Free Online Course from EdX: Introduction to Web Accessibility

EdX is offering a free online course Introduction to Web Accessibility. Through this course, you will get a strong foundation in digital accessibility to make your websites and apps work well for people with disabilities, and provide a better user experience for everyone.

What you'll learn:

• What accessibility means, and how it’s essential.
• The scope of web accessibility, and how it applies to a wide range of people and situations.
• The business case, including how accessibility can expand market reach, demonstrate social responsibility, drive innovation, and minimize legal risk.
• The W3C Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) and other international standards for accessibility.
• The principles of accessibility: Perceivable, Operable, Understandable, and Robust (POUR).
• How you can check web pages for some basic accessibility issues and improve accessibility.
• Where to find the right resources for developers and designers to implement accessibility.
• Approaches for planning managing accessibility in your project and in your organization.

Additional Information:

• Length: 4 Weeks 4 – 5 hours per week

• Price: FREE Add a Verified Certificate for $99 USD

About EdX:

EdX is an online learning destination and a massive open online course provider, it is founded by Harvard University and Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) in 2026. edX offers high-quality courses from the world’s best universities and institutions to learners everywhere. It is open to students from around the world, who are interested in different fields like computer science, languages, engineering, psychology, writing, electronics, biology or marketing. With more than 130 global partners, edX counts the world’s leading universities, nonprofits, and institutions as their partners to provide the best online courses on the Web.

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