Revise Content

Summary

Revise any digital content you need to share. 

Overview

The 3Rs framework can help guide your next steps toward meeting the digital accessibility deadline.

The Revise stage involves taking stock of all the content you’ve decided you want to keep in the Remove stage. For any content that has accessibility issues, you can replace it with more accessible versions or revise it to correct any accessibility issues.

Recommendations

  Prioritize Content That Needs to Be Fixed

Determine what you want to revise first based on your situation.

Urgency and Timing

Prioritize the content you need to share now or in the future.

Audience Impact and Importance

Prioritize materials that are used frequently or are critical for success.

Common Disabilities  

Prioritize accessibility for the most common disabilities.

Visual Impairments
  • Use alt text for images.
  • Provide screen reader-friendly formats.
  • Ensure sufficient color contrast.
Hearing Impairments
  • Add captions or transcripts for all audio and video content.
Cognitive and Learning Disabilities
  • Write in clear language.
  • Structure headings using the styles menu.
  • Use consistent layouts.

Checker-Identified Issues

Prioritize issues identified by automated accessibility checkers such as Pope Tech or UDoIT. Automated checkers can highlight where you have the most critical errors, such as:

  • Missing alt text
  • Lack of heading structure in documents or web pages
  • Color contrast issues

  Replace Inaccessible Content if Possible

You may be able to replace inaccessible content with more accessible versions curated from other sources.

  • Find a learning activity or content you can use that is already in an accessible format from a publisher, another institution, or a colleague.
  • Replace downloaded or PDF files with HTML web pages or web forms.

  Revise and Correct Remaining Inaccessible Content

If more accessible versions of your learning activities or content aren’t available to serve as replacements, you can learn to revise and correct the remaining inaccessible versions.

See Right First When Creating Content.

  Get Help

Both local and central support is available to help you meet the accessibility deadline.