Self-Directed Digital Accessibility Courses Now Available

The AT3 Center has partnered with Oklahoma ABLE Tech to provide self-paced courses related to digital accessibility. These courses are FREE for you to take. Learn more below about the courses, how to register and earn certificates.

Notice for anyone who took courses prior to September 1, 2023.

For the past year, The AT3 Center has partnered with Oklahoma ABLE Tech to provide self-paced courses on digital accessibility. These have been hosted in a course catalog specifically for The AT3 Center. However, Oklahoma ABLE Tech is also releasing versions of these courses in its own catalog. As a team, we’ve come together to determine that consolidating efforts into one catalog will allow Oklahoma ABLE Tech to release courses faster and thus get information to who needs it sooner.

Available Courses

Introduction to Digital Accessibility Track, with It Depends: Different Issues, Different Solutions

A short, approximately 15-minute primer on Disability, Accessibility, Assistive Technology, and Digital Accessibility.

Accessible Webpage Design & Content Authoring

Learn the fundamentals of designing accessible web content. This course is designed for those new to accessible digital design but contains information for novices and veterans alike. This course may take two to four hours and is self-paced so that you can start, stop, and resume the course at any time.

Upon completion, learners will have a practical, fundamental understanding of the following:

  • Webpage Structure, including titles, language, heading structure, and keyboard navigation
  • Images, including text alternatives, complex images, images of text, and decorative images
  • Color, including contrast and “color alone”
  • Text, including hyperlinks, readability, plain language, and lists
  • Accessible Data Tables

Accessibility in Microsoft PowerPoint for Windows

This beginner-level course will guide learners through selecting and modifying an MS PowerPoint for Windows template to be more accessible. The learner will begin by learning how to set up their template and PowerPoint to make their slides more accessible. Then, the learner will go through an exercise meant to simulate the process that an accessibility professional would use to create an accessible slide deck or remediate a slide deck that isn’t accessible.

  • The course will take about one hour to complete.

  • A completion certificate will be available to print or save upon successful completion of the course.

Accessibility in Microsoft PowerPoint for Mac

This beginner-level course will guide learners through selecting and modifying an MS PowerPoint for Mac template to be more accessible. The learner will begin by learning how to set up their template and PowerPoint to make their slides more accessible. Then, the learner will go through an exercise meant to simulate the process that an accessibility professional would use to create an accessible slide deck or remediate a slide deck that isn’t accessible.

  • The course will take about one hour to complete.

  • A completion certificate will be available to print or save upon successful completion of the course.

Describing Complex Images

Are you wondering how to properly describe complicated images such as maps, graphs and charts, and infographics so many types of users can understand them? This intermediate-level course will not only explain why, but also show you how to go beyond basic alt text when describing complex images.

This course should take approximately 1 hour to complete.

Upon completion, learners will have a deeper understanding of the following: 

  • How to evaluate images to determine what type of image they are
  • How to evaluate the context of images and surrounding content
  • Why text alternatives are important for all users, including people with disabilities
  • Techniques for how to provide text alternatives in a meaningful way

Once you complete this course, you will be awarded a certificate of completion that you can print out and proudly display!

Getting Started

Enroll in a Course

View this video tutorial on enrolling or follow the instructions below:

  1. To register for a course, please go the Oklahoma ABLE Tech Canvas Catalog (https://okabletech.catalog.instructure.com/)
  2. Click on the course you’d like to enroll in
  3. Click Enroll
  4. Enter your account information
  5. Click Register New Account
  6. Click Enroll
  7. Find the email titled “Welcome to the Catalog” (make sure to check your Junk/Spam folder)
  8. Click the Confirm Registration button
  9. Create a Canvas password and click Submit
  10. Once you’ve done this, click Catalog Login underneath “Public Login”
  11. Now, you’re ready to go! Click on Go to Course and begin your learning.

Note: You may see some language about Oklahoma State Outreach or Oklahoma State University logos. We’ve partnered with Oklahoma ABLE Tech at Oklahoma State University, and the courses are housed in their Canvas system. We promise you’re in the right place!

Questions or Issues?

If you have any issues with the courses, please email abt.courses@okstate.edu for assistance.