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elearning.openlcc.net LCC eLearning 517.483.1839 [email protected] LCC Help Desk 517.483.5221 Use NVDA to check screen-reader compatibility http://www.nvaccess.org Zoom to 200% Use your browser or document viewer to zoom - does all text remain visible? Check keyboard navigation Ensure you can navigate just using TAB, SHIFT+TAB, and ENTER buttons. Use WAVE to check webpages Check for good color contrast, image alt text, headings, layouts. http://www.wave.webaim.org Use built-in accessibility wizards Use heading styles Use ALT text for images Convey content and function of the image. Header styles create built-in navigation within a document. Script & closed caption videos A script can help reduce anxiety for you, can be given to students, and makes it easy to add closed captions. Check Publisher materials Instructors are responsible for all content added to a D2L course(s). Verify that all materials meet accessibility requirements. CC Tables Ensure tables have a header row. Only use tables for presenting data, not for layout. Resist the urge to shrink Don’t shrink fonts and images just to make content fit. Follow a linear layout This helps screen readers to correctly order content. Write descriptive links Assignment Instructions Click here Use contrasting colors Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur Make text available Avoid using WordArt, and apply Optical Character Recognition (OCR) on scanned documents. Aa developing testing Tip Sheet D2L Accessibility

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Page 1: D2L Accessibility Tip Sheet · elearning.openlcc.net LCC eLearning. 517.483.1839. lcc_elearning@lcc.edu LCC Help Desk. 517.483.5221. Use NVDA to check screen-reader compatibility

elearning.openlcc.netLCC eLearning517.483.1839 [email protected] Help Desk

517.483.5221

Use NVDA to check screen-reader compatibility http://www.nvaccess.org

Zoom to 200% Use your browser or document viewer to zoom - does all text remain visible?

Check keyboard navigation Ensure you can navigate just using TAB, SHIFT+TAB, and ENTER buttons.

Use WAVE to check webpages Check for good color contrast, image alt text, headings, layouts. http://www.wave.webaim.org

Use built-in accessibility wizards

Use heading styles

Use ALT text for imagesConvey content and function of the image.

Header styles create built-in navigationwithin a document.

Script & closed caption videosA script can help reduce anxiety for you, can be given to students, and makes it easy to add closed captions.

Check Publisher materialsInstructors are responsible for all content added to a D2L course(s). Verify that all materials meet accessibility requirements.

CCTablesEnsure tables have a header row. Only use tables for presenting data, not for layout.

Resist the urge to shrinkDon’t shrink fonts and images just to make content �t.

Follow a linear layoutThis helps screen readers to correctly order content.

Write descriptive linksAssignment Instructions

Click here

Use contrasting colorsLorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur

Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur

Make text availableAvoid using WordArt, and apply Optical Character Recognition (OCR) on scanned documents.

Aa

developing

testing

Tip SheetD2L Accessibility