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Teach Access Accessibility Skills Hiring Toolkit

Teach Access provides the Accessibility Skills Hiring Toolkit to help organizations build internal capacity for producing accessible digital products by developing a knowledgeable and skilled workforce. The toolkit currently provides Position Description Language and Interview Questions.

The Instructional Designer creates, produces, and publishes digital instructional resources.
The Instructional Designer ensures compliance with digital accessibility regulations and requirements by performing the following duties and responsibilities:
- Create instructional resources with accessibility in mind
- Create alternatives for multimedia content, such as captions and audio descriptions
- Use platforms and tools that support accessibility
- Partner with colleagues and team members to prioritize accessibility in course production

Applicants for the Instructional Designer role are required to have these qualifications:

Knowledge of digital accessibility and disability inclusion
Knowledge of regulations related to digital accessibility (e.g., Section 508, ADA)
Knowledge of WCAG 2.1 AA requirements
Experience producing instructional resources that are in compliance with accessibility standards

Applicants with the following qualifications will be preferred:

Experience applying best practices in universal design for learning to creating instructional digital resources

Knowledge of digital accessibility and disability inclusion
- Who benefits from accessibility?
- How would you define inclusive and/or universal design? Can you provide an example? (Does not need to be web related)
- What resources would you recommend to someone who wants to keep informed of the latest updates on accessibility and inclusive design?
Experience producing instructional resources that are in compliance with accessibility standards
- How do you see accessibility fitting into your role in the organization?
- How do you incorporate accessibility into your day to day activities? (Email, document creation, when presenting content, etc.).

Knowledge of regulations related to digital accessibility (e.g., Section 508, ADA)
- Describe the difference between Section 504 and Section 508 of the Rehabilitation Act.
- Describe the difference between Section 508 and the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines.
Knowledge of WCAG 2.1 AA requirements
- What is WCAG? What are the differences between A, AA, and AAA compliance?
- What are the Authoring Tools Accessibility Guidelines and what are some of the benefits of using these guidelines when creating an authoring tool?
Experience producing instructional resources that are in compliance with accessibility standards
- How do you see accessibility fitting into your role in the organization?
- What experience do you have with creating accessible documents? What experience do you have with training others on creating accessible documents?
- When presenting, what are key considerations you make to ensure you are presenting content in an accessible manner?
- When recording instructional videos, what are the key elements you need to implement to insure the videos are inclusive to all?
- What are some questions you would ask if your organization was purchasing a new online learning platform?

Describe your experience applying best practices in universal design for learning to creating instructional digital resources

A list of translations will be provided here when received by language. Please submit through GitHub.