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Communications

Accessible Document Design for Beginners

Course Code: 01-03-EW68

This course introduces you to accessible document design. You will learn five key actions to make your content more accessible to people with disabilities and better for all.

This course supports WA OCIO Policy #188 and WA Executive Order 23-02. Pair this course with Plain Language Writing and Design (01-03-EW-50). This course draws on direction from W3’s Web Accessibility Initiative and PDF/UA standards.

Performance Objectives: Upon completion of this course, you should be able to:

Understand key universal design principles.
Make content more accessible to people using screen readers, captioning tools, or other accessibility and language access tools.
Understand the feedback from accessibility checker tools.
Respond to prompts with actions that create more inclusive, efficient user experiences.
Submit documents to agency publications teams with basic accessibility in place and use agency templates well.

Requirements: This course uses MS Word. Adobe Acrobat is helpful but not required.

Intended Audience: All audiences.

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Scheduled Class Location and Dates

Class Code	City / Facility	Dates Times	Course Cost	Instructor	Instructor Biography
01-03-EW68-17499	Virtual Online / Virtual	Jul 22 2025 8:00 AM-4:30 PM	$242	Carriann Lane	Carriann Lane can help you simplify complex information and hold tough conversations well. With 18 years of public sector experience, she leads active workshops built for the work you do. Carriann is a Project Management Professional® with degrees in Technical and Professional Communication, Public Administration, and Legal Studies. She holds certificates in UX design and gamification for adult learning.