Summer 2019 Technology Accessibility Workshops

The Technology Accessibility team invites you to enhance your technology accessibility skills by participating in these workshops this summer:

  • Accessibility Office Hours and Work Session
    Bring your accessibility questions or work to improve the accessibility of your digital content. We’re here to help!
    • Thursday, June 27, 2:00 p.m.
    • Thursday, July 25, 2:00 p.m.
  • Advanced PDF Accessibility: Forms
    Participants in this hands-on workshop will learn techniques for creating accessible PDF forms with Adobe Acrobat Pro DC.
    Tuesday, August 6, 2:00 p.m.
  • Advanced PDF Accessibility: Lists
    Participants in this hands-on workshop will learn how to correctly tag PDF lists using Adobe Acrobat Pro DC.
    Thursday, August 1, 2:00 p.m.
  • Advanced PDF Accessibility: Scanned Documents
    Participants in this hands-on workshop will learn how to use Adobe Acrobat Pro DC to correct accessibility issues in a PDF created by scanning a document.
    Thursday, July 18, 2:00 p.m.
  • Advanced PDF Accessibility: Tables
    Participants in this hands-on workshop will learn how to correctly tag PDF tables using Adobe Acrobat Pro DC.
    Tuesday, July 30, 2:00 p.m.
  • Creating Accessible PDFs with Adobe Acrobat Pro DC
    Participants in this introductory hands-on workshop will learn how to use Adobe Acrobat Pro DC to create accessible PDFs from Microsoft Office content.
    Tuesday, June 18, 2:00 p.m.
  • Creating Accessible PDFs with Adobe InDesign CC
    Participants in this hands-on workshop will learn how to export an InDesign file as a tagged PDF and other accessibility considerations for InDesign.
    Thursday, August 8, 2:00 p.m.
  • Creating Accessible Social Media Content
    Learn how to create Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, and other social media content accessible to users with disabilities.
    Monday, July 22, 9:00 a.m.
  • Creating Accessible Social Media Content (webinar)
    Learn how to create Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, and other social media content accessible to users with disabilities.
    Monday, June 10, 9:00 a.m.
  • Designing for Accessibility
    Learn the importance of designing for accessibility and impactful practices you can apply to create accessible documents, images, audio, video, and web content.
    Thursday, June 6, 2:00 p.m.
  • Designing for Accessibility (webinar)
    Learn the importance of designing for accessibility and impactful practices you can apply to create accessible documents, images, audio, video, and web content.
    Monday, June 24, 9:00 a.m.
  • Interpreting AMP Tests and Reports
    Learn how to navigate and understand accessibility testing results documented in an AMP Report.
    Thursday, July 11, 2:00 p.m.
  • Introduction to AMP
    Learn about UA’s Accessibility Management Platform (AMP), a comprehensive accessibility and reporting tool freely available to members of the UA community.
    Tuesday, June 4, 2:00 p.m.
  • Manual Testing in AMP
    Learn how to use Access Assistant, a browser toolbar integrated with AMP, to perform guided manual accessibility testing.
    Tuesday, July 9, 2:00 p.m.
  • PDF Remediation Basics
    Participants in this hands-on workshop will learn how to use Adobe Acrobat Pro DC to correct basic tagging issues in a PDF.
    Tuesday, July 2, 2:00 p.m.

All classroom workshops are held in A232 Gordon Palmer. Registration is requested but not required.

We are also happy to offer private training sessions on these and other accessibility-related topics to members of the University community. Please contact us if we can help with your technology accessibility needs.