This is an online course that will help you understand the importance of accessibility when producing PDFs online. It is sometimes easy to miss the finer details when making sure a document is as accessible as possible. There are many different types of disability that may mean, even with the standard methods of making a PDF accessible some people are still left out and may not be able to get the most from your documents.
This is a half day course. Price £890.
Intensive learning covering important aspects of accessibility
We dive into accessibility, of course coving the basics but very quickly moving onto discussing and prepping for the many different types of disability that need to be catered for. The following is required for this course.
- Adobe Standard or Adobe Pro
- Windows or MacOs operating system
- Recommended: A few PDF documents that you wish to use as practice (although course material will be provided)
Course content
The course usually last s about 4 hours, with half an hour for lunch. There will be activities during the course to implement what you are learning, and there is time allocated at the end for questions from candidates.
- Why accessibility is important
- Legislation landscape and legal accessibility requirements
- Understanding user-centred design and the need for accessible content
- Appreciating difficulties for different user groups including those with:
- Mobility issues
- Sight issues and colour-blindness
- Hearing issues
- Neurodiverse comprehension
- How to meet accessibility guidelines online
- Writing accessible content
- Planning accessible documents
- Designing accessible graphics
- Selecting the best format for your graph, chart, image or data set
- Letting your data do the talking
- Using colour appropriately
- Writing effective alternative text
- Creating accessible data, tables and spreadsheets
- Creating accessible forms and services
- Creating accessible PDFs and fixing common errors
- Checking for and fixing accessibility errors
