Distance Learning and Instructional Technology presents Tips for Making Your Content Accessible © 2015 Parts of this presentation are based on information provided by Amy Netzel and Darrin Evans from WakeTech and the VLC

What is Accessibility?

FIXING THE FIVE LOW HANGING FRUIT Fixing the Five “Low Hanging Fruit” COLOR/FONTS IMAGE ALT TEXT PROPER LINKS CAPTIONED VIDEOS SCREEN READABLE TEXT

COLOR/FONTS

PROPER USE OF COLOR Proper Use of Color Not this… …But this

PROPER USE OF COLOR Proper Use of Color

PROPER USE OF COLOR Proper Use of Color

Bad Colors Choices HOLIDAY Not this… or this…

IMAGE ALTERNATIVE (ALT) TEXT

MAKING ALTERNATIVE TEXT FOR IMAGES READABLE ALT (ALTERNATIVE) Text for Images Before After Paste Image Here

LIGHT SWITCH ANIMATION – Cut a way diagram of a basic light switch box. Flipping the switch to ON makes a connection between the positive and negative electrical wires. This movement completes the circuit thereby sending electricity through the wires and lighting up the lightbulb. Flipping the switch to OFF cuts the circuit and the light goes out. ON OFF Switch Box Wall Plate

PROPER LINKS

LINKS TO OTHER CONTENT Links to Other Content Not this… …But this Moodle Instructor Manual from the PCC Website (opens a PDF in a new window)

CAPTIONED VIDEOS

CAPTIONING VIDEO Captioning Video “Captions” are permanently recorded with the video “Closed Captions” can be turned on and off Automated systems (like Youtube) are <75% accurate 12 Angry Men on YouTube (opens in new window)

CAPTIONING VIDEO SOLUTIONS Captioning Video Solutions Caption Generator Website (opens in new window) (captiongenerator.com) Caption Generator Website (opens in new window) PCC Distance Learning recommends using Camtasia to faculty for captioning on their own PCC is looking at Kaltura Reach, a plugin for Kaltura which will automate the whole process ($$$)

SCREEN READABLE TEXT

HEADINGS IN A WORD DOCUMENT Headings in a Word Document Navigation Pane in Word Heading Levels in Word Heading List in JAWS

POWERPOINT TEMPLATES PowerPoint Templates Always, ALWAYS use templates Use built-in layouts when adding slides Avoid inserting Text Boxes

HEADINGS AND TEXT IN A TABLE Headings/Text in a Table Not this… …But this

PDF CREATION Creating Readable Text in a PDF Headings in Word covert to Tags in a PDF file Turn on the Option in Word to Create Bookmarks If Scanning a Document to Create a PDF, use Optical Character Recognition (OCR) to make readable text

ACCESSIBILITY CHECK FOR OFFICE Accessibility Check for MS Office Click on FILE (FILE-INFO for Office 2010) Click on “Check for Issues” Select “Check Accessibility”

SUMMARY Summary COLOR/FONTS IMAGE ALT TEXT PROPER LINKS CAPTIONED VIDEOS SCREEN READABLE TEXT

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