Presentation and Slide Deck from Summer 2025 Leopards Learn
Accessible Course Design Checklist
Technical Skills Resources
D2L Brightspace
Improve Your Course with Brightspace Accessibility Checker
Accessibility Academy Accessibility Academy - Brightspace
Use the Accessibility Checker on HTML-authored content
Document Accessibility
WebAIM's Microsoft Word Accessibility Guide - Step-by-step instructions for creating accessible Word documents https://webaim.org/techniques/word/
Accessible PDF Creation Guide - Best practices for creating and checking accessible PDFs
https://www.adobe.com/accessibility/pdf/pdf-accessibility-overview.html
Google Docs Accessibility Features - Built-in tools and shortcuts https://support.google.com/docs/answer/6199477
Video and Audio Accessibility
YouTube's Automatic Captioning - How to edit and improve auto-generated captions https://support.google.com/youtube/answer/6373554
Amara - Free caption editor for video content https://amara.org/
Rev.com - Professional captioning service (paid, but affordable) https://www.rev.com/
Presentation Accessibility
Google Slides Accessibility Tips - Best practices for accessible presentations https://support.google.com/docs/answer/6199477
Assessment and Testing Tools
WAVE Web Accessibility Evaluation Tool - Free checker for web content https://wave.webaim.org/
Color Contrast Analyzer - Tool to check color combinations for accessibility https://developer.paciellogroup.com/resources/contrastanalyser/
Accessibility Insights - Microsoft's comprehensive accessibility testing tool https://accessibilityinsights.io/
Mobile Accessibility
Mobile Accessibility Testing Guide - Best practices for mobile-friendly content https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/Accessibility/Mobile_accessibility_checklist
Responsive Design Testing Tools - Test how content appears on different devices https://www.browserstack.com/responsive
Handouts and Templates
Accessibility Checklist - Simple document faculty can use to audit their own materials https://webaim.org/standards/wcag/checklist
Alternative Text Decision Tree - Guide for writing effective alt text https://www.w3.org/WAI/tutorials/images/decision-tree/
Universal Design for Learning Guidelines - Framework for implementing UDL principles https://udlguidelines.cast.org/