A variety of trainings, workshops, webinars and meetups are happening at the UW on a regular basis throughout the year. For upcoming options, see our Events page. A few specific training and professional development opportunities, hosted through multiple offices, are described below. If you know of additional trainings that we should consider including on this page, please contact us with the details.
Asynchronous online trainings
Deque University
Deque University is a library of online digital accessibility courses and on-demand reference materials for every level and every area of expertise in digital accessibility. It is freely available to anyone with a UW NetID. For more information and login instructions, see Deque University for UW users.
Accessibility 101
Accessibility 101 is a self-paced learning course, hosted in the UW Bothell instance of Canvas. The course covers disability concepts, accessibility versus accommodations, accessibility best practices, Universal Design (UD), Universal Design for Learning (UDL), creating accessible web content, Microsoft Office documents and slides, and advocacy. In addition, there is optional content on PDF remediation, creating accessible spreadsheets, web accessibility standards and testing, accessible teaching, presentations, events, and incorporating accessibility in the curriculum.
Accessible Technology Webinar Recordings
UW-IT Accessible Technology Services (ATS) has offered webinars on a variety of topics, such as teaching an accessible online course, web accessibility, document accessibility, video accessibility, testing with screen readers, and accessibility in procurement. Recordings are available on the Accessible Technology Webinar Series page.
LinkedIn Learning
LinkedIn Learning is an on-demand video learning platform to help you develop and enhance skills, and is available for free to all UW students, staff, and faculty. Their library of courses includes a wide variety of courses on digital accessibility. For direct access, login to LinkedIn Learning with your UW credentials then search for “accessibility”. For additional information, see the UW LinkedIn Learning page from the Career & Internship Center.
Cultivating Community at UW
Cultivating Community at UW: Anti-racism and DEIB in the Workplace is a baseline training, designed to educate on a range of diversity, equity, inclusion, and belonging (DEI&B) topics such as racism, disability and accessibility, and LGBTQ+ identities, and to highlight how these issues affect colleagues and students at the University of Washington. This required course is designed for staff, faculty, and other academic personnel.
Synchronous trainings
Teaching Online 101
Teaching Online 101 is an 8-week, fully-online, asynchronous short course designed to enhance educators’ digital course design and digital pedagogy skill sets. Along with tutorials on how to build course elements and use tools in Canvas, the course shares strategies to help learners more easily access content and interact with others in online learning environments. Though not focused exclusively on accessibility, it includes accessibility-related content. The course is open to UW faculty, staff, and graduate students on any of the three campuses. For additional information, see Teaching Online 101 on the Teaching@UW website.
Center for Teaching and Learning (CTL)
The UW Center for Teaching and Learning (CTL) addresses accessibility in all of its workshops and programs.
Custom Trainings and Workshops
UW-IT Accessible Technology Services is available to offer trainings or workshops on any aspect of digital accessibility for UW groups. To request a training, tell us a bit about your needs in an email to help@uw.edu, or submit your request via the Accessibility Consultation Form (requires a UW NetID).