In our every day work, we are creating digital content, and by law as a higher education institution, we need to ensure that we are creating them in an accessible format.
Examples of where we need to ensure we are creating accessible content includes:
To make content accessible to people with cognitive and neurological disabilities, you need to present information in a clear, concise, and consistent way while minimizing potential distractions.
Alt Tags are text descriptors that describe images that convey meaning. Pictures are utilized a lot in faculty PowerPoints, it is important that you are adding these details to every image that is not simply decorative. Some images convey more meaning than can be conveyed in 140-200 characters.
In such situations, you have several ways you can make the image accessible:
When creating videos it is important to utilize Microsoft Stream. Microsoft Stream is a video hosting site, like YouTube, that is specifically for UMU faculty, staff, and students. There are many reasons why we use Microsoft Stream but one of the main ones is that it makes our videos more accessible. Even though Stream automatically creates captions for faculty, you should go back and edit them to ensure accuracy.