D2L Creating and Developing Assessible Course Materials

Sherry Lindquist NCTC
Ken Petri Ohio State University

Handout: http://accessibledesign.wikispaces.com
http://sherrylindquist.v2efoliomn.mnscu.edu

ABC's of Accessibility
1.Always choose a style
2.Be carefule of lists and tables
3.Caption and check

1.Word 2010 has more options

Don't use

Use headings for screen reader references (use the style icons). Change STYLE to default. Comic sans font is an easy font for many people with visibility/readability issues

Don't add your spaces manually

2.Tables are "nightmares" for people using screen readers.

Add captions graphics and tables so that non-visual users can determine thier mening/relevance
Make sure captio ns describe the meaning of the graphic or table and not what it looks ike
Give links uniquie, describptive names rather than "click here" or "more"
Use an accessiblity evaluation tol to check your content.

Click here must die--youtube video

It's not enough to design something that you think is accessible, you have to test it.

Non-visual desk top access gives you a preview to view your material as a reader would view it.

Bold, italic, size changes aren't necessarily helping those with visual

Wiki--

Reminder to faculty that a PDF of a scanned doc is a picture and a screen reader can't read it, use OCR.

Word 2010 and conversions to adobe acrobat pro -- problematic

Save as PDF
OPTIONS
Create bookmarks using
Headings

Make sure you put a title up on Document Properties otherwise a reader will read the file name which sometimes can be confusing. Also name your files appropriately with this knowledge.

Heading levels and proper mark-ups for lists. Table headers need scope.

www.w3.org/WAI/

http://projectone.cannect.org