Are you a digital accessibility fan who has been wanting to level up to Ninja status?
It can be really hard to find good training courses (especially free ones) which will allow you to take your accessibility knowledge to the next level. I do provide instructor-led training both in person and online (details on my services page) I do not have online self-paced training courses yet available but if you want to be advised when they become available sign up to my newsletter. The first of my online self-paced training is due to drop on my website very soon with others to follow. In the meantime, here are some places where you can you go for online training courses for digital accessibility?
NOTE: Items with bold red asterisk * indicates it is free in certain circumstances.
W3C Digital Accessibility Foundations Course
This course is suitable for anyone getting started in the space of digital accessibility. This training course has a lot of information and is estimated to take up to 20 hours to complete but is self-paced so you can do in your own time and it is broken down into easily understood sections.
The course has a lot of user insights and shows how assistive tech is used as well as problems which can be encountered along the way.
Check out the W3C Digital Accessibility Foundations course
American Department of Homeland Security
This course shows you how to use the ANDI tool and guides you through the process for testing web sites and web applications for conformance to the American Revised Section 508 Standards (which includes WCAG conformance). It sets you up to complete the Trusted Tester Certification for Web.
Check out the 508 Trusted Tester course
Udacty
This course guides users through web accessibility how to manage focus, semantics, ARIA and CSS so you can learn the “Why”, “When” and “How” of digital accessibility.
Check out Udacty Web Accessibility
WebAIM Accessible Document Course*
This online training course covers for Word, PowerPoint and Acrobat how to create, evaluate and optimize documents for accessibility. It does have assumed knowledge for Microsoft Word and Microsoft PowerPoint.
Check out WebAIM’s Accessible Document Course.
Deque*
Deque university is an online training platform with multiple digital accessibility training courses and resources. It also includes study guides for International Association of Accessibility Professionals (IAAP) certifications.
Check out Deque University