Deque University Courses
As of June 2023, Pearson Higher Education partnership with Deque University has ended until global funding can be obtained to continue the program.
Start Your Accessibility Training
Heree are a few good places to bookmark as you begin, encompassed within the WorldWide Web Consortium’s Web Accessibility Initiative (W3C-WAI) which supports creating digital accessibility standards and guidance (https://www.w3.org/WAI/).
📚 Intro to Web Accessibility Video: https://lnkd.in/eRaUJS4A
👥 User Perspective Videos: https://lnkd.in/ezPz36FZ
📊 Planning and Policies: https://lnkd.in/eKYz9Gsr
🎨 Starter Tips for Designing: https://lnkd.in/eidzq7xc
💻 Starter Tips for Developing: https://lnkd.in/eidzq7xc
📓 Tutorials for Complex Components: https://lnkd.in/g5jAPgfX
📋 About the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG): https://lnkd.in/e7iauFWG
👩🏾💻 ARIA Authoring Practices Guide: https://lnkd.in/e9Ag4iAY
Other Free Training Opportunties
- Digital Accessibility Foundations by W3C
- Curricula on Web Accessibility: A Framework to Build Your Own Courses by W3C
- Developing Web Accessibility Presentations and Training: Overview by W3C
- Teach Access Tutorials: Writing Code and Design Principles
- Making Documents Accessible Video Trainings by Microsoft
Archived
The Pearson Higher Education Accessibility Team has partnered with Deque University to offer best-in-class accessibility training to all Pearson employees.
The training curriculum includes over 30 courses that teach and reinforce basic accessibility principles along with tracks created specifically for Designers, Developers, Testers, Content Creators, and Support Representatives.
Have a question? Please ask in the Accessibility Help Teams Channel so that everyone can benefit from the conversation.
All Pearson Employees
- Accessibility Fundamentals: Disabilities, Guidelines and Laws
- Disability Etiquette Basics
- Basic Web and Document Accessibility for Content Creators
Fast Track Programs
Accessibility For Designers
- Accessibility Fundamentals: Disabilities, Guidelines and Laws
- Designing an Accessible User Experience
- Visual Design and Colors
- Responsive Design and Zoom
- Basic Web and Document Accessibility for Content Creators
Web Accessibility For Developers
- Accessibility Fundamentals : Disabilities, Guidelines and Laws
- Designing as Accessible User Experience
- Semantic Structure and Navigation
- Images, SVG and Canvas
- Visual Design and Colors
- Responsive Design and Zoom
- Multimedia, Animations and Motion
- Device Independent User Input Methods
- Form Labels, Instructions and Validation
- Dynamic Updates, AJAX and Single-Page Apps
- Custom Javascript/ARIA Widgets
Accessibility QA Testing
- Web Accessibility Testing : Basic Methods and Tools
- Web Accessibility Testing : Screen Readers
- WCAG Conformance Testing, Detailed Methodology
- Usability Testing for Accessibility
Accessibility for Document Creators
- Basic Web and Document Accessibility for Content Contributors
- MS Word Accessibility Techniques
- MS PowerPoint Accessibility Techniques
- MS Excel Accessibility Techniques
- InDesign Accessibility
- Basic PDF Accessibility
- Advanced PDF Complex Tables and Forms
- EPUB Accessibility Techniques
- Multimedia, Animations and Motion
Customer Service for People with Disabilities
- Serving Customers with Disabilities
- Disability Etiquette Basics
- Effective Communication Part 1 : Communicating In Person
- Effective Communication Part 2 : Remote Communication
Updated: 11/30/2023