PDF Accessibility Essentials
Adobe Experience League Resources
Skill Level: Beginner to Intermediate 🧗🏽
Microsoft Word and Adobe Acrobat Pro are recommended for participants who would like to follow along with the demonstrations and practice the techniques. They are not required to view the training content.
If you have questions about the software, Student Affairs staff should contact the SAIT Help Desk at support@sait.ucla.edu for assistance. If you are with an external department, please refer to the UCLA Knowledge Base for instructions.
Use this free course as a foundation for building confidence with document structure, navigation, and reader-friendly design.
Course Highlights💡
Learn how to create, check, and remediate accessible PDFs so digital content can be used by everyone, including people who rely on assistive technologies.
~ 1 hour
Estimated complete time
100%
Focused on practical document remediation
Certificate
Available through Adobe Experience League
Why This Training Matters
PDFs are often used to share important information, forms, and resources. Building accessibility into these documents helps support clearer communication, better usability, and compliance with UC digital accessibility expectations.
PDFs are often used to share important information, forms, and resources. Building accessibility into these documents helps support clearer communication, better usability, and compliance with UC digital accessibility expectations.
Improve the Reader Experience 📃Good document structure supports clearer navigation, better readability, and more consistent use across devices and assistive technologies.
Meet UC Requirements 🏫UC policy requires digital content to meet accessibility expectations. This course helps PDF creators understand and meet that responsibility.
What You Will Learn
The course walks through key steps for preparing PDFs for accessibility, including document setup, tagging, scanned documents, forms, tables, and accessibility checks.
- Understand the importance of accessible PDFs
- Create accessible PDFs and forms
- Add alternative text to meaningful images
- Tag lists and complex tables correctly
- Set up the Acrobat workspace for accessibility work
- Make scanned documents accessible with OCR
- Use tags to support structure and reading order
- Run accessibility checks and fix common issues
Certificate of Completion 🎖️
After completing the course, users can receive a certificate of completion through Adobe Experience League. This can help document training completion and demonstrate familiarity with PDF accessibility essentials.