Accessible documents, emails and meetings
Make everyday documents, emails, slides and meetings usable by colleagues and customers with disabilities: real headings and lists, meaningful alt text, descriptive links, simple tables, not relying on colour alone, captions, and using the built-in accessibility checker. Based on WCAG 2.2 principles and Microsoft's Office accessibility guidance.
- Level
- Beginner
- Length
- About 40 minutes
- Contents
- 3 lessons · 1 video · final exam
- Status
- Published · updated 1 Oct 2026
Skills you'll practise
- Structure a document with built-in headings, lists and simple tables so screen readers can navigate it
- Write alt text that conveys what matters in an image, and mark decorative images
- Write descriptive link text and avoid relying on colour alone to convey meaning
- Make meetings and videos accessible with captions, shared materials and described visuals
- Use an accessibility checker and fix the issues it reports
Course outline
- 1.Accessible documents, emails and meetingsVideo · 3 min
- 2.Why it matters, and structure firstLesson · 14 min
- 3.Images, links, colour and contrastLesson · 14 min
- 4.Meetings, video and checking your workLesson · 12 min
- 5.Accessible documents, emails and meetings: knowledge checkKnowledge check · 16 questions
- 6.Final exam9 questions · passing it completes the course, so people who already know the material can test out
Sources it draws on
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