Accessible Meetings for Hosts & Presenters

• Course Description

  

  Learn how to plan, prepare, and host accessible meetings that comply with Section 508 requirements and support full participation for everyone. This self-paced certificate course provides practical guidance for making in-person, virtual, and hybrid meetings accessible to people with disabilities while improving the meeting experience for all attendees.

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Course Details

Audience:

• Meeting hosts and presenters
• Trainers
• Organization leaders
• Section 508 Program Managers
• Section 508 Subject Matter Experts (SME)

Duration: 50 minutes
Difficulty Level: Beginner
Version: 1.0 (July 2026)

What Will I Learn in This Course?

In recent years, how agencies gather, collaborate, discuss, share, and learn has changed from largely in-person meetings and conference calls to virtual meetings where the audience participates remotely through voice and video from various work sites. Now, meetings are often virtual, or a hybrid of in-person and remote participants. For this reason, accessibility can and should be seamlessly integrated into your meeting.

But what types of meetings need to be accessible? How can you make your presentation materials accessible to all meeting attendees? In this course, you will learn how to make your meetings accessible to attendees, including people with disabilities in compliance with Section 508 and other disability rights laws.

After completing this training, you will be able to do the following:

1. Identify which accessibility requirements apply to each type of meeting.
2. Apply techniques to make meeting visuals, audio, content, and interactions accessible.
3. Prepare and facilitate a meeting that meets all Section 508 requirements.

Certificate and Continuing Learning Points (CLPs)

Demonstrate your skills and stand out in your field with a certificate that proves you’ve completed this course. There is only one type of certificate offered for this course.

1. By selecting "Open Course" you will earn a downloadable PDF certificate upon completion.
2. This course is not offered with continuing learning points (CLP).