Introduction to Digital Accessibility

Overview

A 2-hour, interactive workshop for organizations and their teams, walking through the basics of creating accessible and inclusive digital content. We’ll cover topics such as colour contrast and font choice, alternative text, descriptive text, logical reading order, plain language, and more.

  • You will walk away feeling confident and equipped with actionable insights, checklists, and materials to help you:

    • Better understand the basics of Digital Accessibility, and what that means within your role and industry

    • Understand how different types of assistive technology will interact with your content

    • Learn how to present media in an accessible way

    • Implement inclusive communication and marketing practices

    • And so much more

  • This workshop is designed with marketing, communications, social media, and design teams in mind—but is applicable and useful to anyone involved in the creation and design, coordination, or management of digital content of any kind. This workshop is suitable for those in the beginning stages of their accessibility learning journey.

Impact in Practice

94%
of participants report immediate application of workshop learnings

54%
Increase in confidence when creating accessible digital content

43%
Increase in confidence identifying digital accessibility barriers

Testimonials

“Aly’s Introduction to Inclusive Digital Accessibility workshop was fantastic! I loved how regionally specific the content was, and the photo examples really helped the concepts click.

The alt text activity was a standout for me. It made the learning feel hands-on and immediately applicable. I left feeling like I hadn’t just learned digital accessibility tips but had gained a stronger framework for approaching accessibility overall, including better questions to ask myself when creating and sharing digital content.

Aly is a fabulous presenter, and I’d absolutely recommend this workshop to anyone who wants to make their digital content more inclusive and accessible.”

Jasmine Williams Media

“Aly helps demystify elements of accessibility that can feel intimidating to work through on your own. She creates a conversational learning environment that helps you put what you are learning into practice - in real time! I am incredibly appreciative of her guidance and passion for helping businesses and leaders become more than compliant with Access By Design standards, but truly thoughtfuly!”

Margaret Schwartz Conscious Communications

“This workshop is perfect for anyone looking to make their organization or business more accessible. Aly's workshop was really well laid out and delivered. She covered all the basics you'd need to know and practical information about how to implement.”

Meaghan Doucette, Lemonade Communications