Accessibility

Technical Skills Resources

D2L Brightspace

• Improve Your Course with Brightspace Accessibility Checker 

https://community.d2l.com/brightspace/kb/articles/1382-improve-your-course-with-brightspace-accessibility-checker 

• Accessibility Academy Accessibility Academy - Brightspace 

• Use the Accessibility Checker on HTML-authored content 

https://community.d2l.com/brightspace/kb/articles/1740-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 

• Panopoto https://templecollege.hosted.panopto.com 

• Amara - Free caption editor for video content https://amara.org/ 

• Rev.com - Professional captioning service (paid, but affordable) https://www.rev.com/ 

Presentation Accessibility 

• Microsoft's Accessibility Checker for PowerPoint - Built-in tool to check presentations 

https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/office/make-your-powerpoint-presentations-accessible-6f7772b2-2f33-4bd2-8ca7-dae3b2b3ef25 

• 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/