The Section 508 Training Video Library provides instructional videos on creating, testing, and maintaining accessible information and communication technology (ICT). Learn how to apply accessibility best practices to documents, presentations, spreadsheets, websites, and digital content using common tools and techniques.
Introduction to the Accessibility Requirements Tool (ART)
This video series demonstrates how to use the Accessibility Requirements Tool (ART). ART helps you generate a list of Section 508 requirements applicable to the information and communication technology (ICT) you want to procure. The series explains when to use ART, how to create and edit your list of requirements, and how to use the list generated by ART.
Duration 9m 30s | 5-Part Video Series
How to Make an Accessible Document in Microsoft Word
The Accessible Electronic Document Community of Practice (AED CoP) created this series of videos to explain and demonstrate the minimum steps needed to ensure your Microsoft Word document is Section 508 conformant.
Duration 59m 21s | 14-Part Video Series
How to Test and Remediate PDFs for Accessibility Using Adobe Acrobat DC
The Accessible Electronic Document Community of Practice (AED CoP) created this series of videos to explain and demonstrate the minimum steps needed to ensure your PDF is Section 508 conformant.
Duration 63m 51s | 5-Part Video Series
How to Author and Test Microsoft PowerPoint Presentations for Accessibility
The Accessible Electronic Document Community of Practice (AED CoP) created this series of videos to explain and demonstrate the minimum steps needed to ensure your Microsoft PowerPoint presentation is Section 508 conformant.
Duration 43m 54s | 14-Part Video Series
Creating PowerPoint Templates
Learn how to use the Microsoft PowerPoint slide master to help others create accessible presentations. Understand how presentation templates can provide users with a variety of layouts and features that can reduce common accessibility issues when utilized.
Duration: 8m 18s | 1-Part Video Tutorial
How to Make an Accessible Spreadsheet in Microsoft Excel
The Accessible Electronic Document Community of Practice (AED CoP) created this series of videos to explain and demonstrate the minimum steps needed to ensure your Microsoft Excel spreadsheet is Section 508 conformant.
Duration 30m 50s | 11-Part Video Series
Accessible Name & Description Inspector (ANDI) Tool Overview
Get a basic overview on how to use the Accessible Name & Description Inspector tool (ANDI) to test websites and web-based applications for accessibility. ANDI is a free tool developed by the Social Security Administration.
Duration 31m 11s | 18-Part Video Series
How to Use the Color Contrast Analyzer (CCA)
In this video, we’ll show you how to use the Colour Contrast Analyser (CCA) and the programmatic color values—or HEX codes—to check contrast between text, images of text, and background colors in digital content and documents. This tool is especially useful when automated tools like ANDI can’t programmatically determined contrast issues, or when a standalone application is preferred.
Duration 6m 07s | 1-Part Video Tutorial
How to Use the WebAIM Contrast Checker
In this video, you’ll learn how to use WebAIM’s Contrast Checker to evaluate the contrast between text—or images of text—and background colors in documents. This tool is especially helpful when contrast issues can’t be programmatically determined by tools like ANDI or when those tools aren’t available.
Duration 5m 22s | 1-Part Video Tutorial
How to Test Color Contrast using the Color Contrast Analyser (CCA)
In Module: 14 of the Accessible Name & Description Inspector (ANDI) Tool video series, learn how to use the Color Contrast Analyzer's (CCA) built-in color sampler to ensure the contrast ratio between text, and images of text, and it's background is sufficient. CCA can be used to when contrast cannot programmatically determined by ANDI.
Duration 2m 33s | 1-Part Video Tutorial
An Introduction to Universal Design for Content Creators
This four-part video series provides an introduction to Universal Design for content creators, developers, managers and procurement professionals. It includes resources, tips, and tricks for designing products and environments to be usable by all people, to the greatest extent possible, without the need for adaptation or specialized design.
Duration: 18m 21s | 4-Part Video Series
Creating Accessible Media
Get a brief overview on how to develop high quality audio, video, and multimedia that is accessible to users who cannot see visual information, or hear information conveyed using sound. Learn about text-based equivalents, captions and synchronized audio descriptions.
Duration: 5m 41s | 1-Part Video Tutorial
What is Alternative Text?
Alternative text, also known as alt text, is descriptive text that conveys the meaning of an image in digital content. It’s designed to make visual content accessible to people with vision disabilities. While there are other benefits of alt text for all users, this video focuses on people who use screen readers.
Duration 3m 25s | 1-Part Video Tutorial
