Designing for Usability and Accessibility of Laboratory Training

Course Description

Laboratory training content should be usable and accessible. Usability is the practice of ensuring that training materials and environments are easy to use, intuitive, and satisfactory. Accessibility, on the other hand, is the practice of ensuring that training materials and environments are accessible to all learners. This course guides learners through the application of CDC’s Quality Training Standard #5: Training is designed for usability and accessibility. The strategies and practices covered are adaptable across different training types, including eLearning, in-person training, and hands-on approaches such as the “See one, do one, teach one” method.

Audience

This basic-level course is intended for public health and clinical laboratory professionals who develop and deliver laboratory training.

Accessibility

Course content is closed captioned, where applicable, and optimized for a screen reader.

Objectives

At the end of this course, learners should be able to:

• Define usability and accessibility practices in laboratory training.
• Describe the benefit of using a conversational writing style in laboratory training.
• Identify at least two examples of designing for the user experience.