Digital Accessible Essentials for Educators
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This document provides educators with accessibility essentials for digital content. It discusses acknowledging the ancestral lands of Indigenous peoples, using proper heading formats, including alt text for images, ensuring sufficient color contrast, adding captions to videos, and demonstrating accessibility in how-to guides. The goal is for digital content to be accessible to all users regardless of ability.
Digital Accessible Essentials for Educators
- 1. Welcome Digital Accessibility Essentials for Educators Dr. Rob Power President, Power Learning Solutions
- 2. Power Learning Solutions and Sheppard Diversity Training recognize that Cape Breton Island is in Mi’kma’ki, the ancestral and unceded territory of the Mi’kmaq People. This territory is covered by the “Treaties of Peace and Friendship” which Mi’kmaq and Wolastoqiyik (Maliseet) people first signed with the British Crown in 1725. The treaties did not deal with surrender of lands and resources but in fact recognized Mi’kmaq and Wolastoqiyik (Maliseet) title and established the rules for what was to be an ongoing relationship between nations. Land Acknowledgement
- 5. What We’ll Explore Today
- 6. Image: Shovel the Ramp (Giangreco & Ruelle, 2002) “Could you please shovel the ramp?” “All the other kids are waiting to use the stairs. When I get through shoveling them off, then I will clear the ramp for you.” “But, if you shovel the ramp, we can all get in!”
- 8. HEADINGS Do not manually alter font, sizes, or colors, to create headings. Use the formatting toolbar in your word processor or web editor to tag your headings as “Heading 1,” “Heading 2,” “Heading 3,” etc., and your main text as “Paragraph.” This will allow digital screen reader applications to navigate your document or web content using a keyboard or digital switch.
- 9. IMAGES Do not embed text within an image. It is not machine readable, so it is not accessible. If the image is purely decorative, check the “Mark as Decorative” option when inserting it. Digital screen reader applications will ignore it. If the image contains important content, include ALT text. Add a sentence or two that describes the image for visually impaired audiences.
- 10. COLOR Do not rely on color to convey important messages. Some audiences may not be able to distinguish the different colors for a variety of reasons. Use a strong contrast between the color of your text and your background. When in doubt, stick to black and white.
- 11. VIDEO CAPTIONS Many users may not be able to hear the narration in videos you choose or create to add to your course or web-based content. Many other users frequently choose to watch videos with the sound turned off. Make sure you select videos that have Closed Captions available. Use your video editor or YouTube’s closed captioning tools to add captions to your own videos.