It is always best to ensure the presentations, flyers, posters, or any other creations you make are visually accessible for your audiences. Use these guidelines in your projects:

• Use a minimum of 20 pt font size.

• Use easy to read fonts, especially for bodies of text, like Sans-Serif, Serif, Arial, Helvetica, Roboto, Open Sans, Vardana, Georgia, Times New Roman, and other similar fonts.

• Use contrasting colors for text and the background. Make the background of text solid colors.

• Include your sources as hyperlinks so others can learn more. I recommend making your hyperlinks different colors than the rest of the text.

• For bodies of text, I recommend aligning your text to the left for readability. Titles and captions are okay to be middled centered!

• In our class, use APA citation style. Always cite your sources!

Not necessarily related to Psychology, but are incredibly helpful for academic and personal use. Some were essential for me in college.

Word Counter - This site goes beyond word count. Just a few of its uses: the site provides a sentence count, amount of time it would take to read a text/your writing, and amount of time it would take to speak the text/your writing out loud. The site highlights frequently used words for you to return to and change to avoid repetition. You can even check the reading level of the text/your writing to give an indicator of the education level a person would need to have in order to understand the words you’re using in your writing.

Natural Readers - This site converts any text to audio, including scanned PDFs. You can choose the voice and speed. You can use it as an extension on webpages. You can also download audio into MP3 files. In college, I would use this site when I was up too late doing homework and could no longer focus on reading, so I would listen to my required readings. Additionally, I would download the MP3 files to listen to required readings on walks or car rides, like a podcast. Some features require a subscription, but I thought it was extremely worth it in college.

Color Contrast Checker - Using contrasting colors in presentations, posters, flyers, etc. you create ensures text is legible from a distance, reduces audience eye strain, and enhances accessibility for viewers with visual impairments. High contrast, such as dark text on a light background or vice versa, directs attention to key messages and strengthens visual hierarchy, ensuring the audience focuses on crucial information

Smallpdf - This site helps you edit and convert PDFs. I mostly use it to change PDFs to jpeg or png files.

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