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Website Accessibility
Website Accessibility
What is Web Accessibility?
What is Web Accessibility?
Web accessibility means that websites, web-based PDFs, tools, and technologies are designed and developed so that people with disabilities can use them.
More specifically, people can:
More specifically, people can:
perceive, understand, navigate, and interact with the web
contribute to the web
Web accessibility encompasses all disabilities that affect access to the Web, including:
Web accessibility encompasses all disabilities that affect access to the Web, including:
cognitive, visual, auditory, motor, speech, neurological, physical
Why do we do it?
Why do we do it?
Website accessibility is important for higher education because educators and institutions have a legal responsibility to provide accessible platforms and materials.
Additionally, accessible materials provide opportunities to ensure that all students are able to participate in and benefit from learning opportunities.
How can you help?
How can you help?
When adding information to your section of the website, you can help to ensure that the information is accessible by using tools that are available to you.
Start with these three items:
Start with these three items:
Learn how to make your PDF, PPT, XLS, and HTML documents accessible.
WAVE website extension for Chrome and FireFox
WAVE Training (plan for 11 minutes to cover the full video.)
3) Monsido
Request access to Monsido Tool by submitting a MC Job Request
Monsido website extension for Chrome and Firefox
Request Monsido Training
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