Trainings 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.
Registration will open September 2024
How to perform manual/automated testing
Remote | October 22 from 10:00 – 11:00 am
This training will provide you with the necessary resources and skills needed to conduct full automated and manual testing of websites or software. Automated testing will include how to run reports in Deque AxeMonitor, Color Contrast checkers, and free browser plugins. Manual testing will cover screen readers, screen magnifiers, and other commonly used Assistive technology.
Register for how to peform manual/automated testing
How to check documents/PDFs for accessibility
Remote | November 12 from 10:00 – 11:00 am
This training will provide you with the necessary resources and skills to review your documents for accessibility. This will include Word, PowerPoint, and PDFs. While we will not be going into detail on how to fix issues, we will provide you with general guidelines for what an accessible document should include, and ways you can create readable and usable. documents
Register for how to check documents/PDFs
Working with vendors (Best practices for accessible purchasing )
Remote | December 10 from 10:00 – 11:00 am
This training will provide information on how to work with vendors, including important questions to ask, how to review a VPAT, and steps you should take in the purchasing process to ensure that it is accessible.
Register for working with vendors
D/deaf and Hard of Hearing inclusion matters (part 1)
Remote |Multiple time slots available:
October 15 from 2:00 – 3:00 pm, October 16 from 10:00 – 11:00 am
This training will provide you with what you need to know when teaching a d/Deaf or Hard of Hearing student. You will leave with a better understanding of:
- Deaf Culture
- Appropriate Language use
- Common Accommodations and how to facilitate them
- Resources for providing captioning and ways it can help all students
- Top things students wished professors knew prior to starting their course
- Top things to do, to dramatically improve the accessibility, and experience of d/Deaf and Hard of Hearing students in your course
- How to infuse inclusive teaching practice and language to better promote a Deaf friendly environment
All participants will receive the recording of their training after the meeting, along with a checklist of items to help build a more inclusive course, whether in-person, hybrid, or remote.
Register for Inclusion Matters- October 15
Register for Inclusion Matters- October 16
D/deaf and Hard of Hearing signs of identity & culture (part 2)
Remote |Multiple time slots available:
November 19 from 2:00 – 3:00 pm, November 20 from 10:00 – 11:00 am
This training will provide you with knowledge of Deaf Culture and Identity. You will leave with a better understanding of:
- Deaf students’ experiences and perspectives
- De’VIA Art, Deaf Story telling, Deaf poetry, Deaf dance
- Deaf oppression and liberation art
- “Audism”
- History and development of the American Deaf Community & Deaf Culture
Register for Identity and Culture- November 19
Register for Identity and Culture- November 20
D/deaf and Hard of Hearing facilitating classroom collaboration (part 3)
Remote |Multiple time slots available:
December 3 from 2:00 – 3:00 pm, December 4 from 10:00 – 11:00 am
This training will provide you with knowledge of how to best support d/Deaf and Hard of Hearing students in the classroom. You will leave with :
- Practical insight into how to set up an accessible classroom
- A better understanding of how to encourage accessible peer to peer interactions/collaboration
- Best teaching practices considering intersectional identities including Deaf, Deaf Blind, Deaf Disabled, and Hard of Hearing
- Classroom focused tips and tricks
- Discover how to use visual aids, captioning, and assistive listening devices to enhance learning.
Register for Classroom Collaboration- December 3
Register for Classroom Collaboration- December 4
**The D/Deaf and Hard of Hearing trainings are part of the Classroom Inclusivity Training series, and will earn point in competency 2 towards their badge.
Join our Digital Accessibility Network
Sign up to our Digital Accessibility Network group in connect. We will be storing recordings of all out trainings on this site. In addition, we will be pushing out information about to make content accessible to this group.
Be sure to also subscribe to our podcast to hear interviews and and overviews of each WCAG standard.
Self-paced accessibility training
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.