Skill 8:
Digital Accessibility
Core Skill 8: Understand basic concepts of digital accessibility
The University and Extension strives to cultivate more inclusive and digitally accessible experiences on websites, Zoom meetings, documents, presentations, applications, etc. Many of the applications we use to communicate, collaborate and share enable accessibility, but access for all doesn't happen by default. If you start considering accessibility as you plan and create, it will become second nature. The technology core skills in this section includes the University's Digital Foundations course and the University's 7 core skills for digital accessibility.
Digital accessibility skills
Complete the 1 hour digital accessibility: Foundations course
Know the seven core skills of accessible, usable digital communication
Apply headings/styles (ex: h1, h2, h3) to documents
Know how to properly format links and email addresses in documents and email
Go the extra mile!
Review the Extension accessibility resources. It includes accessible, branded templates with a comparison chart for choosing, plus some tips for creating accessible documents.
Take the UMN Digital Accessibility Badging Program for a deeper dive into creating emails, slide decks, documents and more.
Attend University accessibility virtual events and view recordings where you can learn more about making our digital resources accessible online, discuss digital accessibility topics, and advocate for inclusion.
Watch the core skills workshop recording from July 2022 - includes lots of tips!
Check out these great resources
The Accessible Color Palette Builder where you can plug in the Extension colors and see what colors work and do not work with our brand.
Plan for Accessibility Dos and Don'ts
Use Rev.com for closed captioning and audio & video transcription.