Accessibility Resources
Distance Education Accessibility Guidelines
To Care and Comply: Accessibility of Online Course Content Video by PCC
Screen Reader User's Experience and MS Word Video
Resources on How to Make Your Files Accessible
Microsoft Office - Cheat Sheets for Microsoft Office Files & Adobe Acrobat by NCDAE
Video Tutorial - Creating Accessible Documents Training by Galer Dietrich (3-hour presentation)
Creating Accessible Documents Training by Galer Dietrich (Portable Document Format)
Microsoft Accessibility Videos
Word Files
Creating Accessible MS Word Documents (Step-By-Step with Pictures)
Heading Styles help the organization of the content for all students
Adding a heading style
Modifying a heading style
Using Headings in MS Word (Video by PCC)
Tables are very useful for displaying a large amount of data in an organized manner, such as your course schedule, office hours, etc. In order to make a table accessible for individuals who are blind, have a visual impairment, or a learning disability, provide row and column headers. The text-to-speech software by default will read the information in a table horizontally, cell by cell, row by row.
Repeating a table heading on subsequent pages
Adding an alt-text to a table
Adding a hyperlink (video)
Use the Accessibility Checker for Windows to find and resolve accessibility issues
Use the Accessibility checker for Mac to find and resolve accessibility issues
Canvas Digital Accessibility
Writing Your accessible syllabus in Canvas (video)
PowerPoint Files
Creating Accessible MS PowerPoint Documents
Tips for PowerPoint by Penn State University
PowerPoint Accessibility by Portland Community College
Use the Accessbility Checker for Windows to find and resolve accessibility issues
Use the Accessibility checker for Mac to find and resolve accessibility issues
Adobe Acrobat Video Files
Creating Accessible PDF Documents in Adobe Acrobat XI by NCDAE
How to Create, Verify, and Fix PDF Accessibility (Acrobat Pro)
Excel Files
Make your Excel spreadsheets accessible
Use the Accessbility Checker for Windows to find and resolve accessibility issues
Use the Accessibility checker for Mac to find and resolve accessibility issue
Making your Image, Audio, and Video Accessible in Canvas
How to embed images from the web and add "alt text" or "alt tag" to a photo.
How to embed images from Canvas and add "alt text" to a photo.
How to embed images from Flickr Creative Commons and add "alt text" to a photo in the Rich Content Editor.
CANVAS - How to Use the Accessibility Checker in the Rich Content Editor
CANVAS Course - Assessing Accessibility of Online Content
NOTE: All Videos Must be Closed-Captioned and All Audios Must Have a Transcript
How to Create a Hyperlink in the Rich Content Editor as an Instructor
Tips for Creating Good Hyperlinks
Use meaningful descriptions of what the link is when creating links. The linked text should make sense out of context.
Don't use the word "link" in the link description.
Avoid describing links with phrases such as "click here," "more information," & "read more."
Don't use the URL of the website in the link.
Other Helpful Links
University of Washington's Accessible Technology - Making Images Accessible
CSUN's Universal Design Center - Best Practices for Accessible Images
Creating Accessbile Electronic Documents - A Compiilation of Federal Guidance, Checklists, and Testing Information for Creating and Maintaining Accessible Documents, including Word, PDF, Excel, and PowerPoint
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