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eLearning Accessibility

With most schools working in hybrid or virtual capacities, there is an increased need for understanding how to make online instructional content accessible. When teachers are creating materials and resources, they must ensure that these sources can be accessed and used by any learner.

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An accessible document, video, or website can ensure that all learners can work with the material. It means considering the needs of all learners in your classroom when designing resources. If a teacher thinks about these techniques before designing the content, it makes the strategies easier to implement.

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Font Choice

Font Design

Font Colors

• Squiggly, curly font and CAPITALS are difficult to read
• Bold and italics sparingly
• Only underline hyperlinks

• Sans Serif fonts
• Arial, Helvetica, Tahoma, Verdana
• Use the same font for consistency

• Dark font, light background (high contrast)
• Avoid excessive colored text

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Links

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Headings & PDFs

• Purposeful name
• Avoid "Click here" or just pasting the link
• Should be able to stand alone

• Only for purposeful, not decorative, images
• 125 characters or less
• Avoid "picture of" or "image of" in description

• Post Google Docs/Word Docs with text instead of PDFs
• Ensure consistent headings to find information easily

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Click your answer: If a teacher used this font design on a digital instructional material, would it be considered accessible?

Yes

It depends

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CORRECT: Curly and squiggly fonts are often difficult to read on a computer or with a screen reader. A Sans Serif font would be more appropriate.

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Remember: Curly and squiggly fonts are often difficult to read on a computer or with a screen reader. A Sans Serif font would be more appropriate.

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Click your answer: A teacher wants to send this file of notes to her students. What should she do first to make it more accessible?

The text colors are hard to read.

The font choice is not appropriate.

It's fine as it is.

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Correct: It's best to have a light background and a dark font for higher contrast, which makes the text easier to read.

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Remember: There should be a high contrast between the text and background color to make it easier to read. That means a light background and dark font.

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Click your answer: Does this image require alt text if a teacher wants to add it to an instructional material?

No, alt text is not necessary at all.

No because it's a decorative image

Yes because it's part of the content

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Correct: All instructional images require alt text for screen readers. Anything decorative does not require alt text.

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Remember: All instructional images require alt text for screen readers. Anything decorative does not require alt text, but a map would be considered instructional and must have one.

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Click your answer:Which link format is considered the most accessible for learners?

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Correct: Hyperlinking text with a specific name is the best way to make links accessible, especially when the link is long.

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Remember: Links should have specific names to make it more accessible for screen readers. Having a long link is hard to read and "click" here is often too vague.

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Click your answer: A teacher has a PDF of an article for students to read for an assignment. Is this accessible to upload to their digital classroom for students?

No, it must be a scanned PDF.

Yes, it's accessible.

No, it's not accessible.

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Correct: PDFs are often not easily accessible to assistive technology and accessibility features. The teacher should upload a Google Doc or Word Document instead.

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Remember: PDFs are often not easily accessible to assistive technology and accessibility features, even scanned copies. The teacher should upload a Google Doc or Word Document instead.

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