Workshops: Digital Inclusion and Accessibility

20/07/2022

  • Register for any (or all) workshops that are relevant to you.
  • All workshops will be delivered online and the links will be emailed to registered attendees. 

Volunteering WA is thrilled to host a series of sessions on inclusion and accessibility for people with disability. The sessions will be delivered by experts from The Centre for Accessibility with lived experience, and are suitable for volunteer managers, marketing and content creators, and IT and admin teams in your organisation.

The Centre For Accessibility Australia is a not-for-profit collaboration working to promote digital access.

Session 1: Wednesday 10 August, 1:00pm - 4:00pm

Suitable for all paid and volunteer roles within a volunteer involving organisation. This session will cover: 

  • How people with disability engage with your content: includes a hands-on exercise using a screen reader
  • The Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) overview
  • Policy and legislation related to following the WCAG standard

Register for this training session.

Session 2: Wednesday 17 August, 1:00pm - 4:00pm

Suitable for all paid and volunteer roles within a volunteer involving organisation. This session will cover: 

  • Remote meeting accessibility
  • Social media accessibility
  • Document accessibility including workshopping an inaccessible document into an accessible one
  • Future standards and considerations 

Register for this training session.

Session 3: Wednesday 24 August, 1:00pm - 4:30pm

Tailored for your organisation's IT, website manager and/or marketing coordinators. This session will cover: 

  • Website Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) in-depth
  • Testing your content for accessibility
  • Visual checks: before and after examples of accessible website transition interactive exercise
  • Testing tools and confirming WCAG compliance

Register for this training session.

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These workshops are subsidised by Volunteering WA and offered free to Western Australian volunteer involving organisations thanks to funding from the Australian Government Department of Social Services.