Training and Development

Do you want to provide a better digital experience for everyone? Regardless of your role get the skills needed to achieve Website Accessibility Best Practices.

The following information will help gain the essentials needed to achieve best practice in accessibility. Further options for your team are available within resources below.

1. Web Accessibility Perspectives Videos

   • Cost:Free
   • Duration:8 minutes
   • Provider:W3C

   Learn about the impact of accessibility and the benefits for everyone with the World Wide Web Consortium's (W3C) Web Accessibility Perspectives Videos.

2. Introduction to Web Accessibility

   • Cost:Free
   • Duration:4 weeks
   • Provider:W3C

   Get a strong foundation in digital accessibility to make your websites and apps work well for people with disabilities, meet international standards, and provide a better user experience for everyone.

   This course covers accessibility principles and techniques for:

   • Developers
   • Designers
   • Content authors
   • Project managers
   • People with disabilities
   • and others.

3. Web Accessibility by Google

   • Cost:Free
   • Duration:4 weeks
   • Provider:Udacity

   Designed more toward Developers this course offers hands-on experience making web elements accessible.

   This course takes a practical approach for developers including:

   • Locate checklists to help make your own sites accessible
   • Learn how to make a page usable for anyone navigating with the keyboard
   • Make a page work for people who are unable to use a standard user interface
   • Call out “landmarks” into your page to speed up navigation even more
   • Accessible Rich Internet Applications (ARIA)
   • Learn the third pillar of Accessibility (after Focus and Semantics): Styling.

4. Delivering inclusive digital content

   • Cost:$995.00 excl. GST
   • Duration:6 weeks
   • Provider:Victoria University

   This 5 point micro-credential course covers the relevant fundamentals of the New Zealand government's digital design and web standards, international accessibility standards/legislation and core industry best practice from both the academic and practitioner perspectives.

   Course content will focus on:

   • Factors that reduce the accessibility of digital content
   • Cultural perspectives on accessibility
   • Obligations and incentives to improve accessibility
   • Implementing accessibility practices