Training
UIS Training
Two web accessibility classes are available to any website editors at Georgetown. Classes are online and can be taken at your leisure. You don’t have to be using the UIS WordPress templates to attend!
Web Accessibility for Content Editors
Duration: 30 minutes
Format: Online Canvas Course
What you’ll get out of this class: Read-Only level access to Siteimprove and the ability to fix and prevent common issues
Access to this class:
Log in to Canvas and then click “Enroll in Course” -> “Go to the Course” -> “Introduction to Web Accessibility”.
Once you’ve completed the class:
Submit the Siteimprove Access Request Form (new window).
Siteimprove Accessibility: Next Generation
Duration: 30 minutes
Format: Online Siteimprove Course
Prerequisite: Web Accessibility for Content Editors
What you’ll get out of this class: GU User level access to Siteimprove and the ability to make decisions on Reviews
Access to this class:
Step 1: Login to Siteimprove (this will create an account if you don’t already have one).
Step 2: Go to the Siteimprove Accessibility: Next Generation course.
Once you’ve completed the class:
Step 1: Sign into the Siteimprove Frontier platform, click on your Profile Icon in the upper right corner of the page, and select “My Profile” to view your completions.
Step 2: Take a screenshot showing you’ve completed the class. (Here’s how to take a screenshot).
Step 3: Submit your screenshot through the Siteimprove GU User Request form.
If you have a group of 10 or more and are interested in a custom training over zoom, please email webaccessibility@georgetown.edu.
SiteImprove Training
The SiteImprove Frontier platform offers a number of training classes that anyone from Georgetown with a SiteImprove account can take.
- Accessibility Fundamentals for the Web (new window) – This course covers the basics of web accessibility including why accessibility is important, the guidelines, and how to start creating an accessibility program.
- Accessibility for the Classroom (new window) – This course covers how students may be interacting with school content and why it needs to be accessible for them.
- Accessibility for Content Contributors (new window) – This course covers what a content contributor should be responsible for, how to format different content to make it accessible, and what specific forms of media need to be accessible.
- Accessibility Testing for the Web (new window) – This course covers how to test for accessibility both manually and automatically.
- Accessibility for PDFs (new window) – This course specifically covers how PDFs need to be made accessible and how to create them so they are.
- Accessibility for Multimedia (new window) – This course covers more specifically what multimedia needs to be accessible, including videos, photos, etc.
- Accessibility for Designers (new window) – This course covers what the role of designer should be responsible, how design elements like color and images should be made accessible, and how to design things like forms.