Accessible digital content helps ensure that everyone—including students, faculty, patients, staff, and visitors—can fully participate in our digital spaces. Whether you’re just starting to explore digital accessibility or looking to enhance your existing skills, there are practical, flexible ways to learn as we count up (not down!) to a more accessible, inclusive UW.
Below is a list of both asynchronous and synchronous training opportunities available to anyone with a UW NetID, offered through multiple UW departments and partners—including Teaching@UW, UW Bothell, and UW-IT Accessible Technology Services.
Training Options by Audience
Find more info about LinkedIn Learning, Deque University, and other training in the Digital Accessibility Training Options section.
- UW students: LinkedIn Learning, Deque University, Accessibility 101, Accessible Technology webinars
- UW faculty &
graduate students: LinkedIn Learning, Deque University, Accessibility 101, Accessible Technology webinars, Teaching@UW, Course Accessibility Lunch & Learns - UW staff: LinkedIn Learning, Deque University, Accessibility 101, Web Accessibility & Usability Meetups, Accessible Technology webinars
All training options are free to the UW community, with the exception of the final item on the following list: the Web & Digital Accessibility Specialization offered through UW Professional & Continuing Education.
Don’t Know Where to Start?
We recommend either of the following:
- Follow the LinkedIn learning paths recommended by Accessible Technology Services (ATS) staff which are listed on the ATS LinkedIn Learning web page.
- Visit the Deque University for UW Users web page suggested courses for specific roles (beginners, faculty, staff, developers) applications, and platforms.
Digital Accessibility Training Options
Audiences: UW students, faculty, staff, graduate students across all campuses
Skill levels: Beginner to Advanced
LinkedIn Learning provides a rich catalog of digital accessibility training videos, available at no cost to UW students, staff, and faculty. To help you get started, Accessible Technology Services (ATS) has created four custom learning paths for the UW community, with more to come!
- Accessibility Insights: Starting Your Digital Accessibility Journey
- Accessibility Insights: Foundations of Digital Accessibility
- Accessibility Insights: Microsoft Word & PowerPoint
- Accessibility Insights: Accessible PDFs
Topics include:
- Web accessibility
- Creating accessible documents and multimedia
- Inclusive design practices
Find more information, including custom learning paths, on the ATS LinkedIn Learning web page.
Audiences: UW students, faculty, staff, developers, designers, and more
Skill levels: Beginner to Advanced
Deque University is a great place to start learning at your own pace and level, and their training library is free for anyone with a UW NetID.
Deque University is a great place to start learning at your own pace and level, and their training library is free for anyone with a UW NetID.
Deque’s online library contains over 100 courses and reference materials about digital accessibility. The courses are as short as 30 minutes or as long as 6 hours and cover a wide range—from the basics to more advanced techniques—and are useful for all kinds of roles: faculty, developers, designers, document authors, and more. To help you get started, Accessible Technology Services (ATS) has created a list of suggested courses for specific roles on the on the Accessible Technology Services (ATS) Deque University for UW Users web page.
Audiences: UW faculty, staff, graduate students across all campuses
Skill levels: Beginner to Intermediate
Hosted in the UW Bothell Canvas instance, Accessibility 101 is a self-paced course that introduces:
- Core disability and accessibility concepts
- Best practices for creating accessible web content and documents
- Universal Design (UD) and Universal Design for Learning (UDL)
- Optional deep dives into PDF remediation, spreadsheet accessibility, accessible teaching, and more
An updated version of Accessibility 101 will be launched soon! Visit UW Bothell’s Accessibility Training page for more information.
Audiences: UW web developers & designers
Skill levels: Beginner to Advanced
These monthly meetups are a place for accessibility-minded colleagues to casually review and discuss projects, including hands-on testing and code review. Offered on the 4th Tuesday of each month, 11:00-noon.
Find out more on the Accessible Technology Events page.
Audiences: UW faculty, staff, graduate students across all campuses
Skill levels: Beginner
This monthly series, hosted by Mary-Colleen Jenkins, an instructional accessibility specialist with UW’s Accessible Technology Services (ATS), features guest speakers from the UW community who share insights and information on making your course content digitally accessible. Typically offered the 1st Tuesday of each month, from noon to 1:00 pm. Currently on summer hiatus, Course Accessibility Lunch & Learns will begin again on October 7, 2025.
Find out more about these monthly sessions on the Accessible Technology Events page.
Audiences: UW faculty, staff, graduate students across all campuses
Skill levels: Beginner
The Making Course Materials Accessible page on Teaching@UW provides actionable guidance for instructors with specific guidance for syllabi, reading & textbooks, slide decks, Canvas courses, and more.
Teaching@UW also offers Teaching Online 101, an eight-week, online course that enhances digital-course design and pedagogy while integrating key accessibility principles.
Audiences: UW students, faculty, staff
Skill levels: Beginner to Advanced
UW-IT Accessible Technology Services (ATS) offers on-demand webinar recordings covering topics such as:
- Teaching accessible online courses
- Document and web accessibility
- Video accessibility
- Testing with screen readers
- Accessibility in procurement
Watch recordings at your own pace on the Accessible Technology Webinar Series page.
Skill level: Beginner to Advanced
12-week, online, asynchronous program through UW Professional & Continuing Education
Audiences: Web & mobile developers, as well as nontechnical professionals, compliance coordinators, program administrators, social service professionals, disability service providers, educators, content creators, and advocates in any field that want to be more comfortable with a broad range of issues in making digital technology more accessible to individuals of diverse abilities. The course is designed to build foundational skills in digital accessibility, including the use of accessibility tools and the creation of accessible content.
Visit UW’s Professional & Continuing Education website for more information, including tuition and schedule.
Join the Pack, find the learning opportunities that work for you, and help build a UW that is accessible to everyone in the community.