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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100 Days of Accessibility Kickoff Event

Wednesday, February 11, 2026 11:00am to 12:00pm
Virtual

Feb. 11, 2026, is Day 1 of the third annual 100 Days of Accessibility, presented by Accessibility@IOWA. Throughout 100 Days of Accessibility, Accessibility@IOWA hosts and sponsors trainings and workshops to help individuals, work groups, and university departments increase awareness and capacity to support digital accessibility. Whether you're an experienced accessibility advocate or relatively new to the area of accessibility, you're welcome and encouraged to join in this landmark event.

On Day...

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PDF Fixes for Accessibility

Thursday, February 12, 2026 12:00pm to 1:00pm
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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Roles, Rules, and Tools: Core Skills for Digital Accessibility

Friday, February 13, 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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Accessibility Focus: Writing Effective ALT Text

Wednesday, February 18, 2026 12:00pm to 12:45pm
Virtual
ALT text is a core concept in digital accessibility. Join us to learn some practices for providing better ALT text.
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Roles, Rules, and Tools: Using Free Tools to Support Digital Accessibility

Friday, February 20, 2026 10:30am to 12:00pm
Virtual

Accessibility testing can help you to identify and correct accessibility barriers in your websites, documents, and other technologies. In this session, we will look at free tools and techniques you can use to identify and address basic accessibility issues. Participants are invited to follow along as T.M. Weissenberger demos accessibility testing tools for Office documents, PDFs, SiteNow web content, Canvas/ICON content types, and more. This session can help you add a coherent testing strategy...

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.