Courses and Training Materials

The following are a curated list of available free courses and training materials on digital accessibility. We have excluded other courses that have a fee, and more technical ones based on web development.

• Accessibility Fundamentals Overview - W3C          
• Digital Accessibility Foundations - W3C          
• Digital accessibility: the foundations - Jisc (free for members otherwise paid)
• Accessible Books Consortium Course on Accessible Publishing Concepts – DAISY Learning       
• Accessibility Training Overview - Section508.gov        
• Accessibility fundamentals - Microsoft      
• Accessibility 101 – Accessible IT Group @ University of Illinois     
• Introducing the Leader’s Guide to Accessibility – Accessibility in Government (gov.uk)      
• VPAT Training - Information Technology Industry Council
• Accessibility Maze - Toronto Metropolitan University
• Digital Accessibility for Academic Libraries: Optimising Primo E - The Open University Library        
• From Adobe InDesign to PDFs - European Union Publications (youtube)                  
  From Adobe InDesign to EPUB  - European Union Publications (youtube)       

You may also find these other curated lists of available courses useful.

• Course List  - W3C
• Digital Accessibility Training Courses Roundup - DigitalA11Y           
• Accessibility courses and certifications - Make Things Accessible   
• Training - Accessibility manual (gov.uk)         
• Accessibility learning resources - DAISY Learning      
• accessibility/a11y-courses (github)     

There is some guidance on developing your own training from W3C: Curricula on Web Accessibility: A Framework to Build Your Own Courses  - W3C             

And professional certifications are available from IAAP: Certifications - International Association of Accessibility Professionals