Digital Accessibility for Educators

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 - Digital Accessibility for Educators'. This short course will equip Educators with awareness and skills around digital accessibility for resources that are commonly used like presentations and documents as well as awareness about the legal aspects of digital accessibility too. The course is estimated to be approximately 2 hours long and all the content is online and self-directed.

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