Technology Resources for Accessible Materials

Goal

This page is intended to be a dynamic list of available ITS documentation related to accessibility.

Overview

While technology, and specifically the field of assistive technologies has come a long way, the functionality of these technical solutions is limited as far as instructional materials are inaccessible. Using the pages created by ITS below, take care to consider the following guidelines when creating content.

• Overview of Creating Accessible Content
• Creating Accessible PDFs
• PowerPoint Presentations: This is a good resource for instructors who utilize PowerPoint Presentations in lecture, and also for students who are creating presentations to share with a class.
• Word Documents
• Excel Files
• Lecture Capture with automatic captioning
• Qualtrics Surveys
• Emails: This page focuses on the use of Microsoft Outlook, but the same principles will apply as Lafayette moves to Gmail. Consider accessibility in all parts of a course, including communications with students outside of scheduled lecture periods.
  • A brief discussion of accessibility features included in Gmail.

Other resources: Beyond the ITS Resource pages, here are a few documents that might provide guidance for designing accessible course materials:

• ADA Compliance Checklist for Course Materials
• WebAIM Quick Reference: Web Accessibility Principles