Document Accessibility Workshop Series
Creating accessible digital content isn’t just about compliance—it’s about ensuring equitable access for all users. With over 50 million people in the U.S. experiencing cognitive or vision-related disabilities, inaccessible documents, presentation slides, and PDFs can create unnecessary barriers. This practical workshop series will help participants design, validate, and remediate accessible documents using word processing (Microsoft Word, Google Docs), presentation slides (PowerPoint, Google Slides), and PDFs (Adobe Acrobat Pro). This series will cover both the “Getting Started” foundational concepts and provide “In Practice” practical application opportunities, ensuring that users have the information and practice needed to make content more inclusive and user-friendly across digital platforms.
Michele Joy Bromley, MA, ADS, CPWA, is a digital accessibility and inclusivity specialist, currently supporting the Office of Information Technology (OIT) at Portland State University (PSU) as the manager of the Digital Accessibility and Content team.
Please register for each individual workshop. Workshops will be recorded.
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April 3rd, 2025, 10-11am PDT
Session 1 — Getting Started with Word Processing Accessibility -
April 17th, 2025, 10-11am PDT
Session 2 — Word Processing Accessibility in Practice -
May 1st, 2025, 10-11am PDT
Session 3 – Getting Started with Presentation Accessibility -
May 15th, 2025, 10-11am PDT
Session 4 — Presentation Accessibility in Practice -
June 5th, 2025, 10-11am PDT
Session 5 — Getting Started with PDF Accessibility -
June 18th, 2025, 10-11am PDT
Session 6 — PDF Accessibility in Practice
Past Events
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February 11, 2025, 11am PST
Collaboration Creates Capacity: Supporting Shared Pathways to Digital Accessibility Maturity -
November 20, 2024, 2 – 3PM (PST)
ADA Title II Regulations Exemptions and Questions -
October 29th, 10 – 11:30 AM (PDT)
Updates to Federal Disability Rights Law in the Digital Space -
May 22, 2:00pm (PDT)
Digital Accessibility – Update on the new Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) Title II Regulations -
May 1, 2024, 12 noon PDT
Easing the Transition to STEM Higher Education for Students with Disabilities -
April 16, 2024, 11am PDT
Accessible Technology: How A Screen-reader Works with STEM content and More -
March 13, 2024, 12:00 PDT
Accessibility in EdTech: How Do Your Products Rate? -
December 13, 2023, 2:00 pm PT
Introduction to the new NWHeat Knowledge Base -
November 16, 11am PST
Accessibility Considerations in Open Education, Co-hosted by NWHeat and WCET -
October 11, 2023, 2pm PDT
Library Building Accessibility Assessment -
June 14, 11am (PDT)
Untethered teaching and lecture capture. Promoting inclusion and universal design for learning -
April 12, 2023 10am (PDT)
WCET Webcast: Lessons Learned on the Journey Through a Website Accessibility Audit, Co-hosted by NWHeat -
January 18, 2023, 1:00pm PST
Part II: WAVE Q&A with Jared Smith of WebAIM -
December 7, 2022 1:00PM (PST)
Part I: Using WAVE to Test and Improve Web Page Accessibility -
November 15, 2022, 1:00pm PST
Digital Accessibility Workshop from Microsoft -
October 12, 2022, 11am – noon, PDT
What can we be doing better? Anxiety and Accessibility initiatives 2.0 with Cyndi Rowland of WebAIM -
July 26-28, 2022
Orbis Cascade Alliance Accessibility Days -
May 17, 2022, 2:00-3:00 pm PDT
University of Hawaiʻi’s Endeavor Towards Better Digital Accessibility -
March 31, 2022
OCR, Part 4: An Introduction to Document Accessibility -
January 13, 2022
OCR, Part 3: Testing for Common Accessibility Barriers on Websites -
December 2, 2021
OCR, Part 2: Common Issues and Best Practices in Working with Vendors and Procurement -
October 14, 2021
OCR, Part 1: An Overview of OCR and How Accessibility Laws Apply to Digital Accessibility in Higher Education -
June 9, 2021
Creating inclusive classroom spaces in which students thrive -
April 27, 2021
Accessibility in Procurement: How to Read a VPAT -
October 21, 2020
Using Universal Design for Learning to Promote Student Learning and Engage Learners Where They Are -
July 8, 2020
Resources for implementing accessibility and usability testing in libraries -
April 29, 2020
Wading in the WCAG Waters: First Steps Toward Facilitating Accessibility Change at your Institution