Accessibility Resources

Websites

• Introduction to Web Accessibility free online course developed by the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) standards organization,
• Resources for web developers W3C
• DHS Trusted Tester Training and Certification Program – free training for testing web sites and web applications for conformance to the Section 508 accessibility standards
• Accessible Name & Description Inspector (ANDI) – training videos for how to use the ANDI testing tool (free) to inspect web pages for conformance with the Section 508 accessibility standards
• Guide to Accessible Web Design and Development
• Curricula on Web Accessibility (W3C Web Accessibility Initiative)
• CIOC Section 508 Webinars (archived webinar recordings on various accessibility topics)
• Make Your SharePoint Site Accessible to People with Disabilities

Documents, Spreadsheets and Presentations

• Creating Section 508 Compliant Electronic Documents (Word and PDF) - live webinar hosted by the DOI Section 508 Program
• Creating Section 508 Compliant Excel Spreadsheets – live webinar hosted by the DOI Section 508 Program
• Create Accessible Microsoft Word Documents training videos, authoring guide and checklist
• Create Accessible Spreadsheets training videos, authoring guide and checklist
• Create Accessible Presentations training videos, authoring guide and checklist
• Create Accessible PDFs training videos, testing and remediation guide, and checklist
• Adobe PDF Accessibility Series training videos
• Adobe Acrobat DC Accessibility Guides
• Microsoft Accessibility Video Training – Making Your Content Accessible
• Make your Word documents accessible to people with disabilities
• Make your PowerPoint presentations accessible to people with disabilities
• Make your Outlook email accessible to people with disabilities
• Make your Excel spreadsheets accessible to people with disabilities

Audio and Video Media

• Directive 2017-003 Creating Accessible Audio and Visual Media (and Standard Operating Procedures)
• Create Accessible Synchronized Media Content
• Making Audio and Video Media Accessible (W3C WAI)
• Captions, Transcripts, and Audio Descriptions (WebAIM)
• Captioning Key (Described and Captioned Media Program)
• Captioning Service Vendors
• Guidance on Audio Descriptions (Harpers Ferry Center, NPS)
• Description Key (Described and Captioned Media Program)
• Description Service Vendors