
February 2022
Accessible Graphic Design
Do you want to create reports, marketing material, and everyday documents that are accessible? Get tips on the best and most accessible design choices - from choosing colours and fonts, to ensuring documents are accessible to assistive technology users. You will learn what is required to create accessible materials that work for a wider range of users and see examples of accessible and inaccessible design choices.
Find out more »Writing Alt Text for Accessibility
Including alternative text in digital documents, websites, and mobile apps is a requirement of the Website Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) and is essential to making your website accessible. In this webinar we will review how and when to apply alternative text.
Find out more »March 2022
Accessible Word Documents
This hands-on, virtual training session (Part 1) is designed to clearly explain how to create an accessible document using Microsoft Word. It will demonstrate converting documents to PDF format and examine the required structure for assistive technologies.
Find out more »Accessible InDesign Documents (Level 1)
In this hands-on, virtual training we cover in depth topics of making accessible content in InDesign, followed up by using Acrobat Professional. This course covers the core InDesign concepts of text formatting, graphics and working with navigational and digital device reflow features to include all users who require an accessible PDF.
Find out more »Under Armour Spring Run-Off
Established in 1978, the Under Armour Spring Run-Off is an event steeped in tradition. As the annual kick-off of the Canada Running Series, this event celebrates the return of spring in Toronto’s beautiful High Park, welcoming runners of all ages to participate. With a focus on family-friendly fitness, you can choose from 8 km, 5 km, and Kids Run distances and can complete your race in-person or virtually. New this year, the Thaw-Out Thirteen gives participants the option to complete…
Find out more »Accessible PDF Documents
In this virtual, hands-on training you will learn how to make accessible PDFs, including complex content and handling PDFs when no source document is available.
Find out more »April 2022
Advanced Accessible InDesign (Level 2)
This course covers a collection of key concepts and tasks of laying out and fixing content and some clever workarounds to ensure a better end user experience with assistive technologies (ATs). This is Level 2 of our Accessible InDesign training.
Find out more »21K de Montreal
The 21K de Montréal is Canada Running Series’ flagship event in Québec. This iconic race for Montréal’s vibrant running community is welcoming participants back to the scenic routes of Parc Jean-Drapeau in April 2022! During the 2021 virtual event, participants raised over $494,000 for 44 charities through the Charity Challenge, and we have even bigger goals this year! As we return to in-person racing, we remain committed to our mission of “building community through running.” Whether you are looking for…
Find out more »Accessible Word Documents
This hands-on, virtual training session (Part 1) is designed to clearly explain how to create an accessible document using Microsoft Word. It will demonstrate converting documents to PDF format and examine the required structure for assistive technologies.
Find out more »Accessible InDesign Documents (Level 1)
In this hands-on, virtual training we cover in depth topics of making accessible content in InDesign, followed up by using Acrobat Professional. This course covers the core InDesign concepts of text formatting, graphics and working with navigational and digital device reflow features to include all users who require an accessible PDF.
Find out more »Accessible PDF Documents
In this virtual, hands-on training you will learn how to make accessible PDFs, including complex content and handling PDFs when no source document is available.
Find out more »May 2022
New in Website Accessibility – WCAG 2.1 and Beyond
This one-hour webinar will cover the recent changes to the WCAG and outline the aspects that will and will not change as a result of this refresh. Participants will gain knowledge about the goals of the new standard and the 17 new success criteria that have been added to the standard to support these goals.
Find out more »June 2022
Mobile Accessibility 2.1
In this introduction to mobile accessibility participants will gain understanding of the hardware and software available to enhance mobile accessibility, how the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG 2.1) can be applied to mobile and the ways in which people with disabilities interact with different types of mobile technology.
Find out more »Strategies for Website Accessibility
This webinar provides a technical introduction to creating accessible content. Participants will receive an in-depth overview of the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) 2.1, AODA requirements, and how conformance can be achieved. This webinar will also cover a list of practical tools for assessing and implementing accessibility.
Find out more »Auditing Your Website for Accessibility
This hands-on workshop will give participants the knowledge and tools required to gauge the accessibility of web content. The session will cover an in-depth overview of Web Content Accessibility Guidelines, provide information on assessing each success-criterion, and include a hands-on exercise where participants will get a chance to review a website or document against WCAG 2.0 using a three-step approach along with simplified checklists.
Find out more »Web Accessibility for Content Managers
It can sometimes be challenging to know what accessibility efforts can be implemented on a content level vs. those that are dependent on the platform where your content exists. In this 60-minute webinar, we will differentiate between platform and content level issues and dive deeper into techniques you can use to make your content more accessible.
Find out more »July 2022
Introduction to Document Accessibility
What is an accessible document? What is involved in making accessible documents? What are the barriers might people with disabilities encounter with non accessible content? How much training is required to learn how to make accessible documents? What are your organization's legal obligation to provide accessible documents?
These questions and more will be discussed in this information overview of document accessibility.
Find out more »InDesign Layout Best Practices
This short and concise webinar will reveal why InDesign documents used for printing are not always going to be easy to flip over to an accessible document. It is time to break those old print layout habits!
Find out more »How to Make Accessible Excel Documents
This one-hour webinar will review the steps to make your Excel documents more accessible and we'll share accessible design best practices.
Find out more »August 2022
Accessible PowerPoint Presentations
In this one-hour webinar, topics will cover accessibility issues and best practices when creating PowerPoint presentations. Various tools will be used in PowerPoint to create an accessible presentation including appropriate formatting, ordered lists, recommended slide layouts, well-designed tables, hyperlinks and graphics with alternative text along with some tips to manage content for screen reading devices.
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