Calling all managers! Join us for an overview of how Harvard’s EAP can provide consultations that help you help others and yourself.

Click here to learn more and register for this free webinar (HarvardKey protected)

That constant pressure you feel but can’t quite name? For almost half of us, it’s the intensity of caring for a loved one. Join us as Alexandra Drane, CEO and Co-founder of ARCHANGELS, dives into the data on how caregiving is the job many of us don’t even realize we have, its impact on our work, relationships, and physical and mental health, and the surprising solutions that actually help.

You’ll be shocked by the weight and intensity of the load we’re actually carrying and in awe of the steps you can take to make things a little easier. Whether you’re actively employed and...

Beginning Friday, November 26, the Harvard Museums of Science & Culture will open their doors to all visitors! Tickets can be reserved online starting November 20. Advance reservations are required. Due to the volume of reservations, HMSC cannot guarantee that tickets will be available for walk-ins and/or unreserved admissions. 

Reservations are currently available for Harvard ID holders, HMSC members, volunteers, and their accompanied guests. 

For a streamlined admission...

This training will be held virtually via Zoom on April 5 and 6 from 9 am - 11 am, and 1 pm - 3 pm each day. This course is part of the IT Academy, but is open to all and recommended for anyone and everyone at Harvard.  

This course provides an overview of digital accessibility and includes a number of activities for which your laptop will be required. This course will cover: 

• Introduction to accessibility – gain understanding about the meaning, history, and importance of digital accessibility,...

Writing for websites and digital platforms is different from writing for print and other more traditional (offline) formats. The Writing for the Web 1.5 hour course, offered by Harvard Web Publishing, offers insights and best practices on online content consumption, content strategy, and how you can improve your website's usability by following simple proofreading, readability, and accessibility practices.

Audience: University-Wide
Pre-Requisites: None
Cost: None
Late Drop/Cancel Fee: None

Please contact the IT Academy...

This training will be held virtually via Zoom on February 9 and 10 from 9 am - 11 am, and 1 pm - 3 pm each day. This course is part of the IT Academy, but is open to all and recommended for anyone and everyone at Harvard.  

This course provides an overview of digital accessibility and includes a number of activities for which your laptop will be required. This course will cover: 

• Introduction to accessibility – gain understanding about the meaning, history, and importance of digital accessibility,...

This training will introduce learners to digital accessibility, demonstrate its importance, and provide guidance about Harvard’s Digital Accessibility Policy. We will discuss best practices for creating accessible web content, and also for updating existing content to make it accessible to all users. 

The audience for this training is anyone who develops, edits, or publishes content for a website at Harvard, even if it's not your main job responsibility. There will be some...

This course provides an overview of the concepts and concrete steps to create accessible documents. Designing with accessibility in mind improves ease of use and access to your content for everyone. To ensure a hands-on learning experience in this course, there are a number of activities for which your laptop will be required.

Software requirements: Microsoft Word and Microsoft PowerPoint.
Recommended software: Adobe Acrobat Pro DC.

This course will provide:

• Understanding of core concepts and benefits of accessible design
• How to...

Siteimprove Accessibility, the Harvard-licensed tool to check accessibility, is changing to a new, improved version called NextGen. The new version will have a similar user experience and will still allow you to monitor your site’s accessibility, but will include new features that will make understanding and implementing accessibility fixes much more streamlined. This overview will show you what’s changing, what’s staying the same, and how to use the new NextGen features.

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Intended Audience: Those working independently or participating in building an OpenScholar website.

In this interactive training we will work through a series of hands on activities showing you how to use the OpenScholar software to build a website (such as research projects, initiatives, or department sites).

At the end of the workshop, participants will be able to use the administrative interface of OS to build a website on OpenScholar. No previous experience creating websites is needed.

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This training will be held virtually via Zoom on December 14 and 15 from 9 am - 11 am, and 1 pm - 3 pm each day. This course is part of the IT Academy, but is open to all and recommended for anyone and everyone at Harvard.  

This course provides an overview of digital accessibility and includes a number of activities for which your laptop will be required. This course will cover: 

• Introduction to accessibility – gain understanding about the meaning, history, and importance of digital...

This training introduces and explores basic concepts of digital accessibility and relevant university policies including the Digital Accessibility Policy and the Accessible Technology Procurement and Development Policy.

No prerequisite experience with accessibility is required. Learn how you and your department can create more inclusive and welcoming...

Web Accessibility for Developers is a training based on 10 Essentials for Developers. Meant as a follow-up to "Digital Accessibility for Content Creators" or another introduction to accessibility, we survey some essentials for developers with code examples, demonstrations, and an emphasis on testing.

This training will be held virtually via Zoom in two sessions: 10 am - 12 pm, and 2 pm - 4 pm. 

Please email ...