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Create More Accessible Content
Updated Jul 26, 2024

    Create More Accessible Content

    Jul 26, 2024

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    Table of Contents

    • 1 Table of Contents
    • 2 Adobe Acrobat DC - PDF
    • 3 Adobe InDesign  
    • 4 Charts and Graphs
    • 5 Kahoot! Quizzes 
    • 6 Microsoft Office Tutorials and Checklists
      • 6.1 Microsoft Word
      • 6.2 Microsoft Excel
      • 6.3 Microsoft PowerPoint
      • 6.4 Microsoft Outlook
    • 7 Web Tutorials and Checklists
      • 7.1 Creating Meaningful 'Alt text' Descriptions
      • 7.2 Math Content
      • 7.3 Video and Audio 
      • 7.4 Web Content

    Adobe Acrobat DC - PDF

    Type

    Title

    Source

    Type

    Title

    Source

    S.U. Workshop

    Evaluating and Repairing PDFs

    ITS

    Cheatsheet

    PDF Document Accessibility Checklist (.docx)

    ITS

    Video Tutorials

    Acrobat DC: Creating Accessible PDFs

    Advanced Accessible PDFs

    LinkedIn Learning

    How-To

    Creating Accessible PDF forms with Adobe Acrobat Pro DC

    Acrobat Users



    Adobe InDesign  

    Type

    Title

    Source

    Type

    Title

    Source

    S.U. Workshop

    Creating Accessible PDFs from Adobe InDesign

    ITS

    Video Tutorials

    Acrobat DC: Creating Accessible PDFs from Adobe InDesign

    LinkedIn Learning

    Video Tutorial

    Preparing InDesign Files for Accessibility

    AdobeTV

    How-To

    Adobe InDesign

    Adobe



    Charts and Graphs

    Type

    Title

    Source

    Type

    Title

    Source

    How-To

    Accessibility and Charts
    (describe & format information in charts & graphs)

    Penn State AccessAbility

    How-To

    Describing Graphics

    Ohio State University, Accessible Classroom Technologies



    Kahoot! Quizzes 

    Please visit Is Kahoot! Accessible? for information on accessibility barriers and best practices for designing a Kahoot! quiz.



    Microsoft Office Tutorials and Checklists

    Microsoft Word

    Type

    Title

    Source

    Type

    Title

    Source

    S.U. Workshop

    Creating Accessible Documents in MS Word

    ITS

    Cheatsheet

    Word Document Accessibility Checklist (.docx)



    Video

    Creating accessible documents

    Series of short instructional videos covering Word document accessibility.

    Microsoft

    Tutorial

    Creating accessible Word documents

    Series of step-by-step guides to common accessibility issues and how to avoid them. Covers all versions of Word.

    Microsoft

    Cheatsheets

    Cheatsheets for all recent versions of MS Word

    NCDAE

    Tutorial

    Use the Accessibility Checker on your Mac

    Microsoft

    Microsoft Excel

    Type

    Title

    Source

    Type

    Title

    Source

    Cheatsheet 

    Creating Accessible Excel 2010/13 (Windows) & 2011 (Mac) 

    NCDAE

    Video

    Find & fix accessibility issues in a workbook

    How to use the Accessibility Checker to identify inaccessible content

    Microsoft

    Tutorial

    Creating accessible Excel workbooks

    Techniques for creating accessible Microsoft Excel documents

    Microsoft

    Presentation

    Accessible Excel Essentials - Windows (.pptx) 

    CSUN

    Microsoft PowerPoint

    Type

    Title

    Source

    Type

    Title

    Source

    S.U. Workshop

    Creating Accessible PowerPoint Presentations

    ITS

    Cheatsheet

    PowerPoint Accessibility Checklist (.docx)

    ITS

    Cheatsheets

    Cheatsheets for all recent versions of PowerPoint

    NCDAE

    Tutorial

    Make Your PowerPoint Presentations Accessible to People with Disabilities

    Series of step-by-step guides to avoiding common accessibility issues. Covers all versions of PowerPoint.

    Microsoft

    Videos

    Create More Accessible PowerPoint Presentations

    Series of short instructional videos covering accessible PowerPoint presentations.

    Microsoft

    Guide

    How to Make Your Presentations Accessible to All

    W3C

    Microsoft Outlook

    Type

    Title

    Source

    Type

    Title

    Source

    Videos

    Create More Accessible Email in MS Outlook

    Microsoft

    Tutorials

    Make Your Outlook Email Accessible to People with Disabilities

    Microsoft



    Web Tutorials and Checklists

    Creating Meaningful 'Alt text' Descriptions

    Type

    Title

    Source

    Type

    Title

    Source

    Tutorial

    Web Accessibility Tutorials: An alt Decision Tree

    W3C Web Accessibility Initiative

    Tutorial

    Text alternatives for images: a decision tree

    4Syllables

    Math Content

    Type

    Title

    Source

    Type

    Title

    Source

    Resources

    Equations, MathML, and LaTeX

    Penn State

    Tutorial

    IT Accessibility > Math

    NC State University, Office of Information Technology

    How-To

    Accessible Math

    Ohio State University, Accessible Classroom Technologies

    Video and Audio 

    Type

    Title

    Source

    Type

    Title

    Source

     Answers

    Video Captioning Resources

    SU ITS 

    Video & How-To

    Captioning YouTube Videos

    NCDAE

    How-To 

    DIY Video Captioning Techniques

    Accessible Classroom Technologies, Ohio State

    How-To 

    DIY Captioning

    Northern Illinois University

    Web Content

    Type

    Title

    Source

    Type

    Title

    Source

    Workshop Slides

    Webinar: Web Accessibility Testing

    ITS Accessibility

     Techniques

    Tips for Getting Started with Web Accessibility

    These tips introduce basic considerations for making your website more accessible and provide links to additional guidance. Tips are grouped by activity: Tips for user interface and visual design, Tips for writing and presenting content, and Tips for markup and coding.

    W3C WAI

     Tutorial

    Web Accessibility Tutorials
    (covers page structure, menus, images, tables, forms & carousels using a variety of web technologies, including HTML4, HTML5, CSS3, WAI-ARIA, MathML, and SVG)

     W3C WAI

     How-To

     HTML Accessibility

     webAIM

    Techniques

    Web Accessibility: techniques to build more accessible web sites

    Penn State University Accessibility

    Best Practices

    Accessibility Principles for Website Images

    (best practices for creating appropriate and meaningful alt text for images)

    Partnership on Employment and Accessible Technology

    Accessibility Checker

    Color Contrast Checker

    Acart Communications Inc.



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