Accessibility Training Video Available

The video "Accessibility Web Design" is available to University of Minnesota students, faculty, and staff via Lynda.com.

This accessibility training video, is aimed at helping beginner and intermediate level Web page designers provide equal access and opportunity to people with hearing, movement, sight, and cognitive disabilities. The video is a little over 2 hours long. It can be watched all the way though in one sitting or watched in sections if you prefer.

Topics

Accessibility expert and instructor, Derek Featherstone, covers the following topics:

  1. Introduction (2 minutes 3 seconds)
  2. Real World Scenarios (7 minutes 58 seconds)
  3. Accessible Visual Design (21 minutes 29 seconds)
  4. Keyboard Interaction (16 minutes 25 seconds)
  5. Touch Interfaces (10 minutes 4 seconds)
  6. Image and Multimedia Accessibility (22 minutes 25 seconds)
  7. Form Accessibility (15 minutes 9 seconds)
  8. Flexibility and Accessibility (16 minutes 34 seconds)
  9. Structured Content (10 minutes 43 seconds)
  10. Conclusion (1 minutes 36 seconds)

How to Access the "Accessibility Web Design" Training Video

To access the video, you will need to sign in with your university username and password. Specific instructions are as follows:

  1. Go to: Accessibility Web Design.
  2. Select: the "Sign in" button.
  3. Select: "Sign in with your organization portal "
  4. Enter: "umn.edu".
  5. Select the "Continue" button.
  6. The regular University of Minnesota "Sign In" page should appear.
  7. Sign in with your University Internet ID and password.

Lynda.com online training is available at no cost to University of Minnesota students, faculty, and staff system wide on all University of Minnesota campuses.