A biweekly email with the latest updates on Digital Accessibility and additional information and training relevant to digital accessibility.
What’s New at Digital Accessibility
Guides
- Creating an Accessible Microsoft Word Document: Key steps in making your Microsoft Word document more accessible.
- Creating an Accessible PDF: Key steps for making your portable document format (PDF) document more accessible.
Resources
These are external resources you might find beneficial
Guides
- A Developer’s Guide for Web Accessibility: “By following the steps outlined in this article, you’ll be well on your way to building inclusive digital experiences that prioritize accessibility and usability for everyone.”
Source: Parampreet Singh - Making Math Accessible: When creating math content for digital consumption, the information, structure, and relationships that are conveyed visually need to be programmatically determinable.
Source: TPGi
Trainings
Trainings from around the web that may be of interest. These trainings are free unless noted. See the event’s information page about registration, changes, or cancelation.
- Accessibility in EdTech: How Do Your Products Rate?
Details: We’ll introduce you to a rubric designed to support institutions and edtech suppliers in their efforts to address accessibility. We’ll introduce you to a rubric designed to support institutions and edtech suppliers in their efforts to address accessibility.
Time: Mar 13, 2024 12:00 PM
Source: WCET & NWHeat - Accessible Technology: How A Screen-reader Works with STEM content and More
Details: In this workshop, you will experience the user’s perspective through both shared user stories and a hands-on screen-reader demo, and learn how students interact with technology to assist their learning.
Time: April 16, 2024, 11:00 a.m.
Source: NWHeat