accessibility

There is a growing interest in making inclusion a positive goal for companies, teams, and products. And, there is an urgency to reach a collective consciousness about inclusive practices.

Learn the best practices for making your Outlook email messages accessible.

Learn how to use VoiceOver, the macOS screen reader, to control your Mac with a keyboard, refreshable braille display, or trackpad.

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Quick visual reminders of Do’s & Don’ts

Tools to Improve the Accessibility of Documents, Slides, Videos, and Websites Richard Byrne PracticalEdTech.com We all have different needs and preferences when it comes to consuming the media in our lives. Our students are the same. Some need webpages read aloud, some need different color sche...

José Bowen shares about his new book, Teaching Change, on episode 382 of the Teaching in Higher Ed podcast

Every single person is unique and has different skills, so why are students taught the same way? Jan Wilson explores the possibilities of a universal design ...

This section contains resources to support accessible web content creation and development.

Christina Moore discusses inclusive practices through digital accessibility on episode 293 of the Teaching in Higher Ed podcast

In this collection you will find all of the instructional content produced by Esri's StoryMaps team, including guides for new users, in-depth tutorials for specific features, and tips for effective storytelling.

Seven easy-to-implement guidelines to design a more accessible web ❤️

Learn how to write meaningful alternative text (alt text) for images, charts, and more.

UDL and digital accessibility's perceived tensions can be reduced when institutions create and follow an implementation plan.

Imagine this: You’re working on content curation for your business site’s blog. You’ve plotted out different audiences and created personas and researched which customer needs and interests you need to address. You’ve thought about which relevant content you need to keep driving traffic while advancing your other marketing goals. And then a colleague upsets all your plans by pointing out that you’ve ignored everyone with disabilities. What do you do next?

Learn how to compose a description of images on Twitter so the content is accessible to people who are visually impaired.

Browser toolbars and extensions These bring together a wide range of specific tools in one place, including tools for highlighting headings, lists and table headers, focus order, and alternative text for images. They provide tools that are of use both to content authors and to developers.

Alternative (Alt) Text is meant to convey the “why” of the image as it relates to the content of a document or webpage. It is read aloud to users by screen reader software, and it is indexed by search engines. It also displays on the page if the image fails to load, as in this example of a missing image.

Cooper Hewitt Guidelines for Image Description On Striving for Digital Inclusion Museums provide robust content for people to interact with across digital platforms. As cultural organizations continue to develop more advanced experiences, it is essential that they consider all audiences during the creation of digital resources and tools. Digital accessibility ensures that people with disabilities...

Thank you to everyone who attended my webinar/writing workshop last week, Quick Tips for Writing Meaningful Alt Text (Even If You’re Not a Writer). It was a huge group! We had such a fun time together and crowdsourced some pretty great alt text. The webinar participants had some great questions, and you’ll find detailed answers below. For more information, you can