Creating Accessible Documents
This video explains why and how to create electronic documents that are accessible to all users.
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Our Technology for Equal Access: Sensory Impairments
Students with sensory impairments talk about the assistive technology they use in educational settings. Students share information about screen-reader technology, optical and audio devices, screen enlargement, and more.
Our Technology for Equal Access: Mobility Impairments
Students with mobility impairments talk about the assistive technology they use in educational settings. Students share information about a variety of technology such as adaptive keyboards, speech-to-text products, and more.
Our Technology for Equal Access: Learning Disabilities
Students with learning disabilities talk about the assistive technology they use in educational settings. Students share information about technology for writing assignments, organizing material, specialized software, and more.
Teamwork: Making IT Accessible at the University of Washington and Statewide
Making Videos Accessible
Learn what to consider when creating a video that it is accessible to all viewers, from pre-production techniques to the provision of captioning and audio description.
Using a Screen Reader
Hadi Rangin, expert in screen reader software, demonstrates how web content sounds to someone using screen reader software and shares characteristics of accessible web pages.
How can Office for Civil Rights resolutions help guide campuses in making information technology accessible?
In order for information technology (IT) to be accessible to and usable by people with disabilities, it must afford these individuals the opportunity to acquire the same information, engage in interactions, and obtain services as people without disabilities. The U.S.
What can campus leaders do to ensure IT is accessible?
Inaccessible IT sends the message that a campus is not welcoming to individuals with disabilities and may discourage or prevent people with disabilities from learning, conducting research, or working at an institution. Although there are legal requirements requiring IT to be accessible, not all postsecondary institutions comply.
Blue Ridge Community College: A Promising Practice in Using Student Feedback to Improve Access to Information Technology
In 2002 Blue Ridge Community College, in Flat Rock, North Carolina received funding for a two-year initiative to improve access to information technology in community colleges. The project used student feedback to identify barriers; assess and upgrade existing information technology on campus; and implement faculty-wide trainings on overcoming barriers to information technology experienced by students with disabilities.