As regular readers of the Web Access Centre will know, we’ve been running open training courses in web accessibility since May this year. Now, I’m delighted to say, they’ve been such a huge success that we’ve scheduled dates for more courses to run right up until March next year.
We’ve learned a lot from the courses that have already run, and through the feedback from these, we’ve been able to make popular changes that are already being put into effect. The two courses currently available are:
- Demystifying web accessibility: a course for people who need to understand the big issues; why accessibility is vital and what happens when sites aren’t accessible. This is now running as a full day course in which, apart from learning all the good reasons for embracing web accessibility, delegates will see access technologies being used, even on their own web pages.
- Accessibility – beyond the basics: the more technical course for people who need to understand the detail of how it’s done, includes examples, so that delegates are equipped to rip out the bad practice and bolt in the best, on their return to work. The most popular part of this hands-on, computer-based learning experience, is where delegates actually get to use a screen reader. It’s so good to hear the pennies drop!
Other good news is, we have plans afoot to add a course, on testing sites for accessibility, to the training suite. More news on that soon !
