Why you should attend
Learning how to do your own basic accessibility testing has many benefits. Not only does it help you create accessible products and services, it can help you with developing a digital accessibility strategy, embed accessibility within your development cycle or improve procurement decisions.
Knowing how to complete a few simple tests can give you reassurance that you are making accessibility improvements and focusing your resources in the right areas.
Who will benefit from this training?
- Product owners / managers in development environments
- Developers
May also be of interest to:
- Testers
- Designers
- Content creators
- Managers (at an organisational level)
- Trainers / Teachers / Academics
Attendees will need to have some general knowledge of accessibility and this course will focus on how these can be applied. You will not need to be familiar with coding techniques.
You may also wish to attend our follow-up course 'Understanding accessibility evaluations and testing results'.
To help you get even better value in the year ahead, we have a 10 for the price of 8 bundle on AbilityNet online training courses for you and your team to enjoy.
Book your training bundle
Book Now: Thursday 16 October 2025
13:00 to 14:30 GMT
Please note: after purchasing a ticket you are able to reassign the ticket, if somebody different to the ticket purchaser will be attending the training.
Attendees of the live training session will receive a Certificate of Attendance to add to their professional development training portfolio.
If you're looking for training for more than 8 people on a single course, please contact us about our great value in-house training options.
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Attendees of the live training will receive a recording of the course. If you are not attending the live training you can buy an existing recording of the course on demand:
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Upskill your team so together we can create a more accessible digital world.
Course overview
In this course you will be introduced to free accessibility tools and basic manual tests. At the end of the course you will be able to
- undertake simple accessibility checks and understand the limitations of basic checks
- select and use appropriate accessibility checkers to support your testing
- identify accessibility issues and understand some approaches to prioritising issues
What you will learn
The content will focus mainly on websites and what tools we can use on them. However, some of the information will be relevant to responsive sites and mobile apps.
Meet your trainer - Nick Freear
Nick Freear is an Accessibility and Usability Consultant at AbilityNet.
His role includes carrying out design reviews, accessibility audits, user testing and providing in-depth consultancy to organisations on web accessibility and usability.
His professional background includes working as an Educational Technology (Web) Developer at The Open University.
He is accredited with the Certified Professional in Accessibility Core Competencies (CPACC) qualification awarded by the IAAP, and holds a BEng (Hons) and a PhD in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Birmingham.
Nick also enjoys cycling and walking in the great outdoors.
Important information
Class size: We limit the number of people on our training courses to ensure all attendees can engage with the presenter, ask questions and have an informative experience.
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