Digital Accessibility

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Please revisit this page after March 3, 2018.

Digital Accessibility Checklists

Course specific

https://ati.gmu.edu/resources/accessibility-resources/course-checklist/ <--Review this checklist. How can it be converted?

Understanding Accommodation and Accessibility

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Learn about the differences between accommodation and accessibility and how they both contribute to student success.

Accessible Color and Contrast

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Learn about the options for accessible color contrast and how to effectively emphasize text.

Printable handouts and resources:

• Accessible Color and Contrast Checklist
• Color Contrast Analyzer from the Paciello Group (https://developer.paciellogroup.com/resources/contrastanalyser/)
• Credit Classes: Getting Started with Sakai (PDF)<--Use as template

Creating Structure for Easier Navigation

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Learn how to use heading styles and lists to make your content easier for students to navigate.

Printable handouts and resources:

• Checklist
• Maybe WebAIM

Making Images Accessible

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Learn about alternative text and how to compose useful text representations of images.

Printable handouts and resources:

• Checklist
• NC3ADL Presentation on Long Descriptions

Accessible Hyperlinks

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Learn about descriptive hyperlinks and how to compose them.

Printable handout:

• Checklist

Accessible Multimedia

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Learn how to use captions and transcripts to ensure your video and/or audio content is available to all of your students.

Printable handout and resources:

• Checklist
• Using Descriptive Language in Videos hyperlink: https://youtu.be/JYzIPG9CWsE