Access Academy
What is Access Academy?
Access Academy is an accessibility training product offered by Level Access that provides training for digital accessibility topics including websites, electronic documents, general law, policy and disability types. Users of all knowledge levels can benefit from these informative training resources.
Each topic is covered with short videos that focus on the key accessibility requirements that will benefit the student. Each section also has text based resources that deepen the learning. This service is being provided for free by the Department of Information Resources via a cooperative contract with Level Access.
How do I Enroll?
Enrollment in Access Academy is easy and has been approved for use by the Information Security Office for Texas State University faculty and staff. Please use your name@txstate.edu email address when registering. Your personal email will not match Level Access's employee registry.
Access University Users
You will need to register for Access Academy as a new user. Your old Access University credentials will not allow you to sign into Access Academy.
What Courses should I take?
After you complete account set up, the DOIT Accessibility Team recommends taking the follow courses:
- Introduction to the ADA
- Introduction to Digital Accessibility
- Writing Meaningful Alt Text
- Creating Accessible Documents Using Word
- Creating Accessible Documents using PowerPoint
- Creating Accessible Documents Using Adobe Acrobat Pro
- Creating Accessible Emails
- Accessible Communications for Remote Audiences
- State of Texas VPAT, VADSIR, and PDAA Forms
There are many other topics included in this service, so feel free to explore your options.