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Following this guide will help you create an accessible Word document for all your students. Using accessible course materials is essential, so every student has an equitable chance of succeeding in your online course(s).
Apply each element to greatly impact the accessibility of your documents.
Continue ReadingThis tutorial provides instructions for how to convert a Word document into an Accessible PDF. Use the Save As feature only, as the Print to PDF and Save as Adobe PDF features will not produce an accessible PDF file.
Continue ReadingA missing document title is likely one of the most common accessibility errors found in PDFs uploaded to Canvas. It’s also one of the simplest to fix (if you know how to do it).
This tutorial provides instructions for how to add a document title into a Word document and a PDF.
Continue ReadingLearn how to create accessible tables in Word so students can easily understand your data, regardless of their abilities or disabilities.
Continue ReadingContrast is a measure of the difference in perceived “luminance” or brightness between two colors.
This brightness difference is expressed as a ratio ranging from 1:1 (e.g., white text on white background) to 21:1 (e.g., black text on white background).
Learn some contrast and color accessibility guidelines and how to ensure you’re using colors all your students can see when creating documents.
Continue ReadingIt is important to create accessible links throughout your documents and courses for your students. In this post, we’ll give your guidelines to help you create accessible links.
We’ll also show several examples of “bad” and “good” links to help you distinguish what types of links to use in your documents.
Continue ReadingImages meant to convey meaning must have an alternate or “alt” text descriptions. Decorative images must be marked as such so they can be skipped by screen readers.
Doing both ensures you will create a document with accessible images throughout.
Continue ReadingHeadings allow students using screen readers to access and navigate an index-like structure of your Word document (or webpage), so they can jump heading-to-heading to find information.
By creating accessible headings, we allow every one of your students to scan through your documents, regardless of whether they can see the content.
Continue ReadingIn this video, you’ll learn about the most impactful ways to make accessible online courses.
We’ll discuss alternative (or “alt”) text, contrast ratio, closed captions, and audio transcripts in detail. All of these components are important for ensuring the accessibility of your courses and course materials.
Continue ReadingThis video describes the importance of developing accessible online courses. Providing accessible course content and materials helps everyone taking your course, not just those with disabilities.
By keeping accessibility in mind while you develop your online courses, you’ll be more prepared and less likely to need last-minute accommodation revisions. Most needs will be built-in already.
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