- Teacher: Neha Jadhav
Available courses
This CPACC Preparation Course teaches the fundamentals of web development and techniques for developing an accessible website or web application. Participants learn and apply core skills for creating a website from the ground up. Advanced coding techniques and different types of development frameworks are also explored in this course. Testing for web accessibility is covered including tool usage, screen readers, and strategy for remediation.
- Teacher: Ishikaa Agrawal
- Teacher: Neha Jadhav
- Teacher: Carolyn Schoenian
- Teacher: Volker Sorge
This CPACC Preparation Course teaches accessibility standards such as the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) and how to apply them. Participants learn about related laws in the United States and other countries. A variety of management strategies and techniques to support digital accessibility are also taught in this course.
- Teacher: Neha Jadhav
- Teacher: Carolyn Schoenian
This Web Accessibility Specialist Preparation course teaches participants how to write, design, and manage, accessible content. Participants learn how to publish accessible content via content management systems (CMS) and on social media platforms.
- Teacher: Ishikaa Agrawal
- Teacher: David Fazio
- Teacher: Neha Jadhav
- Teacher: Volker Sorge
- Teacher: Ishikaa Agrawal
- Teacher: David Fazio
- Teacher: Neha Jadhav
- Teacher: Volker Sorge
This Web Accessibility Specialist Preparation Course teaches the fundamentals of web development and techniques for developing an accessible website or web application. Participants learn and apply core skills for creating a website from the ground up. Advanced coding techniques and different types of development frameworks are explored. Testing for web accessibility is covered including tool usage, screen readers, and strategy for remediation.
- Teacher: Ishikaa Agrawal
- Teacher: David Fazio
- Teacher: Neha Jadhav
- Teacher: Carolyn Schoenian
- Teacher: Volker Sorge
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- Teacher: Ishikaa Agrawal
- Teacher: David Fazio
- Teacher: Neha Jadhav
- Teacher: Volker Sorge
This CPACC Preparation Course teaches the different theoretical models of disability that commonly drive public, and private, sector approaches to disability inclusion in society, the workplace, as well as the consumer marketplace. Participants learn about different disabilities, common challenges associated with those disabilities, and relevant assistive technologies. It also teaches the importance of gathering disability demographic data. It demonstrates the common methods used to collect that data, and the types of reports it typically generates.
U.S. Department of Labor approved based on industry standards.
California Office of Education approved to meet the requirements of Higher Learning at the University level.
Session 1: MS Word Accessibility
Date: September 25, 2024
Time: 9:00 AM PT (120 minutes)
Key Topics:
- Introduction to accessibility in MS Word
- Structuring documents with headings, lists, and tables for accessibility
- Using built-in accessibility tools (Accessibility Checker)
- Best practices for creating accessible text and images.
- Ensuring compatibility with screen readers
Learning Outcomes:
- Learn how to structure a Word document to meet accessibility standards
- Understand how to create alternative text for images and graphical elements
- Gain familiarity with tools that assist in checking document accessibility
Session 2: MS PowerPoint Accessibility
Date: September 26, 2024
Time: 9:00 AM PT (60 minutes)
Key Topics:
- Creating accessible slides in PowerPoint
- Structuring slide content with headings and ordered/unordered lists.
- Best practices for using images, graphics, and multimedia with accessibility in mind.
- Accessibility check and ensuring compatibility with assistive technologies.
Learning Outcomes:
- Master how to design PowerPoint presentations that are inclusive
- Understand how to use closed captions for audio and video content
- Learn to check accessibility for PowerPoint presentations
Session 3: PDF Accessibility
Date: October 2, 2024
Time: 9:00 AM PT (90 minutes)
Key Topics:
- Overview of PDF accessibility challenges and solutions
- Creating accessible PDFs from Word or PowerPoint
- Tagging PDFs for proper reading order
- Using tools such as Adobe Acrobat Pro to check and correct accessibility issues
Learning Outcomes:
- Learn how to create tagged, accessible PDFs from various source files
- Understand the role of document structure in PDF accessibility
- Become proficient in using tools to check PDF accessibility
Session 4: Event Accessibility
Date: October 3, 2024
Time: 9:00 AM PT (60 minutes)
Key Topics:
- Planning accessible in-person and virtual events
- Understanding physical, sensory, and cognitive accessibility considerations
- Implementing assistive technologies in event planning
- Best practices for communication access, including CART, sign language interpreters, and captioning
Learning Outcomes:
- Gain a comprehensive understanding of how to make events accessible for all
- Learn how to create an inclusive environment with both digital and physical components
- Explore tools and technologies to assist attendees with disabilities
Additional Information:
- All webinars will be recorded and shared with registered participants.
- A certificate of completion will be provided for those attending all four sessions.
- Participants will be invited to join a Q&A session at the end of each webinar.
Registration Details:
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We look forward to your participation in these essential webinars to improve accessibility in your work environment.
This is a summary of the course
Define, and design with a provocative purpose. Common Sense Design teaches design professionals how to deliver meaningful experiences to their customers without unintentionally stigmatizing them by their differences. It is a multi-sensory approach that engages as many of the human senses as possible. This process leverages the engineering field of Lean Transformation, six sigma, and accessibility, combined with the scientific fields of neuroplasticity, and biofeedback to deliver unparalleled customer experiences.
Lesson 1: Accessible Web Foundations
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How the internet works
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How websites are formed
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Introduction to accessibility and assistive technologies
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POUR principles of accessibility
Overview of accessibility testing tools: Ottitor
Lesson 2: Accessible HTML – Building website structure
Setting up your editor and folders
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Writing semantic HTML
Creating an accessible homepage layout
- Building a contact form with proper structure and labels
- Hands-on: Build homepage and contact page for portfolio
Lesson 3: Accessible CSS – Styling the website
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CSS basics: selectors, properties, units, colors
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Box model, Flexbox, and Grid
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Styling with accessibility in mind: color contrast, readable fonts
Responsive design using media queries
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Units for scalable design
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Focus indicators, spacing, and clear visuals
Lesson 4: Accessible JavaScript – Adding Interaction
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JavaScript basics: variables, functions, manipulating DOM
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Toggling content visibility using ARIA roles
Event handling for accessibility
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Keyboard navigation, focus traps, and
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Accessible skip links and dynamic content handling
Lesson 5: Responsive Design
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Principles of mobile-first and progressive enhancement
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Making layouts and navigation adaptive
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Best practices for touch and keyboard-friendly interfaces
Lesson 6: Emerging Technology in Accessibility
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Use of AI tools (like Ottitor) in accessibility audits
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Accessibility in modern JS frameworks (intro level)
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Industry examples of accessible design and development
Lesson 7: Final Projects
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Project 1: Portfolio Website (Built across all lessons)
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Project 2: E-commerce Product Page (1 Module – 3 Hours)
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Project 3: Accessible Blog Template (1 Module – 3 Hours)
Goals and Objectives
Upon successful completion of this course, the apprentice will be able to:
Theoretical Models of Disability
1. Identify prominent theoretical models of disability.
2. Describe their basic concepts and understand their strengths and weaknesses.
3. Identify which models align most closely with the principles of accessibility and universal design.
4. Apply the models to example scenarios in the lives of people with disabilities.
Disability Demographics and Statistics
1. Articulate the business case for digital accessibility and inclusive design.
Categories and Characteristics of Disabilities and Associated Barriers
1. Name the main categories of disabilities.
2. Classify specific conditions under the appropriate disability category or categories.
3. Describe the accessibility challenges faced by people with disabilities of a given category.
Assistive Technologies and Adaptive Strategies
1. Understand that assistive technologies and adaptive strategies are designed for information communication technology (ICT) or the physical world.
2. Know the difference between assistive technologies and adaptive strategies.
3. Identify assistive technologies and adaptive strategies for different types of disabilities.
Disability Etiquette
1. Describe and follow disability etiquette guidelines for interacting with people with disabilities.
2. Judge the appropriateness of various ways of referring to or about people with disabilities.
Goals and Objectives
Upon successful completion of this course, the apprentice will be able to:
Disability Rights and Accessibility
1. Comply with international proclamations supporting disability rights and digital accessibility.
2. Follow tech industry benchmarks to support digital accessibility.
Legal Framework of Digital Accessibility
1. Follow accessibility and disability rights laws in the U.S.
2. Apply digital accessibility case law and trends in the U.S.
3. Follow digital accessibility and disability rights laws in countries throughout the world.
Accessibility Standards
1. Apply pertinent digital accessibility standards, particularly WCAG, in practice.
Management Strategies to Support Accessibility
1. Articulate the business case for digital accessibility.
2. Champion digital accessibility support across organization departments with an understanding of responsibilities and motivation.
3. Apply essential techniques for setting digital accessibility goals and reporting.
4. Apply digital accessibility skills in procurement and related strategy.
5. Implement strategies for different types of digital accessibility training.
6. Support digital accessibility through different types of internal and external communication.
7. Follow workflow strategies to better support digital accessibility including types of tooling.
Unlock the power of human inclusion. Cooperative Understanding recognizes that every human being is unique. Each of us has a distinctive set of sensory and functional capabilities, as well as meaningful life experiences. At the same time, there are ways in which all people are alike. There are essential aspects of the human experience, such as birth, death, love, struggle, and emotion, that are shared by everyone. Corporate cultures that empower all people to engage with their strongest combination of knowledge, senses, and abilities, while also supporting our essential human needs, achieve spectacular results.
Cooperative Understanding transforms this vision into reality by leveraging the best of social psychology, emotional intelligence, mindfulness, appreciative, strengths-based thinking, and neuroplasticity, to deliver harmony at work.
Who should enroll in this program? Anyone, and everyone, that wants to be more inclusive, invite, excite, attract, and meaningfully engage, all people; anyone that wants to improve upon their own human ability, their own well-being, and their relationships with other people, while positively impacting the human ability, well-being, capabilities, and relationships of their team members.
Goals and Objectives
Upon successful completion of this course, the apprentice will be able to:
Content management systems
1. Understand what a content management system (CMS) is and fundamentals on how to use it.
2. Understand the different types of CMSs available and prevalence of use.
3. Understand, navigate, and utilize the elements of a CMS (admin, plugins, themes, support).
4. Publish content on two CMSs including WordPress.
5. Understand and manage the accessibility capabilities and techniques for two CMSs including WordPress.
6. Selecting an appropriate CMS based on relevant factors.
Overview of web accessibility issues
1. Understand and address the common challenges in web/digital accessibility.
2. Understand past solutions to web accessibility, both ideal and not ideal, and implement the most appropriate solution.
3. Understand the key differences between owned, third-party, and user-generated content, and apply accessibility guidance accordingly.
Techniques for accessible content
1. Write accessible content.
2. Design accessible content.
3. Create accessible multimedia.
4. Test for accessible content.
Social media
1. Understand the different social media platforms and trends in usage to determine the most appropriate for an organization or project.
2. Selecting a social media platform by understanding the general advantages and disadvantages of several platforms including Facebook, YouTube, LinkedIn, Instagram, and Twitter.
3. Understand and manage the accessibility capabilities of several platforms including Facebook, YouTube, LinkedIn, Instagram, and Twitter.
4. Implement techniques for creating accessible social media.
Applying skills
1. Demonstrate how to use social media to create accessible content.
2. Demonstrate how to use a CMS to create accessible content.
Goals and Objectives
Upon successful completion of this course, the apprentice will be able to:
Overview of Universal Design
1. Understand recognize Universal Design is in both the built and digital environments.
2. Understand and recognize the relationship between universal design, accessibility, usability, inclusive design.
3. Understand and recognize the principles of Universal Design.
Universal Design in the physical world
1. Demonstrate a basic understanding of physical accessibility principles and guidelines for the built environment.
2. Identify Universal Design implementation in the physical world.
Universal Design on the World Wide Web
1. Interpret basic concepts of the World Wide Web Consortium’s Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) 2.1.
2. Interpret principles of the WCAG Guidelines: Perceivable, Operable, Understandable, and Robust.
3. Understand and recognize the components of web accessibility: web content, user agents, authoring tools, and testing tools.
Universal Design for Learning (UDL)
1. Understand key principles of the UDL Guidelines.
2. Understand key concepts for ideal Usability and User Experience (UX) for learning.
Applying Skills
1. Demonstrate Universal Design in the physical world.
2. Demonstrate Universal Design in the digital space.
3. Demonstrate Universal Design for Learning.
- Teacher: Alyssa Hernandez
- Teacher: Connie Sung
- Teacher: Alyssa Hernandez
- Teacher: Connie Sung