WebAIM - Web Accessibility In Mind

Comments from Participants

The independent-study, video-based online training course Accessible Documents: Word, PowerPoint, & Acrobat course launched in 2018. The following comments are a sample of the feedback we have received from over 15,000 participants.

2025

November

As a technical editor who mainly uses Microsoft Word and Adobe Acrobat DC (Pro), I will absolutely use what I learned in this course. My company partners with several states that require all documentation to be 508 compliant, and this was a very good way for newer editors to learn the basics. Anyone who creates and/or edits digital or print products for internal or public use would be well-served by this course.

October

I've been working in this field for years and I still learned things. It was a back to basics training I needed.

September

There were many aspects of accessibility that I was not considering with my document creations and I immediately began using.
This course is a great way to easily learn tools for accessibility. I especially appreciate learning that accessibility is a continuum and not an absolute. When creating documents, I think about how I am ensuring to reach as many users as possible.

August

I learned so much more. I've been in training sessions for years but this course made it clear and I understand the "WHY" and "HOW" this attention to accessibility is needed.
This was the best online course I've ever taken.

July

As a working professional and father of two, the structure of this course was great for me to balance the lessons with my busy schedule. I learned a ton about basic document formatting that I did not previously know. I think many professionals that I work with use word and ppt on a daily basis but do not know all of the software features and tools. It would be so helpful to have this as a basic college course for business majors. I would've loved to have learned this earlier in my career!

May

This course really opened my eyes to how inaccessible many publicly shared informational materials currently are! I will be using what I learned in this course to make my employer's informational material easier to interpret to those using assistive technology. I have already began telling all my colleagues about this course. Thank you for creating this course!

April

I have been using Microsoft Office Suite for decades, and I learned so many finer details of the products' functionality and versatility. Some things I had been doing wrong for years. Other things I did not know existed. And I am considered one of the most fluent users on my university's campus--so, yes, my knowledge and skills have increased dramatically.
I had little prior knowledge of making documents and presentations accessible and now feel ready to optimize them for many different populations.
I feel everyone should take this course to have a understanding when creating flyers, notes, quizzes/tests, PowerPoints, etc.

March

This was a fabulous course. Pacing was great and the materials answered a ton of questions.

February

I liked the depth of the course. I feel confident, but not overwhelmed.
I can't emphasize enough how practical this course is for users who want a training that is simple and no fuss.
I am a Distance Learning Accessibility Specialist at a community college. I am always looking to increase my knowledge so I can better support our faculty. This course was very helpful and I have already used what I've learned to help others.

January

I'm pretty familiar with Word and Adobe, but learned a lot about accessibility I wasn't aware of.
I like that you had so many tools available. There was the video, the electronic output on the page to review, copies of the documents you could download and follow along. That's the most information I've had available for a course before. I also liked how the quizzes were short and with each section so I could better retain the information and I liked how I could go back and review the answers I missed.
This course had clear and comprehensive examples of the main issues and clear ways to resolve and/or remediate those issues. I appreciated the video and the text versions, it allowed me to reaffirm what I was watching and to see it in text was helpful. I also was grateful that there were pedagogical reasonings provided for why these best practices should be used, beyond just the law but like for all our learners.