Accessibility courses and certification

By: Steve Wilkinson
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We are often asked about courses that can help with understanding digital accessibility, whether web pages or documents such as PDFs, and about certification that can be used to prove understanding of this area.

The following courses include free and paid for courses on digital accessibility, PDF remediation, diversity and equality, British Sign Language, and inclusive learning, and the certification covers general digital accessibility, web specific digital accessibility, and PDF accessibility.

The quality of the following courses and certification is not verified by MakeThingsAccessible and you use them at your own risk. Inclusion on this list does not constitute endorsement for the opinions of actions of any of the creators featured here.

Free courses

Always available

AHEAD Ireland

ARK - Accessibility Resources and Know-How

ARK is AHEAD's home for digital accessibility resources and know-how in tertiary education. When each course is completed you will automatically receive a Digital Badge and if you wish to complete the first 3 then you receive a Digital Accessibility Master Badge for your dedication to accessibility.

Microsoft

OpenLearn

Salesforce Trailhead

Wix

YouTube courses

Periodically available

A11Y collective

British Computer Society (BCS)

Enhancing accessibility through inclusive design (external website).

British Sign Language

Introducing British Sign Language (external website).

coursera

Deque University

Online Self-Paced Web Accessibility Classes:

egghead.io

Funka Academy

Over twenty digital accessibility courses (external website).

FutureLearn

Periodically available

LinkedInLearning

Pluralsight

Sara Soueidan

Online video course for web designers and developers (external website)

treehouse

Udacity

Google via Udacity: Web Accessibility (external website)

Udemy

Umbraco

Umbraco Training: Accessibility (external website) .

Certification

International Association of Accessibility Professionals (IAAP)

Section 508 (United States)

Section 508 Certification (external website).

CPACC useful websites

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If you have any suggestions for other courses that you think we should include and add to this list, please contact us at info@makethingsaccessible.com

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