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This category is tailored for designers looking to create accessible, usable experiences. You’ll learn how to implement inclusive design practices (such as using alt text with visual content), use accessibility tools, and use content creation tools to create digital products that are easy for all users to navigate. 

This is ideal for user-experience designers, user-interface designers, product designers, content creators, and anyone involved in content design. 

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Designer Accessibility Foundations

Document Accessibility Across Platforms

Content Manager

Interaction and Usability Designer

Visual Designer

Instructional Designer

List of Courses

Accessible Documents Overview

This course addresses the features of an accessible document. This course is not focused on any specific program or type of digital document, but rather it addresses the importance of each feature and why it is essential to format the feature correctly to allow all users to access the document.

Duration: 30 minutes

 

Accessible Design Heuristics

This microlearning is tailored for designers, focusing on the most common accessibility heuristics identified in design evaluations. 

Duration: 15 minutes

 

Buttons and Links for User Experience Designers

This course goes over the importance of buttons and links in your digital properties and ensuring that they’re accessible to everyone. It discusses techniques you can use when designing them in accordance with the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG). Learners will be introduced to topics like how to allow users to interrupt accidental button activations and why skip links are important.

Duration: 20 minutes

 

Buttons and Links for User Interface Designers

This course goes over the importance of buttons and links in your digital properties and ensuring that they’re accessible to everyone. It discusses techniques you can use when designing them in accordance with WCAG. You will be introduced to topics like color best practices and how to make sure buttons and links respond properly to the viewport they're in.

Duration: 20 minutes

 

Color Fundamentals for User Experience Designers

This course goes over the fundamentals of color in the context of designing accessible web experiences. It discusses the best practices when selecting colors for web-based content, according to WCAG. Learners will be introduced to topics such as how color affects user experience, use of color, contrast of text, and links.

Duration: 45 minutes

 

Color Fundamentals for User Interface Designers

In this course, you'll learn about the fundamentals of color for designing accessible web experiences. This course goes over the fundamentals of color in the context of designing accessible web experiences. It discusses the best practices when selecting colors for web-based content, according to WCAG. You'll be introduced to color best practices for web-based content such as contrast, color requirements, in-text hyperlinks, and flashing content.

Duration: 45 minutes

 

Document Accessibility: Adobe InDesign

This course goes over the best practices of creating and formatting an accessible InDesign document and offers an InDesign practical guide on how to implement said practices. It provides information on how these techniques help people with disabilities and instructions on how to execute them in your document.

Duration: 60 minutes

 

Document Accessibility: Basic Acrobat Pro

This course covers the best practices of creating and formatting an accessible PDF and offers a practical guide on how to implement said practices. It provides information on why these techniques are used and instructions on how to use them in your document.

Duration: 60 minutes

 

Document Accessibility: Microsoft Excel

In this course, you will learn some essential skills and strategies to improve the accessibility of a Microsoft Excel document. Because Microsoft Excel is a complex program, this course only covers some of the more popular tools and functions. This course will discuss proper table formatting, the style tool, and descriptive labeling.  

Duration: 45 minutes

 

Document Accessibility: Microsoft PowerPoint

This course outlines the best practices when creating and formatting documents for Microsoft PowerPoint. It provides information on why these practices are necessary as well as a detailed guide on how to successfully implement them in your next document.

Duration: 45 minutes

 

Document Accessibility: Microsoft Word

This course focuses on the best practices when creating and formatting documents for Microsoft Word. It provides information on why these practices are necessary as well as a detailed guide on how to successfully implement them in your next document.

Duration: 45 minutes

 

Formatting and Other Considerations for Content Designers

This course goes over some crucial requirements of building accessible web experiences related to formatting and more that are the responsibility of Content Designers. It discusses the best formatting practices related to Content Design to follow when creating web-based content based on WCAG.

Duration: 30 minutes

 

Image Fundamentals for User Experience Designers

This course goes over the fundamentals of images in the context of designing accessible web experiences. It discusses the best practices when designing images for web-based content, according to WCAG. You'll be introduced to image best practices for web-based content such as alternative text guidelines, how images impact users, and the types of non-text content that UX designers are responsible for.

Duration: 30 minutes

 

Image Fundamentals for User Interface Designers

This course goes over the fundamentals of images in the context of designing accessible web experiences. It discusses the best practices when designing images for web-based content, according to WCAG. You'll be introduced to image best practices for web-based content such as alternative text guidelines, text on images, and images of text.

Duration: 30 minutes

 

Introducing Universal Design for Learning (UDL)

UDL aims to change the design of the environment rather than to situate the problem as a perceived deficit within the learner. Upon completion of this microlearning, participants will be able to define Universal Design for Learning (UDL) and explain its relevance to inclusive education.

Duration: 10 minutes

 

UDL Guidelines 3.0: Action & Expression

In this microlearning, we will explain the Action & Expression principle, its guidelines, and considerations. This is the second principle in the Graphic Organizer.

Duration: 10 minutes

 

UDL Guidelines 3.0: Engagement

In this microlearning we will explain the Engagement principle, its guidelines, and considerations. This is the third principle in the Graphic Organizer.

Duration: 10 minutes

 

UDL Guidelines 3.0: Representation

In this microlearning we will explain the Representation principle, its guidelines, and considerations. This is the first principle in the Graphic Organizer.

Duration: 10 minutes

 

Understanding Accessible Copy for Content Designers

This course is designed to provide Content Designers with an understanding of their role when it comes to accessibility. In module one, we'll introduce you to the set of basic elements for which a Content Designer has to write accessible copy. In module two, we'll look at experiences where you might need to provide further information or instruction to your users. In both sections, we'll explain your responsibilities as a Content Designer.

Duration: 30 minutes

 

Understanding Accessible Design

This course provides an overview of the fundamental principles of accessible design and provides an introduction into the role of designers in making accessible experiences for all users.  

Duration: 20 minutes

 

Understanding Accessible Experiences

This course will give learners an overview of various accessible experiences. It covers how everyone benefits from accessible experiences. Several accessibility myths will be debunked to begin overcoming bias.

Duration: 50 minutes

 

Writing Accessible Copy for Content Designers

This course goes over some crucial copy-related requirements of building accessible web experiences that are the responsibility of Content Designers. It discusses the best writing practices to follow when creating web-based content based on WCAG

Duration: 30 minutes

 

Writing Alternative Text for Content Designers

Throughout this course we will discuss the purpose of alternative text (alt text), when and how to use it, and best practices for Content Designers to write meaningful and effective alternative text.

Duration: 30 minutes

 

Writing Meaningful Alternative Text

This course is designed with the goal of delivering tips for writing meaningful alt text. Throughout this course we will discuss the purpose of alternative text, when and how to use it, and best practices for writing meaningful and effective alternative text.

Duration: 20 minutes

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