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Accessible Course Design
Accessible Course Design
In the context of online courses, accessibility means ensuring that all students are able to use course materials and participate in course activities. Every student should be able to perceive and navigate course content, submit assignments, and successfully use course tools.
2026-2027 Simmons Accessibility Initiative Slide Deck - These slides outline institutional goals for course accessibility for the 2026-2027 academic year. It includes accessibility priorities, remediation details and examples, and support resources.
General Accessibility Design Overview - This presentation provides a general overview of 7 core principles and best practices of accessibility for digital materials.
2026 Accessibility Triage Video Series
2026 Accessibility Triage Video Series
You must have Simmons login credentials to access the videos below. Each video is 3 minutes and highlights best practices for efficiently remediating course materials.
Access your Moodle Ally Report
Making Documents Accessible
Make PDFs Accessible
Make Slide Decks Accessible
Additional Accessibility Resources
Additional Accessibility Resources
Course Accessibility Checklist for Self-Audit
This one-page checklist can be used to complete a quick self-audit of your course materials to determine where to focus your remediation efforts.
Accessibility Toolkit: Accessibility for Videos
Simmons University Library provides guides for making various videos accessible, including how to add captions to Panopto videos.
A short, text-based guide to accessing your Ally Accessibility Report and using the Ally tool to improve your course accessibility.
Best Practices for Making Online Courses Accessible
A text-based guide that covers key topics such as using Ally in Moodle, implementing proper design and image standards, formatting accessible text, ensuring captioned videos, and connecting with institutional accessibility resources.
How to Use Grackle for Accessibility
A link to download the Grackle for Google Doc add-on that checks and fixes accessibility issues in Google Docs.
Please note that you can also reach out to the Office of Accessibility Services and visit their site for more resources.
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