Full course description
Date & Time: (All sessions are from 1:50 p.m. to 2:00 p.m. in Zoom. Recordings will be made available in PDN Canvas for sessions you miss)
- September 23rd: What is ARIA? Creating Custom Components. ARIA Ready for This?
- September 30th: When to Use ARIA and When Not To. To ARIA or Not to ARIA: That Is the Question.
- October 7th: Buttons and Links: Push My Button, Click My Link
- October 14th: Disclosures and Accordions. Accordions, they’re Not Just for French Music!
- October 21st: Tabs, It’s Totally Tabular, Dude!
- October 28th: Dialogs - Let’s Talk: ARIA Dialogs Done Right
- November 4th: Button Menus. Menu Magic with ARIA Buttons
- November 11th: Sortable Tables. Sort It Out with ARIA!
- November 18th: Filter Tables. ARIA Filters: Now You See It, Now You Don’t
- December 2nd: Responsive Tables. Flex Appeal: Responsive Tables with ARIA Flair
Location: Online Only
Instructor: Rob Fentress
Presented by: Technology-enhanced Learning and Online Strategies (TLOS) Acessible Technologies (AT)
Description:
These mini trainings will be quick and impactful lessons to build awareness around Accessible Rich Internet Applications (ARIA). Each session is exactly 10 minutes in length, and the series builds accessibility expertise step-by-step, starting with the fundamentals and moving into specific interactive components. It begins by explaining what ARIA is, why it exists, and how it enhances custom component accessibility, then helps participants decide when to use ARIA versus native HTML. From there, sessions tackle practical applications, including making buttons and links accessible, creating screen reader–friendly accordions, and implementing robust tab systems. Attendees will also learn to build accessible dialogs, button-triggered menus, and data tables that support sorting, filtering, and responsive layouts without breaking semantics. Each brief session emphasizes best practices, common pitfalls, and the interplay between ARIA roles, attributes, and assistive technologies, ensuring developers and designers leave with actionable strategies for building inclusive, standards-compliant interfaces.
Can't make a session? That's okay - watch it after the session on our video playlist.