Digital Accessibility Training

Role-based training is provided per 1 TAC §213.39. To support faculty and staff and to ensure compliance, these are recommended digital accessibility training courses:

• Texas A&M System TrainTraq Course 2114218 Digital Accessibility Awareness – Beginner
• Access Academy by Level Access (must request a login through the Texas Department of Information Resources (DIR); contact statewideaccessibility@dir.texas.gov.) More than 70 courses are available, and they can be sorted by role, completion time, competency, and learning format.
• LinkedIn Learning:
  • General:
    • Making the Case for Accessibility in Your Organization – General
    • Accessibility for Managers and Non-Designers – Beginner
    • Digital Accessibility for the Modern Workplace – Intermediate
  • Learning Management:
    • Foundations of Accessible Elearning – General
    • Inclusive Learning Design – Intermediate
    • Creating Accessible and Inclusive Video – General
  • Web and Developer:
    • Accessibility for Web Design – Beginner
    • UX Foundations: Accessibility – Beginner
    • Accessible Layout for the Web – Intermediate
    • Accessibility-First Design – Intermediate
    • HTML Forms: Accessibility – Intermediate
    • Auditing Design Systems for Accessibility – Beginner + Intermediate
  • Documents:
    • Creating Accessible PDFs – Intermediate
    • Advanced Accessible PDFs – Advanced
  • Vendor-based Document Accessibility Training:
    •  Microsoft:
      • Accessibility Training Essentials – Various Levels
      • AI Skills Challenge - Accessibility Fundamentals Learning Path – Various Levels
      • Improve Accessibility with the Accessibility Checker (Microsoft) – Beginner [Note tabs for Windows, macOS, and Web]
    • Adobe Acrobat Accessibility Guides