I’m an instructor, and I’m new to accessibility. Where should I start?
CITL has published their course accessibility guide for online content:
https://citl.illinois.edu/citl-101/teaching-learning/make-your-course-accessible
It includes general course design, document guidelines and specific guides for MSWord, PowerPoint, Excel, pdf, and html documents, and guidelines for Canvas and Multimedia content. For feedback or further information you can reach CITL via citl-info@illinois.edu or use their web contact form (https://citl.illinois.edu/about-citl/contactus).
Additional resources for accessibility in courses:
Here are some additional resources that may help you while creating accessible materials for your courses:
1. Our Canvas Training modules help teachers create discussions on canvas and post materials in an
accessible format [basic module of UDL UIUC training course]
2. This resource from the University of Washington goes through a general accessibility checklist for
all online content, following the POUR (perceivable, operable, understandable, and robust) model
https://www.washington.edu/accesstech/checklist/
3. The University of Central Florida developed UDOIT, a free open-source software that analyzes a
canvas course for accessibility issues https://cdl.ucf.edu/teach/accessibility/udoit/
Dig Deeper
- WCAG 2.1 Guidelines and Techniques https://www.w3.org/WAI/WCAG22/quickref/?versions=2.1
- Explanation of the POUR model for accessibility https://aem.cast.org/create/designing-accessibility-pour
- Universal Design for Learning (UDL) Guidelines for general accessibility principles https://udlguidelines.cast.org/
If you ever have questions about this nugget and getting started in accessibility, please email the SIIP UDL and Accessibility Group at the email provided below.
Thank you for your interest. If you found this tip helpful, please share it with your colleagues and encourage them to subscribe using the link at the bottom of this email.
See you again next week!
-UDL and Accessibility Group
https://publish.illinois.edu/udl-accessibility-group/
gcoe-udlgroup@illinois.edu