Training
Accessibility is everyone’s responsibility. The best way to ensure your organisation’s products and services are accessible is by training your staff. OpenAccess offers live training sessions designed to support your team’s professional development.
What our participants say
Brilliant, thank you Callum – great training, really engaging and a comfortable environment to ask questions.
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Thanks for the fantastic webinar this morning, there is obviously a lot to learn about alt text!
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Thanks Callum for sharing your knowledge with us! Great webinar on alt text and social media accessibility.
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Available courses
👨🦯➡️ Disability awareness training
Build understanding and empathy across your organisation.
A general course that helps to introduce your organisation to the basic concepts of accessibility and disability. Great for leadership teams, product managers, or anyone else who wants to understand the fundamentals of disability.
What you’ll learn:
- Basics of disability
- The political and social context
- How disabled people use digital products.
📝 Accessible Word documents
Learn the essentials of creating accessible documents in Microsoft Word. This course will show you there’s much more to Word than most people realise.
What you’ll learn:
- Proper heading structure
- Typography and layout best practices
- Colour accessibility
- Images and alt text
- Accessible tables
- Effective formatting techniques
📊 Accessible PowerPoint presentations
Create presentations that work for everyone and learn to present in an accessible way. Presenting is a key skill, but presentations are often some of the least accessible content.
What you’ll learn:
- Accessible text and layout
- Colour considerations
- Images and alt text
- Inclusive presenting techniques
📱 Accessible social media
Make your social media content inclusive and reach a wider audience. Good accessibility practices help everyone enjoy the content you create.
What you’ll learn:
- Writing in plain language
- Creating effective alt text for images
- Making videos accessible
💻 Accessibility for developers: basics
An introduction to web accessibility fundamentals for developers who want to build inclusive websites and applications.
What you’ll learn:
- Core accessibility principles
- Semantic HTML foundations
- ARIA basics
- Testing techniques
- WCAG 2.2 overview
⚡ Accessibility for developers: advanced
Advanced accessibility training tailored to your development team’s specific needs and technology stack.
What you’ll learn: Content is customised for your team, but may include:
- Interpreting standards and guidelines
- Building accessible interactive components
- Integrating automated testing into workflows
- Cross-platform accessibility (web, iOS, Android, desktop)
- Testing with assistive technologies
✍️ Accessibility for web content authors
Learn to create accessible web content that works for everyone. Perfect for content creators, editors, and anyone who writes for the web.
What you’ll learn:
- Structuring accessible pages
- Writing descriptive links
- Images and alternative text
- Accessible tables and data presentation
- Creating inclusive forms
- Video and audio content accessibility
🔍 Accessibility testing basics
Get hands-on experience with both manual and automated accessibility testing. Learn to identify common issues and use professional testing tools.
What you’ll learn:
- Accessibility testing fundamentals
- Understanding WCAG guidelines
- Using testing tools (browser extensions, screen readers)
- Manual testing techniques
- Automated testing workflows
- Prioritising and fixing issues
🎨 Accessibility for designers
A practical guide for graphic, UI, and UX designers on creating accessible and inclusive designs that work beautifully for everyone.
What you’ll learn:
- Accessible colour choices
- Inclusive layout principles
- Typography for accessibility
- Designing for keyboard navigation
- Accessible form design
- Images and alternative text
- Testing your designs
🛠️ Custom training
Need something specific? We can develop a custom training package tailored to your organisation’s unique needs and goals.
How it works: We’ll work with you to understand your requirements and create training that fits your team, technology, and business objectives. Contact us to discuss your specific needs.
Pricing
Training sessions are $500 NZD per hour.
Training sessions run for 1 to 2 hours.
We offer discounted rates for disability organisations, charities, and social enterprises.