The Universal Design Center (UDC) will train your student employees in how to make documents accessible. We emphasize course materials and academic papers, but we're prepared to cover other topics upon request.
Goals for this program include:
- Increase the availability of accessible documents at CSUN.
- Provide a cost-effective, scalable option for departments to get assistance with inaccessible document files.
- Introduce student employees to accessibility as an aspect of diversity, equity and inclusion.
- Train student employees in the skills of both evaluating and remediating multiple file formats.
Upon completion, student employees will be able to create, evaluate and, if needed, fix Word, PowerPoint and PDF documents.
The training will be held over five weeks in 2024 and takes 20 hours (maximum) to complete. An important component will be WebAIM's Accessible Document Training, offered courtesy of Information Technology. This on-demand (asynchronous) component of the training should take less than 12 hours. In parallel, the cohort will meet — in person — with the UDC team for five Friday afternoons, for a total of 7.5 hours.
24 seats remaining. Minimum cohort size: 10 student employees.
Spring 2024 Schedule (TBD)
Supervisors' Orientation - 2024
| Week | Meet-up | Topic | Module | Assessment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2024, 2pm to 3:30pm | Introduction | 1. Document Content | none |
| 2 | 2024, 2pm to 3:30pm | Descriptive Text | 2. Document Structure | none |
| 3 | 2024, 2pm to 3:30pm | Evaluating documents (Word) | 3. Evaluating Accessibility & Creating PDFs | Evaluating a document |
| 4 | 2024, 2pm to 3:30pm | Evaluating documents (PDF) | 4. Optimizing PDFs in Acrobat | Evaluating a document OR Fixing a document |
| 5 | 2024, 2pm to 3:30pm | Conclusion | none | Fixing a document |
Software/Tools
Required
Available for Windows and Mac
- Microsoft Office: Word and PowerPoint
- Adobe Creative Cloud: Adobe Acrobat Professional DC
- Colour Contrast Analyser
- Browser plug-ins (Chrome preferred):
Screen Readers
Recommended
Windows only
Available for Windows and Mac
- Browser plug-ins (Chrome preferred):
Summer 2024
For more information about joining a future cohort, please contact the Universal Design Center at udc@csun.edu.
