Accessibility Training

Training resources regarding Accessible Electronic and Information Resources (EIR) content are available to all staff. The online Introduction to Accessibility Document is a good starting point.

Introduction to Accessibility Document

Introduction to Electronic and Information Resources Accessibility Document will provide you with informations such as

• What accessibility is and why it's important
• How people with disabilities access electronic information and benefit from accessibility.
• What accessibility laws have been passed and what they require.

MS Office 2010 Online Training

MS Office 2010 Training is now available from the Governor's web site! Learn to use MS Office 2010 programs including MS Word, Excel and PowerPoint and create documents that are fully accessible. The full training series Creating Accessible Microsoft Office 2010 Document includes 20 modules with videos, audio recordings and text based training in Word and PDF.

Knowbility Training

Courses on state and federal laws regarding web-accessibility standards are now available in Austin through vendors contracted by the Department of Information Resources.

Review the courses descriptions on the Knowbility Website

AccessU Accessibility Conference

Each year, Knowbility sponsors two days of training by world-class accessibility experts at the Access U Conference. Check their AccessU Website for course and registration information.

Public Electronic Services On-the-Internet (PESO)

DIR sponsors regular training through the Public Electronic Services On-the-Internet (PESO) working group. Visit the PESO website for more information:

Freedom Scientific

Freedom Scientific provides web-based training on JAWS, paid and free webinars, and links to more training resources on the web. Check out their site for more information: www.freedomscientific.com/training.asp