Course outline:
This hands-on, practical course will show you how to make social media accessible and will:
- Outline the background to web accessibility standards and their continued importance.
- Our Digital Accessibility Consultant trainer will demonstrate how to make social media content accessible and inclusive for people living with vision impairment.
- Recommend accessible ways of engaging with a public audience through email and social media channels.
Topics:
- Background to W3C Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) 2.0 and 2.1 (link opens in new window)
- Understand how people with vision impairment engage with online/digital content.
- Learn how to use inbuilt accessibility tools of the most popular social media platforms (Facebook, Instagram, LinkedIn etc).
- Using Microsoft Outlookâs accessibility tools.
- Step by step workshop to teach best practice processes for creating social content.
Workshop covers:
- Social media accessibility and guidelines
- Managing images in social media platforms and Microsoft Outlook
- Creating video transcript and caption files
- Uploading video caption files to Facebook, LinkedIn, Vimeo and YouTube.
- Creating accessible emails in Outlook.
Who is this course for?
- Individuals and organisations with staff or customers living with vision impairment.
- Individuals and organisations that produce social media or email content for the public.
Skill level:
This course is suitable for people with an intermediate understanding of social media platforms and Microsoft Outlook.
Course material:
Course material includes:
- Step-by-step handbook to creating accessibility within social media platforms and Microsoft Outlook.
- Tips and tricks to implement accessibility and speed up the editing process.
Workshop details:
Workshops are held online for participants in Tasmania.
Duration:
4 hours
Cost:
Contact us for a quote.
Workshop dates:
Contact us.
Requirements:
- Participants to bring a laptop or tablet with Microsoft Outlook installed.
- (Onsite) Room set up in classroom format
- (Onsite) Data projector and screen
Other courses:
- How to create accessible Word documents
- How to make a PDF accessible in Adobe Acrobat DC Pro
- Mailchimp accessibility made easy
- How to make accessible EPUB documents in Word
- How to make accessible reflowable EPUBs in Adobe InDesign
- How to make a PDF accessible in Adobe InDesign
- How to create accessible PowerPoint publications
- How to run accessible meetings in MS Teams
How to book training:
Please complete the form below and one of our team will contact you to discuss your requirements further.