Digital Accessibility: Create Accessible PDFs
Overview
[4 hours, self-paced online] In this course, participants will create a PDF that is accessible to the largest possible number of readers, using Adobe Acrobat DC. Learners may submit their work in this course in order to earn the Accessible PDFs badge as part of the Digital Accessibility Badging Program.
Topics
- Understanding what makes a PDF accessible
- Setting document properties and tab order
- Including relevant tags for images, paragraphs, tables, and lists
- Checking the accessibility of your PDF
Who Should Attend
This course is intended for faculty and staff who create PDFs, but it is open for students as well.
Related Courses
Additional Course Information
The Digital Accessibility Foundations course is the prerequisite for the Digital Accessibility Badging Program. This program contains self-paced online workshops focusing on how to create digital content (slide presentations, websites, PDFs, etc.) in an accessible way. You may choose to take as many workshops as you like.
In each workshop, you will learn specific skills and apply them to your everyday work. Successful completion of each course will help you earn a badge for the topic of that course.