{"id":850,"date":"2026-04-08T09:35:41","date_gmt":"2026-04-08T14:35:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wp.stolaf.edu\/accessibility\/?page_id=850"},"modified":"2026-11-02T14:03:24","modified_gmt":"2026-11-02T20:03:24","slug":"training-and-certification","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/wp.stolaf.edu\/accessibility\/training-and-certification\/","title":{"rendered":"Training and Certification"},"content":{"rendered":"<div data-modular-content-collection>\t\t\t<div\n\t\t\tclass=\"site-section site-panel__wysiwyg panel panel-wysiwyg site-section__bg--white\"\n\t\t\tdata-depth=\"\"\n\t\t\tdata-js-panel=\"wysiwyg\"\n\t\t>\n\t\n\t\t\t<div class=\"site-section__inner l-wrapper site-section__inner--bottom-padding-none site-section__bg--white\">\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t<div class=\"site-section__content \">\n\t\t<div class=\"site-grid site-grid__wrapper site-grid__wrapper-stagger\"\n\t\t\t data-depth=\"0\"\n\t\t\t data-name=\"columns\"\n\t\t\t data-livetext>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"site-grid__col\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"site-panel__wysiwyg-content\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"t-content \"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t data-depth=\"0\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t data-index=\"0\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t data-autop=\"true\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t data-name=\"column_content\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div style=\"width: 100%; height: 100%; background-color: #f7f5f2; border: 2px solid #53585a; padding: 20px; border-radius: 15px; margin-bottom: 20px;\">\n<div class=\"gmail_default\" style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<p style=\"color: #ffffff; margin-bottom: -5px;\"><span style=\"font-family: Calluna Sans; font-weight: 500; line-height: 0.8; color: #242421; font-size: 20px;\">To ensure an accessibility-first mindset, all faculty and staff who manage web content will be required to complete a set of training modules and earn a &#8220;<strong>Certification of Training in Digital Accessibility.<\/strong>&#8221; Editing access to the St. Olaf website will only be provided to employees who successfully pass these modules. This mandatory training will be re-administered on an annual basis to reinforce these habits.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t<\/div> <!-- .site-grid__col -->\n\t\t\t\n\t\t<\/div> <!-- .site-grid, .site-grid__wrapper -->\n\t<\/div> <!-- site-section__content -->\n\n\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\n\n\n\t\t\t<div\n\t\t\tclass=\"site-section site-panel__wysiwyg panel panel-wysiwyg site-section__bg--normal\"\n\t\t\tdata-depth=\"\"\n\t\t\tdata-js-panel=\"wysiwyg\"\n\t\t>\n\t\n\t\t\t<div class=\"site-section__inner l-wrapper site-section__inner--bottom-padding-none\">\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t<div class=\"site-section__content \">\n\t\t<div class=\"site-grid site-grid__wrapper site-grid__wrapper-stagger\"\n\t\t\t data-depth=\"0\"\n\t\t\t data-name=\"columns\"\n\t\t\t data-livetext>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"site-grid__col\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"site-panel__wysiwyg-content\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"t-content \"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t data-depth=\"0\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t data-index=\"0\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t data-autop=\"true\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t data-name=\"column_content\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-family: Calluna Sans; font-weight: bold; padding: 4px; text-transform: uppercase; font-variant-numeric: lining-nums; border: 2px solid #6e3a5d; background-color: #f6c167; color: #6e3a5d; font-size: 16px; border-radius: 50px;\">\u00a0modules\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h4 style=\"color: #6e3a5d; font-size: 35px; font-weight: 675; margin-bottom: 15px; margin-top: -15px; text-align: left;\">Mandatory Training Modules<\/h4>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Calluna Sans; font-weight: 500; line-height: .2; color: #242421; font-size: 18px;\">The <a href=\"https:\/\/mdl.stolaf.edu\/course\/view.php?id=63507\">Equalize Digital training module<\/a>\u00a0is available now on Moodle and covers topics including:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: Calluna Sans; font-weight: 500; line-height: .2; color: #242421; font-size: 18px;\">Accessible Use of WordPress Core Blocks<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: Calluna Sans; font-weight: 500; line-height: .2; color: #242421; font-size: 18px;\">Accessible Use of St. Olaf Custom Theme Blocks<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: Calluna Sans; font-weight: 500; line-height: .2; color: #242421; font-size: 18px;\">Utilizing Accessibility Checker Plugin<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: Calluna Sans; font-weight: 500; line-height: .2; color: #242421; font-size: 18px;\">Intro to the Accessibility Checker<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: Calluna Sans; font-weight: 500; line-height: .2; color: #242421; font-size: 18px;\">Determining What You Can\/Can&#8217;t Fix<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: Calluna Sans; font-weight: 500; line-height: .2; color: #242421; font-size: 18px;\">Preventing Recurring Issues (Alt Text, Heading Use, Ambiguous Links, Color Contrast)<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: Calluna Sans; font-weight: 500; line-height: .2; color: #242421; font-size: 18px;\">Accessibility and PDFs (Cautionary Note)<br \/>\n<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<hr style=\"width: 100%;\" width=\"100%\" \/>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Calluna Sans; font-weight: bold; padding: 4px; text-transform: uppercase; font-variant-numeric: lining-nums; border: 2px solid #6e3a5d; background-color: #f6c167; color: #6e3a5d; font-size: 16px; border-radius: 50px;\">\u00a0certification\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h4 style=\"color: #6e3a5d; font-size: 35px; font-weight: 675; margin-bottom: 15px; margin-top: -15px; text-align: left;\">Certification of Training<\/h4>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Calluna Sans; font-weight: 500; line-height: .2; color: #242421; font-size: 18px;\">While this initiative is still under development, it is intended to be administered annually. The first phase of this training is required to be completed by October 31, 2026.<br \/>\nIt is our hope to move accessibility from a &#8220;checkbox&#8221; to a &#8220;culture.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<hr style=\"width: 100%;\" width=\"100%\" \/>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Calluna Sans; font-weight: bold; padding: 4px; text-transform: uppercase; font-variant-numeric: lining-nums; border: 2px solid #6e3a5d; background-color: #f6c167; color: #6e3a5d; font-size: 16px; border-radius: 50px;\">\u00a0Re-Certification\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h4 style=\"color: #6e3a5d; font-size: 35px; font-weight: 675; margin-bottom: 15px; margin-top: -15px; text-align: left;\">Recertification Policy<\/h4>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Calluna Sans; font-weight: 500; line-height: .2; color: #242421; font-size: 18px;\">An annual refresher strategy will be essential in maintaining an ongoing commitment to accessibility, ensuring continuous conformance with evolving WCAG 2.1 Level AA standards, and to account for staff turnover among web content owners.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>To ensure this annual refresher does not become a burden, our strategy focuses on efficiency and streamlined processes while maximizing impact and effectiveness. 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