Overview

Web accessibility is important to ensure that course materials are available to everyone so that each student has equal access and equal opportunity. It levels the playing field for all your students. While some students in your class may have a more visible disability, other students may have less apparent disabilities. Accessibility guidelines help make your course available to everyone: Just as wheelchair ramps are useful for people with strollers, skateboards, and delivery dollies, so too are video captions for students who are deaf helpful to students with cognitive disabilities, students with sleeping children, and students who are English Language Learners.

This module provides you with information about web accessibility, usability, Universal Design for Learning, and provides you with instructions for making course content accessible. The learning management system, D2L, has won many awards for its accessibility and provides an accessibility checker that you can use as you develop your course content. Read on to explore how you can make your course accessible to all learners.