Creating accessible digital content is easier than you might think. The University of Iowa offers live and on-demand trainings options that will help build your skills. By making small changes to your daily habits, you will help the university ensure that all individuals can easily access its digital materials.

Upcoming events

Attend a virtual or in-person event and join your colleagues in learning how to create more accessible content.

Upcoming Events

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Accessibility Focus: Build a More Accessible CV and Syllabus

Tuesday, March 24, 2026 11:00am to 12:00pm
Virtual
In this session, we examine common CV and syllabus patterns and apply practical techniques that improve navigation, clarity, and compatibility with assistive technologies.
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Destination PDF: Creating More Accessible PDFs [RESCHEDULED]

Friday, April 3, 2026 10:30am to 12:00pm
Virtual
This session has been rescheduled for April 3. Registration remains open.
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Accessible Documents Workshop (100 Days Encore Session)

Friday, April 10, 2026 10:30am to 12:00pm
Virtual
Understanding a few core skills can go a long way toward providing accessible digital content.
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PDF Fixes for Accessibility

Friday, April 17, 2026 4:00pm to 5:00pm
Virtual

This training session will teach you about the pitfalls of PDF files and how to replace or remediate them to help make your materials meet digital accessibility standards. We will learn about the tools we have on campus to help with this process and provide a demo on how to fix PDFs and make your documents better.

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LaTeX Accessibility with MathJax and Pressbooks

Tuesday, April 21, 2026 8:30am to 9:30am
Virtual

LaTeX markup language is an efficient and powerful way to prepare mathematical equations and formulae to share with others, but PDF outputs of LaTeX don't meet important accessibility standards. This training will demonstrate how to transform your LaTeX files into HTML, use MathJax to make them more accessible, and share them with others in the Pressbooks platform.

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On-demand

Learn about digital accessibility at your own pace.

Accessibility 101

The first module in Accessibility 101 presents basic knowledge about digital accessibility at the University of Iowa. 

Self-paced CAFÉ

Course Accessibility for Everyone (CAFÉ) discusses the principles of accessible course design and helps instructors make their ICON course sites accessible to all students.

Siteimprove

Siteimprove is a tool that checks websites for accessible content. Learn how it can help ensure your site meets accessibility standards.