Live Learning

Monthly events

Check out these monthly event pages for more details and sign up links.

• Digital Accessibility Office Hours every 4th Wednesday, 9 to 9:50 a.m. 
• Testing Websites with Users with Disabilities every 2nd Wednesday, 9 to 10:30 a.m.

New for 2024: More live learning sessions

In 2024, the IT Digital Accessibility Program is partnering with subject matter experts (SMEs) across campus and funding live training sessions. Here is some of the new programming.

• Tuesday, April 9, noon: Siteimprove Lunch and Learn
• Thursday, May 16, noon: Accessible PowerPoint Lunch and Learn
• Wednesday, August 14, 1:10 p.m.: Getting Started with Siteimprove
• Tuesday, September 17, noon to 1:30 p.m.: How to Create Accessible PDF Organizational Charts*
  • * The recording for this event is available on the Accessible PDF Best Practices page
• Wednesday, September 18, 10:10 to 11 a.m.: Considerations for Accessible Data Visualizations*
  • * The recording for this event is available on the Images Accessibility page
• Thursday, October 17, 12:10 to 1 p.m.: Building Accessible Data Visualization in Tableau*
  • * The recording for this event is available on the Images Accessibility page

Requesting accommodation for the events

UCSF welcomes everyone, including people with disabilities, to our events. To request a reasonable accommodation for this event, please contact Jill Wolters by emailing [email protected] or calling 415-514-2941 as soon as possible.

Self-paced learning

Free online accessibility courses in Siteimprove Frontier, * unless specified otherwise.

Introductory courses

• Accessibility Fundamentals for the Web, in UC Learning Center (high-level)
• Accessibility with WCAG 2.1, as of Nov. 2024, Siteimprove Frontier no longer offers this course. We are currently looking for a replacement course*
• Accessibility for PDFs, as of Nov. 2024, Siteimprove Frontier no longer offers this course. We are currently looking for a replacement course*
• Microsoft Office Accessibility for Beginners, in LinkedIn Learning
• PDF Learning Path, in LinkedIn Learning
• Fundamentals of Alt Text, in UC Learning Center

Microsoft and Adobe documents 

• Accessible MS PowerPoint, in UC Learning Center
• Accessible MS Word, in UC Learning Center
• Accessible MS Outlook, in UC Learning Center
• Accessible MS Excel, in UC Learning Center
• Accessibility for PDFs with InDesign, in UC Learning Center

Web content

• Accessibility for Content Contributors, in Siteimprove Frontier *
• Accessibility Testing for the Web, as of Nov. 2024, Siteimprove Frontier no longer offers this course. We are currently looking for a replacement course *
• Accessibility for Web Developers - Part 1, in Siteimprove Frontier *
• Accessibility for Web Developers - Part 2, in Siteimprove Frontier *

Managers and Non-designers 

• Accessibility for Managers and Non-Designers, in LinkedIn Learning

*Siteimprove Frontier (training) login

1. Login to MyAccess.ucsf.edu (Siteimprove uses SSO, single sign-on)
2. Open another browser tab/window and go to siteimprove.ucsf.edu 
3. After creating your account/logging in, to access the training, click the Help Center and Training dropdown on the top menu bar and select Frontier. Navigate to the Catalog for 30+ courses on the topic of accessibility. More information is available on How to log in to your Frontier account.

Community of Practice

A digital accessibility community of practice with channels to people doing accessibility work at UCSF, at the University of California and beyond. Join us.