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Bylines & Bytes - Web Accessibility: Foundations for Inclusive Sites

Oct 8
2025
2:30pm - 4:00pm
100% Virtual Event
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Earn your Web Accessibility Certificate

Begin your journey earning the Bylines & Bytes Web Accessibility Certificate with a session designed to ground you in the essentials of building inclusive websites. Together, we鈥檒l explore the 鈥渨hy鈥 behind accessibility and the practical steps you can take right away.

 

Session 1: Foundations for Inclusive Sites

This session will cover:

 - Key Concepts: the foundations of accessibility and their impact on user experience.
 - Barriers in Practice: real-world examples of challenges faced by users with disabilities.
 - Inclusive Content Habits: strategies for writing, formatting, and organizing information to support all audiences.
 - Starting Points: approachable tools and resources to help you integrate accessibility into your workflow.
- And more!

This session provides the building blocks for the Web Accessibility certificate. You鈥檒l leave with a solid framework for thinking inclusively about your site and practical ways to make immediate improvements.

Certificate Details

To earn the Web Accessibility Certificate, participants must complete the following training sessions:

  1. Web Accessibility: Foundations for Inclusive Sites (this session - register above)
  2. Web Accessibility: Inclusive Design in Action
  3. Web Accessibility: Inclusive Visuals in Practice (Spring '26 - registration TBA)
  4. Web Accessibility: Creating & Editing Accessible PDFs (Spring '26 - registration TBA)

This training session is part of Bylines & Bytes: A BMC Communicators Training Series brought to you by the Office of Communications & Marketing.

This Session's Featured Guests

Audience: BMC Community
Type(s): Workshop
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Contact:
Ashleigh Carby

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