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 accessibility@rutgers.edu.
Live virtual trainings
Title II Updates: Where should I be now?
Friday, May 15, 2026 at 10:00 AM
The DOJ has recently posted additional updates to the American with Disabilities Act (ADA) Title II. As part of our ongoing commitment to compliance and accessibility, we are hosting a training to go over the following:
- The essential updates and changes to ADA Title II
- What you should have accomplished by now in terms of compliance
- Practical steps to take moving forward to ensure ongoing compliance
- New and existing resources for web content creators.
Who Should Attend: This training is designed for anyone overseeing a department or team responsible for creating content for the web, IT Web Developers, Web Administrators/Owners, or web content creators.
This will part of a series on how to create strategic plans around accessible web content, and what you should have completed by the deadline.
Register for Title II Updates training
Strategic Planning for Digital Accessibility
Wednesday, Jun 17, 2026 at 10:00 AM
This session provides a practical, high‑level walkthrough of how departments and organizations should develop and implement an effective strategic plan in response to the ADA Title II changes. Participants will learn what a compliant strategic plan should include, internal processes they should establish or strengthen, and the types of documentation needed to demonstrate ongoing compliance. The event will focus on actionable steps to help teams prioritize work and track progress, and include information on available community resources and support.
Who Should Attend: This training is designed for anyone overseeing a department or team responsible for creating content for the web, IT Web Developers, Web Administrators/Owners, or web content creators.
This will part of a series on how to create strategic plans around accessible web content, and what you should have completed by the deadline.
If you require accommodations or have questions for this event please contact accessibility@rutgers.edu.
Register for Strategic Planning training
Word Document Accessibility
Thursday, Jul 23, 2026 at 1:00 PM
Learn how to make your Word documents accessible by designing your content with intent. Learn how users with disabilities navigate and interact with Word documents, and tackle common issues such as a lack of heading structure, color contrast problems, images without alt text, and more.
Who Should Attend: Anyone who creates and distributes Word documents
Register for Word Document Accessibility training
PDF Accessibility
Tuesday, Aug 4, 2026 02:00 PM
PDFs are widely recognized, used around the world, and are often considered a standard for presenting electronic versions of text. PDFs are also very rigid, which can make them tricky to navigate for users with disabilities. Learn about common problems with inaccessible PDFs, how to fix them, and the finer points of making PDFs accessible!
Who Should Attend: Anyone responsible for making or maintaining digital content like PDF files.
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.
Student Information
With the recent Title II updates, many department are requiring students to submit accessible content, including but not limited to their electronic theses and dissertations (ETDs) submissions. Check out our Student Resources under our Learning Paths Page.
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.