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Overview of OTAN’s Self-Paced Accessibility Course

Name Overview of OTAN’s Self-Paced Accessibility Course
Date Monday, June 01, 2026
Time 02:00 PM - 03:00 PM
Description

Join us for an informative webinar introducing OTAN’s Self-Paced Accessibility Course, a flexible online learning experience designed to strengthen accessibility awareness and skills across California’s adult education community. This session will highlight the purpose of the course, walk you through its modules, and explain how it supports more inclusive digital learning environments for all learners.

Accessibility is essential in serving our diverse adult education population. In this webinar, you’ll learn how the course helps educators, administrators, and staff understand why accessibility matters and how to apply foundational accessibility principles to common digital technologies—including HTML content, Microsoft documents, PDFs, and video.

You’ll also learn how this openly licensed training, based on Western University’s CCBY shared course in Canvas Commons, provides a solid, research-based foundation for accessibility practices you can immediately apply in your program or classroom.

What We’ll Cover

  • An overview of the course structure and learning goals
  • A walk-through of each module, from web accessibility basics to accessible multimedia
  • Practical examples of common accessibility issues—and how to fix them
  • How the self-paced design supports ongoing professional growth-paced design supports ongoing professional growth
  • Where to get help and additional support from OTAN

 

This webinar is ideal for: 

  • Adult education teachers
  • Program staff and administrators
  • Curriculum developers
  • Anyone who creates or shares digital learning materials

 

Support & Questions

If you need assistance at any point in your learning journey, reach out to OTAN at support@otan.us and include “Self-Paced A11y Course” in the subject line.

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OTAN Certificates of Attendance will issued for those that are preregistered and attend at least 75% of the presentation.

Location OTAN Online
Address

OTAN Zoom link and confirmation sent after registration.

Trainer Penny Pearson

Registration

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