Designing Digital Content
Learn how to design effective digital content and consider user experience in making accessible design choices.
Less than 10 minutes
Accessibility for Designers - Text Contrast
Format: Video
Duration: 4 minutes
Audience: Beginner to Intermediate
Account creation/sign in required: No
Description: Do you know what barriers your website is potentially presenting for disabled people? A Mid Level Accessibility Consultant at AbilityNet shares text contrast requirements for accessibility.
User rating: 4/5 (based on 1 review)
Introduction to Digital Inclusion
Format: Video
Duration: 2 minutes
Audience: Beginner
Account creation/sign in required: No
Description: This video shares top tips on digital inclusion, from practical guidance on content design to how to think about digital tools for visual impairment. The video provides an introduction to what digital inclusion means, and talks about the fundamentals of digital technology and accessibility.
User rating: 3/5 (based on 1 review)
Between 10 minutes and 1 hour
Digital Creation, Innovation and Scholarship
Format: Webpage
Duration: Up to 1 hour
Audience: Beginners in Nursing
Account creation/sign in required: Yes (RCN membership)
Description: A resource designed to build your understanding of the skills you will need to demonstrate creativity, digital scholarship and innovation in your role.
User rating: This resource hasn’t been reviewed yet. Evaluate it here once you have worked through the content.
Digital Accessibility: Accessible Navigation
Format: eLearning
Duration: 15 minutes
Audience: Beginner/Intermediate
Account creation/sign in required: Yes
Description: This course covers the basics of navigation and how to ensure our spaces are navigation-friendly.
User rating: 5/5 (based on 1 review)
Digital Accessibility: Plain English
Format: eLearning
Duration: 15 minutes
Audience: Beginner/Intermediate
Account creation/sign in required: Yes
Description: This course covers how to write in plain English and utilise reading level checker tools.
User rating: 5/5 (based on 1 review)
Digital Accessibility: Colour and Contrast
Format: eLearning
Duration: 15 minutes
Audience: Beginner/Intermediate
Account creation/sign in required: Yes
Description: This course covers what colour and contrast are, how they affect your content and how you can make accessible choices.
User rating: 5/5 (based on 1 review)
Digital Accessibility: Online Layouts
Format: eLearning
Duration: 15 minutes
Audience: Beginner/Intermediate
Account creation/sign in required: Yes
Description: This course covers what layout means in the context of a website, how you can identify key accessibility issues in relation to web page layouts and techniques for creating accessible web layouts.
User rating: 5/5 (based on 1 review)
Digital Accessibility: Accessible Images
Format: eLearning
Duration: 15 minutes
Audience: Beginner/Intermediate
Account creation/sign in required: Yes
Description: This course aims to deliver understanding on how to make online images more accessible by using alt text. On completion of the course, you should also be able to identify key accessibility issues in relation to images and understand when to use alt text and image descriptions, and how to create appropriate descriptions.
User rating: 5/5 (based on 1 review)
Digital Scotland Service Standard
Format: Webpage
Duration: Up to 1 hour
Audience: Beginner/Intermediate
Account creation/sign in required: No
Description: Developed by Scottish Government, the Digital Scotland Service Standard is a set of 14 criteria that all organisations delivering public services should work towards. This webpage provides further information on each of the criteria.
User rating: This resource hasn’t been reviewed yet. Evaluate it here once you have worked through the content.
Between 1 and 3 hours
UX Design Short Course
Format: eLearning
Duration: Career Foundry advise 1 hour and 30 minutes, however users have said duration is 2 hours and 30 minutes.
Audience: Beginner
Account creation/sign in required: Yes
Description: This course will give you a thorough introduction to UX design—from what it is and why it matters, to the skills you'll need to be successful in the field. This is an ideal starting point if you're new to UX and curious to learn more.
User rating: 5/5 (based on 1 review)
More than 3 hours
Digital Skills: User Experience
Format: eLearning
Duration: 6 hours
Audience: Beginner
Account creation/sign in required: Yes
Description: Discover the fundamentals of user experience (UX), the basics of visual design, and the tools needed to become a UX designer.
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