Designing with accessibility in mind means providing access to any digital content for a diverse group of users. Creating accessible digital content can be complex and challenging. However, this training will guide you on the significance of accessibility and how to implement it into your content. Explore the sidebar menu titled “Training Modules” to get started.
Training Modules
In the self-paced training, some of you will learn…
- Introduction: What is digital accessibility and why it matters, who is impacted by accessible digital content.
- Colors: Why color is important and how to ensure adequate contrast.
- Images: What is in an image and how to make it accessible.
- Fonts: How fonts and sizing affect digital accessibility.
- Video & Audio: The importance of captions and transcripts.
- Microsoft Word: The ways in Word documents can be made accessible.
- PDFs: What is PDF accessibility and how to remediate an inaccessible file.
- Microsoft PowerPoint: How to use accessibility tools for PowerPoint presentations.
- Websites: The various elements of a website and how to make them accessible.
- Blackboard Ally: Why accessibility is important and how to make accessible teaching material.