✔ All Library Employees Baseline Accessibility Expectations

The ✔ Required – Baseline Expectations section below lists the baseline accessibility expectations for all Library Employees and forms the basis of the accessibility confirmation survey.

The ● Recommended / Optional section includes additional topics that may be helpful depending on your responsibilities or interest in learning more about accessibility.

How training works

The Required expectations describe what you should understand and apply when your work involves digital content, tools, or communications that are shared with others.

The linked readings and training videos are learning resources to support these expectations. You may choose the format(s) that work best for you.

The accessibility survey confirms that you understand and follow the Required expectations only. It does not track which specific resources you used to prepare.

Expectations/Skills Section	Expected Training Videos Duration

Expectations/Skills Section	Expected Training Videos Duration
A. Accessibility Foundations	~15 minutes
F. Documents & Multimedia	~7 minutes
Total	22 minutes

✔ Required - Baseline Expectation

	Expectations/Skills	Training Videos

	Expectations/Skills	Training Videos
A. Accessibility Foundations
A.1	Know the fundamentals of digital accessibility	“Video Introduction to Web Accessibility and W3C Standards” Watch: [00:18] to [03:06] (Duration: ~3 minutes)
A.2	Know the different types of disabilities	“How Some People with Disabilities Use Technology” Watch: [00:50] to [05:46] (Duration: ~5 minutes)
A.3	Know the accessibility laws (ADA, Section 508)	“ADA Title II and Digital Accessibility” Watch: [08:30] to [15:50] (Duration: ~7 minutes)
F. Documents & Multimedia
F.1	Write accessible emails	“Creating Accessible Emails” Watch: [21:40] to [29:00] (Duration: ~7 minutes)

● Recommended / Optional

The ● Recommended / Optional section includes additional topics that may be helpful depending on your responsibilities or interest in learning more about accessibility.

	Expectations/Skills	Training Videos
A.4	Know the principles of WCAG (POUR framework) [🔗] [🔗] [🔗]	“WCAG Basics Overview” Watch: [08:05] to [11:47] (Duration: ~4 minutes)
B. Writing & Text Structure
B.1	Know how to structure text content (ordered / unordered lists) [🔗]	“Making Headings and Lists More Accessible” Watch: [02:39] to [04:23] (Duration: ~2 minutes)
B.2	Know proper heading structures [🔗] [🔗]	“A Guide to an Accessible Heading Hierarchy” Watch: [04:39] to [16:13] (Duration: ~12 minutes)
B.3	Best practices in writing meaningful link text [🔗]	“Write more accessible link text” Watch: [00:22] to [03:28] (Duration: ~3 minutes)
B.4	Plain language & readability basics	“Core Concepts: Lists, Readability, & Plain Language” Watch: [11:20] to [16:25] (Duration: ~5 minutes)
C. Images & Non-Text Content
C.1	Know how to provide alt text [🔗] [🔗]	“Alternative Text Best Practices” Watch: [01:50] to [05:50] (Duration: ~5 minutes)
C.2	Best practices in writing alt text	“What is alternative text? How do I write it for images, charts and graphs? Watch: [02:52] to [06:00] (Duration: ~3 minutes)
C.3	Best practices in writing extended descriptions for complex images [🔗]	“How to Describe Complex Images for Accessibility” Watch: [08:40] to [35:40] (Duration: ~27 minutes)
D. Color & Visual Design
D.1	Basics of minimum color contrast [🔗] [🔗] [🔗]	“Understanding Color Contrast for Accessibility” Watch: [17:56] to [21:20] (Duration: ~3 minutes)
D.2	Know to avoid conveying information only through color [🔗] [🔗] [🔗]	“Don’t use color alone to convey meaning” Watch: [00:00] to [01:27] (Duration: 1 minute)
E. Audio/Video Media
E.1	Basics of captioning [🔗] [🔗]	“Accessibility Basics - Captions” Watch: [00:00] to [03:30] (Duration: ~4 minutes)
E.2	Ensuring transcript availability [🔗]	“Creating Accessible Transcripts \| Step-by-Step Guide” Watch: [02:40] to [12:10] (Duration: ~10 minutes)
E.3	Best practices for audio descriptions	“Rules for Captioning and Audio Descriptions” Watch: [03:11] to [04:48] (Duration: ~2 minutes)
F. Documents & Multimedia
F.2	Create accessible text documents (Word/Google Docs)	“Accessible Word and Google Docs Documents” Watch: [24:50] to [29:40] (Duration: ~5 minutes)
F.3	Create accessible slideshows (PowerPoint/Google Slides)	“Accessible PowerPoint”; Watch: [00:11:34] to [00:14:50] (Duration: ~3 minutes) “Accessible Google Slides“ Watch: [00:34] to [07:34] (Duration: ~7 minutes)
F.4	Create accessible PDFs (basic)	“Making PDFs Accessible with Word” Watch: [00:00] to [02:20] (Duration: ~2 minutes)
H. Testing & QA
H.1	Know accessibility checkers (WAVE, Axe DevTools)	“How to Use WAVE” Watch: [01:34] to [04:20] (Duration: ~3 minutes) “Learn more about Axe DevTools“; [Playlist for in-depth training] Watch: [00:24] to [01:44] (Duration: ~1 minute)
J. AccessibiliTrees Badging for the over achievers
J.1	Obtain the Zot Sprout Badge	“Grow a Flourishing Accessibility Community with a Badging Program” [Program Overview] Watch: [10:03] to [18:37] (Duration: ~19 minutes)
J.2	Obtain the Anteater Sapling Badge
J.3	Obtain the AccessibiliTree Badge