Accessibility Tips of the Month

One way you can easily apply your accessibility skills and knowledge is within your team’s meeting minutes.

What is the difference between the two terms?

Syllabi are an essential component of any course. Creating these documents in an accessible format is a crucial step towards fostering an inclusive course environment. 

Summer! Time to explore some existing accessibility training and recordings.

Free plugins and applications to supplement and enhance your own skills!

Revisit a wonderful virtual event at UMN Global Accessibility Awareness Day (GAAD) on May 18, 2023! 

A low stakes and easy place to start applying your accessibility skills is with meeting minutes or agendas. 

or… Why lists are awesome; let us count the ways

A low stake, achievable, and impactful challenge for the new academic year!

Make your link text meaningful and short

Here is a partial list of our favorite accessibility related extensions, plugins, and tools.

Try to limit the amount of text in the image when possible.

A low stakes and easy place to start applying your accessibility knowledge is within your team’s meeting minutes. 

Why lists are awesome; let us count the ways.

 It’s important to have adequate contrast between foreground and background colors.

Learn more about PDFs and Accessibility Best Practices.

Choose a small project or skill to explore! You will be amazed at how quickly you become adept.

Cognitive load relates to the amount of information that an individual can process in a short amount of time.

Captions offer a written, textual account of the spoken words in a video or live streaming event, and are an important part of designing accessible content.

Headings provide structure to documents or web pages.

When using images on a website or in a document, include a written description of the image.

Embedding web addresses in text is a powerful way to make a document more accessible.