Digital Accessibility
Contents
PAGE UNDERGOING CONSTRUCTION
Please revisit this page after March 3, 2018.
Understanding Accommodation and Accessibility
Learn about the differences between accommodation and accessibility and how they both contribute to student success.
Accessible Color and Contrast
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
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
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
Learn about descriptive hyperlinks and how to compose them.
Printable handout:
- Checklist
Accessible Multimedia
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
