Accessibility Basics: Intro to PDF & Microsoft Word Remediation

This virtual instructor-led class is focused on the basics of creating accessible PDFs through tools available within CDPS. In addition to learning best practices for document accessibility, learners will get hands-on experience running automated accessibility checkers, performing manual checks for accessibility, and making accessibility fixes.

Topics covered:
Why are we learning about digital accessibility? (Colorado's new accessibility law, House Bill 21-1110)
Overall workflow for performing PDF and Word remediation
Demonstration of PDF/Word remediation workflow
Question and answer session

Timestamps:
00:00 Introductions
01:52 - Agenda
02:26 - Why learn about digital accessibility? Overview of House Bill 21-1110
03:13 - Accessibility benefits all users
04:20 - Accessibility best practices
07:05 - Assistive technologies
07:40 - Workflow steps for PDF and Word remediation processes
09:14 - Step 1: Does this have to be a PDF? (Alternatives to PDF)
10:15 - Step 1 continued: Tagged, untagged, and image-only PDFs
12:51 - Step 2: Purge, convert, or remediate? (first, can I purge or convert this?)
13:05 - Step 2 continued: Deciding to remediate the PDF, and remediating in source file
13:59 - Introducing Steps 3, 4, and 5
14:57 - Step 3: Run automated accessibility checker, fix issues (which apps have this?)
16:25 - Demonstration begins
16:35 - Run Acrobat Pro accessibility checker
18:20 - Run Microsoft Word accessibility checker and make fixes
20:42 - Perform manual checks
21:03 - Manual check: Heading styles
24:56 - Manual check: Lists
25:57 - Manual check: Table headers
27:23 - Convert to accessible, tagged PDF
29:50 - Demonstration ends
30:00 - Question and answer session
43:00 - Demo: How to publish Google Docs to the web
45:30 - More question and answer session

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