Desktop Application Developer

Learning objective:: This course will help you to understand how people with sensory, physical and cognitive impairments may be disabled by barriers encountered when using digital technologies. The course will highlight how the use of accessible and inclusive design can help overcome many of these difficulties.
Level:: Beginner
Provider:: Futurelearn
Prerequisite:: None
Duration:: 15 hours
Delivery type:: Online course
Estimated cost:: Free
Note:: Currently not available

Learning objective:: Whether you use Adobe Captivate, Articulate Storyline, Studio, Canvas, Lectora, ATutor, or pure HTML5, we will de-mystify for you how you can delight your entire audience while conforming to regulations regarding accessibility for people living with disabilities. We'll even get into accessible SCORM and learning management systems (such as Blackboard and D2L). We can actually reduce our total cost and effort while creating better learning outcomes for all.
Level:: Beginner; Instructional designers
Provider:: David Berman Communications
Prerequisite:: None
Duration:: One-day course, half-day course, or keynote presentation. We provide this course tailored/customized on-site for your organization).
Delivery type:: online or onsite
Estimated cost:: CAD$330 (group discounts available)

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Learning objective:: This course presents the standards and guidelines for this subject. It focuses on the requirements, roles and responsibilities for compliance with these standards. Participants will learn how to assess the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) 2.1 and apply them consistently across Canada.ca web pages.
Level:: Intermediate
Provider:: Canada School of Public Service
Prerequisite:: Web Technical Information Specialist
Duration:: 15 hours
Delivery type:: Classroom courses
Estimated cost:: Free
Language:: English and French

Learning objective:: Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) 2.1 covers a wide range of recommendations for making Web content more accessible. These guidelines address accessibility of web content on desktops, laptops, tablets, and mobile devices.
Level:: Intermediate
Provider:: World Wide Web Consortium (W3C)
Prerequisite:: Not mentioned
Duration:: Self paced
Delivery type:: Online
Estimated cost:: Free

Learning objective:: An award-winning front-end framework for building websites that are accessible, usable, interoperable, mobile friendly and multilingual
Level:: Any
Provider:: Web Experience Toolkit – a collaborative open source project led by the Government of Canada
Prerequisite:: None
Duration:: Self paced
Delivery type:: Web
Estimated cost:: Free

Learning objective:: A WET plugin provides various types of functionality useful to a website and provided by calling the function in the class attribute of an HTML tag.
Level:: Any
Provider:: Web Experience Toolkit – a collaborative open source project led by the Government of Canada
Prerequisite:: None
Duration:: Self pace reading
Delivery type:: Web
Estimated cost:: Free

Learning objective:: Provide a basis for understanding existing policies. Explain the purpose of the ACL and identify principles relevant to web application issues.
Level:: N/A
Provider:: Justice Canada Website
Prerequisite:: None
Duration :: N/A
Delivery type:: Online reading
Estimated cost:: Free
Language :: French or English

Learning objective:: Improve your understanding of the Government of Canada's desired state of technological accessibility for clients and employees. Explain what the Government of Canada is doing to improve accessibility using technology.
Level:: N/A
Provider :: Treasury Board of Canada Web Site
Prerequisite :: None
Duration:: N/A
Delivery type:: Online reading
Estimated cost:: Free
Language :: French or English