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Accessibility

Creating course materials with ADA compliance in mind may seem daunting at first, but with practice, it becomes second nature. The guides and tutorials below will guide you through the process. Word documents, PDFs, PowerPoint presentations, videos, interactive presentations, math and Blackboard are all covered. These documents are also all compiled in the Guide to Accessible Document and Media Design booklet (aka ADA Compliant Design Short Guide). The standards adhere to Web Content Accessibility Guidelines 2.1 and to Suffolk County Community College's website accessibility policy.

Guides and Tutorials

Create accessible Microsoft Word documents

• Create accessible documents overview
• Using the Accessibility Checker
• Improve accessibility with alt text
• Improve heading accessibility
• Creating accessible links
• Create accessible file names
• Create accessible tables
• Create accessible PDFs from Word documents (written tutorial)

For written tutorials, please see the webpage Make your documents accessible to people with disabilities.

Create accessible Microsoft PowerPoint Presentations

• Create more accessible slides
• Improve image accessibility in PowerPoint
• Use more accessible colors and styles in slides
• Design slides for people with dyslexia
• Save a presentation in a different format

For text-based tutorials, please see the webpage Make your PowerPoint presentations accessible to people with disabilities.

Create more accessible Excel Workbooks

• Start with an accessible Excel template
• Create more accessible tables in Excel
• Create more accessible charts in Excel

For written tutorials, please see the webpage Make your Excel documents accessible to people with disabilities.

Video accessibility

• General Captioning Standards
• Searching for Closed Captioned Videos on YouTube
• Using YouTube to Create Captions
• Creating Captions Manually or With Camtasia
• Audio Description

Math accessibility

• Guidelines for accessible math
• MathType Tutorials

Interactive presentation accessibility

Creating Accessible Interactive Presentations

Blackboard course accessibility

Guidelines for Accessible Blackboard Courses

Accessibility checklist

ADA Compliance Checklist