WCAG Web Accessibility
Training in Ottawa
and anywhere in Canada
WCAG Course Outlines
Course Name |
Duration | Price* |
|---|---|---|
| Intro to the WCAG 2 Guidelines (INT-02) | half day |
$190 |
| WCAG for Communications & Marketing (COM-03) | 1 day |
$390 |
| Accessible PDFs with Acrobat Pro & Word (PDF-04) | 1 day |
$390 |
| Quality Assurance and Testing for WCAG (QAT-05) | 1 day |
$390 |
| Advanced Deep Dive into WCAG (ADD-06) | 2 days |
$590 |
| WCAG for Senior Managers & Policy Makers (SMP-01) | 2 hours |
$150 |
| Other software-specific courses available |
*Price per student (+tax & transport/accom. outside Ottawa)
Why choose CanAdapt for your WCAG training?
1) We know the pulse of WCAG
As an 11 year WCAG veteran, and the only Canadian Invited Expert listed on the WCAG standard, David MacDonald understands the rationale behind each of the WCAG Principles, Guidelines and Success Criteria. He’s on the WCAG2ICT task force exploring the use of WCAG for software development and is an editor of Using WAI-ARIA in HTML. He is a W3C Invited Expert on the HTML5 Working Group and its Accessibility Task Force.
2) Hands-on experience with web developers
We understand what it's like to be a developer and to have to meet these standards. For 15 years, we have worked with webmasters and large organizations including:
- Lead WCAG consultant to the Government of Canada Treasury Board Secretariat in the execution of court requirements in the Donna Jodhan case
- WCAG Advisor to the Ontario Government while they were developing the AODA Accessibility Standard for Information and Communications
- WCAG audits of all Canadian Transportation systems (Air Canada, WestJet, Via Rail, etc.) for Transport Canada
- PC Financial, Sasktel, and Lead Accessibillty Consultant to Intel Corp.
- Natural Resources Canada, ensuring Canada’s real time earthquake activity, historical maps, geological, and Space Weather data conform to WCAG
3) Practical tools
We’re not a “one-size-fits-all” shop. We foster flexible relationships with our clients and often provide customized training.
A full-colour training manual and a certificate of course completion are provided with each course. For the one and two day courses, we also provide a USB key to each participant containing useful, ready-to-use tools that will assist the user in ensuring WCAG conformance, in addition to a plethora of tips, tricks and online resource materials.
4) Dynamic and engaging training
David’s 11 years of experience as part of the WCAG authoring team, his work with hundreds of developers, and his work as an employment accommodations professional for people with disabilities, brings energy and a fresh perspective to WCAG training. Many of the courses include visiting presentations by people with disabilities. He’s well-known in accessibility circles for his WCAG music video which has had over 35,000 combined views on YouTube.
5) Additional support
As part of our commitment to your on-going success, we are available, if required, to each student for a free 30-minute telephone and/or email consult within one month of completing the course.
Other Services Provided by CanAdapt Solutions
- Tutorials with webmasters, incorporating their actual working website
- Evaluations of websites for accessibility
- Accommodations of employees or candidate employees with disabilities
- Disability policy review