Digital Accessibility Courses for Everyone

• Digital Accessibility Training: 
  • Self-paced Canvas course with comprehensive modules and resources on how to practically integrate accessibility into your daily work. Covered topics include digital documents, web content, events, forms, presentations, multimedia, spreadsheets, and more.
• Introduction to Digital Accessibility: 
  • Self-paced Canvas course that explores digital accessibility, equitable inclusion, and disability. Includes information on basic concepts of digital accessibility, assistive technology, and the university's official policy on accessibility. 
• Instructor-led Introduction to Digital Accessibility: 
  • Online webinar offered every few months at U-M through Organizational Learning. Provides a high-level overview of what digital accessibility is, why it's important, and how everyone at U-M plays a part in making digital content accessible.
• LinkedIn Learning:
  • Online self-paced courses and tutorials available to all U-M employees and students on topics including web design, document remediation, instructional design, and more.

Recommended Role-Based Training

For role-specific training guides, check out the ITS "How-To" digital accessibility topics page, which organizes resources and skill-specific trainings by role (content creators, instructors, web developers, etc.).

Disability Inclusion

• LSA Disability Navigators Presentations and Workshops
  •  Recorded LSA All Staff Forum presentations and workshops offered by the LSA Disability Navigators. Private workshop requests from departments or professional groups are offered only to LSA employees.
• Disability Equity Office Presentations and Trainings
• U-M Toward an Anti-Ableist Academy Conference:
  • Virtual colloquial series of events throughout Disability Community Month that invites the campus community to learn more about creating a welcoming University climate that actively works toward embracing disability culture and experiences. 
• Disability Awareness and Inclusion Course:
  • Online webinar hosted every few months by the Disability Equity Office. Content covers background about the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), ways to raise disability awareness and inclusion, and best practices for creating and maintaining inclusive working and learning environments. Open to all U-M employees.
• School of Social Work's Online Certificate in Disability Inclusion and Accessible Design
• Michigan Engineering's Beautiful Minds: Neurodiversity, Equity and Inclusion Conference

Training Workshops

Interested in more live, synchronous learning opportunities? Check out our Events Calendar for upcoming digital accessibility training workshops, conferences, and disability community events from across the university.