2. WHAT ARE THEY?
Accessibility refers to a person with a disability’s
ability to see the content/participate in the course
Usability is the general ability for someone to move
through your course with relative ease, not being
confused, etc.
3. WHY ARE THEY IMPORTANT?
Accessibility
Legal
Ethical
Usability
Learning
Cognitive overload
Motivation
4. WHAT DO I NEED TO DO TO MAKE MY SITE
ACCESSIBLE?
5. TEXT FORMATTING
Text has strong contrast against page
background (i.e. dark text on light
background).
Page headings use heading tags(h1, h2,
h3) instead of bolding regular text.
Hyperlinks clearly identified and labeled (i.e.
links describe where they are going instead
of saying “click here”).
6. SOLVING THE “CLICK HERE” PROBLEM…
Best example: Please review theMSU Professional
Writing website.
Fair example: Click here to view the MSU
Professional Writing website.
Worst example: Click here to view the MSU
Professional Writing website.
7. IMAGES
All images contain an Alternate "Alt" tag.
Graphs, charts, vital visual images are clearly
described in text body or with the use of Long
Description Tag.
8. VIDEO/FLASH
Videos and embedded Flash objects are clearly
described in page text.
Video contains closed captions (CC) or a script of
the narration.
If either of the above is not possible, other equal but
accessible alternative listed (page in book, other
resources)
9. DOCUMENTS
PDF Files are used when original format is not an
option (i.e. use original files where applicable).
All PDF files of text are either scanned or converted
form original source so text is able to be copied (i.e.
text is OCR scanned).
Files contain a high contrast of text.
MS Word Files use the proper heading tags rather
than regular text that has been bolded.
11. WHERE CAN I GET INFO AT MSU
http://webaccess.msu.edu/
RCPD – Resources Center for Persons with
Disabilities (http://rcpd.msu.edu/)
CAL Academic Technology (Scott)
vuDAT – Check with your producer if you were
assigned one