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Digital Accessibility for the State of Delaware

Digital Accessibility
for the State of Delaware

State Employee Training


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State employees and contractors can access a variety of online, self-paced training opportunities that teach 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.

Training courses organized by role allow you to easily chose appropriate instruction--whether you are a developer, designer, content creator, tester, or manager. The courses provide the information needed to equip Delaware’s workforce with the knowledge and skills to make agency digital content inclusive and welcoming to all users.

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Foundations

The initial stage of the program aims to educate individuals about the significance of accessibility and inspire them to become Accessibility Champions. Those who enroll in this level will receive instruction on the basics of accessibility and will be required to undertake a series of knowledge assessments to showcase their comprehension of the discussed topics.

Self Paced Courses

  1. Introduction to Digital Accessibility
  2. Disability Etiquette
  3. Assistive Technology
  4. Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) Overview
  5. Global Accessibility Laws
  6. Learning the Fundamentals of Accessibility Testing
  7. Understanding Accessible Design

Optional Courses


Practitioner

The Accessibility Champion Practitioner track is designed for individuals who have completed the Foundations track and are ready to take their accessibility understanding to the next level. Accessibility Practitioners will receive advanced training on accessibility and will be expected to complete more complex tasks. These may include developing and implementing accessibility plans, training others on accessibility, or leading accessibility-related initiatives within their teams or departments.

Prerequisites

Self Paced Courses

  1. Understanding Accessibile Experiences
  2. Accessibility Policy & Planning
  3. Planning Accessible Remote Meetings
  4. Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) in Detail
  5. What's New in Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) 2.2?
  6. Overview of Voluntary Product Accessibility Tempalte (VPAT)s and Accessibility Conformance Report (ACR)s
  7. Testing for Web Accessibility
  8. Establishing an Audit Methodology


Self Paced Courses

  1. Introduction to Digital Accessibility
  2. Understanding Accessible Experiences
  3. Assistive Technology
  4. Accessible Documents Overview
  5. Writing meaningful Alternative Text
  6. Understanding Accessible Copy for Content Designers
  7. Formatting and Other Considerations for Content Designers
  8. Writing Alternative Text for Content Designers
  9. Creating Accessible Emails
  10. Writing Accessible Copy for Content Designers
  11. Document Accessibility: Basic Acrobat Pro DC
  12. Document Accessibility: Microsoft Word
  13. Document Accessibility: Microsoft PowerPoint
  14. Document Accessibility: Microsoft Excel


Self Paced Courses

  1. Introduction to Digital Accessibility
  2. Understanding Accessible Experiences
  3. Testing mobile application accessibility on iOS and Android
  4. Making mobile experiences accessible
  5. Integrating accessibility into development for Web Developers
  6. Developer Accessibility Fundamentals I
  7. Developer Accessibility Fundamentals II
  8. Learn the fundamentals of ARIA
  9. Developing accessible experiences for iOS
  10. Developing accessible experiences for Android
  11. Creating Accessible WordPress Sites
  12. Creating Accessible Sites Using Adobe Experience Manager (AEM)
  13. Accessibility Basics of Scalable Vector Graphics (SVG)
  14. ARIA for Developers Part I: Simple Widgets
  15. ARIA for Developers Part II: Complex Widgets
  16. Testing with Screen Readers - A User-flow Case Study
  17. Learning the fundamentals of accessibility testing
  18. Testing Mobile Website Accessibility on iOS and Android


Self Paced Courses

  1. Introduction to Digital Accessibility
  2. Global Accessibility Laws
  3. Understanding Section 508
  4. Understanding the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA)
  5. Understanding the Communication and Video Accessibility Act (CVAA)


Self Paced Courses

  1. Introduction to Digital Accessibility
  2. Understanding Accessible Experiences
  3. Getting Started with Inclusive Design
  4. Assistive Technology
  5. Understanding the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA)
  6. Global Accessibility Laws
  7. Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) Overview
  8. Establishing an Audit Methodology
  9. Accessibility Policy and Planning
  10. Overview of Voluntary Product Accessibility Template (VPAT)s and Accessibility Conformance Report (ACR)s
  11. Authoring a Voluntary Product Accessibility Template (VPAT)
  12. What's New in Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) 2.2?


Self Paced Courses

  1. Introduction to Digital Accessibility
  2. Understanding Accessible Experiences
  3. Assistive Technology
  4. Understanding the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA)
  5. Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) Overview
  6. Establishing an Audit Methodology
  7. Testing with Screen Readers - A User-flow Case Study
  8. Creating an effective user-flow focused testing strategy


Self Paced Courses

  1. Introduction to Digital Accessibility
  2. Understanding Accessible Experiences
  3. Understanding Digital Accessibility for Testers and QA Specialists
  4. Learning the fundamentals of accessibility testing
  5. Establishing an Audit Methodology
  6. Testing with Screen Readers - A User-flow Case Study
  7. Testing Mobile Accessibility on iOS for Testers
  8. Testing Mobile Website Accessibility on iOS and Android
  9. Testing for web accessibility
  10. Testing mobile application accessibility on iOS and Android
  11. Testing with NVDA
  12. Testing with JAWS


Self Paced Courses

  1. Introduction to Digital Accessibility
  2. Disability Etiquette
  3. Global Accessibility Laws
  4. Planning Accessible In-Person meetings and Events
  5. Planning Accessible Remote Meetings
  6. Social Media Accessibility

Optional Courses



Self Paced Courses

  1. Introduction to Digital Accessibility
  2. Understanding Accessible Experiences
  3. Understanding Accessible Design
  4. Getting Started with Inclusive Design
  5. Buttons and Links for User Experience Designers
  6. Buttons and Links for User Interface Designers
  7. Color Fundamentals for User Experience Designers
  8. Color Fundamentals for User Interface Designers
  9. Image Fundamentals for User Experience Designers
  10. Image Fundamentals for User Interface Designers
  11. Writing meaningful Alternative Text
  12. Accessibility Basics of Scalable Vector Graphics (SVG)
  13. Document Accessibility: Adobe InDesign






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