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Content Inventory, Audit & Accessibility Deadline Trainings

Web Communication is offering trainings on content inventory and audit, accessibility, and core concepts.

Join us during Open Lab on Fridays at 10 a.m. from September 2025 to January 2026. See the schedule below for training topics.

Content Inventory and Audit

The content inventory and audit will help organize your website. First, we’ll identify the web pages on the website in your content inventory. Next, you’ll add details about the page’s target audience and purpose. Then, add analytics data, accessibility concerns, and content information. All this information will help you audit, evaluate, and prioritize website updates. It can guide accessibility fixes or aid in transitioning to a web design system. Finally, this inventory and audit will help manage the website effectively.

Accessibility Deadline and Core Concepts

To prepare for the Department of Justice’s deadline on April 24, 2026, we will review the core concepts. These trainings will include common accessibility testing tools, errors and alerts, when to remediate, and best practices.

All Are Welcome

The content inventory and audit training is for anyone who publishes web content. Anyone can do a content inventory and audit. Some tools used work only with WordPress, but others are available for everyone.

It helps website owners, managers, and content publishers organize and manage their content. This is helpful for websites, especially those using the Spine theme. Websites can transition to Web Design System 4, coming later this year. It is also helpful for those using the Spine theme who haven’t transitioned to the Web Design System.

The accessibility and core concepts trainings are for all content publishers. These trainings support you in remediating your content for the Department of Justice’s accessibility deadline. By then, all digital content must meet WCAG 2.1, Level AA.

Schedule

Training sessions will take place at 10:00 a.m. on Fridays during Open Lab. Please use the Open Lab Zoom link to access.

Content Inventory & Audit

Our Content Inventory, Audit, & Management resource.

  • Introduction to Content Inventory, Audit & Accessibility Deadline
    Sept. 5
    This introduction to the content inventory will get you started with suggested readings.
  • Inventory: Export URLs
    Sept. 19
    The URL Export plugin helps you find all the web pages on your website. Setting up this portion of the content inventory will set you up for success during the inventory and audit.
  • Inventory: Google Analytics Data
    Oct. 3
    We’ll set up Google Analytics data and use conditional formatting to highlight certain data points.
  • Inventory: Search Engine Optimization
    Oct. 17
    This training will need some extra effort to get the excerpts for the webpages.
  • Inventory: Accessibility and Content (Documents, Video, and Audio)
    Oct. 31
    We’ll look at the content to get a better understanding of the website’s content and work involved.
  • Audit: Accessibility & Remediation: Documents, Video, Audio 
    Dec. 5
    We’ll revisit the information about documents, videos, and audio found in the inventory to provide direction for any remediation.
  • Audit: Content, Priority, and Decisions
    Jan. 9
    Reviewing the inventory and audit information, you’ll make decisions to help prioritize web pages’ remediation and assign people to work on them.
  • Management: Content Management, Responsible Parties, and Maintenance
    Jan. 30
    All the work on the inventory and audit will help you use it throughout the life of the content and website. The content inventory will update with new data from the URL export and analytics data.

Accessibility & Core Concepts

These training sessions on core concepts will cover common accessibility testing tools, errors and alerts, when to remediate, and best practices.