diff --git a/contentcuration/contentcuration/frontend/channelEdit/components/edit/__tests__/accessibilityOptions.spec.js b/contentcuration/contentcuration/frontend/channelEdit/components/edit/__tests__/accessibilityOptions.spec.js
index 3248b7180e..f60b3ee332 100644
--- a/contentcuration/contentcuration/frontend/channelEdit/components/edit/__tests__/accessibilityOptions.spec.js
+++ b/contentcuration/contentcuration/frontend/channelEdit/components/edit/__tests__/accessibilityOptions.spec.js
@@ -1,101 +1,134 @@
-import { shallowMount, mount } from '@vue/test-utils';
+import { render, screen, configure } from '@testing-library/vue';
+import userEvent from '@testing-library/user-event';
 import AccessibilityOptions from '../AccessibilityOptions.vue';
+import { AccessibilityCategories } from 'shared/constants';
+
+beforeAll(() => {
+  configure({ testIdAttribute: 'data-test' });
+});
+
+afterAll(() => {
+  configure({ testIdAttribute: 'data-testid' });
+});
 
 describe('AccessibilityOptions', () => {
-  it('smoke test', () => {
-    const wrapper = shallowMount(AccessibilityOptions, {
-      propsData: {
+  const mockConstantsMixin = {};
+  const mockMetadataMixin = {
+    methods: {
+      translateMetadataString: str => str,
+    },
+  };
+
+  const renderComponent = props => {
+    return render(AccessibilityOptions, {
+      props: {
         kind: 'document',
+        value: [],
+        ...props,
+      },
+      routes: [],
+      mixins: [mockConstantsMixin, mockMetadataMixin],
+      mocks: {
+        $tr: key => key,
       },
     });
-    expect(wrapper.exists()).toBe(true);
+  };
+
+  it('renders successfully', () => {
+    renderComponent();
+    expect(screen.getAllByRole('checkbox').length).toBeGreaterThan(0);
   });
 
-  it('should display the correct list of accessibility options if resource is a document', () => {
-    const wrapper = mount(AccessibilityOptions, {
-      propsData: {
-        kind: 'document',
-      },
-    });
+  it('shows document-specific accessibility options to the user', () => {
+    renderComponent({ kind: 'document' });
 
-    expect(wrapper.findComponent('[data-test="checkbox-altText"]').exists()).toBe(true);
-    expect(wrapper.findComponent('[data-test="checkbox-highContrast"]').exists()).toBe(true);
-    expect(wrapper.findComponent('[data-test="checkbox-taggedPdf"]').exists()).toBe(true);
-    expect(wrapper.findComponent('[data-test="checkbox-signLanguage"]').exists()).toBe(false);
-    expect(wrapper.findComponent('[data-test="checkbox-audioDescription"]').exists()).toBe(false);
+    const checkboxes = screen.getAllByRole('checkbox');
+    expect(checkboxes).toHaveLength(3);
+
+    expect(screen.getByRole('checkbox', { name: /altText/i })).toBeInTheDocument();
+    expect(screen.getByRole('checkbox', { name: /highContrast/i })).toBeInTheDocument();
+    expect(screen.getByRole('checkbox', { name: /taggedPdf/i })).toBeInTheDocument();
   });
 
-  it('should display the correct list of accessibility options if resource is a video', () => {
-    const wrapper = mount(AccessibilityOptions, {
-      propsData: {
-        kind: 'video',
-      },
-    });
+  it('shows video-specific accessibility options to the user', () => {
+    renderComponent({ kind: 'video' });
+
+    const checkboxes = screen.getAllByRole('checkbox');
+    expect(checkboxes).toHaveLength(3);
 
-    expect(wrapper.findComponent('[data-test="checkbox-altText"]').exists()).toBe(false);
-    expect(wrapper.findComponent('[data-test="checkbox-highContrast"]').exists()).toBe(false);
-    expect(wrapper.findComponent('[data-test="checkbox-taggedPdf"]').exists()).toBe(false);
-    expect(wrapper.findComponent('[data-test="checkbox-signLanguage"]').exists()).toBe(true);
-    expect(wrapper.findComponent('[data-test="checkbox-audioDescription"]').exists()).toBe(true);
-    expect(wrapper.findComponent('[data-test="checkbox-captionsSubtitles"]').exists()).toBe(true);
-    expect(wrapper.findComponent('[data-test="tooltip-captionsSubtitles"]').exists()).toBe(false);
+    expect(screen.getByRole('checkbox', { name: /signLanguage/i })).toBeInTheDocument();
+    expect(screen.getByRole('checkbox', { name: /audioDescription/i })).toBeInTheDocument();
+    expect(screen.getByRole('checkbox', { name: /captionsSubtitles/i })).toBeInTheDocument();
+
+    expect(screen.queryByTestId('tooltip-captionsSubtitles')).not.toBeInTheDocument();
   });
 
-  it('should display the correct list of accessibility options if resource is an exercise/practice', () => {
-    const wrapper = mount(AccessibilityOptions, {
-      propsData: {
-        kind: 'exercise',
-      },
-    });
+  it('shows exercise-specific accessibility options to the user', () => {
+    renderComponent({ kind: 'exercise' });
 
-    expect(wrapper.findComponent('[data-test="checkbox-altText"]').exists()).toBe(true);
-    expect(wrapper.findComponent('[data-test="checkbox-highContrast"]').exists()).toBe(false);
-    expect(wrapper.findComponent('[data-test="checkbox-taggedPdf"]').exists()).toBe(false);
-    expect(wrapper.findComponent('[data-test="checkbox-signLanguage"]').exists()).toBe(false);
-    expect(wrapper.findComponent('[data-test="checkbox-audioDescription"]').exists()).toBe(false);
+    const checkboxes = screen.getAllByRole('checkbox');
+    expect(checkboxes).toHaveLength(1);
+    expect(screen.getByRole('checkbox', { name: /altText/i })).toBeInTheDocument();
   });
 
-  it('should display the correct list of accessibility options if resource is html5/zip', () => {
-    const wrapper = mount(AccessibilityOptions, {
-      propsData: {
-        kind: 'html5',
-      },
-    });
+  it('shows HTML5-specific accessibility options to the user', () => {
+    renderComponent({ kind: 'html5' });
 
-    expect(wrapper.findComponent('[data-test="checkbox-altText"]').exists()).toBe(true);
-    expect(wrapper.findComponent('[data-test="checkbox-highContrast"]').exists()).toBe(true);
-    expect(wrapper.findComponent('[data-test="checkbox-taggedPdf"]').exists()).toBe(false);
-    expect(wrapper.findComponent('[data-test="checkbox-signLanguage"]').exists()).toBe(false);
-    expect(wrapper.findComponent('[data-test="checkbox-audioDescription"]').exists()).toBe(false);
+    const checkboxes = screen.getAllByRole('checkbox');
+    expect(checkboxes).toHaveLength(2);
+    expect(screen.getByRole('checkbox', { name: /altText/i })).toBeInTheDocument();
+    expect(screen.getByRole('checkbox', { name: /highContrast/i })).toBeInTheDocument();
   });
 
-  it('should display the correct list of accessibility options if resource is an audio', () => {
-    const wrapper = mount(AccessibilityOptions, {
-      propsData: {
-        kind: 'audio',
-      },
-    });
+  it('shows audio-specific accessibility options to the user', () => {
+    renderComponent({ kind: 'audio' });
 
-    expect(wrapper.findComponent('[data-test="checkbox-captionsSubtitles"]').exists()).toBe(true);
-    expect(wrapper.findComponent('[data-test="tooltip-captionsSubtitles"]').exists()).toBe(false);
+    const checkboxes = screen.getAllByRole('checkbox');
+    expect(checkboxes).toHaveLength(1);
+    expect(screen.getByRole('checkbox', { name: /captionsSubtitles/i })).toBeInTheDocument();
   });
 
-  it('should render appropriate tooltips along with the checkbox', () => {
-    const wrapper = mount(AccessibilityOptions, {
-      propsData: {
-        kind: 'document',
-      },
+  it('renders informative tooltips next to the corresponding options', () => {
+    renderComponent({ kind: 'document' });
+
+    expect(screen.getByTestId('tooltip-altText')).toBeInTheDocument();
+    expect(screen.getByTestId('tooltip-highContrast')).toBeInTheDocument();
+    expect(screen.getByTestId('tooltip-taggedPdf')).toBeInTheDocument();
+  });
+
+  describe('User Interactions and v-model', () => {
+    it('emits an input event with the updated array when a user checks an option', async () => {
+      const { emitted } = renderComponent({ kind: 'document', value: [] });
+
+      const altTextCheckbox = screen.getByRole('checkbox', { name: /altText/i });
+      await userEvent.click(altTextCheckbox);
+
+      expect(emitted()).toHaveProperty('input');
+      expect(emitted().input[0][0]).toEqual([AccessibilityCategories.ALT_TEXT]);
     });
 
-    expect(wrapper.findComponent('[data-test="checkbox-altText"]').exists()).toBe(true);
-    expect(wrapper.findComponent('[data-test="tooltip-altText"]').exists()).toBe(true);
-    expect(wrapper.findComponent('[data-test="checkbox-highContrast"]').exists()).toBe(true);
-    expect(wrapper.findComponent('[data-test="tooltip-highContrast"]').exists()).toBe(true);
-    expect(wrapper.findComponent('[data-test="checkbox-taggedPdf"]').exists()).toBe(true);
-    expect(wrapper.findComponent('[data-test="tooltip-taggedPdf"]').exists()).toBe(true);
-    expect(wrapper.findComponent('[data-test="checkbox-signLanguage"]').exists()).toBe(false);
-    expect(wrapper.findComponent('[data-test="tooltip-signLanguage"]').exists()).toBe(false);
-    expect(wrapper.findComponent('[data-test="checkbox-audioDescription"]').exists()).toBe(false);
-    expect(wrapper.findComponent('[data-test="tooltip-audioDescription"]').exists()).toBe(false);
+    it('emits an updated array with the item removed when a user unchecks a pre-checked option', async () => {
+      const { emitted } = renderComponent({
+        kind: 'video',
+        value: [AccessibilityCategories.SIGN_LANGUAGE],
+      });
+
+      const signLanguageCheckbox = screen.getByRole('checkbox', { name: /signLanguage/i });
+      await userEvent.click(signLanguageCheckbox);
+
+      expect(emitted()).toHaveProperty('input');
+      expect(emitted().input[0][0]).toEqual([]);
+    });
+
+    it('renders correctly when accessibility options are pre-checked via v-model', () => {
+      renderComponent({
+        kind: 'video',
+        value: [AccessibilityCategories.SIGN_LANGUAGE, AccessibilityCategories.CAPTIONS_SUBTITLES],
+      });
+
+      expect(screen.getByRole('checkbox', { name: /signLanguage/i })).toBeChecked();
+      expect(screen.getByRole('checkbox', { name: /captionsSubtitles/i })).toBeChecked();
+      expect(screen.getByRole('checkbox', { name: /audioDescription/i })).not.toBeChecked();
+    });
   });
 });