Trainings and workshops
Training and workshops
The Office of IT Accessibility (OITA) offers accessibility trainings to the all members of the Rutgers community and the general public. Here is a listing of all the available trainings we offer, our customized trainings (only available to Rutgers community), and other external trainings that may be of interest.
To request accommodations for any of our trainings below, please email jkhurdan@rutgers.edu.
Live virtual trainings
Why accessibility is important
Feb. 26, 2025 | 10 a.m. EST (1 hr)
Join us for an informative webinar that highlights the importance of accessibility in today’s digital age. You’ll leave with resources you can take back to your department to help others understand its importance.
Register: Why accessibility is important
University policies/resources available
March 20, 2025 | 10 a.m. EST (1 hr)
During this training, we will delve into the details of federal laws related to the ADA, as well as our university’s policies and resources available to support students, staff, and faculty with disabilities. This training is targeted towards IT professionals, and those in customer service roles. We will be looking at the services that OIT-Accessibility has to offer, and ways you can get greater accessibility support.
Register: University policies/resources available
Sensus Access/Reformatting your documents
April 17, 2025 | 10 a.m. EST (1 hr)
Join us for a hands-on training session on making your documents more accessible! We’ll explore Sensus Access, a powerful tool that converts PDFs into more accessible formats.
We’ll also cover other ways to reformat your documents, including using built-in features in popular software like Microsoft Office and Adobe Acrobat. By the end of this session, you’ll have the skills and confidence to make your documents more readable and usable for everyone, regardless of their abilities.
Register: Reformatting your documents
Basic PDF remediation
May 21, 2025 | 10 a.m. EST (1 hr)
Join us for a comprehensive training session on PDF remediation! In this hands-on workshop, we’ll explore the importance of making PDFs accessible and readable by all, regardless of their abilities. We’ll delve into techniques and tools to identify and fix common accessibility issues, such as image descriptions, alt text, and OCR (Optical Character Recognition) conversion. By the end of this session, you’ll be equipped with the skills to remediate PDFs, ensuring equal access for everyone and meeting organizational compliance requirements
Register: Basic PDF remediation
Recorded self paced trainings
Subscribe to our channels
Sign up to our Digital Accessibility Network group in Rutgers Connect. You can watch all of the recordings of our trainings on this site. In addition, we will be pushing out information about how to make content accessible to this group. We also communicate out regularly updated news and trainings available from our office.
Be sure to also subscribe to our podcast to hear interviews from people with disabilities, and individuals working in this space, as they share their unique experiences with us.
Role-based learning paths
Check out one of our several learning paths, which will give you a list of self paced trainings, and recordings to listen to.
Deque University
All Rutgers staff, faculty, and students have free access to Deque University, a library of self-paced accessibility trainings. Subjects include the basics of accessibility and disability etiquette, web accessibility, document accessibility and remediation, and more.