This course is an introduction to the principles and practices of remediating inaccessible PDF documents.

This course will cover:

• the guidelines that are used to evaluate a PDFs level of accessibility.
• PDF tags - the primary method for making PDF documents accessible.
• tools used in evaluating a PDF’s accessibility.
• the remediation process for inaccessible PDF documents using two approaches:
  • using Adobe Acrobat Pro and (optionally) the CommonLook PDF Global Access plug-in for Adobe Acrobat Pro (referred to as“CommonLook PGA”) , and
  • converting PDFs to HTML documents.

These lessons, related resource libraries, and quizzes will help to prepare you for remediation work in the growing technical field of digital accessibility.

Note: Before completing this course, we suggest that you first complete the Web Accessibility Auditing course. This will provide you with important background information.