Accessibility Guide

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Documents

Screen readers should be able to access all document formats. Documents can take many forms: Word Docs, Excel files, PowerPoint presentations, and PDFs.

Using Available Templates

Starting from Scratch

The Accessibility Tool

Creating a PDF from a Document

File Naming Convetions

Documents - Starting from scratch

If you are creating a Word document from scratch:

Rich Text Editor

Color

Heading Settings

Tools

ADA Compliant Fonts

Images - Alt Text

Using Tabs

images

All images must include alternative, descriptive text unless an image is decorative. This is true when using images in Blackboard and all documents or presentations including PowerPoint. Avoid using images of text.

Decorative: Null

Descriptive: A path in the woods beside a lake.

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Image Descriptions

Making Images Accessible

Color

Limit the use of color when adding text in any format. This is true for Blackboard and all documents or presentations including PowerPoint.

Do not use color alone to convey meaning

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Link

For more information, review the WebAIM Color and Contrast link

Presentations, Video, & Audio

Provide alternative accessible formats: All presentations, and other audio and video content must be either closed-captioned or a transcript must be provided.

Using External Resources

Normalize Alternative Accessible Formats

Using Captioning Services

Copies of Resources Referenced

Specific, Intentional Narration

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Blackboard

All content in Blackboard must be accessible, following the guidelines for content noted in the other sections of this resource.

Rich Content Editor

Descriptive Hyperlinks

Images

E-Reserves

Blackboard Ally