Courses and Training Materials

The following are a curated list of available free courses and training materials on digital accessibility. We have excluded other courses that have a fee, and more technical ones based on web development. 

 

 Accessibility Fundamentals Overview - W3C           

 Digital Accessibility Foundations - W3C           

 Digital accessibility: the foundations - Jisc (free for members otherwise paid) 

 Accessible Books Consortium Course on Accessible Publishing Concepts – DAISY Learning         

 Accessibility Training Overview - Section508.gov         

 Accessibility fundamentals - Microsoft       

 Accessibility 101 – Accessible IT Group @ University of Illinois       

 Introducing the Leader’s Guide to Accessibility – Accessibility in Government (gov.uk)     

 DIAMAS -  Equity, diversity, inclusion and belonging (includes accessibility) 

 VPAT Training - Information Technology Industry Council 

 Accessibility Maze - Toronto Metropolitan University 

 Digital Accessibility for Academic Libraries: Optimising Primo E - The Open University Library         

 From Adobe InDesign to PDFs - European Union Publications (youtube)                   

 From Adobe InDesign to EPUB

- European Union Publications (youtube)         

 

 You may also find these other curated lists of available courses useful. 

 

 Course List  - W3C 

 Digital Accessibility Training Courses Roundup - DigitalA11Y             

 Accessibility courses and certifications - Make Things Accessible    

 Training - Accessibility manual (gov.uk)       

 

 Accessibility learning resources - DAISY Learning       

 accessibility/a11y-courses (github)       

 

 There is some guidance on developing your own training from W3C:  Curricula on Web Accessibility: A Framework to Build Your Own Courses  - W3C   

         

 And professional certifications are available from IAAP:  Certifications - International Association of Accessibility Professionals