This guide will outline basic guidelines and best practices for designing accessible online learning experiences.
Web Accessibility Guidelines
Below are some basic guidelines for building accessible web content:
- Use heading structures and formatting in creating Word and PDF documents
- Avoid using scanned documents
- Tables should be used for data, and not page layouts, and tables should have a defined header row.
- Use text with sufficient color contrast with the background colors.
- Add alternative text descriptions to images.
- Add captions to audiovisual materials
- Use prebuilt PowerPoint layouts and check slide reading order.
- Ensure PDF documents are tagged, and the document language is set.
- Avoid overly complex images or diagrams.
- Provide descriptive text for hyperlinks and check for dead links.