Course materials and accessibility
A few links as starting points
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Examples
Course handout with minimal accessibility (MS Word)
Course handout with enhanced accessibility (MS Word)
Guides and advice
General
"Slide Into Accessibility: 5 Tips For Making Learning Materials Work For Everyone," by Luis Perez
"10 Tips for Creating Accessible Course Content," Iowa State University
"Universal Design of Web Pages in Class Projects," by Sheryl Burgstahler, Ph.D., University of Washington DO-IT
"Born Accessible: Global Certified Accessible," Benetech's program to certify the accessibility of ebooks
University of Washington
"Creating Accessible Documents," University of Washington
Creating Accessible Documents in Microsoft Word
Creating Accessible PDFs from Microsoft Word
Creating Accessible PDFs from Adobe InDesign
Fixing Inaccessible PDFs Using Adobe Acrobat Pro
Creating Accessible PDF Forms Using Adobe Acrobat Pro
Creating High Quality Scans
UDL on Campus
"Media and Materials," by UDL on Campus
Video
Audio
Images
Text
Web Conferencing
Creating Accessible Open Educational Resources
EPUB: Supporting Learner Variability in EPUB Creation
University of Edinburgh
"Creating accessible materials," University of Edinburgh
Introduction to alternative formats
Large print and coloured paper
Word documents
PDFs
Braille documents
Audio CDs
Emails
PowerPoint presentations
Improving the Accessibility of PREZI
Creating Accessible Exam Papers
Creating Accessible Online Content for Websites, Wikis and Blogs
Creating Accessible Courses in VLE's
Information screens
Creating accessible handbooks
Creating accessible lectures/tutorials
Michigan State University
Michigan State University Tutorials
Adobe Tutorials
Adobe Acrobat PDF Accessibility Tutorial
Creating Accessible InDesign Content
D2L Tutorials
Special Access and Time Limits in D2L
Mathematical Expressions & MathML in D2L
Microsoft Tutorials
Microsoft PowerPoint (Mac) Accessibility Tutorial
Creating Accessible PowerPoint Presentations
Microsoft Publisher (Windows)
Micosoft Word (Mac) Accessibility Tutorial
Microsoft Word (Windows) Accessibility Tutorial
Captioning Tutorials
Hiring a Third Party Captioning Service
Creating Your Own Captions
Uploading a Video to Kaltura MediaSpace
Attaching a Caption File to Kaltura MediaSpace
Google Drive Tutorials
Creating Accessible Google Drive Documents
Accessibility and Microsoft Office: Word, PowerPoint, Excel
"Microsoft Office: Word, PowerPoint, Excel," maintained by Accessibility and Usability at Penn State
Accessibility information from Microsoft
"Microsoft Office Accessibility Center," maintained by Microsoft
"Use the Accessibility Checker on your Mac to find and resolve accessibility issues," by Microsoft
"Use the Accessibility Checker on your Windows desktop to find accessibility issues," by Microsoft
Accessibility information from WebAIM
PowerPoint Accessibility
Microsoft Word: Creating Accessible Documents
Accessibility and Blackboard
Blackboard ally (new-ish)
Blackboard Accessibility
Design Accessible Content
Writing Accessible Content
Accessibility and Canvas
Canvas Accessibility Group
Accessibility within Canvas
General Accessibility Design Guidelines
How do I use the Accessibility Checker in the Rich Content Editor?
Universal Design Online Content Inspection Tool (UDOIT)
Accessibility and D2L
D2L Accessibility
Brightspace Accessibility Checker
"
D2L - Using the Accessibility Checker," from University of Colorado Boulder
Adding An Accessible Template Package To Your Course Files
Information about screenreaders
“Screen Reader Demo,” Berkeley Web Access @ UC Berkeley
"Screen Reader Simulation,” WebAIM
“Screen reader demos, research and resources,” by Alistair Duggan
“Designing for Screen Reader Compatibility,” WebAIM