WebAIM Document Accessibility Training
Build your skills, expand your impact, and help ensure everyone can access the information you create.
We’re excited to offer a two-day Document Accessibility Training led by expert instructors from WebAIM, a nationally recognized leader in digital accessibility. This hands-on training will provide practical techniques you can apply right away to make your documents more accessible, usable, and compliant.
What You’ll Learn
During this interactive training, participants will learn how to create and remediate accessible documents in:
- Microsoft Word
- PowerPoint
- PDF
Topics will include:
- Structuring documents for accessibility
- Using headings, lists, and tables correctly
- Writing meaningful alternative text
- Creating accessible slide presentations
- Converting and remediating PDFs using Adobe Acrobat Pro*
Overview
- Principles of and motivations for document accessibility
- Overview of WCAG 2
- Overview of legal requirements
- Office "Check Accessibility" feature
- Combining automated and manual evaluation
- User experience and assistive technologies
Creating accessible Word documents and PowerPoint presentations
- Headings in Word
- Create headings
- Change the appearance of headings
- Images and alternative text
- Decorative images
- Complex images
- Image placement
- Tables
- Links
- Lists
- Columns
- Language
- Structure and reading order in PowerPoint
- Slide layouts
- Reading order
- Slide Master
Additional accessibility principles
- Low vision and contrast
- Color blindness and color use
- Auditory disabilities and multimedia
- Cognitive and learning disabilities
PDF and Acrobat
- Principles of accessible PDFs
- PDF "content" vs. PDF "tags"
- Source documents
- Creating PDFs in Office and Acrobat
- Document title in the source document
- Accessibility Tools in Acrobat DC Pro*
- Accessibility tags pane
- Accessibility tools pane
- Check Accessibility
- Reading Order Tool
- Repair PDF structure
- Change tags
- Hide decorative images and content
- Add tags to untagged content
- Table editor
- Verify and repair PDF order
- Content order
- Tags pane order
- Misc. principles of PDF accessibility. Topics will vary based on time and questions, but may include the following:
- Complex tables
- Complex images
- Forms
* Contact your departmental distributed IT staff to have Adobe Acrobat Pro installed on your UB computer prior to the training.
Training Details
- Dates: May 20 & May 21
- Time: 10 a.m. – 3 p.m. (each day, with a one-hour lunch break)
- Format: Live, online, instructor-led sessions with opportunities for questions and hands-on practice
Who Should Attend
This training is ideal for:
- Faculty and instructors
- Staff who create or share documents
- Communications professionals
- Anyone interested in improving digital accessibility
Whether you’re just getting started or looking to strengthen your skills, this training will meet you where you are.
Why Attend?
Accessible documents benefit everyone. By attending, you will:
- Improve usability for all audiences, including people with disabilities
- Support compliance with accessibility standards
- Increase the clarity and effectiveness of your materials
- Gain confidence working with accessibility tools and techniques
Funding Support
This training is made possible through a grant from SUNY, providing a valuable opportunity to build accessibility skills across our community.
Questions
For additional information, please contact Mary Henesey at henesey@buffalo.edu.
Registration
Registration is required. Space may be limited, so early registration is encouraged.