Accessibility

Training

Accessibility 101 online course

Accessibility 101 course banner showing diverse human cutouts in different colors representing different disabilities and diversity.

The current Accessibility Self-Paced Training course, Accessibility 101, hosted on Canvas, provides online training for UW faculty, staff and students in an online self-paced format with optional quizzes.

The course offers learning content, videos, and assessments to check your understanding. In order to take the quizzes you will need to add yourself to the course using the Join button. This course is divided into content areas addressing main and optional accessibility topics.

Main Topics

  • Accessibility basics and Universal Design for Learning
  • Creating accessible documents and email
  • Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG)
  • Accessible web content
  • Accessible Canvas content
  • Canvas accessibility checkers
  • Creating a plan for yourself and your office

Optional

  • PDF accessibility basics with Adobe Acrobat Pro
  • Excel spreadsheets
  • Accessible student-created content
  • Meetings and events
  • Webinars

Coming summer 2025!

University of Washington purple and gold banner

Accessibility 101: Inclusive Digital Design

Watch for the upcoming announcement or check this page for updates.

Other available accessibility training at UW

  • Deque University for UW users – A library of online digital accessibility courses and on-demand reference materials for every level and every area of expertise in digital accessibility.
  • Accessible Technology Webinar Recordings – Offered UW-IT Accessible Technology Services (ATS), these webinars cover many topics, such as teaching an accessible online course, web accessibility, document accessibility, video accessibility, testing with screen readers, and accessibility in procurement.
  • LinkedIn Training – On-demand video learning platform available for free to all UW students, staff, and faculty. Their library of courses includes a wide variety of courses on digital accessibility. For direct access, login to LinkedIn Learning with your UW credentials then search for “accessibility”.
  • UW Digital Accessibility website – A collection of resources and tutorials to help anyone create websites, applications, and other digital content to be accessible and usable. Making digital content accessible is essential for people with disabilities, helpful for everyone, and supports UW values by fostering a diverse and inclusive community.