Digital Accessibility Foundations - by W3C Web Accessibility Initiative (WAI)
This free professional course is for technical and non-technical learners including: developers, designers, content authors, project managers - students, instructors, professionals, people with disabilities. It's for beginners, and also helps people who already know about accessibility fill in gaps. Optional certificate for course completion.
- Type
- Online Course
- Audience
- Content author; Designer; Developer; Manager; Tester; General
- Level
- Basic
- Prerequisites:
- None
Learn Accessibility! - by web.dev, Google's web developer relations team
Beginner and advanced web developers can gain a general understanding of accessibility practices and testing or use as a reference for specific subjects. Most sections have short assessments to test what you've learned.
- Type
- Online Course
- Audience
- Designer; Developer; Tester; General
- Level
- Basic
- Prerequisites
- Basic knowledge of HTML and CSS
Learn how to build digital tools that conform to the Revised 508 Standards. Review the W3C’s Sufficient Techniques for examples of how to meet Success Criteria using specific technologies (relevant to HTML, CSS, server-side scripting, ARIA, etc.).
- Type
- Reference
- Audience
- Designer; Developer; General
- Level
- Intermediate
- Prerequisites
- Basic knowledge of HTML and CSS
Accessibility is about more than compliance with standards. It’s about developing solutions to meet the needs of all users, with and without disabilities. Universal design, a concept now widely used in the private sector, provides a path for federal agencies to shift to this broader focus.
- Type
- Reference, Videos
- Audience
- Content author; Designer; Developer; Manager; Tester; General
- Level
- Basic
- Prerequisites
- None
