Date & Time
Thursday 5th December, 2024
9:30 AM - 4:30 PM
Venue
Online
CPD Certified
Availability
Available
Purchase
Overview
If you are responsible for creating any content whether that be producing documents, social media, or web content for your organisation, this course will give you a strong grounding to make the most accessible content possible. Documents are a great starting point for everyone to learn universal accessible content basics as well as getting to grips with the accessibility features of the most common tools including Office 365 programs and PDFs.
Our Creating Accessible Documents course gives you the knowledge to create highly accessible documents. If you are from the public sector, publishing accessible digital content including documents is now a legal requirement. You will learn how to make documents accessible using a host of different tools, and how to apply plain English principles to create easy to understand content.
Leave the day fully immersed in document accessibility with the confidence to ensure your documentation complies with the regulation and is accessible to all.
Learning Objectives
By the end of this training, delegates should have the knowledge and tools to:
Understand the legislation relating to accessible documents
Embed basic principles of accessible documents for the following platforms:
Word
PowerPoint
PDF
Email
Check documents for accessibility
Adopt technologies to help create accessible documents
Use accessible documents effectively
Lead Trainers
Ben Watson
Accessibility Consultant
All Able
George Rhodes
Accessibility Consultant
All Able
Agenda
9:30 am
Welcome And Clarification Of Learning Objectives
9:45 am
Session 1: An Introduction to Accessible Documents
How are documents covered in the legislation
Basic principles of creating accessible documents
Why documents are the core of accessible content design
Ben Watson
Accessibility Consultant
All Able
George Rhodes
Accessibility Consultant
All Able
11:00 am
Morning Break
11:10 am
Session 2: Checking For Accessibility
As part of the checking for accessibility session, attendees will be asked to suggest documents that we can review as a group. This can be done either in advance of the day or as the discussion unfolds.
· Understanding different document platforms
· Gain techniques for checking for accessibility
· Microsoft Accessibility Checker
· Live document walkthroughs
· Adobe Pro and making accessible PDFs.
Ben Watson
Accessibility Consultant
All Able
George Rhodes
Accessibility Consultant
All Able
12:30 pm
Lunch Break
1:00 pm
Session 3: Writing in Plain English (Part 1)
What is plain English?
Plain English and accessibility
How to write in plain English: core principles
Ben Watson
Accessibility Consultant
All Able
George Rhodes
Accessibility Consultant
All Able
2:00 pm
Session 4: Writing in Plain English (Part 2)
Group exercise: turning text into plain English
Exploring the benefit of plain English for your organisation
Plain English toolkit
Ben Watson
Accessibility Consultant
All Able
George Rhodes
Accessibility Consultant
All Able
2:50 pm
Afternoon Break
3:00 pm
Session 5: Using Technology for Accessible Documents
Technologies that can help create and use accessible documents
Creating accessible templates
Ben Watson
Accessibility Consultant
All Able
George Rhodes
Accessibility Consultant
All Able
3:30 pm
Session 6: Open Q&A
In this session you will have the opportunity to ask our experts all your accessibility questions, revisiting key sessions from the training and gaining key insights into how you can put what you’ve learned into practice.
Ben Watson
Accessibility Consultant
All Able
George Rhodes
Accessibility Consultant
All Able
4:30 pm
Training Close
*programme subject to change
Pricing
Public Sector
£345 + VAT
Private Sector
£445 + VAT