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Web development or design experience is not required.</p> </div> <div class="note moreMargin2"> <div class="feedback"> What are people saying about the course? </div> <p class="more">Read <a href="quotes">feedback from some of over 10,000 course participants</a>.</p> </div> <div class="section" id="delivery"> <h2>Delivery</h2> <p><a href="https://www.instructure.com/product/higher-education/canvas-catalog"><img src="images/canvas.png" alt="canvas" width="120" height="150" class="floatright top1em"></a></p> <p>The course is delivered through the Canvas Catalog learning management system. Enrolled participants have 24/7 access to technical support for Catalog in English and Spanish.</p> <p><strong>New cohorts start on the first Monday of each month</strong> unless there is a U.S. holiday that week. Participants have 60 business days (excluding weekends & US holidays) to complete the course.</p> </div> <div class="important moreMargin2"> <div class="learn"> Start learning today </div> <p>Easy self-enrollment is available at <a href="//webaim.learn.usu.edu/">WebAIM's Online Course</a> page.</p> </div> <div class="section" id="structure"> <h2 >Structure</h2> <blockquote class="pullquote half floatright video"><img src="images/openquote2.png" alt="open quote">I have been recommending this course as the absolutely best organized and most accessible training course I have ever taken—not an exaggeration.<img src="images/closequote2.png" alt="close quote"><br> <i>September 2022 training participant</i><br> </blockquote> <p>This video-based training features 39 learning activities with an average video length of five minutes. These videos have open captions and are accompanied by descriptive, multimedia transcripts.</p> <p>The course is organized into four main modules and one bonus module:</p> <h3 id="mod1">Module 1: Document Content</h3> <p><strong>Objective:</strong> Review basic principles and processes for optimizing the accessibility of document content in Microsoft Word and PowerPoint.</p> <ul> <li>Section 1: Overview of Document Accessibility</li> <li>Section 2: Images</li> <li>Section 3: Hyperlinks</li> <li>Section 4: Contrast & Color Reliance</li> <li>Section 5: Optimizing Writing</li> </ul> <h3 id="mod2">Module Two: Document Structure</h3> <p><strong>Objective:</strong> Review聽basic principles and processes for optimizing the accessibility of document structure in Microsoft Word and PowerPoint.</p> <ul> <li>Section 1: Headings in Word</li> <li>Section 2: Optimizing PowerPoint Presentations <li>Section 3: Lists & Columns</li> <li>Section 4: Tables</li> </ul> <h3 id="mod3">Module Three: Evaluating Accessibility & Creating PDFs</h3> <p><strong>Objective:</strong> Review processes for utilizing built-in accessibility checkers and an evaluation checklist, installing Adobe PDF Maker, and exporting PDF documents.</p> <ul> <li>Section 1: Evaluating Accessibility</li> <li>Section 2: Practicing Evaluation & Repair</li> <li>Section 3: Creating PDFs</li> </ul> <h3 id="mod4">Module Four: Optimizing PDFs in Acrobat</h3> <p><strong>Objective:</strong> Review how to configure Adobe Acrobat Professional, and how to use it to optimize a PDF exported from a well-structured Microsoft Word or PowerPoint document.</p> <ul> <li>Section 1: Introduction to Optimizing PDFs</li> <li>Section 2: Checking Accessibility</li> <li>Section 3: Reading Order Tool</li> <li>Section 4: Content Order and Tags Order</li> </ul> <h3 id="mod5">Module Five: Accessible Excel (bonus module)</h3> <p><strong>Objective:</strong> Review basic principles and processes for optimizing document structure, and for utilizing a built-in accessibility checker, in Excel documents.</p> <ul> <li>Section 1: Navigating in Excel</li> <li>Section 2: Sheets & Tables</li> <li>Section 3: Images & Links</li> <li>Section 4: Charts</li> <li>Section 5: Optimizing Workbooks</li> <li>Section 6: Evaluating Accessibility in Excel</li> </ul> <blockquote class="pullquote half floatright module"><img src="images/openquote2.png" alt="open quote">The timing of the learning modules was perfect. I needed time to learn, and it had to fit into my busy work schedule.<img src="images/closequote2.png" alt="close quote"><br> <i>2023 training participant</i><br> </blockquote> <p>One new module is opened each week during the first five weeks of the course. Each module takes between 2 and 4 hours for most participants to complete. The average time to complete the four main modules is 10 hours.</p> </div> <div class="section" id="assessments"> <h2>Assessments, Certificates, & CEUs</h2> <p>Participants demonstrate their mastery of the course materials through multiple-choice assessments. Each section of the course has a quiz with between four and eight questions based on its objectives. Each module has a ten-question exam that randomly selects questions from each of the module's section quizzes. Participants pass the course by meeting the following requirements for the <strong>four main modules</strong>:</p> <ul> <li>All section quiz scores are 100% (with unlimited retakes).</li> <li>All module exam scores are 80% or better (with one retake per exam).</li> </ul> <h3 id="certificates">Certificates of Completion</h3> <p><img src="images/cert-sample.png" alt="certificate of completion sample" width="142" height="110" class="floatright top1em"></a></p> <p>Participants that pass the course are eligible to be awarded a <strong>Certificate of Completion</strong>. These certificates allow individuals and/or organizations to document mastery of the course content and proficiency in creating accessible web documents in common formats.</p> <h3 id="CEUs">Continuing Education Units</h3> <p>Participants that meet the assessment requirements are eligible to be awarded <strong>1.5 Continuing Education Units</strong> through the <a href="https://itls.usu.edu/">Instructional Technology and Learning Sciences department</a> at Utah State University. The registration of a CEU requires an additional recording fee of $45.</p> </div> <div class="section" id="enrollment"> <h2>Enrollment</h2> <p><a href="https://www.authorize.net/"><img src="images/authorizeNet.png" alt="authorize.net | verified merchant" width="184" height="150" class="floatright top1em"></a></p> <p>Individual course enrollments are <strong>US$ 125</strong>. Self-enrollment through a <strong>secure credit card payment</strong> is available at <a href="//webaim.learn.usu.edu/">WebAIM's Online Course</a> page.<p> <p>Please contact us directly for payment by <a href="/contact/?subject=Payment%20by%20check">check</a>, <a href="/contact/?subject=Payment%20by%20purchase%20order">purchase order</a>, or <a href="/contact/?subject=Payment%20by%20wire%20transfer">wire transfer</a>. 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Taking this training gave me the opportunity to create accessible templates, to help my colleagues create accessible documents.<img src="images/closequote2.png" alt="close quote"><br> <i>Scholarship Program participant</i><br> </blockquote> <p>People with disabilities may enroll in the course <strong>without cost</strong> through our <a href="/training/docs/scholarship">Scholarship Program</a>. The scholarship program was launched in 2020. 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