The Cybersecurity Awareness Training 2025 is offered through the UW–Madison Office of Cybersecurity and educates UW–Madison employees and students on ways to avoid and address cybersecurity risks. 

There are currently three versions of the online Cybersecurity Awareness Training.

• Cybersecurity Awareness Training 2025 (in Workday)

  • For employees

  • Created in Articulate Rise 360

  • Includes text, images, and vendor videos from Proofpoint

• Alternative Cybersecurity Awareness Training 2025 (in Canvas)

  • For employees

  • Accessible alternative to the Workday version

  • Text-based experience

  • Includes vendor videos from Proofpoint and a few images

• Student Cybersecurity Awareness Training 2025 (in Canvas)

  • For students (excluding student employees)

  • Created in Articulate Rise 360

  • Includes text, images, and vendor videos from Proofpoint

Get help

For assistance with the cybersecurity training or to report an accessibility barrier, contact cybersecurityawareness@cio.wisc.edu. Submit a GetHelpUW ticket for technical difficulties or questions about Workday. 

Articulate Rise 360 accessibility features

The Cybersecurity Awareness Training in Workday and the Student Cybersecurity Awareness Training in Canvas both use Articulate Rise 360. Keep reading to learn about the accessibility features included in these courses.

Keyboard Navigation 

Articulate Rise 360 offers keyboard-accessible shortcuts to help learners navigate using a keyboard. Shortcuts can help learners who find a mouse or other device a barrier in their learning.

Screen Readers 

Articulate Rise 360 supports JAWS, NVDA, VoiceOver, and TalkBack screen readers with their supported browsers.

Accessing the alternative Canvas course

Employees can take the Alternative Cybersecurity Awareness Training 2025 in Canvas if they have concerns about completing the cybersecurity training in Workday.

For disability-related barriers, contact your Divisional Disability Representative to receive the enrollment link for the alternative Canvas course.

For all other barriers, contact your HR Representative to receive the enrollment link.

Accessibility and usability barriers 

The following information is provided to help people know what potential barriers may exist within the different versions of the online Cybersecurity Awareness Training.

Cybersecurity Awareness Training 2025 (Workday)

Lack of status updates on enrollment page may impact screen reader users

After selecting the Enroll button on the course enrollment page, the page refreshes and the Enroll button becomes the Start Course or Resume Course button. There is no status update or other obvious change to the page content, which could cause confusion on how to access the course after enrolling. 

Unlabeled elements may impact screen reader users

After submitting the answer for a knowledge check, screen reader focus remains on the Submit button that is no longer on the screen. The screen reader announces the button as “Unavailable,” which could make it seem like there is content the end user cannot access. 

Readability and text barriers may impact users with visual, motor, or cognitive disabilities

On the enrollment page, many of the labels start with “UWMSN” as shorthand for UW–Madison. Screen readers often try to announce this phonetically. This can make it difficult to discern different elements of the page. Additionally, content in collapsed sections can collide as the user Tabs through available links on the enrollment page. The content reflows when the user expands the section, but it can be difficult to track keyboard focus.

In the Rise 360 part of the course, many buttons use all caps text. This could make them difficult to read for users with reading disabilities or low vision. Using all caps text for buttons is a default style setting in Rise 360. Links that open in a new tab may impact users with visual disabilities

Alternative Cybersecurity Awareness Training 2025 (Canvas)

Links that open in a new tab may impact users with cognitive or visual disabilities

In Canvas, some links open in a new tab without prior warning. This could be disorienting for some users, such as people with cognitive or visual disabilities who navigate via screen reader.

Student Cybersecurity Awareness Training 2025 (Canvas)

Links that open in a new tab may impact users with cognitive or visual disabilities

In Canvas, some links open in a new tab without prior warning. This could be disorienting for some users, such as people with cognitive or visual disabilities who navigate via screen reader.

Readability and text barriers may impact users with cognitive or visual disabilities

In the Rise 360 part of the course, many buttons use all caps text. This could make them difficult to read for users with reading disabilities or low vision. Using all caps text for buttons is a default style setting in Rise 360. Links that open in a new tab may impact users with visual disabilities