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Past Presentations of Digital Accessibility Trainings

Recorded on May 23, 2023 for Global Accessibility Awareness Day, Sean Keegan from the Stanford Office of Digital Accessibility hosted a workshop on Remediating PDF Documents with Equidox.

PDF documents on websites and can pose multiple accessibility barriers. Equidox is a web-based PDF remediation tool available to the Stanford community that simplifies the accessibility remediation process for most PDF documents. Additionally, a brief discussion of other PDF remediation strategies will be shared in this session.

After the session, attendees will know:

  • How to upload documents to Equidox
  • How to Specify headers and make images accessible
  • The steps to verify a document's reading order
  • Options for scaling up PDF accessibility efforts

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Recorded on May 12, 2023 for Global Accessibility Awareness Day at Stanford Webcamp, Kevin Murphy from the Stanford Office of Digital Accessibility hosted a workshop on Accessible Data Tables.

Creating accessible data tables for websites is a common challenge that we see across Stanford's digital footprint. This session focuses on how web developers can structure and build accessible data tables using a variety of techniques.

Recorded on May 12, 2023 for Global Accessibility Awareness Day at Stanford Webcamp, Clare O'Keeffe from the Stanford Office of Digital Accessibility hosted a workshop on Designing for Accessibility.

Gain an understanding of accessibility guidance that is relevant in the design process, before development begins. Some considerations are strictly about the appearance of a design (such as color contrast), while some may require the creation of additional designs, or additions to a design, specifically to meet the functional objective.

Recorded on May 26, 2022 in support of Global Accessibility Awareness Day, Auston Stamm from the Stanford Office of Digital Accessibility hosted a workshop on Instructional Accessibility Principles.

  • Develop learning objectives that are outcome-oriented
  • Know how to use various accessibility best practices, such as heading levels, alternate text, and appropriate color choices to create an accessible syllabus
  • Integrate universal design strategies into an instructional environment

Recorded on May 19, 2022 in support of Global Accessibility Awareness Day, Clare O'Keeffe from the Stanford Office of Digital Accessibility hosted a workshop on Purchasing Accessible Technology: Using and Understanding the VPAT.

  • Know what a VPAT is and its relevance when procuring accessible digital products
  • Understand how one is written and the effort that goes into creating one
  • Understand how to spot a poorly written VPAT and how this may impact your follow-up and decision-making process
  • Understand how to read and use a well-written VPAT

Recorded on May 12, 2022 in support of Global Accessibility Awareness Day, Kevin Murphy from the Stanford Office of Digital Accessibility hosted a workshop on Introducing the WCAG 2.1 and 2.2 Accessibility Standards.

  • What was added in WCAG 2.1 and 2.2
  • Strategies to build websites that also conform with these standards
  • What Siteimprove will currently test and identify

Recorded Wednesday, Oct. 27, 2021 in support of National Disability Employment Awareness Month, Clare O'Keeffe from the Stanford Office of Digital Accessibility hosted a workshop on Accessibility in our Everyday Communications.

Accessibility in our Everyday Communications presentation (Google Slides)

Recorded Wednesday, Oct. 20, 2021 in support of National Disability Employment Awareness Month, Kevin Murphy from the Stanford Office of Digital Accessibility hosted a workshop on Website Accessibility and Manual Testing Techniques.

Recorded Wednesday, Oct. 20, 2021 in support of National Disability Employment Awareness Month, Clare O'Keeffe from the Stanford Office of Digital Accessibility hosted a workshop on Screen-readers and Accessible Websites.

Screen-readers and Accessible Websites presentation (Google Slides)

Recorded Wednesday, Oct. 6, 2021 in support of National Disability Employment Awareness Month, Kevin Murphy from the Stanford Office of Digital Accessibility hosted a workshop on how to test for accessibility using the Siteimprove platform.