Community is the Key to Accessibility with Mark Nichols
In today’s conversation, we will talk about how to create a culture of accessibility, how he has been able to improve and think systematically about accessible materials at his university, and the …
Traditionally, accessibility has been approached as accommodation for the needs of students with disabilities. Students with a hearing impairment would require access to captions/transcript to make use of a video lecture. Students who are color blind would not be able to access messages conveyed through different colors (e.g. in annotations). Such accommodation was understood primarily as a necessary condition for these students’ engagement with course material and ultimately their learning success.
Color Check in an interactive tool for validating web image compliance with ADA (Americans with Disabilities Act) contrast and readability standards. To run validation, upload an image and click on it to select two colors being compared. Use mouse scrol
Creating a Digitally Inclusive Culture – a 20 Year Journey
Thursday, May 19, 2022, marked the 11th Global Accessibility Awareness Day (GAAD) and I was privileged to give a talk at University College Cork at their Inclusive UCC Symposium – Creating In…
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“I've been thinking about how access friction impacts my course design. Access friction is when people have opposing accessibility needs. For example, one student needs strict weekly deadlines for structure, while another needs flexibility. Here's a thread 1/”
When creating content, there are a few basic steps that should be followed in order to assure your content is accessible. The core steps needed for accessibility are the same regardless of whether...