This hands-on, virtual training session is designed to clearly explain how to create an accessible document using Microsoft Word. It will demonstrate converting documents to PDF format and examine the required structure for assistive technologies.

In this one-hour webinar, topics will cover accessibility issues and best practices when creating PowerPoint presentations. Various tools will be used in PowerPoint to create an accessible presentation including appropriate formatting, ordered lists, recommended slide layouts, well-designed tables, hyperlinks and graphics with alternative text along with some tips to manage content for screen reading devices.

In this hands-on, virtual training we cover in depth topics of making accessible content in InDesign, followed up by using Acrobat Professional. This course covers the core InDesign concepts of text formatting, graphics and working with navigational and digital device reflow features to include all users who require an accessible PDF.

Do you want to create reports, marketing material, and everyday documents that are accessible? Get tips on the best and most accessible design choices - from choosing colours and fonts, to ensuring documents are accessible to assistive technology users. You will learn what is required to create accessible materials that work for a wider range of users and see examples of accessible and inaccessible design choices.

This one-hour webinar will review the most commonly used accessibility checkers currently available when creating accessible PDF documents, including Microsoft Office, Adobe Acrobat Professional and the online PDF Accessibility Checker (PAC 3.1).

Axe-con is the world’s largest digital accessibility conference that welcomes developers, designers, business users, and accessibility professionals of all experience levels to an accessibility conference focused on building, testing, and maintaining accessible digital experiences.

Join us for our free webinar on Tuesday 7 March at 1pm GMT, when we will be joined by Kush Kanodia, disability rights campaigner and AbilityNet trustee, alongside guest speakers from NHS Wales and SignHealth, to share how boosting digital skills will help both NHS patients and staff alike.

Learn how to produce accessible content in the Adobe InDesign software

Find out from people with lived experience how technology can support those who are disabled

Analyse your data and identify where you need to focus your attention for accessibility

Come learn the best practices to ensure an equal tech experience for more people and better serve the existing market.

Join Bernard Akuoko, Program Lead for Advocacy, Accessibility and Community Engagement, for a chat about all things advocacy. During the one hour interactive session, Bernard will give a brief presentation about self-advocacy and share new campaigns and initiatives that are currently happening at CNIB.

Tracy and Matthew have put this group together to share their experiences navigating Android devices. We welcome the input from users of all experience levels so we can learn together. Please identify yourself when registering with your proper name and zoom Registration required, 

Tracy and Matthew have put this group together to share their experiences navigating Android devices. We welcome the input from users of all experience levels so we can learn together. Please identify yourself when registering with your proper name and zoom Registration required, 

Explore the accessibility features on smartphones. Learn how you can utilize some of these powerful tools to your advantage in everyday life.

This one-hour webinar will cover the recent changes to the WCAG and outline the aspects that will and will not change as a result of this refresh. Participants will gain knowledge about the goals of the new standard and the 17 new success criteria that have been added to the standard to support these goals.

ncluding alternative text in digital documents, websites, and mobile apps is a requirement of the Website Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) and is essential to making your website accessible. In this webinar we will review how and when to apply alternative text.

This virtual training will give participants the knowledge and tools required to gauge the accessibility of web content. The session will take an applied look at Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) by explaining how to assess and implement each web accessibility success-criterion. This course is made of two, 2-hour sessions.

The holidays may have passed, but shopping and eating out in the new year continue for many people, including those with disabilities. The Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) and Architectural Barriers Act (ABA) Accessibility Standards require retail spaces and restaurants to be accessible, from the accessible route at a site arrival point to public entrances to interior spaces of establishments. This webinar session will provide an overview of the ADA and ABA accessibility requirements for parking, entrances, queues and waiting lines, food service lines, dressing and fitting rooms, fixed dining surfaces, including bar seating, sales and service counters, and checkout aisles at retail spaces and restaurants.

This course provides a technical introduction to creating accessible content. Participants will receive an in-depth review of the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) 2.1, accessibility requirements, and how conformance can be achieved. This training will also cover a list of practical tools for assessing and implementing accessibility.