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This website provides services, tools, instructional media, and other resources dedicated to the development of accessible web content for persons with disabilities. Examples of some services available to users include: Accessible Website Certification; Training; Consulting; Evaluation Services including WAVE, a tool that instantly checks any...
This webpage provides resources for developing a syllabus that follows the Universal Design for Learning (UDL) principles. UDL is "an educational framework that guides the design of learning goals, materials, methods, and assessments as well as the policies surrounding these curricular elements with the diversity of learners in mind." A syllabus...
This learning module was developed by Accessible Educational Materials (AEM) at Cast, Inc., and was designed to help instructors develop skills in creating documents that are accessible for persons with various disabilities. Topics covered include: adding alternative text to images and other media, making documents easy to navigate, checking for...
CADET is free, downloadable caption-authoring software that enables anyone to produce high-quality caption files that are compatible with any media player that supports the display of captions. CADET can also be used to generate audio-description scripts. This software does not require an internet connection in order to operate: it runs locally in...
This tool, made available by TPGi, can be used to "determine the legibility of text and the contrast of visual elements, such as graphical controls and visual indicators." Colour Contrast Analyser features include: Web Content Accessibility Guidelines 2.1 compliance indicators, several ways to set colors, support for alpha transparency on...
Tanaguru Contrast Finder is a free online tool that determines whether color scheme(s) chosen for a website are sufficiently contrasting. The tool utilizes the international minimum contrast ratio established by the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines. Tanaguru Contrast Finder will suggest similar colors that meet contrast requirements if the...
This website features "strategies, standards, and supporting resources to help you make the Web more accessible to people with disabilities." Sections of the website include: Accessibility Fundamentals, Planning & Policies, Design & Develop, Test & Evaluate, Teach & Advocate, and Standard/Guidelines. Each section features important concepts and...
This webinar, made available by Internet Scout Research Group, discusses strategies for making media more accessible for persons with various disabilities. Presenters include Rachael Bower, Director of Internet Scout Research Group, Madeleine Rothberg, Senior Subject Matter Expert from National Center for Accessible Media (NCAM) at WGBH, and Bryan...
This webinar, made available by Internet Scout Research Group, features Rachel Bower and Luis Perez discussing how institutions can increase the accessibility of high quality materials for learners with disabilities. The presentation is geared towards all educators in order to make designing for accessibility easy to understand and implement...
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This resource provides a list of ten strategies that deaf and hard-of-hearing students would like teachers to use in the classroom to improve access to learning. The following are examples of the strategies included: don't use words like "this" and "that" as referents in the class or lab, treat all students equally, have a positive/flexible...