Digital Accessibility - A Whole Institution Approach

An AHEAD Resource called ARK (Accessibility Resources and Know-How) hosts a series of courses about Digital Accessibility. This badge acknowledges that the participant has completed the AHEAD short course called 'Digital accessibility - a whole institution approach'. The participant will have a wide range of awareness and knowledge of the legal considerations for digital practices across an organisation and how to begin the process of thinking and planning best practices. The course is estimated to be approximately 2 hours long and all the content is online and self-directed.

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