Here are some resources to aid users of assistive technology:
Please use review the job aid below if you use JAWS to access the TMS:
Log into the VA TMS
Once you are signed into TMS, you can access your courses from the course link on your To-do list. Mandatory and other courses are listed in a table.
If your screen reader does not find a table
You may need to tell the page to display all courses with no due date restrictions:
Launch a course by locating the table and clicking the “Go to Content” button
Enter Table mode, and Window Eyes will allow you to read the table cell-by-cell.
Tips for taking courses on TMS
Courses take many different forms. Some courses have a frame that contains a list of links to access every page of course content. Once clicked, the course content appears in another frame. There may be a header and footer frame as well. The following shortcuts may help you move through the content:
VALU has many resources to help you develop new job skills. To keep track of your courses, TMS has many tools to guide your learning path. The following information will help you find:
TMS Password Reset
Course Catalog
Mandatory Training
Learning Record / Certificates
Instructions for all VA employees looking for help getting started on TMS.
Some mandatory courses require you to install following plug-in:
How-to instructions for managing employee training, alternating supervisors, and getting credit for reviewing tutorials.
All local TMS administrators are invited to join this Community of Practice. Only available to VA employees who have a TMS administrator role.
This community features:
Standard Roles: Used across all domains to manage TMS
Additional Roles: Only appear in selected domains for pilot testing
These resources can help you create content that is 508 compliant.
VA does not support outside resources. VA is not responsible for content on external links.
FireEyes is a web accessibility tool that ensures that content complies with Section 508 standards. It enables errors to be reproduced so that they can be fixed. With FireEyes you can: record error scripts in a single location; show the exact sequence of steps to trigger the problem; share the report with others so they can see exactly how the problem occurred. For more information or to get started installing FireEyes:
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Books 24x7 Help Guides:
Mobile access
Audio books
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