Training

Website Accessibility Training

All digital developers and content managers must be familiar with accessibility standards and how to apply these standards when creating and updating digital content. Website Accessibility Training is required for all website content managers in Omni CMS. Content managers in other solutions may also beneift from this training. The training includes the following:

  • What is digital accessibility and why it's important
  • Benchmarks for accessibility
  • Equally Effective Alternate Access
  • Creating and maintaining accessible website content 
  • Publishing checks in Omni CMS
  • Accessibility resources for pdfs, pptx, doc, etc.
  • Video, social and email accessibility

Register to attend wcms accessibility training.

Faculty Training

Faculty are responsible for making their instructional materials accessible. Anything posted on a website or on Moodle must be accessible. To assist faculty with this task, the LSU Digital and Continuing Education team is excited to offer a faculty professional development course titled Designing and Teaching Accessible Courses. This course will be offered in both a blended format and a fully online format. For more information and to register, visit training.lsu.edu.

Mandatory Annual Training

LSU is requiring that each classified employee, professional employee, faculty, other academic, contingent/transient, and graduate/teaching assistant complete the Digital Resource and Content Accessibility Awareness training each calendar year by December 31.

Trades positions and custodial staff are exempt from this training.

To satisfy the requirement, LSU has created the e-course, Digital Resource and Content Accessibility Awareness. This course will teach employees about the federal statutes and institutional policy governing digital resource and content accessibility, and the tools available to ensure the proactive accessibility of digital resources and content. To take this course, visit the Digital Resource and Content Accessibility Awareness Community Moodle page.

Click yes to self-enroll in this Community Moodle course. Once enrolled, click on the link that says Digital Resource and Content Accessibility Awareness. Then, click enter. After completing the e-course, you will be able to print out a certificate of completion for your records. Please keep this certificate and follow your department's instructions for reporting and compliance.