Digital Accessibility

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Accessibility Training Handouts and Resources

Creating Accessible Documents in Word

Creating Accessible PowerPoint Presentations

Five Easy Ways to Make Your Classes More Accessible

  • Five Easy Ways Session Handout (PDF)


Digital Accessibility Checklist


Understanding Accommodation and Accessibility


  • What are the differences between accommodation and digital accessibility?
  • How do accommodations and digital accessibility contribute to student success?

Video Transcript of Accessibility and Accommodation (text file)

Accessible Color and Contrast


  • What options for accessible color contrast are available?
  • How do you emphasize text or convey information accessibly with color?

Video Transcript of Making Accessible Color Choices (text file)

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Creating Structure for Easier Navigation


  • How does structure make your content easier for students to navigate?
  • How do you structure content with heading styles and lists?

Video Transcript of Understanding Content Structure (text file)

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Making Images Accessible


  • What is alternative text?
  • How do you compose useful text representations of images?

Video Transcript of Understanding Alt Text (text file)

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Accessible Hyperlinks


  • How do descriptive hyperlinks help all users?
  • How do you compose descriptive hyperlinks?

Video Transcript of Accessible Hyperlinks (text file)

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Accessible Multimedia


  • What are captions and transcripts?
  • How do captions and transcripts ensure your video and/or audio content is available to all of your students?

Video Transcript of Using Transcripts and Captions in Videos (text file)

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