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Accessibility of ICT: An Overview for Government Executives

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    This course is designed to help you gain awareness of Section 508 and understand your agency's responsibilities in ensuring that your Information and Communication Technology (ICT) products and services are accessible to persons with disabilities.

Course Details

Audience:

  • Heads of Federal Agencies
  • Chief Acquisition Officers
  • Chief Diversity and Inclusion Officer
  • Chief Human Capital Officer
  • Chief Information Officers
  • Equal Employment Officer
  • Section 508 Program Manager

Duration: 20 minutes
Skill Level: Beginner | Intermediate | Expert
Version: Version 2.0 (Sep 2024)

What Will I Learn in This Course?

This course will help you to understand Section 508 of the Rehabilitation Act and the related laws, policies, roles, and responsibilities.

After completing this course, you will be able to do the following:

  1. Describe Section 508 and its purpose.
  2. Determine how regulations and recent policy changes apply to your agency.
  3. Apply the Section 508 roles and responsibilities to your agency.

For a more detailed overview of Section 508, we encourage that you take the course Section 508: What Is It and Why Is It Important?

Certificate and Continuing Learning Points (CLPs)

Demonstrate your skills and stand out in your field with a certificate that proves you’ve completed this course. There is only one type of certificate offered for this course.

  1. Download and save a PDF certificate for your records.
  2. This course is not offered with continuing learning points (CLP).

Key Terms and References

  • September 2024 - v2.0 | Interface Design and Content Update: We've updated the course to use a modern user interface and made minor updates to align with recent updates to law and policies, and associated roles and responsibilities.
  • October 2023 - v1.0 | Release: Our initial release of the course with core lessons, practice quizzes, and foundational learning.

Reviewed/Updated: October 2024

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