- Guidelines & Standards
- University Content Guides
- Accessible Documents
- Accessible HuskyCT Content
- Related University Websites
1. Guidelines & Standards
Web Content Accessibility Guidelines 2.1 (WCAG) is the latest version of the definitive web accessibility guidelines from the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C), and is the standard supported by Washington State Policy #188 and the UW IT Accessibility Guidelines.
Familiarize yourself with the basics of accessibility with these articles:
2. University Content Guides
- Accessible Emails Checklist
- PDF Accessibility Process
- Accessible PDF Checklist
- PDF Remediation Checklist
- PowerPoint Accessibility Process
- Accessible Media and Multimedia Checklist
- UConn: CETL’s Video Recording Best Practices
- Social Media Quick Tips
- UConn’s Social Media Best Practices
3. Accessible Documents
Documents
- Document Accessibility Process.docx
- National Center on Disability and Access to Education Accessibility Cheatsheets
- Creating Accessible Documents (WebAIM)
- Creating Accessible Documents (MS Word)
- MS Word Accessibility Ribbon Add-In
- Creating Accessible Tables (WebAIM)
- Web Accessibility Tutorials: Form Instructions
PDFs
- PDF Accessibility Process.docx
- Creating Accessible Documents – PDF (WebAIM)
- Adobe Accessibility
- Accessible PDF Checklist.docx
- PDF Remediation.docx
Microsoft PowerPoint
- PowerPoint Accessibility Process.docx
- Accessible PowerPoint Checklist.docx
- Make your PowerPoint presentations accessible (Microsoft)
- Accessible PowerPoint Template Sampler (Microsoft)
- PowerPoint Accessibility (WebAIM)
- Creating Accessible Presentations in Microsoft PowerPoint (University of Washington)
Microsoft Excel
- Penn State University: Excel Tips
- Microsoft Office: Make your Excel documents accessible to people with disabilities
InDesign
4. Accessible HuskyCT Content
- Center for Excellence in Teaching and Learning (CETL)
- Blackboard: Format Accessible Documents
- Blackboard: Write Accessible Content
- Blackboard: Create Accessible Messages
- Blackboard: Format Accessible Documents
- Blackboard Ally for LMS Instructors
- Blackboard Ally for Students
- Blackboard Ally Demonstration Video
- VPAT for Blackboard Collaborate with the Ultra experience.docx