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Inclusion and diversity are imperatives in today’s workplace. For those who create training or administer training programs, that means considering and meeting the needs of learners with disabilities.  This “Training Manager’s Guide to Accessible Elearning” provides practical steps for ensuring your online training fosters a welcoming experience for all of your learners, whether they are team members, clients, or the public.  A Guide for Creating and Buying Accessible Online Training

From K-12 public schools to colleges and universities, accessibility for students with disabilities is becoming a greater concern, both for today’s students and tomorrow’s. Accessibility in the News—11/9/18. NOTE: To get news like this every week in your inbox, before it hits our website, subscribe to our Accessibility in the News e-newsletter. There are no ads or graphics, and we never send spam. Just use the sign-up form on this

Budget limits. Deadlines. Legacy tools. They don’t have to mean sacrificing creativity, engagement, or effectiveness. An interaction catalog can help you develop effective elearning under constraints. Developing Effective Custom Training While Respecting Resource Limitations Learning development is a paradox. Study after study tells us that training matters. It changes how people do things. It affects the bottom line. Once business problems are identified, training, while not the answer to every

When Informal Communication Succeeds: A Tale from the Trenches An interaction catalog: one way to efficiently build great elearning How do you design successful elearning while operating within constraints like budget, time, and resources? As recently discussed on our Learning Dispatch blog, one way is to have a formal template interaction catalog, and consciously ensure that designers and developers operate only within those limits (it can be more creative than it sounds!).

We’re updating our online collection of elearning examples. Quite a few of them are from custom projects that tackle difficult, but critical and life-saving topics. Here are summaries of two examples we posted recently. Go directly to examples: HIV/STD Program Case Management Training  |  Perinatal HIV Prevention Program Training Elearning Example 1: Visual Models and the HIV/STD Program Case Management Training “As a virus, the Human Immunodeficiency Virus, or HIV, demonstrates characteristics

This “Accessibility in the News, Legal Edition” page offers an ongoing collection of articles primarily related to Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) news and analysis. Please bookmark this page to keep up to date on legal developments related to disabilities. Also, if you have a web page focused on disabilities, civil rights, or web development, we would appreciate a link back to this resource. Thank you! ADA News: Updates on

Accessibility in the News—10/12/18. Physical and website access issues continue to plague government and private businesses. In the public sector, polling place accessibility for people with disabilities crops up more frequently as midterm election dates draw near. Government website accessibility lawsuits are also breaking out of their regional norms, and this week, Minnesota had its first encounter with litigation related to online access. While the private sector continues to grapple with how the

Disability Employment Awareness Month begins at state and national levels. Also, the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) weighs in on website accessibility requirements for businesses. But did anything change?  Accessibility in the News—10/5/18. This week kicked off National Disability Employment Month (NDEAM), which is observed every October (states also have their observances, including our home state of Texas). Throughout the month, initiatives celebrate the productivity and perspective that employees with

Accessibility in the News—9/21/18. This week, museums, modeling, makeup, and the Texas proposal to remove deaf-blind Helen Keller’s story from school curriculum stood beside articles addressing website accessibility cases impacting various industries.  A new museum app opens the art world to those who may otherwise experience anxiety over new events, while a review of an association conference provides good tips for all seeking to provide an accessible experience for all

Accessibility in the News—9/14/18. The week started off with a heavy focus on institutions of higher education. A student’s entire college experience, from class registration to parking to classes themselves, can be dramatically affected how well accessibility has been implemented online, in class, and across campus. At least two universities are intentionally pursuing accessibility improvements, and one witness to the registration process for a person with disabilities is now launching

Accessibility in the News—9/7/18. The industries are varied and the methods differ, but the message from a few of this week’s stories is the same: Make your website accessible for people who have disabilities. Leveraging both legal actions and established mandates, groups in the U.S. and abroad are emphasizing the need for online access for everyone. Several articles this week focus on the litigation aspect: Property management and leasing companies

Last month, I discussed choosing a training method. In that commentary, I suggested that you choose a method that would be effective. This month, we take a quick look at what “effective” means, and one approach to creating training that gets the job done.  To Develop Effective Training, Start at the Beginning What does it mean for training to be effective?  I’ve recently finished Cathy Moore’s Map It: The Hands-On