I can’t believe we’re halfway through 2024 already! The end of June marks 6 months of the ATD Chapter Tour of Accessibility for Online Learning, one of my most requested presentations.

I’ve seen Central Massachusetts, Puget Sound, Mississippi Valley, Houston, Chicagoland, Nebraska, Memphis, Kansas City, Tulsa, and even my home, Las Vegas! How did the audiences compare?

Audience Priorities

Like any good instructional designer, my session has learning objectives! But I let the audience prioritize how much time to spend on each topic.

Disabilities & Assistive Technology

After some initial information on the kinds of disabilities and assistive technology out there, we ask the audience which of those they’ve seen in their workplace or learner population.

Interactive Elements of Online Learning

This prompt always starts some great discussions! After covering some accessibility best practices, we dive into trickier interactions like drag-and-drop, timing, documents, and more.

Every audience is a bit different, all with varied priorities, experiences, and challenges. This presentation is so much fun to deliver, and Mentimeter provides some great polls, prompts, and other interactions to spark conversation.

But the year’s not over yet! I’ll be sharing this session at several other ATD Chapters for the rest of the year – check out my upcoming events here!

Want me to bring this session – or another session – to your organization? Let me know!

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Thank you to everyone that joined me live for the Inclusive Pixelation finale to National Disability Employment Awareness Month (NDEAM), a FREE webinar on accessibility testing, specifically for learning and development! View the recording, transcript, slides, and more below.

Accessibility Testing for Learning and Development Webinar

Download the slide deck: Accessibility Testing for Learning and Development (PDF)

Download the transcript: Accessibility Testing for Learning and Development (TXT)

View the full webinar with captions:

Resources

These are some of the wonderfully helpful resources I’ve used to conduct my own accessibility testing, that I’m more than happy to share with you!

• WAVE Web Accessibility Checker – Enter any website, or install the browser extension to check anything you can open in a browser window, like your eLearning course or a PDF.
• Color Contrast Checker Bookmarklet – Drag this bookmarklet to your bookmarks bar to pop open a color contrast checker you can use on anything you can open in your browser!
• Chromatic Vision Simulator App [iOS | Android] – A simple phone app to simulate different kinds of color blindness. Great for printed resources, or as a supplement to a color contrast checker.
• Britne’s Accessibility Resources on Linktr.ee
• Adobe Acrobat Pro – Create and Verify PDF Accessibility
• Make Your PowerPoint Presentations Accessible to People with Disabilities

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Join me for the Inclusive Pixelation finale to National Disability Employment Awareness Month (NDEAM) with a FREE webinar on accessibility testing for learning and development!

Register now for the session on October 31, 2023 at 4p PST / 7p EST via Zoom.

Audience: This webinar is intended for anyone who is involved in the creation, delivery, or management of learning and development materials, including instructional designers, developers, trainers, and learning and development leaders.

Description: Accessibility testing is the process of ensuring that digital content is usable by people with disabilities. This is important for all types of digital content, but it is especially important for learning and development materials, as everyone should have the opportunity to learn and grow. In this session, you will learn about the importance of accessibility testing for learning and development and how to start accessibility testing in your own organization. Learn how to evaluate and remediate the learning materials you already have, like eLearning modules and PDFs! We will cover the following topics:

• What is accessibility testing?
• Why is accessibility testing important for learning and development?
• How to get started with accessibility testing
• Common accessibility problems in learning and development materials
• Resources for accessibility testing

Facilitator: Britne Jenke, CPACC, CPTD, SHRM-SCP, an expert in learning and development and accessibility with over 15 years of experience.

Accessibility: This webinar will be held via Zoom with live captions and a transcript. Registrants will be provided with access to the recorded webinar following the live session.

Register today to learn more about accessibility testing for learning and development!

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I wanted to share my Accessibility for eLearning checklist – I hope you find this resource useful! I created this list to be a quick, one-page review of best practices and principles for accessibility and usability in online learning.

Accessibility for eLearning Checklist by Britne Jenke is licensed under CC BY-NC-SA 4.0

Click to download the Accessibility for eLearning Checklist PDF.

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