Part 2: How To Make Accessible Online Courses

In this video, you’ll learn about the most impactful ways to make online courses accessible.

We’ll discuss alternative (or “alt”) text, contrast ratio, closed captions, and audio transcripts in detail. These components are all important for ensuring the accessibility of your courses and course materials.

Skip to the video downloads, topics, useful tools, and resources listed below.

4-minute video by Lani Draper and Sandra R. Childers

See the previous part: Part 1: Why Should We Develop Accessible Online Courses?

Video Downloads:

• Accessibility Tips to Improve Your Online Courses – Video Transcript

Make Accessible Online Courses – Video Topics:

• Introduction 0:00
• Most important and impactful changes to your course 0:24
  • “Alt” Text 0:45
  • Contrast Ratio 1:32
  • Closed Captioning 2:28
  • Audio Transcripts 3:34
• Outro 4:03

Useful Tools:

• Alt-texts: The Ultimate Guide
• WebAIM’s Contrast Checker
• Captioning with Rev
• Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) 2.0

Resources:

• EDUCAUSE Review – A Rising Tide: How Closed Captions Can Benefit All Students
• CDC – Disability Impacts All of Us