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Creating a new blog post for my website
A step-by-step guide to creating a basic blog post, plus basic description of how blog posts appear on various pages of a website via Divi modules.
5 Key Steps to Maintaining Accessible Website Content
Your responsibilities to maintaining accessible website content broken down into 5 basic steps.
How People with Disabilities Use the Web
Watch these "persona" interviews from the W3C's Web Accessibility Initiative demonstrating how people of different abilities use assistive technology to navigate a digital world.
Accessibility Update – Fall 2025
Fall 2025 state of accessibility update.
Using SharePoint to Post Website Documents
Basic overview of how SharePoint (or other cloud storage) can be used to display read-only versions of Word documents instead of uploading PDFs or other documents to the WordPress media library.
Using Styles to Create Headings in Microsoft Word
Overview on using "Styles" in Word documents and best practices for creating accessible documents using Microsoft Word.
Using NVDA Screen Reader
Curious about how a screen reader works and want to dip your toes into the ocean? Here's a few tips. Screen readers are very valuable for truly knowing if your webpages are accessible. Be warned - this is a skill that requires practice, but comes with rewards!
Website Heading Structure
This tutorial focuses on understanding and managing website heading structure, the skeleton of a webpage. It is fundamental to building clean, navigable, and accessible webpages.
Accessible Documents
Accessible documents are necessary any time new content in the form Word, Excel, PowerPoint information is added directly to or linked from a website. This provides an overview of accessibility for written (Word) documents and initial accessibility steps you can take.
Grackle Google Add-on
"Grackle" is an add-on for Google Docs, Google Slides, and Google Sheets for checking for accessibility issues. If your team publishes to the web using Google productivity tools, this could be a step in assuring ADA compliance for website content.
Accessible Documents – Basics
A high-level overview for understanding document accessibility, why PDFs are problematic, and basic tips and tools for creating documents and posting accessible website content.
Creating a new blog post for my website
A step-by-step guide to creating a basic blog post, plus basic description of how blog posts appear on various pages of a website via Divi modules.
5 Key Steps to Maintaining Accessible Website Content
Your responsibilities to maintaining accessible website content broken down into 5 basic steps.
How People with Disabilities Use the Web
Watch these "persona" interviews from the W3C's Web Accessibility Initiative demonstrating how people of different abilities use assistive technology to navigate a digital world.
Accessibility Update – Fall 2025
Fall 2025 state of accessibility update.
Using SharePoint to Post Website Documents
Basic overview of how SharePoint (or other cloud storage) can be used to display read-only versions of Word documents instead of uploading PDFs or other documents to the WordPress media library.
Using Styles to Create Headings in Microsoft Word
Overview on using "Styles" in Word documents and best practices for creating accessible documents using Microsoft Word.
Using NVDA Screen Reader
Curious about how a screen reader works and want to dip your toes into the ocean? Here's a few tips. Screen readers are very valuable for truly knowing if your webpages are accessible. Be warned - this is a skill that requires practice, but comes with rewards!
Website Heading Structure
This tutorial focuses on understanding and managing website heading structure, the skeleton of a webpage. It is fundamental to building clean, navigable, and accessible webpages.
Accessible Documents
Accessible documents are necessary any time new content in the form Word, Excel, PowerPoint information is added directly to or linked from a website. This provides an overview of accessibility for written (Word) documents and initial accessibility steps you can take.
Grackle Google Add-on
"Grackle" is an add-on for Google Docs, Google Slides, and Google Sheets for checking for accessibility issues. If your team publishes to the web using Google productivity tools, this could be a step in assuring ADA compliance for website content.
Accessible Documents – Basics
A high-level overview for understanding document accessibility, why PDFs are problematic, and basic tips and tools for creating documents and posting accessible website content.
Training Calendar Version 1
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- November 18, 2025
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Website Accessibility Learning Group
November 18, 2025 11:00 am - 12:00 pm
The Website Accessibility Learning Group meets on the third Tuesday of the month, 11 AM - 12 PM.
This group will focus on learning about and determining specific steps LEANWI website library staff need to take to come into compliance with the new Title II (public entities) ADA requirements for accessibility of websites and mobile devices (https://www.ada.gov/resources/small-entity-compliance-guide/).
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- November 19, 2025
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Website 201: [Just] Beyond the Basics
November 19, 2025 11:00 am - 12:00 pm
Regular meet-up for those with basic website skills who want to become more proficient and efficient at
managing their website. Come prepared to log in to your website, share your screen, and ask your questions.Monthly on the 3rd Wednesday, 11 AM - 12 PM
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- November 20, 2025
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Website 201: [Just] Beyond the Basics
November 20, 2025 1:00 pm - 2:00 pm
Regular meet-up for those with basic website skills who want to become more proficient and efficient at managing their website. Come prepared to log in to your website, share your screen, and ask your questions.
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Website Office Hour: Creating Accessible Newsletters
November 20, 2025 2:00 pm - 3:00 pm
Topic: Creating Accessible Newsletters
The library newsletter is a critical marketing tool that helps broadcast news about library events and services to email lists and those visiting a website. But if you’re linking a newsletter to your website, it also needs to be WCAG compliant.
This session will cover basic principles of designing an email based or desktop published newsletter or, if you use an email service for delivering an HTML newsletter, either reviewing or testing your service’s compliance or for offering an accessible alternative.
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- December 8, 2025
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Training Calendar Version 2
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In-person website training interest survey
Contact
Erica Brewster
Data and Technology Services Consultant
Wisconsin Valley Library Service
Brendan Tuckey
LEANWI Technology Support Consultant
LEANWI
websitehelp@librarieswin.org
Monthly Office Hours
Additional online and in-person trainings announced via email.
If you are not receiving office hour or other website emails, please email websitehelp@librarieswin.org to be added to the distribution list.
