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From: Pamela Riesmeyer
Date: Jul 7, 2014 7:35AM

I have to agree with Elizabeth Pyatt. I also use and recommend Lynda.com.

One of the things that I like about some of their tutorials is that they
are incorporating accessibility within the training, so that it's seamless,
which to me is important in the long term. In the WordPress tutorial, for
instance, that Morten Rand-Hendriksen does, he builds accessibility into
the process of adding images, etc.

I have talked with them about adding information about creating accessible
documents to their tutorials on Microsoft Office applications and they have
been receptive to the conversation. They're approachable and I think that's
going to be what helps us get to a place where accessibility is a given,
not an add-on.
Thanks,
Pam



On Mon, Jul 7, 2014 at 8:08 AM, Elizabeth J. Pyatt < <EMAIL REMOVED> > wrote:

> I am familiar with the Lynda.com accessibility tutorials and generally
> recommend them.
>
> One is "Web Accessibility Principles" by Soe Gillenwater which is a few
> years old. The basic concepts it's teaching are sound, but it assumes
> Section 508 and that you're working working with Dreamweaver. However I
> think most code lessons can be applied elsewhere.
>
> I also recommend their "Creating Accessible PDFs" as it covers the how-tos
> for a lot of common scenarios. It's by Chad Chelius who is an Adobe
> Certified Instructor.
>
> In general Lynda.com is starting to incorporate accessibility in many of
> their other tutorials such as Flash, Acrobat, icon fonts and other topics.
>
> Hope this helps.
>
> Elizabeth
>
> P.S. There is the course "Improving SEO Using Accessibility Techniques"
> which also has some useful information but is much shorter than the others.
> IMO though the title is a little off-putting (although well-implemanted
> accessibility really does improve SEO).
>
> On Jul 6, 2014, at 2:00 PM, <EMAIL REMOVED> wrote:
>
> > From: Greg Wocher < <EMAIL REMOVED> >
> > Subject: [WebAIM] Question about lynda.com
> > Date: July 6, 2014 12:32:05 PM EDT
> > To: WebAIM Discussion List < <EMAIL REMOVED> >
> > Reply-To: WebAIM Discussion List < <EMAIL REMOVED> >
> >
> >
> > Hello all,
> > I was doing some google searches yesterday looking up various web
> accessibility topics and came across lynda.com. It is a tutorial website.
> They have courses on quite a few topics. I happen to notice they seem to
> have some tutorials on web accessibility. I was wondering if anyone has
> ever taken a look at this website? I also see it as one of the sponsors for
> the various TWIT shows.
> >
> > Thanks,
> > Greg Wocher
> >
> > --
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>
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